New flagship 1.8 liter powerplant for Toyota

small_2zrfe.jpgThe upcoming replacement for the Toyota Corolla Altis here in Malaysia might see the introduction of a CVT transmission, thanks to a new pair of engine and transmission announced last month by Toyota as part of it’s efforts to revamp it’s gasoline engine and transmission line-up by the year 2010.

The new engine is the 1.8 litre 2ZR-FE, which replaces the 1ZZ-FE in Toyota’s line-up. The 2ZR-FE has a few enhancements over the 1ZZ-FE found in our current Toyota Corolla Altis. For one, the new 2ZR-FE has Dual VVT-i which varies valve timing optimally for various engine speeds and loads on both the intake and exhaust valves. The previous 1ZZ-FE only has variable valve timing on the exhaust valves. Maximum torque has increased from 170Nm at 4,200 rpm to 175Nm at 4,400 rpm. Horsepower has increased from 132hp at 6,000 rpm to 136hp at 6,600 rpm. Fuel efficiency is supposed to be 5% higher compared to conventional engines.

2ZR-FE (New) 1ZZ-FE (Old)
Displacement 1,797cc 1,794cc
Bore 80.5mm 79.0mm
Stroke 88.3mm 91.5mm
Compression Ratio 10.0:1 10.0:1
Weight 97 96

Note that our local Toyota Corolla Altis actually has abit more power and torque than the Japanese specifications thanks to differences like an increased compression ratio of 10.5:1 instead of 10.0:1. Our Toyota Corolla Altis 1ZZ-FE engine makes 136hp and 171Nm of torque, slightly higher than it’s Japanese counterpart.

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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

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  • stephen_ksf (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:03 am

    looking fwd to that…. :D

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  • stephen_ksf (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:10 am

    any1 has any info on Vios 1.3? any chance UMW toyota selling it?as far as i know philipines has it…for the price of about rm 38K..

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  • chris (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:16 am

    *drool* :D

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  • ksec (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 6:26 pm

    Sorry i am not an expert in engine type. But VW's TSI Engine sounds much better to me then this one from toyota

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  • happymeal (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 7:14 pm

    paul, i think the 1zzFe has its VTC on the intake cam, not exhaust. its more common to have VTC on the intake cam rather than exhaust cam anyway.

    from the photo above, u can see a big lump of cylinder on the intake cam, the right side with the black intake manifold. thats the VTC gearbox/actuator module.

    for reference
    http://www.spyderchat.com/enginedetail.htm

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  • Paul Tan on Jul 16, 2006 at 7:40 pm

    happymeal: please refer to the "source" link.

    http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/06/0613.html

    toyota press release says the 1zzfe had vvti on the exhaust valves. the photos above is of the new 2zrfe engine, not the 1zzfe.

    is there anyone here with better toyota technical know-how to clear things up?

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  • happymeal (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 8:29 pm

    http://i1.autoworld.com.my/userimages/emzine/707_…

    found a picture from AW. even in the altis msian website, the first sentence the video said was "VVTi continously adjust the intake valves timing… "

    toyota could have somehow translated wrongly on this 1….

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  • Jeffrey1977 (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 8:39 pm

    Maybe Toyota sould have a turbocharged or supercharger engine in their new Altis line up for 2008. At least a sport version of Altis……

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  • szw (Member) on Jul 16, 2006 at 11:53 pm

    pls hav a new body 4 dis engine .

    its not worth it if puttin a new engine into an old body .

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  • McPadey (Member) on Jul 17, 2006 at 1:48 am

    i wonder …. when proton can build such awsome engine like this

    hmmmmm….

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  • jtshin (Member) on Jul 17, 2006 at 6:30 am

    McPadey, give them time to do it… maybe someday…

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  • ben1113 (Member) on Jul 17, 2006 at 9:16 am

    so the new car is out at 2008?

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  • king (Member) on Jul 17, 2006 at 9:17 am

    now only they start using cvt gearbox ar? how come got vios fans say cvt gearbox not reliable and no good? i rest my case.

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  • proton12vauto (Member) on Oct 03, 2006 at 6:24 pm

    cPadey said,

    July 16, 2006 @ 5:48 pm

    i wonder …. when proton can build such awsome engine like this

    hmmmmm….

    done already…in their campro..somehow…it's blown up…

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  • labuan_world (Member) on Oct 05, 2006 at 5:12 pm

    for those who want to get a surprise car price , come la to labuan loo, yaris p about RM55k…..hee….heee… oredi bought accord……enough oredi….no way to go……..cross sea to sabah by ferry ok la…..

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  • tazzz (Member) on Jul 22, 2007 at 9:28 pm

    labuan_world,

    i am looking for a way to get a car in Labuan, can you tell me what is the procedure, well of course I need to have many2 cash for that.. but deal about cash later.. i wanted to know the procedure

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  • Paris (Member) on Feb 08, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    The 2ZR FE block is from the same aluminium alloy as the block of the 1ZZ FE?

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  • Raymond Tumao on Aug 24, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    May I ask if my 2008 altis with a 1ZZ-FE engine has the same underdash fusebox as the ones in the USA with the 2ZRFE engine? I need a used underdash fuse box because mine was submerged together with my car in flood waters.

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