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mitch96

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6. "I drove a FJ40 for 25 years. That is a harsh ride."..but a neat ride.. I can't get over the 1 liter 3cyl two stroke.

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 06:45 PM

Jun 8

Sound like a post ww2 hold over.. Small displacement for fuel savings and 2 stroke for power..
Mix it your self I guess??
I read somewhere Honda is coming out with a 3 cylinder turbo motorcycle engine..Should be interesting.
Toyota has a 3 cylinder Yaris in 'Urp. Again a turbo with 1.6 liter and 200+ hp.. Yowie zowie batman that's a lot of hp/cyl..
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