perthcamry

Hell yeah Love it. There were so many Sportivos in Freo this weekend. :) But stock ones :( Seem to be many more in Perth since I came over in the last 5 months. We need some new recruits so we can go for a cruise :P

Its going to be a greedy e now. He is finding the wires bit by bit as the ECU is not covered in enough detail in the book.

I ordered the manual from http://www.pitstop.net.au/ They have a great rang of books and you can order over the net. It looks like A greedy E chip, he is going to work out the wiring tomorrow. Once that is done it gets a tune soon after. :)

Yet to be seen. Also trying to improve drivability and fuel consumption I will let you know all the details when it happens. I am going to see the guy today and book it in. :P Just got a Haynes service manual for the car.

Why a Camry… well I had a bad experience with a Golf, the manual gearbox went just after the 3 year warranty apparently a common thing and that was 10k to get it going properly, I managed to source a second hand one but did not trust the car after that it was heading to money pit territory. Everything was super expensive and hard to source, the battery was the most expensive battery, no one stocked brake lights for it. It had to go….. Previous to the Golf (had 1 a golf that lasted 3 months and was written off and the airbags and seatbelt pretensioner saved me serious injury and possibly worse) I had a Camry /Apollo SLE I traded it in still going strong with 285,000kms on it. It had upgraded springs and shocks and a great stereo. The Auto gearbox was perfect, the motor was a little slower than it used to be but still going well. It did chew tyres a little as if it had a body alignment problem. Other than that it was cheap reliable comfortable transport. ;) Remembering this as much as I love Euro cars , they are unreliable and a money pit. :P Looked at Astra, Pulsar even Commodore. But Toyotas always seem reliable. I have not really heard of someone complaining of a corolla needing some repairs that are going to break the bank. Parts are easy to come by at wreckers / Japanese import places. I then decided I wanted to get a Corolla with twin airbags , ABS and cruise (which is aftermarket on a Corolla) for all this on the small car the cost blew out. I found the Camry Sportivo fitted the bill for 29 K on the road. I have always been a car lover but don’t want to spend all my money on them and the Sportivo does not look to cardigan. B) Its also a nice statement not to have a Subi or falcadore and have people pleasantly surprised at how good a car it is. :P

Here be the link B) http://www.haltech.com.au/interceptor.htm

Latest is that if I have ordered a service manual so that will give them the wiring for the Haltech chip. :)

Interceptor I was recommended. Hope to have a curve for 98 RON and one for 91 RON. Also adjust the VVTI a little. Do you know anything about it?

Yes I will 5.5 (2.4) 4cyl auto. Will let you know what happens cost and all that ;)

Just letting you know I have ordered a manual for my car which will enable the Haltech dealer to wire my car up. I hope to get it done in the next few weeks and will let you know the performance (from Dyno and on the road) and the fuel consumption :P

Hi DO the lights not come on when on the 1 and II settings? Is it all the time? A slap on the side where the Heat/Vent controls are of my 1990 used to fix many ailments such as the lights not working on the dash.

Unichip has 10 point change in fuel curve , haltec 16 I am not sure if Unichip adjusts timing too The Haltec can alter the VVTI points I think too.

Haltec ......they could not get a wiring loom from Toyota so they can't put one in. Unichip can get one but its older technology. Any suggestions? :)

RE rest ECU That’s what I found with mine too. I am still after someone who can do a piggy back chip for mine

Put a Lexus V8 in, tune for some good fuel consumption, AWD and everone is happy :P

Take this article as you wish I don't trust it but gives some perspective about Premium fuel giving more Kms out of your car :P http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=24813

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Hey again. I am having a lazy day. I think the car may run rich till the first service 15,000. Tell Toyota about it. Reset your ECU by disconecting the batery for some time. Drive gently and see how you go. B) Try booking in soon. Did you do the interim service 7500 (not required to keep your warranty intact) I would if not as changing the oil is important if you want to get a long life out of your engine. ( I think this will be the last petrol only car I get so hope for 8+ years out of it). Anyone else have any ideas? so reset ECU See Toyota get them to check for anything odd Up tyre pressure try BP 91 Put some fuel injector cleaner in the tank Drive smoothly Keep constant speed Roll down hills (I am evil and put in neutral rolling up to red lights –(closet greeny) :P If that does not work Maybe add some other catalyst thing if still not happy

Hi Just wondering if anyone had experience with any piggyback chips for their Toyota. I have had a confused computer since I put a sportive muffler and K& N air filter on. I want to change the fuel curve to suit the mods and get some better performance out of the motor. :P Haltech so far can’t get the wiring for the car. Any other recommendations or ideas? FYI I have done an ECU reset which works for about 150 kms then I loose low end grunt. Thanks

Thanks, Sad this crap happens. Does the 03 model have an alarm? I guess that wont stop them anyway

G'day Perthcamry, Springs are awesome for the money i paid went with Eibach pro kit! Money well spent. Yeah i was very surprised as well, but because i use the cruise control 24/7 this i think helps alot and also because i only hav one pt left on my licence and therefore dont want to be flashed :P ← Yeah I think WA makes you watch out for them. Where in Perth are you. I am North beach way. have to organise a cruise. There was a nice black Sportivo I saw around town with 18" :P

Hey Spordino how are the springs? Maybe the west has better air for better economy. WOw major difference in cars consumption. Are the engines that different

Mine has been fairly good apart from the niggles I mentioned earlier. mine was 29K on the road 1 year ago. Brand new and clean. :) I bought in Brisbane. But once again there are good dealers and bad ones. Just ask how much your next service costs at 3 different dealers , you will get 3 different prices! Avoid the bad ones. ;) A long as they fix the things under warrenty and get them right. I have heard horror stories from other types of cars.

ummm and I have 18" maybe 34 back 41 front

Ummm fuel economy is a tricky beast. Some cars with the same specs run quite differently. There are slight manufacturing differences. I find BP 91 works well for me. ;) Getting a chip to optimise your engines fuel curve/power is the best. Also interesting to note that I think our car has the same engine as the Tarago and the RAV 4. in those guises they have slightly different power and torque. Could be different computer program could be exhaust. But the Australian standards get around 10L per 100k for the Tarago, which weighs 200kg more than a Camry…. Evil as some may think there are some claimed fuel saving devices I am trying one at the moment.