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Lately, most of my old buddies from high school have taken to teasing me about my Camry. You have to realize, in high school, we were kind of a blend of the muscle car and farm truck crowd. We all drove somewhat battered yet powerful vehicles, and quite frankly, this Camry does not fit into that picture at all. The prices we pay for reliable, efficient transportation! Anyway, I was trying to make some good comebacks to their teasing, and hit upon the thought that perhaps, just maybe, the 4-cyl in the Camry might have a hemispherical head design, which would make my engine, by a long stretch of the imagination, a hemi. So anyway, I am curious to know how the valves are arranged in the head. Is it exhaust on one cam and intake on the other or does each cam have some of both? And most importantly, does the combustion chamber have any sort of a dome shape?
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1990 Toyota Pickup, 2wd, 4-spd, reg. cab (sold!)
1998 Toyota Camry, 4cyl auto
1971 Toyota Hilux, 4cyl, 4spd, 4wd, 4 tires...
Nope, its not a hemi. I don't really know what it is, but a hemispherical combustion chamber is only a beneficial design if you have one intake and one exhaust valve. The 16V I4 has somewhat of a pentroof design (I think), and with 4 valves per cylinder flows much better than a Hemi. But try telling them that....
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01 BMW 330Ci - 5spd / 93 BMW 525i 5spd-SOLD/ 98 Camry LE
The 5S-FE in the Gen4 Camry does not have a hemi. Toyota hasn't used hemi for at least the past 15-20 years. The reason is because the 4 valve per cylinder penthead design allows for better flow than a 2 valve design. The head does have two cams controlling the exhaust and intake vavles, however, unlike the G heads, on the F heads, the timing belt only drives one of those cams. The other cam is driven by some gears connected to the cam driven by the timing belt.
Lately, most of my old buddies from high school have taken to teasing me about my Camry. You have to realize, in high school, we were kind of a blend of the muscle car and farm truck crowd. We all drove somewhat battered yet powerful vehicles, and quite frankly, this Camry does not fit into that picture at all. The prices we pay for reliable, efficient transportation! Anyway, I was trying to make some good comebacks to their teasing, and hit upon the thought that perhaps, just maybe, the 4-cyl in the Camry might have a hemispherical head design, which would make my engine, by a long stretch of the imagination, a hemi. So anyway, I am curious to know how the valves are arranged in the head. Is it exhaust on one cam and intake on the other or does each cam have some of both? And most importantly, does the combustion chamber have any sort of a dome shape?
The last "hemi" style engine from Toyota was the 3TC, which came from the 80-82 Corolla.
no. I'm not even sure how you made that connection.
original HEMI = hemispherical shape at the top of the cylinder volume. Great for its day, but mostly obsolete design now. It's more of a marketing term these days for Dodge.
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1994 Camry 2.2L LE Auto
2005 Corvette 6.0L 1SB Z51 6-sp
Yeah, I've heard that too. Hemi is actually a trademarked name now, not just a reference to a type of head anymore. That means Dodge can name anything it wants "Hemi", whether it is or not.
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1990 Toyota Pickup, 2wd, 4-spd, reg. cab (sold!)
1998 Toyota Camry, 4cyl auto
1971 Toyota Hilux, 4cyl, 4spd, 4wd, 4 tires...
Ooo haha I made the connection because it mounts on top of the engine like a supercharger. I dont know a Thing about american cars. But Had a chance to Drive a Turbo PT Cruiser and that thing is Damn FAST and FUN
pk_kk: Go to the web site below and learn about hemis. Hemi is the shape of the cylinder heads. It does mound on top of the block, but not the engine itself because it's part of the engine.
Why do you care what people think? You probably have the most reliable car in the parking lot.
Until then if you need a comeback, ask how many of those so called "muscle cars" will last 300,000 miles. That can't argue with Toyota's reliablity record.
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1985 AW11
Past Toyota products --1989 Corolla SR5, 1995 Camry LE Coupe, 2002 MR2 Spyder, 2006 Scion xA
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Hemi 4-cyl?
this guy is hilarious! can someone spare him a noob plaque so he can put on his chest?
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