However, the highlight of Toyota's 1HZ engine is definitely its reliability – it simply never dies. As you probably guessed, this is a simple engine, so few things can go wrong.

The 1HZ is an SOHC, 4.2-liter inline-six engine with two valves per cylinder. It has indirect injection and no turbocharger, and due to its heavy cast-iron block, it weighs around 660 pounds.

Predictably, it's one of the most reliable JDM engines ever built. The 1HZ is surely not exciting, especially not to the first-world car enthusiast.

Even stalwarts of high-revving, naturally aspirated engines, such as ­Ferrari and Honda, are strapping snails to their engines. And on the home front, Ford has been pushing hard on its EcoBoost ...

If you want a 1Hz pulse train, you need to combine the two 500ms shifted 0.5Hz pulse trains. I have seen quite a lot of circuits using diodes to add the pulse trains, throwing away ~0.6V of the ...

1HZ engine perfomance (get the factory turbo diesel is this worries you), Second hand price - especially the turbo diesel as they still ask a hefty premium, 3rd row seating comfort; ...