Best Japanese Engines
Motor has mountain of Torque!
Can be driven very lazy and when needed pushed very hard. Supra is my daily car and love driving it everyday.
This is some kind of bred where you can feel the pull like a v8 but using less piston. And let the turbo do it's job...
Able to handle 700-800 horses on stock internals, tunability, gets thrown in almost anything and makes it go fast.
I have one in my Aristo. Enough said.
Please can someone confirm, but is it true 2JZ was created after RB26 and for the sake of going against the RB26? Not really fair if that is true; its like me waiting for my mate to build something and then when he's done I build something kind of like his, but just a little bit better in a few ways after I've seen some improvements that can be made. And then I shove it in his face how mine is better
I think the RB26 is probably one of the best Japanese engines out there. With a little maintenance and care and very few modifications. Very capable of producing insane power numbers. If your into that kinda of thing but I do like the reliability of the power produced on stock internals. Plus parts for the RB are readily available from all over the world.
Loads of aftermarket parts available more seem to come available as more and more people are doing engine swaps. Just wish that the Skyline R32-34's were produce and allowed in the USA without so much hassle.
For me the RB series is the best engine. Just like the 2JZ, but what I like is the sound and where it came from, a demon.
One of the best absolutely. I have a 1G 3S that still looks and outputs like new. Fully synthetic is the way you want to go in terms of oil and eNeos is what you want in your transmission. This is my daily driver and best driven on highways, back roads and mountains. City driving isn't the best for any 3S.
Build like a tank, parts easily available and interchangable, stock engine parts rated up to very high Power output.
I have a 6bolt 4g63T head on a built 6 bolt bottom end displacing 2.4 liters. The motor make 500 hp on an fp green turbo on 93 octane with so much more potential.
The power generated is unbelievable. Bullet proof engine that is highly tunable.
Huge aftermarket support and can be used and have been used in every type of build. Low cost, easy swap, high power, etc. The people that blew theirs didn't do it right.
Incredibly versatile, drift, drag, circuit you name it, cheap as chips.
One of the best aluminum engine ever,lightweight and extra powerful.
The 2.0L legend. Anyone can make big power with big displacement and turbos. Making power, good gas millage and low emissions? That is a whole other story. Best Japanese engine right here.
The advantages of the boxer include the fact that because the pistons are laying on their side, the height of the engine is lower, helping to lower the car's center of gravity, as well as the fact that it is inherently balanced thanks to the opposing pistons' inertia canceling each other out.
The boxer engine combined with unequal length headers results in the charismatic subaru "boxer rumble" that sounds like no other engine. The EJ257 found in the STi makes 300hp and 300tq. The engine layout, headers and power delivery type results in lots of low end torque and plenty of midrange grunt. Stock it is quite detuned, with just a turboback exhaust, an intake and a dyno tune, you can pick up nearly 20-33% power over stock to the crank. The stock internals have been know to tolerate as much as 400awhp with no modification on a conservative dynameter. These little 4 cylinder engines, in modified form have been known to make 8 second 1/4 mile passes.
The WRX and STi are truly ...more
Gentle giant willing to go anywhere across the rev range, and still go grocery shopping.
Rally bred, boxer type, warble from exhaust.
Subject rumble!
Unique power and sound
No limits on this one.
One of the best
Vankel engines are the ones that invented in 20th century. While every other huge car companies gave up, mazda had the vision to make this new thing to be invented into the world, since normal cylinder engines have many things to move but a rotary engine has 3 things to move.
I own one, best performed engine out there, love the way, that it accepts every redline I give to it, once it is well maintained, can go wrong with a renesis engine from the rx8 or the turbo'd 13B engine of an rx7, sounds amazing of a car.
Hope they make a comeback, amazing power for a 1.3 liter engine, plus it sounds incredible
A 1.3 litre that sounds insane goes hard and is different to everything else
Epic in Lift! At 6200rpm the beast is unleashed! Toyota should definitely consider bringing back this bad boy!
Excellent performance, reliable and great on economy, compared to my sr20de which is the total opposite.
Without a doubt one of the best engines! For a little n/a 1.8L...he stands his ground!
They put it in a Lotus. Enough said.
It may not be the highest power or revenge on this list. But it has the three factors of any great engine. Easy to work on, plentiful parts, and reliability under stress. It deserves to be higher.
The first edition of the legendary JZ line of engines, this thing powered so many cars, and it sounds amazing and makes a ton of power!
Its just awesome...
The 4age came with dual overhead camshafts and a lightweight exhaust manifold made of aluminium. it also had a cast iron engine block for added strength and durability not to mention its 20 valves. it is the most ultimate 4 cylinder engine ever! yeah it made only 128hp but the car it was housed in (the legendary hachiroku) was only 900kg, and that is a wicked power to weight ratio!
Love this engine
Insane engine, sounds unreal with a good exhaust!
No engine ever will satisfy you like this one.
Best motor ever made
King of all motor
A powerful and reliable engine that many people consider to be better than the 2JZ-GTE, due to its ability to produce up to 550bhp in a lightweight 4 cylinder engine.
Little modification completely transform this, both in the mr2 turbo and gt4. And the induction noise!
Def an over looked engine that is able to produce pretty good hp #s and do so reliably.
Very strong engine. Massive tuning potential. Sounds insane! "The big block of honda"
I don't get why this is Motor is so LOW in the list stock for stock it's the strongest and more versatile engine.
The VR38 should have been on top because of the sheer power this engine can push just stock alone!
New technological powerhouse, porsche rivalling stuff.
This was housed in the Lexus LFA supercar, which was described by Jeremy Clarkson as "The best car I have ever driven." Enough said. My hat goes off to you Clarkson.
Exotic build materials, size of V8 and weight of V6, 9500rpm brilliance.
Not sure how this isn't higher on the list. Very good engine, designed for race applications.
Longevity, super smooth and ease of tune up make this engine rule
Has great potential even though not a truly Japanese engine. Mods have come up there with the rest of the jdm engines.
The Evolution of controlled power with the Ancestry of competition.
Starting to show it has more potential than a lot of us first thought.
Evo 10 engine, successor to 4g6, known for making big power.
Improved version of an already fantastic engine, the noise, oh the noise.
Strong engine with timing chain not rubber belt. Hemi Head with crossflow like the dual overhead cams but less complicated.
This is Mitsubishi's 2.0L engine for Lancer 2006. Average performance and the only big thing for any engine to last is regular oil change at Max 5k or 4k kilometers. Never had any engine issues And til now (323k kilometers) it's revs up smoothly and sounds great like as it was when I bought it brand new. A daily highway commute car. Am not a tech person. Just want to be posted here. May 2019. Thanks.
P.S. Timing belts replaced 2nd time a year ago.