Engine Swap

[djburns]

What engines can i put into a 1992 Camry V6 LE. Someone told me that you can put in a 1990-92 Supra Turbo engine in with no problems? And how hard is it to change the transmishion from Atuo to 5speed?

[Ratko]

A transmission swap should be no problem as long as you have a mechanic to do the work for you, and you have all the parts you need:

-flywheel
-clutch
-tranmission (including wire harnesses, tranny mounts, and clutch slave cylinder)
-clutch master cylinder & hydraulic lines
-clutch pedal
-brake pedal
-shifter cables
-shifter assembly w/ shifter
-interior trim for shifter assembly

and if you have a foot e-brake you will need to relocate it to a handbrake so you will need the center console for the hand brake, the e-brake handle itself and the e-brake cable.

as for engines that will fit, a 3SGTE from an MR2 or Celica All-track should fit with some custom engine mounts and ECU harness. A few guys have done the swap before, but both have been 4cyl camrys. One was an auto and swapped in an MR2 tranny (Justin aka. Wraith) and the other was already a 5spd and kept his stock tranny (Alex aka. swegyptian).

latez.

[kgasso]

MR2 tranny in a FWD car? *ears perk up*

*pokes wraith and pleads for more info :wink:*

[djburns]

Ok but is there anyone that knows if the 1987-1992 Supra Turbo motor will fit into my car. 1992 Camry LE V6? and what other mods i can do to it? And is there anyone that knows how to clear out the colour in the tail lights to make them all white/clear?

[SCEPTER300RR]

first thing the supra is RWD u'll need a custom drive shaft/ transaxle to use that engine if u do mount it in the way u think.. its not goin to fit main reason its a straight six longer than ur normal V6... so mounting it horizontal isnt goin to work.. another thing if it does look kinda ok goin it vertical (front to back) u goin to need custom mounts cos ur stock mounts arent goin to go on the car bottom line if u do it u'll be the first.. (key word IF ) cos $$$ is involoved a lot of it... so good luck.. but 3sgte can offer u more power and parts over the supra engine...due to availability and ppl that can help u out through experience..

[Wraith]

On 2002-04-06 00:13, djburns wrote:
Ok but is there anyone that knows if the 1987-1992 Supra Turbo motor will fit into my car. 1992 Camry LE V6? and what other mods i can do to it? And is there anyone that knows how to clear out the colour in the tail lights to make them all white/clear?

Dude, you can do this swap but it will require to tube frame the back end of the camry because whats going to hold the rear diff of the drivetrain??? I've already research the possibilities... And you'll be spend more than what a MK3 or MK4 Turbo Supra would cost...

[djburns]

yea i was just wondering what i could do. see it is my moms car and it might be given to me this summer. we have a 1992 Acura Integra LS and the 1992 Camry V6 LE and a 1998 Camry V6 XLE. my older brother (20) got the Integra and i might be getting the Camry LE. But i want to see what i can do engine wise and body wise. The car has 310,000KM on it. and it is all highway. and the car works wicked. but if i can't make it a 5speed or do anyhting to the motor then i don;t want it. i will just get a 1992-93 Integra GS and do a motor swap with a H22A (200HP VTEC)
but will someone please help me out. like everything that i can do to the car!

thanks everyone.

[Wraith]

On 2002-04-08 19:07, djburns wrote:
yea i was just wondering what i could do. see it is my moms car and it might be given to me this summer. we have a 1992 Acura Integra LS and the 1992 Camry V6 LE and a 1998 Camry V6 XLE. my older brother (20) got the Integra and i might be getting the Camry LE. But i want to see what i can do engine wise and body wise. The car has 310,000KM on it. and it is all highway. and the car works wicked. but if i can't make it a 5speed or do anyhting to the motor then i don;t want it. i will just get a 1992-93 Integra GS and do a motor swap with a H22A (200HP VTEC)
but will someone please help me out. like everything that i can do to the car!

thanks everyone.

I suggest you stick with your Integra ...moding a Camry isnt for beginners... Its alot harder and will require deeper pockets... Dont taken any offense to may words just ... Its the truth from someone thats been moding a Camry for quite some time now... It would be alot easier to tackle a Integra and do a H22A swap because you have some many tuners out there that can do such a swap but as for Camry 3S-GTE swap there only 2 people I would trust... You see where I'm coming from ...

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Wraith [SC³] on 2002-04-09 18:10 ]</font>

[karma]

you mean camry is Not for begginers rigth wraith;p hehe jes messing with u. and yes u can fit in a 7mgte even with its rear wheel drive layout all u have to do is buy tons of steel tubing, customer make a frame drop that baby in, put in your suspension, drag wheels and get some one that can make lexan and figerblass molds to copy your camry body, someone that knows how to weld sheet metal in for your floor panels, buy some seats, guages and exhuast work and hey u got one fast ass car hehe if u can do that on a modded 7mgte i guarantee u 10sec runs all day long as long as u keep the chassis under 1500lbs, and the engine above 600hp not too hard considering what ur working with;p but other than that its a RWD engine bro, it won't fit on our fwd chassis. And before you start modding your camry for this kind of stuff you should do a looooooot of research, i know i have had to and i still get overwhelmed by what needs to be done to this car in order to make it go n e where, its 10 times more difficult and custom than any swap i've done so far, b18a1 into CRX platform, 4agze into mr2. jes my opinion

[OutrunnerX83]

I have owned 3 2nd Gen Camry's, and I had the same plans... time passed, and I realized that the car you speak of building ALREADY EXISTS it's called the Cressida.

I bought one because of this. It has factory fully adjustable independant suspension, limited slip diff. and a 7M-GE from the factory! THAT is what a 7M-GTE / 5-speed will just drop into... and save $$$$$ on fabrication/touble

I know it's Ugly, but the insurance companies don't know it's really a 4-door supra

[Wraith]

On 2002-04-09 20:06, OutrunnerX83 wrote:
I have owned 3 2nd Gen Camry's, and I had the same plans... time passed, and I realized that the car you speak of building ALREADY EXISTS it's called the Cressida.

I bought one because of this. It has factory fully adjustable independant suspension, limited slip diff. and a 7M-GE from the factory! THAT is what a 7M-GTE / 5-speed will just drop into... and save $$$$$ on fabrication/touble

I know it's Ugly, but the insurance companies don't know it's really a 4-door supra

UGLY ?!?!?! are F#@Kin kidding me ??? the cressida is soo JDM dude... I love to work on a project like that ... But I would ditch the 7M-GTE and drop a 1JZ-GTE ( off Twin Turbo Chaser's) in there ...

[SCEPTER300RR]

totally agree with wraith on the cressida engine drop and looks?? damn .. that car is so wicked... the stock stereo stores birthdays!!! where u goin to get that!???

well back to the thread... the camry is a hard mod to tackle.. im in it for the challenge.. so u have to have heart to do this car up... like wraith said its hard and it takes big pockets to set this car up... and research as most of the guys on this forum will tell u.. i did my time and so did most of these guys but if u decide on the camry no worries u can come here and ask questions and see if anyone has done it...

lots of good peeps here.. good luck in ur decision...

[OutrunnerX83]

Modifying the SV21 to RWD 6 --&gt; I think in reality if you could pull this off, you would be missing the engineering, reliabily, strength, and suspension geometry that makes a performance car what it is. I would only do this if the car is strictly for drag racing, or show. Any cornering would very likely be highly awkward and unbalanced, causing dangerous mid suspension movement oversteering and unpredictable negative steering effects at different speeds (bad). I'm not trying to discourage, but having a grafted in rear diff with made up suspension mounting points, and chassis undercarriage would almost 75% chance break right off if anything more than a stock 280hp 1jz-gte is put through. don't forget that the power turns the rear wheels against the rear suspension, then against the mounts, then against the chassis; any of these not engineered properly could just break. Take this into consideration before the project.

Just my opinion from a few years of wondering about my own camry's potential.

- sorry guys, I didn't mean the cressida was ugly like that, I just mean compared to timeless classics like AE86, and 2800GT soarer. My cressida could benefit from some JDM Mark II bumpers and a 1JZ, but my project is heading for a V8 conversion to 6-speed aluminum V8 corvette powerplant. (nothing wrong with 1/2JZ-GTE, It's just really expensive to fix in Canada, that's all, and N/A is better for drift).

Sorry for the long post...

[Wraith]

On 2002-04-10 22:48, OutrunnerX83 wrote:

Modifying the SV21 to RWD 6 --&gt; I think in reality if you could pull this off, you would be missing the engineering, reliabily, strength, and suspension geometry that makes a performance car what it is. I would only do this if the car is strictly for drag racing, or show. Any cornering would very likely be highly awkward and unbalanced, causing dangerous mid suspension movement oversteering and unpredictable negative steering effects at different speeds (bad). I'm not trying to discourage, but having a grafted in rear diff with made up suspension mounting points, and chassis undercarriage would almost 75% chance break right off if anything more than a stock 280hp 1jz-gte is put through. don't forget that the power turns the rear wheels against the rear suspension, then against the mounts, then against the chassis; any of these not engineered properly could just break. Take this into consideration before the project.

Just my opinion from a few years of wondering about my own camry's potential.

- sorry guys, I didn't mean the cressida was ugly like that, I just mean compared to timeless classics like AE86, and 2800GT soarer. My cressida could benefit from some JDM Mark II bumpers and a 1JZ, but my project is heading for a V8 conversion to 6-speed aluminum V8 corvette powerplant. (nothing wrong with 1/2JZ-GTE, It's just really expensive to fix in Canada, that's all, and N/A is better for drift).

Sorry for the long post...

I dont know but this is just my opinoin ... what your about to do is sacrilegious... I would never put anything but a Toyota engine in a Toyota car...

_________________
PPPPSSSSSHHHH!!!!!!!! 3S-GTE powered Camry blew past you...
Objects in my mirror no longer matter...
My addiction is only delivered in pounds per square inch...
Drag or Die!!!

°MOD LIST:
S-T-U-F-F !!! hehehe

13.926 @ 103m

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Wraith [SC³] on 2002-04-11 02:28 ]</font>

[djburns]

ok guys thanks for the help. here are a few more questions for ya. will a 1997-2001 motor fix in no problem or what? and the clear tail lights, do you clear them out your self or do you buy them. And how hard is it to find coilovers for the car?