Turbo Scepter Project/Restoration Thread - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Rapeacivic · 12-12-2010, 12:05 AM

Hello TN

I took delivery of my old Toyota Camry Turbo after selling it almost 6 years ago, before moving to Spain. I sold it to a friend of mine/old school TN member who had helped me a lot with my project car and decided to buy it from me when i left for Spain. Fast forward almost 6 years and I have bought the car back from him.

He took good care of it made a few modifications, blew the original motor, swapped another 5sfe in it with lower miles and swapped over all the turbo parts from the blown motor to the new one. He changed out the oil lines from the turbo for better ones, changed the blitz bov i had for a Greddy one, changed the intercooler piping and a few other things.

3 years ago he moved to Okinawa, Japan and since then the car has been sitting in his parents shed in Northern Alabama. Well those years in that shed my poor car took somewhat of a beating.

When the car was delivered to me from the transport truck, it was so dirty there was mold on the paint, although I could not tell because it was night time and it just looked really dirty at the time. The engine started right up and ran fine and idled smoothly. I drove it back to the house where I am staying with no problems. The next day in the daylight i saw just had bad the car was:

Exterior: window trim and sunroof trim rotted, dent and missing lower door molding on the driver's side door, scratches in the paint from animals getting on top of the car, badly faded carbon fiber trunk, rims are off the car because the tires are badly rotted and need to be replaced, driver's side door handle is broke, etc

Interior: What can i say about the interior....found 4 dead mice in the car and trunk, water damage, mold on the steering wheel, feces from the mice all over the rear seat, and trunk interior, and the rear tint bubbled up.

Engine: Runs fine but needs a tune up, timing belt is loose and needs to be replaced, custom downpipe needs to be replaced with a better one because it is causing boost spike and the piping is too small(2.25"), gasket in between the exhaust manifold and the turbo needs to be replaced, needs a decent tune, and a few other things.

Suspension: Everything is fine for the most part with the suspension, but i want to replace my custom coilovers with new coilovers made for the Camry.

So far what I have done: It took me 3-4 hours just to wash and do a quick wax on the exterior of the car, i have removed the seats and many things from the trunk and cleaned everything. Put in a new car battery, replaced the fuel filter with a new one, new cone air filter, put in a E85/93 octane mixture. Ordered/bought a new timing belt kit, water pump, ngk spark plug wires, ngk iridium heat range 7 plugs, royal purple 5w-30 synthetic oil, oil filter, oil pan gasket, Celica GT front seats, supra rotor big brake kit, mint rear seat, mint carpet, mint trunk interior, E53 5 speed tranny, custom front grill etc.

Well i think I have typed enough and left a lot for you guy's to read so I will post some pics of the car lol:

Monday night when i was delivered the car:

Shaking the hand of the truck driver that delivered me the car:

Getting in the car for the forst time in almost 6 years(not knowing there were 4 dead mice in the car lol, you can kind of see how nasty the car was):

After cleaning the car up a bit took some pics:

Pics of a few of the things I have for it:

How the car used to look:

I will be updating this thread as i restore/modify the car. Have some new plans for it once I get it back in condition. I have to give credit and thanks to those who have helped me with getting my car back and are helping me with the new restoration/build: John(silverstreakin), Gino(2wickedtoyz), Kirsty(Mrs. 2wickedtoyz), Adam(ASG14), Kirt, and Eric(spraypaintman).

Thanks for your time and sorry for the long post lol.
-Terry

Spitfire · 12-12-2010, 12:17 AM

Cant wait to see this car in action. you will play a huge help to me this summer if ur willing to partake in multiple pm sessions because im doing a built from scratch turbo 5sfe starting this summer. will be a long process but will deff need some help. got all my friends from the local car scene pitching in hands but since noone here tunes camrys i need to have my help from the true vets. its been a dream since i bought the car 4 years ago and i just got my chance to start since i just got offered alot of the parts for a fair price to start the build with. so im going for it. all hands on deck and all coins out of pocket.. sorry for long post haha. also if ur looking into new c/os how good of a condition are your currents? may be throwin some cash your way in jan if u sell the old set...

chris

2win2rbo · 12-12-2010, 01:09 AM

Man, that just shows some true priceless loyalty. After 6 years and you bought the car back. Congrats!

RichieRichJP · 12-12-2010, 10:47 AM

Still looking good

Although I do want to say that your intercooler is dangerously low and very susceptible to damage. You should do something similar to what I did for my car...

Rapeacivic · 12-12-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Cant wait to see this car in action. you will play a huge help to me this summer if ur willing to partake in multiple pm sessions because im doing a built from scratch turbo 5sfe starting this summer. will be a long process but will deff need some help. got all my friends from the local car scene pitching in hands but since noone here tunes camrys i need to have my help from the true vets. its been a dream since i bought the car 4 years ago and i just got my chance to start since i just got offered alot of the parts for a fair price to start the build with. so im going for it. all hands on deck and all coins out of pocket.. sorry for long post haha. also if ur looking into new c/os how good of a condition are your currents? may be throwin some cash your way in jan if u sell the old set...

chris

Thanks Chris! I have no problem helping you out as long as you are serious with the build. I will be able to give you some pointers and send you close up pics of my setup that way it will save you a lot of the headaches that I went through. That is great that your friends are willing to help you out, one of my friends really helped me out with a lot of things back in the day. I went through the same thing, I was the only one in my area that modified a Camry. That is great that you are getting the parts at a good price. It's good to see another person motivated to turbo their 5sfe. The coilovers are going to 2wickedtoyz after i get new ones. I would recommend you just save up and get ones made for the Camry because my custom ones are just too stiff, there is no ride comfort whatsoever lol. Good luck Chris and keep me updated.

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Originally Posted by 2win2rbo

Man, that just shows some true priceless loyalty. After 6 years and you bought the car back. Congrats!

Thanks bro! I missed my Camry very much. I went to high school in that car, it was my first real project car. I had some really good times in that car. I am happy to have the car back

Rapeacivic · 12-12-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RichieRichJP

Still looking good

Although I do want to say that your intercooler is dangerously low and very susceptible to damage. You should do something similar to what I did for my car...

Thanks Rich! Yeah, I know it is, it's not as bad as it looks, it looks lower in the pic then it is, but when i lower the car more i will need to address that. Thanks for the idea bro