Figuring out the Tamaraw Equation

**webmiester** · October 26th, 2007 01:01 AM

Hi guys,

There's something that has boggled me for quite sometime...

Anong engine displacement ng original Tamaraw? Didnt it have the Toyota 3k engine which was just about 1.2 or 1.4L?

Well, something which has been on my mind is how can such a small engine carry such a big payload? How come today's cars and SUVs which much more advanced engines require huge engine displacements while the Tamaraw which had a large capacity had only a small engine? How was it able to do that?

Thanks

**ronw123w124** · October 26th, 2007 01:27 AM

I think it has to do with the transmission, it has been configured as "low speed" which is geared more for payload than speed. Another thing maybe is the engine itself is tuned for torque rather than power.

**Elroi** · October 26th, 2007 01:38 AM

we had one before but it was sold '87 or '88 yata. yes, 3K nga engine nun, if i remember it right 1.2 ang engine displacement nya. it's the short version, pang 5-6 tao bawat side plus 3 sa harap.. meron pa syang maliit na electric fas sa harap, tapos yung pinto nya ay metal doors na ikakawit mo lang pag sinara. pag umulan naman ay ibababa lang yung trapal sa driver at passenger side pero sa likod ay sliding glass na..hehe

parati nga nahihiram yun pag may sundo/hatid sa airport. di pa yata uso nagpapa-rent ng mga sasakyan nun..

**wildthing** · October 26th, 2007 04:20 AM

If i remember it correctly, maraming variant na lumabas... there are 3K (1.2L), 4K (1.3L) and a 12R (1.6L?).

The body was magaang (the older tamaraw was smaller) so it can load a lot of tao and the pulling power was still good.

**niky** · October 26th, 2007 12:23 PM

It's all in the gearing.

You don't really need that much power to drive in traffic. Yung problem lang talaga with many cars with 1.2 - 1.4 liter engines is they aren't geared right for their weight.

**webmiester** · October 26th, 2007 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by niky

It's all in the gearing.

You don't really need that much power to drive in traffic. Yung problem lang talaga with many cars with 1.2 - 1.4 liter engines is they aren't geared right for their weight.

Are you familiar with the AMC Hammer (the locally built hummer look alike). do you think one of these engines can power a vehicle like that? It could carry around 8-10 people in the old tamaraw right?

**hominid** · October 27th, 2007 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by niky

It's all in the gearing.

You don't really need that much power to drive in traffic. Yung problem lang talaga with many cars with 1.2 - 1.4 liter engines is they aren't geared right for their weight.

How can u tell sir? Examples?