Decisions

[Alawa]

I take my camry into the shop tomorrow, i think i meessed up soemhtign with the engine. if its not messed up how much would it run me to turbo it, and if it is messed up, what wuld be the most practical swap for a 99 le 4banger to make it turbo.

[uluahunta]

burien turbo kit is $2500 if u can find someone to do it u can drop a 3sgte in it. Id say youd be better off rebuilind the 5sfe and trans for boost and buy the turbo kit and upgrade from there

[Eye8Pussies]

use the search button

[luisitol]

if the engine is bad, drop in a 3sgte

[Deuce]

if you know a performance shop that specializes in engine rebuilds, you can get them to rebuild your 5sfe for performance for about the same $$$ to swap a 3sgte.

[Nico]

Originally posted by I Race Mine
if you know a performance shop that specializes in engine rebuilds, you can get them to rebuild your 5sfe for performance for about the same $$$ to swap a 3sgte.

I agree and also I don't know how these kinds of things go in the US but in Europe you could fail the yearly technical inspection and you could also have big problems being involved in an accident with an non oem engine which power had not been declared to the insurance company so if you would ever need to take off your turbo urgently it would be easier than changing the engine. I don't know if what I'am saying is understandable in my English

[Deuce]

its fully understandable. most states only have a basic tailpipe emissions test, only california (and states that adopted its vehicle emissions codes) does the visual thing and has restrictions on engine modifications. If he's in one of the lucky states (ie. Nevada, Florida, Wisconsin, etc) emissions is not something he'd have to worry about.

As far as high performance engines go, most can be built with the OEM engine housing, so what they don't know...but most accident citations aren't related to engine modifications but driver carelessness or error.

[Nico]

Thank you Race mine, quite interesting to see how it works where are. The problem we have here is that if you get a crash with a car that has actually more power than what you had declared to the insurance company they can declare your insurance policy invalid if they notice so... of course they will need to see it and not everybody knows about what an oem engine is supposed to look like

[Alawa]

does the 3sgte use the same motor mount?

[Alawa]

also, what trannies can i use with it, will my auto tranny bolt up? also since the camry is fwd, what manual trannies could I use if i wanted to convert it to manual.

[Deuce]

3sgte will require you to get custom mounts. To drop one in will cost you around $5000 or more. For tranny, get an E153 manual from a Solara or V6 Camry.

Nico: the nice thing about american insurance companies is that we don't have to report power levels. Since most drivers don't do anything to their cars, tuners can get by without reporting anything, just if there is a wreck, most companies will just end up paying out the average sale price of the car that was totalled (ie. when I wrecked my Corolla in 2002, instead of giving me the bluebook value of $1300, I got $3200 since most 1989 Corollas in Sacramento had an average sale price of $3200).

There are cases where the company will not pay out because drivers failed to report modifications, but most plans now come with coverage for additional equipment and modifications, and my current carrier covers up to $1000 worth automatically in Comprehensive or Collision coverage.

[mauibuilt59]

one stupid question everybody knows the answer to except for me.....what car does a 3sgte come from?

[xtychx]

"I race mine", out of curiosity, what insurance do you have?

-xtychx

[Nico]

Originally posted by mauibuilt59
one stupid question everybody knows the answer to except for me.....what car does a 3sgte come from?

Celica or Mr2

[Alawa]

I got my car back formt he shop, they replaced the timing belt and fluids, and the problem is still there!! So now they have it another night, i am so fruystrated.