Toyota Car Parts - 3S-GE Engines

The cam journal is supported on five points between the valve lifters of each cylinder and on the front of the cylinder head The pent-roof combustion chambers are complemented by a cross-flow intake and exhaust layout At the bottom of the cylinder block is an oil pan which stores the oil Oil holes are located in the middle of the crankshaft to provide oil to the connecting rods, bearing, pistons and other moving components The intake manifold has four independent ports and benefits from inertia build up to improve engine torque at low and medium speeds This is sometimes referred to as a 'non-interference' engine Piston pins holding the pistons in place are locked by snap rings A single timing belt drives the intake and exhaust camshaft The 'Outer Shim Type System' allows for the replacement of the shims without the need to remove the camshaft This prevents oil from being shifted away from the oil pump suction pipe The Toyota 3S-GE is an in-line 4 cylinder engine manufactured by Toyota and tuned by Yamaha Motor Company Ltd. Additionally, the 3S-GTE engines were based on the 3S-GE designs All 3S-GE engines had a displacement of 2 There are four generations of the 3S-GE, which were used in the Toyota Celica, MR2, Toyota Caldina, Toyota Altezza and Lexus IS200 The ignition order of the cylinders is in the 1-3-4-2 order. The cam journals are lubricated by an oiler port located in the middle of the camshaft. Built into the cylinder block are coolant channels, which cool the block which houses the pistons.

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