Current engine bay pics

[Tony the Tiger]

I haven't got a chance to do some show and tell for a while now... Since many of you have been posting up engine bay pics, here's my new engine bay :

[luisitol]

nice and clean....on the back firewall, connected to the aluminum lines and fittings those are???....

[88 LE]

Looks like fuel filters.

[HoeBag]

damn..i want an invisible motor

[Razo-E]

i heard of lightening but, come on Tony, draw a limit somewhere..!


j/k...


that's one clean engine bay...


all it needs is an engine.! :p

[Aussie Ed]

hahaha, where's the engine???

looks real clean.

[brink]

This week on TN: Weight Reduction Gone Wrong!!!

[Aussie Ed]

hahaha,

looks like a flintstones recreation, hahahaha

[Ratko]

Did you re-spray the engine bay silver yourself?

[luisitol]

Originally posted by 88 LE
Looks like fuel filters.

Yea thats what i thought, they were sort of small though, haven't seen them in that size/configuration much....usually see the bigger filters (aeromotive, paxton...) with 10 micron filters. Tony what fuel filters are those?

[ripley's99]

hey Tony,

what gas struts did you use for your hood to hold the hood up instead of the hood prop rod?

i got one for my '89 MR2 and it works great, but didn't know what ones to get to hold up that heavy camry hood of mine

thanks,
Keri

[Dawgz]

my camry came with that kinda struts to hold up the hood...i never thought much of it, but its way better than the little metal rods u use in other cars to hold the hood up....i also noticed, in cold weather, they dont work VERY well....

[Tony the Tiger]

Hahaha, my Camry probably weighs less than 2400 lbs in its current form Now all it needs is a Formula one motor that makes 800+ HP and weighs less than 100 kg

Here are the list of things I have cleaned up after I pulled out the motor (about a month ago):

- Complete Engine wash

- Removed all Hoses, Wire harnesses, hardlines, etc...

- Stripped down old paint and slight rust inside the engine bay

- Repainted engine bay to match body colour

- 3 coats of clearcoat

- Replaced all rusted bolts and nuts

- Repainted all brackets and metal odds and ends to new finish

- Replaced all hoses and hose connections (some with -AN connections). Also rerouted many lines that used to be close to the turbo

- Cleaned up the wiring mess that used to be there... Soldered and heatshrinked all connections, and replaced some connections with MSD weathertight connectors



Here are the upgrades I did along the way:

- Dual in-tank fuel pump with separate 3/8" hard lines from the tank to the firewall. Stock fuel line was way too small with it being a single 5/16" line and crimped bends.

- Additional Fuel pump wiring -- Painless Performance high draw fuel pump relay kit with circuit breaker.

- Dual Earl's 4 GPM -6AN Fuel Filter (up to 1200 HP each..haha!) -- one filter for each fuel line

- Used stock feed line (5/16") as fuel return (stock return was a puny 1/4")

- Replaced shitty powersteering cooler with a B&M Polished unit

etc....


The motor will be done soon since I have all the parts I need, but the transmission will take the longest. Because I blew through my "built and warranted" automatic a bit too soon, this will be my second time building the transmission, but free of charge. More details on the transmission once I get everything together

Oh, and about the hood gas struts...they came from the factory! Amazing quality on these stock Toyota hood struts... they work just like new after all these years... Winter doesn't affect it really because the hood still stays open even if the struts gets a bit "slow"

[Tony the Tiger]

Here are some pics of my fuel system:


Dual Lines coming from inside the tank:



Braided lines routed to underneath the car:



Braided lines connects to hard lines:


Hard lines routed to firewall to two Earl's Racing fuel filters:


Each fuel line will then go into each of the fuel rails... one into the back rail for the back cylinder bank, and the other line will go into a multiple port fuel regulator for a dual feed setup

[88 LE]

Badass.

What made you go from braided line then to hard line instead of braided lines all the way?