bio on my 89 sv21

[brohawk]

Owner: bro aka brohawk

Model: toyota camry sv21

Colour:white

Bodykit:none . . . . yet :P

Engine Type: 2ltr twin cam 16valve

Engine Mods: pod

Power: standard ish

Exhaust: 2" cat back with 1 sports muffler 3" tip

Trans: auto

Diff: standard

Brakes: pads up front drums out the back

Suspension: stock

Wheels/Tyres: osaka racing sparks in 17" with maxis maz1 tires

Interior: grey and black

Other Mods: adr approved sports steering wheel, footwell neons, chrome and carbon fibre handbreak, custom shifter, grill and under body neons, green interior light, clear side indicators, custom grill, chrome washer jets with green neons, super white headlights, led parkers, silver dash biesel, led dash conversion, custom plates

Stereo:pioneer hu, 6.5" focal splits up front, tarantula 6x9s up the back 2x 12" kenwood subs running off a kenwood 1000watt mono block with a 2 farrad cap

Build Period: few months

Cost: car was cheap and all other stuff was either from my old car or was cheap

Future Mods: lowered suspension, more neons, racing seats, chrome window winders and a truck load more


just after i picked it up

[boi_si]

i thot GE heads are Twin Cam?

[car_boy_16]

Originally Posted by boi_si

i thot GE heads are Twin Cam?

They are... And so is the 3sfe... But some references claim the 3sfe to be 'sohc' due to the simple fact that there is only one cam gear that is driven by the timing belt, which I think is a stupid way of classifying sohc vs dohc.

[TBayToyotaBoy]

So odd to see a clock in the middle of your guage pod...that's where the tach belongs.

[brohawk]

ok i have no idea wot u guys are talking about with the engine. ive olny ownwed it about a month if that and im only still learning bout the car.

yer i live in australia thats why i have a clock in the dash were the tacho is supposed to be. but its a good thing i get a clock and once i out my aftermarket tacho with external shift light in ill have a tacho to

[marto]

YAY!!! go the Aussie camrys you seem familiar, do i know you? lol

[TBayToyotaBoy]

Originally Posted by brohawk

ok i have no idea wot u guys are talking about with the engine. ive olny ownwed it about a month if that and im only still learning bout the car.

Pick up a shop manual for your car, and read the section on engine overhaul. The diagrams will show you that the engine has two overhead cams (one cam for the intake valves, and one for the exhaust). However, the timing belt only runs one cam sprocket, which then in turn runs a secondary sprocket. Technically, the engine is DOHC but a purist will call it SOHC.

[brohawk]

lol yer u do sound familuar marto, i recon ive seen you once or twice in ur red camwags :P

you funny prick

yer i know bout the twin overhead cams that bit i know. however i didnt get into the dohc sohc technicllities, and i know bout the 16 valve set up etc.

[brohawk]

well the cars been off the rd for the past 2 day. on my way out to the movies saturday night i noticed the car was runnin really hot and i thought it might just be low on coolant. after the movies i took it home and filled it up and it just pissed straight back out i thought it was head gasket till i saw it pissing out from on top of the sump.

after lookin at the sight and doing some research i later discovered it is either the waterpump its gasket or the o ring. so i bought a whole new pump. i started pulling it apart to change it until i hit a brick wall that i couldn't overcome so its going into my mechanic 2moro hopefully its something nice and simple like just replacing the pump and the seals. but i know i should replace the belts as well coz the alternator one isnt lookin to flash and the timing belt would be in pretty bad shape to due to the coolant leaking on it. so we shall see 2moro

ill keep you all posted

[marto]

yer that sucks dude i heard about it from Aimee on sat night, hopefully its nothing major

[brohawk]

yer hopefuly its nothing to major

[boi_si]

does it have a digital clock as well?

[brohawk]

nope just the analogue one in the dash

[brohawk]

found out luckily its only the water pump and nothing else thank god so i should have it back 2moro

[brohawk]

well got the car back and stuff just kept going wrong. the day i picked it up was 2 corners from home and my power steering went. so i replaced the 2 lower soft lines and fixed that then friday nite i blew my top radiator hose so i had to replace the 2 hoses and then flush it and re fill it.

but i have all the mods i bought recently fitted and all the bugs worked out so im happy