The Toyota TZ engine is a series of water-cooled

inline four A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout ( ...

-cylinder

gasoline engine A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline). Petrol engines can often be adapted to also run on fuels such as Autogas, liquefied petroleum gas and Common ...

s from

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. The engines feature

dual overhead cam An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combusti ...

shafts (DOHC) and 4 valves per cylinder. The

supercharged In an internal combustion engine, a supercharger compresses the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given displacement. It is a form of forced induction that is mechanically powered (usually by ...

2TZ-FZE features an

intercooler An intercooler is a heat exchanger used to cool a gas after compression. Often found in turbocharged engines, intercoolers are also used in air compressors, air conditioners, refrigeration and gas turbines. Internal combustion engines Mo ...

. The TZ supplanted the

Toyota Y engine The Toyota Y engine is a series of overhead valve straight-four petrol engines manufactured by Toyota from 1982 through 1996. The Y engine has mostly been used in commercial and off-road vehicles. The valve arrangement from the Toyota K engin ...

in the Toyota Estima/ Previa when it replaced the

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Production

Production leadtime *1990 May – 2000 January (for country)

2TZ-FE

*Naturally aspirated *Compression ratio: 9.3:1 *Reference output: @ 5,000 rpm *Reference torque: @ 4,000 rpm Applications: *Estima (TCR10W/11W/20W/21W) *Estima Emina/Lucida (TCR10G/11G/20G/21G) *2015–2016 GAC Changfeng Liebao Q6 (Four wheel drive based on the Mitsubishi Pajero V20 for the Chinese market under GAC Changfeng since 1995; aka Liebao Heijingang/Qibing (2002/2009 until 2014)

2TZ-FZE

*Supercharged (Roots type) *Compression ratio: 8.9:1 *Reference output: @ 5,000 rpm *Reference torque: @ 3,600 rpm Applications: *Estima (TCR10W/11W/20W/21W)

References

* Translated from Japanese Wiki :ja:トヨタ・TZエンジン {{reflist TZ engine Straight-four engines Gasoline engines by model ja:トヨタ・TZエンジン