The most common 1.6-liter VVTi engine on your Toyota Corolla features a bundle of electrical wires attached to it that controls things like fuel injectors and ignition coils. If for some reason you’ve ...

The oil pan's role on a Toyota VVTi or any other engine is to collect the lubricating oil falling from its components to be absorbed back by the oil pump and recirculated. Due to its position at the ...

Toyota has added an all-new 1.33-litre Dual VVT-i petrol engine with stop-start technology to the Toyota Auris. Toyota says that the new powertrain with stop-start results in 17% lower CO2 emissions ...

Kenneth Hall April 17, 2009 Comment Now! Toyota's Auris, often sold as the Corolla in certain markets, has just been updated for 2009, with improvements made in performance, fuel economy and emissions ...

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In last month's "Tech Scene," we compared the differences between Toyota's VVTL-i (Variable Valve Timing and Lift-intelligence) and Honda's VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and lift Electronic Control).

Since the beginning of hot rodding, gearheads have endeavored to increase the performance of internal combustion engines through the optimization of valve timing. It's been proven time after time that ...

We've always felt the new Toyota Tundra is a solid pickup truck, big enough and strong enough for heavy jobs in the real world. The 5.7-liter V-8, in particular, has always stood out as a hot-rod ...

Decades ago (OK, half a century or more), there was a product advertised in many of the performance magazines called the Varicam. The idea was a set of springs attached to a centrifugal device that ...

Okay, we’re aware that the engine we’re choosing as the ‘Most Reliable Toyota Engine’ might not be agreeable to everyone. But as we’re exploring why, the reasons behind it will become clear and will ...