01 — Engine detail
Enginedetail.
- Engine code
- 3M
- Manufacturer
- Toyota
- Configuration
- Inline-6
- Displacement
- 1,988 cc
- Valvetrain
- DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
- Aspiration
- Naturally aspirated
- Production
- 1966 – 1971
- Applications
- Toyota 2000GT (MF10)
- 01
The 3M used a Yamaha-designed aluminium hemispherical cylinder head on the M-series block, with three Mikuni-Solex carburettors.
Source: Toyota M engine — Wikipedia (English) - 02
It produced 150 PS at 6,600 rpm.
Source: Toyota M engine — Wikipedia (English)
Technology — The straight-six
Six cylinders in a single row give inherent primary and secondary balance — the smooth heart of many Japanese GTs, from the 1960s to the turbo era.
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03 — Sources
- 01Toyota M engine – WikipediaWikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26