Pal, that was the transitional model, where the 3fe carried over into the 80 series. The next engine was an excellent one: the 1fz-fe. That was a 4.5 liter gem. Though a head gasket job on the one I owned, was about $4000 in oem toyota parts and machine shop work on the head. To put that into perspective, you can build an entire 292 chevy inline or ford 300 inline six with forged over bore pistons for 4 grand.
The American inline sixes: 292 chevy, 300 ford, 6bt cummins blow the expensive toyota stuff out of the water.
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