Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives Toyota Tundra 4.6 or 5.7 ???

Ok... I bought a 2007 Tundra last August from an old guy that didn't use it much as a truck... It's a pretty rare bird... regular cab with the long box in a SR5 trim w/power windows and carpet.... fiberglass topper and in a 4X4 of coarse... 105k on the dial.

The freaking doors are huge... I was joking with my buddy that with a truck like this and doors this big I could date fat chicks again...

The truck has the 4.7 with a 4.3 rear gear...

My buddy makes fun of it because the motor is so small for a full sized truck. But honestly.... I don't feel underpowered at all with the 4.3 gear.. in fact, I have yet to have a time when I wanted or needed more truck. This thing just fits. And, I use to own a 5.9 Cummins for the longest time... so I know what power feels like.

So, my question is... Did I goof up... is there that much of an advantage to having the 5.7 with a 4.10 gear ? My previous truck was a Chev w/5.3 and a 3.55 gear and that set up was nothing like I got now.

I bought this truck right... $10500 plus I put another $2100 in cosmetics and can easily get my money back out of it, but there is no way I want to... I just flat out love this truck.

The 4.6 is a great engine and will serve you fine. Under most normal circumstances anyone would be hard pressed to drive the two and tell you which engine is in which unless you load a trailer up. That being said most of the 5.7 have 4.30 gears as well.

My current Tundra has a 5.7 and I regeared to 4.88 with larger tires. I believe your 4.6 still runs a timing belt so make sure that’s been replaced. Drive and enjoy it. It’ll last a long time!

A 5.7 with a 4.88 gear ? I can only imagine what MPG you must get.... If I had a set up like that it would be a Sunday driver... and ONLY a sunday driver... ride my bike to work...

That combo is what this guy used to get 1,000,000 miles out of his Tundra.

https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-a-toyota-truck-looks-like-after-1-000-000-mi-1776141464

I'm not 100% sure, but think 2006 was the last year of the timing belt. I think the 07's use a timing chain. But I'd confirm that.

My brother has the same truck, but a 2006 model. Last year of the smaller Tundra. The engine, combined with the lower gears has plenty of power for his uses.

I know a guy who owns an oil/gas company and all he buys as company trucks are plain white 4x4 Tundras with the smaller V8. They get Warn winches and BFG AT tires. He claims mileage and maintenance are a fair bit better than the 5.7L and not much different than 4x4 Tacomas with the 4.0L.

Those Toyota's are great.Mine is a 2002 4.7L V-8 with the tow package.I have 210,000 miles on it and it still runs and drives great.It is now 18 years old and paid off for 13 years now.I know people that bought new vehicles when I did are on their third,forth even fifth vehicle,while I have watched my bank account grow.Since I retired,I don't put on as many miles a day,so I'm only adding about 4,000 miles a year.If I buy another,it's going to be a Toyota,not a new one,but a clean used one will do for me.The last year they made the smaller Toyota was in 2006.They opened a plant in San Antonio and the came out with the bigger truck in 2007.I don't know much about the bigger trucks,but I really like the smaller model.I get over 20 miles to the gallon on the highway and around 15 in town.Not bad for an old truck.

Nothing wrong with it. My Tundra's got the 5.7 and I'd get it again but the smaller motor ones are fine unless you want to tow a lot. The 5.7 gets terrible fuel mileage, I'll probably trade when the new Tundra comes out next year if it has a significant mileage improvement.

I had a first generation Tundra with the 4.7. It had plenty of power. The newer 4.6 has more HP, but the truck is bigger, so I guess the same feel. I did test drive a 4.6 Tundra, and I was going to buy it, but it sold before I got back to the dealer. I looked up the 4.6 specs and something like 310HP and 327 FT/LBS torque. Much better than the larger V8s of the 1990s.
I have a 4Runner with 4.0 and I have 20.5 mpg over 40,000 miles. Winter is 18-19, summer 21-22 mpg. I got 16-17 in my 4.7 Tundra on the same roads. I liked the Tundra better.

From you own description you are happy with the 4.7. Who cares what your buddy thinks.

Not sure why the title of the thread says 4.6?

Sounds like you got a good deal on a nice rig you are happy with.

I've had two of the 4.7 older models, and 3 of the newer 5.7's. I think the older models are better trucks and even more reliable than the new ones. My last one, a 2014 crew 4x4 had some issues mechanically, and electronically before 75k.

Sounds like your buddy has mistaken "more" for "better". He probably drinks Busch beer too. Don't trust his judgment on important things like trucks or whisky

In a lot of folks opinion the 4.7 is the best V8 ever made. Many go 400,000 miles plus as long as you change the timing belt and oil as scheduled.

Do you mean the 4.6or 5.7 is the best? Both are just one typo out...

Serious question. I'm not trying to be a wise ass, but I think you made a little typo...

John

Never understood why they never dropped that 4.6 into a Taco....that would be something to see.

Is the 4.6 a relatively large overall engine package, compared to other V8 engines of that displacement? I know that's a factor with some DOHC engine swaps, as they often require more real estate under the hood, versus a pushrod engine of a similar displacement. The Ford Coyote DOHC 5.0L, for example, is said to be a fairly large engine package for swapping into mid-size vehicles.

The 4.6 is a short stroke 5.7.

My 2003 4runner has a 4.7 liter v8 and its one nice engine. Fulltime 4 wheel drive and it sucks gas, but regarding the 4.7, that isn't a typo. Its over 200,000 and I may start driving it more again this year. A lot of life left on it.

The Tundra V8 was a 4.7 from 2000 to 2009 model years. It was replaced with the 4.6 L V8 in 2010.

I don't see a 2020 remake of the Tundra.

I was referring to the 4.7 V8 as a great motor.

I traded my Chevy 5.3 today for a tundra. 5.7.

Congratulations , enjoy the new ride !

Swift