Turbo kit or Supercharger for 2nd Gen Camry

[ebracing559]

i wanted to know if anyone knew where i can modify or purchase a Turbo kit or Supercharger for an 88-91 Toyota Camry its a 5 speed 3S-FE type motor..?

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[88 LE]

On 2001-12-28 22:35, ebracing559 wrote:
i wanted to know if anyone knew where i can modify or purchase a Turbo kit or Supercharger for an 88-91 Toyota Camry

Toyomoto has a turbo kit for the 3S-FE and some company in Australia has a supercharger (centrifigual) kit.

My choice would be a turbo.

[4A-GE]

and how much $$ did you pay?? was it a custom made?? but i was thinking if we had use so much $$ for the Kit....y not just save the $$ for the WHOLE 3S-GTE....?? just my thoughts.....i dunno....but rite now...my car is $hit up man.....i crashed the front....aiya....HELP

[jr_certs]

I'd say go custom. You can do it for under a grand and you'll intimately know your turbo set-up. Check it out: http://www.homemadeturbo.com Peace

[88 LE]

On 2001-12-30 12:55, 3S-FE wrote:
and how much $$ did you pay?? was it a custom made??

Mines gonna be custom. I'm doing all the work myself.

but i was thinking if we had use so much $$ for the Kit....y not just save the $$ for the WHOLE 3S-GTE....??

I'll do a 3S-GTE swap if and when my 3S-FE dies.

[88 LE]

On 2002-01-02 17:59, jr_certs wrote:
I'd say go custom. You can do it for under a grand and you'll intimately know your turbo set-up. Check it out: http://www.homemadeturbo.com Peace

I agree.

Heres a pic of the turbo thats going into my car.

[jr_certs]

I agree.

Heres a pic of the turbo thats going into my car.

is that a t3? What are you doing about the flange to hook it up to the exaust manifold? What sort of lag are you expecting, I mean what RPM do you think that baby will start boosting? Thanks

[88 LE]

On 2002-01-03 11:39, jr_certs wrote:
is that a t3?

Yes. Its a Garrett/AiResearch T3 (40 or 45 trim - not sure which) that I pulled off a 84 Saab 900 Turbo.

I wanted a T3-60 off a Ford T-Bird Turbo Coupe or a Merkur XR4TI but, all the ones that I found at the junkyard didn't have engines in them or someone else got to the turbo before I did.

What are you doing about the flange to hook it up to the exaust manifold?

I'm gonna use the manifold off a 91 - 95 MR2 Turbo. It bolts right up to a 3S-FE but, you have to chop off some of the bolt holes cos they get in the way. Their extra holes that are used on a 3S-GTE but, not a 3S-FE.

I am going to have to make an adapter so that I can bolt up my T3 to it cos the flange on the manifold is different then the turbine inlet flange on a T3.

A Toyota CT-26 turbo will bolt right up to the manifold though, but I couldn't find any MR2 Turbos at the junkyard and TAP Recycling wants $600 for a CT-26 turbo. So I said screw that cos I only paid about $50 for my T3.

What sort of lag are you expecting, I mean what RPM do you think that baby will start boosting?

2,500rpm. :grin:

The A/R (area to radius ratio) of the turbine housing on the turbo that I have is .48. The .63's start spooling at about 3,000rpm.

The smaller the A/R the faster it'll spoolup but, its not capable of making as much power as a turbo with a larger A/R. So its a trade off of spoolup vs. power capabilities.

The T3's come in .36, .48, .63, and .82.

[jr_certs]

I'm gonna use the manifold off a 91 - 95 MR2 Turbo. It bolts right up to a 3S-FE but, you have to chop off some of the bolt holes cos they get in the way. Their extra holes that are used on a 3S-GTE but, not a 3S-FE.

Do you already have the 3S-GTE exaust manifold? If so how much did you pay for it? If not, how much do you think it'll cost?

A Toyota CT-26 turbo will bolt right up to the manifold though, but I couldn't find any MR2 Turbos at the junkyard and TAP Recycling wants $600 for a CT-26 turbo. So I said screw that cos I only paid about $50 for my T3.
The A/R (area to radius ratio) of the turbine housing on the turbo that I have is .48. The .63's start spooling at about 3,000rpm.

The smaller the A/R the faster it'll spoolup but, its not capable of making as much power as a turbo with a larger A/R. So its a trade off of spoolup vs. power capabilities.

The T3's come in .36, .48, .63, and .82.

when do you think a CT-26 turbo would spin up? What is the A/R on the CT-26, or does that vary like it does with the T3.

Also what about the T25 would that spin up faster than the T3?

Any of the mentioned turbo's are capable of 5-10psi right?

[88 LE]

On 2002-01-03 17:33, jr_certs wrote:
Do you already have the 3S-GTE exaust manifold? If so how much did you pay for it? If not, how much do you think it'll cost?

No I don't have the manifold yet.

I was quoted $75 from TAP Recycling but, the price depends on how many they have in stock.

I can pick up the manifold whenever I want. Its just a 25 min drive out to Rancho Cordova, CA.

when do you think a CT-26 turbo would spin up? What is the A/R on the CT-26, or does that vary like it does with the T3.

I'm not sure cos I can't find any specs or even a compressor map for the CT-26 but, i've heard from someone that it starts spooling around 1,500 - 2,000 rpm.

Also what about the T25 would that spin up faster than the T3?

Dunno. I don't know anything about the T25's. The only turbos i've really looked into are the T3's and the T3/T4 hybrids.

The problem with having a turbo that spools up real fast (small A/R) is that you create high cylinder pressure at low rpms which is a bad thing.

Our engine is designed for torque so the head flows good at low rpms and not so good at high rpms. I recently did a compression check on my engine and got 200psi across all 4 cylinders. Thats 200psi of cylinder pressure from just cranking the motor over (about 500rpm).

So you don't want to go with to small of an A/R. .48 - .63 is about right for our engines.

Any of the mentioned turbo's are capable of 5-10psi right?

Yeah.

Heres a site with info on T3's.

http://www.turboneticsinc.com/catalog/t3.html