We dug through BMW technical manuals and talked to Stephan Papadakis about what makes this 3.0-liter, single-turbo ...

But, riding high atop every JDM enthusiast’s list is either Nissan’s RB26DETT or Toyota’s 2JZ-GTE, two of the most epic performance-oriented six-cylinders ever built anywhere in the world.

All of that was mostly because of the MkIV Supra's factory turbocharged 2JZ-GTE powerplant—an inline-six-cylinder engine so ready to make sobering sorts of horsepower that, even 28 years later ...

Toyota's 1JZ and 2JZ inline six-cylinder engines are among the most iconic powerplants the brand has ever manufactured, with a buzz far exceeding the popularity of the cars they were initially ...

"Two-jay-zee engine, no shit... This will decimate all," Jesse said in the original Fast and Furious movie after criticizing the hideous junkyard-grade Toyota Supra that was just towed into the shop.

2JZ-GTE also has four valves per cylinder (24 in total) and, above all else, comes with sequential twin turbos. One kicks in at low RPMs, and the other joins at 4,000. The turbos are also identical in ...

Its displacement is achieved from its six 86mm (3.386-inch) diameter cylinders combined with the 73.7mm (2.90-inch) stroke provided by the crankshaft. Toyota's 2JZ-GTE, on the other hand ...

1994 Toyota Supra Turbo. Toyota That’s a tall order for a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, a smaller engine than the famed 3.0-liter 2JZ inline-six. But it may not be unrealistic, as Toyota’s tiny 1.6 ...

At the start of the year, Burkett dropped off a pair of Japanese market 2JZ cylinder heads and blocks, sourced from Ichiban JDM in Pico Rivera and completely stripped down to just the castings ...

Engines like Nissan’s RB26, Toyota’s 2JZ, and BMW’s B58 showcase innovation and performance. Six-cylinder engines often live in the shadow of their flashier and noisier V8 and V12 cousins ...