89Camry

Hey all,

I have a camry with the above mentioned 3sgte engine from a GT4 Celica. Can anyone tell me if the 185 ignition leads fit the 165 engine? I haven't been able to source any aftermarket leads anywhere for this engine.

Cheers

Thanks guys :)

The ECU Is a Stinger EMS. Its also getting a dual stage boost controller put in a few weeks.

The engine swap wasn't too bad, as the mounts of my camry are exactly the same as the celica it came from. the gearbox is the standard camry 5 spd with a GT4 centre. Everything fit straight into it. I had an airconditioning system put in at the same time as the engine (my camry didn't come with it standard) so there were some wiring issues which made the whole process a little longer than first thought.

I'm getting the feeling i will need an LSD at some stage in the future to try and get even power down at the front wheels. But thats a ways off yet.

Hey all,

My name is Greg and this is my 1989 Toyota Camry. I've owned the car since December 1999, and it sat pretty stock for a number of years, bar a few stereo upgrades. Around 2004 I added the rims, and then a bodykit in 2006.

By mid 2007 the modifying bug really bit hard, and I had the interior and boot recovered in red and black leather and marine vinyl. The boot install has been recovered in the same theme.

I was pretty much going to leave it at that, but then something came along that was too good to pass-up.... a 3sgte from a GT4 celica! So around march this year it went into the shop, and two and a half months later is has come back out with the following:-

st165 3sgte engine with painted rocker cover and 2.5 inch stainless steel intercooler piping and custom stainless air filter box.

Battery moved to the boot

850CC injectors

Bosch intank fuel pump

a new set of custom coilovers (should be on by the end of the month.

at the moments its putting out about 140kw atw at 8psi. When it goes back into the shop in a few weeks after a run in period i'm hoping i'll hit 200kws at around 16psi on the dyno. But we'll see. Either way, its still alot of fun :) :) :)

Thanks for looking!

Cheers

Greg

to build it into a showcar and dump a 3sgte in....... doesn't everyone? :D

Hey all,

Fantastic day had by all our AUSCAM members. Many thanks to Silva and all the mods who organised the megameet. Looking forward to the cruise tommorrow.

Just a quick note. Daniel & Greg in the winners list above are from the AUSCAM forum, not Camcrew. Cheers!

I have to say this is really impressive the way the organisers have put this together. Many congrats!

Hopefully my camry will be out of the shop by next weekend

Should be able to make some of the weekend, not 100% sure when I'll be available yet. But saturday during the day is a definite. Friday & saturday night are out :(

Sunday sounds like fun too.....

Hey all,

I just want to say I think this is a great idea. I know i'm a new member, but until today i didn't know meets like this were happening. Look forward to meeting some of you.

Cheers,

Greg