# 1990 toyota T 100 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** t100, toyota\ **Created:** [September 22, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-toyota-t-100/19876 "2008-09-22T03:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cooper\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cooper\_s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cooper_s)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-toyota-t-100/19876/1 "2008-09-22T03:40:59Z")
I want to buy a toyota T 100. But I dont know much about them. People tell me that they dont have much power that a toyota tacoma has more power. is this true? I like the truck i WANT IT FOR A WORK TRUCK. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-toyota-t-100/19876/2 "2008-09-22T04:54:26Z")
The T100 is mechanically identical to the little Toyota pickups they sold forever (which eventually sort of became the Tacoma), with the body (and axles) just a little bit wider. There’s people out there who say they’re the best pickup ever made and they can make a good argument. As for power, well, the four-cylinder isn’t going to out run anything but it’s a bullet-proof engine and has enough power to propel itself around town and enough low end torque that fully loaded it’ll get you there eventually. The V6 has a tad more power, but is a somewhat less reliable engine including among other things a design flaw that led to premature head gasket failures and was the subject of a recall. If the one you’re looking at has the V6 make sure the head gaskets have been “upgraded”. And it’s absolutely true that the Tacoma has more power (well, I think the base-engine on the early Taco’s made about the same HP as the old V6 motor) but if you ask me they’re overpowered.