Toyota 22R engine

The story

History: facts, each with its source

LCE Performance says the 22R replaced the 2.2L 20R in 1981 and was built until 1995. A fuel-injected 22R-E followed in 1983, and a turbocharged 22R-TE was offered in the Toyota Pickup and the 4Runner from 1986 through 1988.¹

Hagerty writes that the carbureted 22R had only 100 hp to move a 3,700 lb 4Runner, and that the fuel injection offered from 1985 raised it to 116 hp and 140 lb-ft.²

Versions

• Displacement: 2.4L (2,366 cc)¹
• Bore × stroke: 92 × 89 mm¹
• Valvetrain: Single overhead cam, eight valves¹

• 22R Carbureted¹

  1981–1995

  In 1st gen Toyota 4Runner, 1984

• 22R-E Fuel injected^1,2

  116 hp and 140 lb-ft in the 4Runner · 1983–1995

  In 1st gen Toyota 4Runner, 1984–1989; 2nd gen Toyota 4Runner, 1990–1995

• 22R-TE Turbocharged^1,2

  135 hp and 173 lb-ft · 1986–1988

  In 1st gen Toyota 4Runner, 1986–1987

Found in

Every model on the site that names this engine, by generation

• Toyota 4Runner
  • 1st gen, 1984–1989: 22R, 22R-E, 22R-TE
  • 2nd gen, 1990–1995: 22R-E