Is My Camry The Same?

[J44AY D]

Hey Guys,

Im from England, and own a british version of the beautiful Toyota Camry, im trying to find out if the engine specs are the same as the American specs, Im looking to bolt on a cold air filter and performance header, but no-one in england does performance parts for this car, because it is so rare over here!!

So im trying to find out if I can use the same parts as the guys from the U.S?

Any suggestions would be welcome!!

Thanx!

[Toysrme]

All the specs will be the same
Pretty much there are 3 specs of Toyota's. California spec, North America/Australia+rest of the world, Japanese+Asian markets.


The only real change will be some of the acessories are on the opposite side of the engine bay. (i.e. engine and transmission and important items are in the same orientation, but sub-systems like steering colum, brake booster, ect will be on the opposite side)

[J44AY D]

Cheers 4 dat Toysrme!!

Now I know the V6 Bosal headers have been discontinued for the gen3, but do you know of anyone else who produces headers for this model? Im looking to get a hold of one, when i come over in March!

[Toysrme]

Nope. it's gonna have to be custom. Header's don't do much for power anyways.
Get a new, custom y-pipe made, or hell... If you can swing the cost for custom headers, save up another 50% of whatever that costs and get a full exhaust made.

[Erbe]

Originally Posted by Toysrme

All the specs will be the same
Pretty much there are 3 specs of Toyota's. California spec, North America/Australia+rest of the world, Japanese+Asian markets.


The only real change will be some of the acessories are on the opposite side of the engine bay. (i.e. engine and transmission and important items are in the same orientation, but sub-systems like steering colum, brake booster, ect will be on the opposite side)

also..he taillights in the back are different

it looks sooo much better with their licence plate there instead of the center tail

[J44AY D]

Yeah, ive already hade a full custom stainless steel exhaust fitted, single-to-twin conversion with 4" jap style tailpipes, and the middle box removed, its as loud as f**k.

But with the header i was looking for more sound and perhaps only a small gain but something, anything but stock really!! Nevermind, ill just have to revert to a cold air intake. AEM is the best ive found.

I do want to get a turbo fitted, but work in England is just too expensive, it would cost me the equivalent of around $15,000, hence why im trying to buy parts from the States, u guys have it lucky!!

[Toysrme]

No, Australia has it lucky. I can't think of anyplace with more experianced tuning shops, and more access to ANY type of components (minus expencive european ones).

CAI will give you the sound, but no intake work is going to give 5hp at the engine compaired to the stock system.

No turbo kits for sale around the world yet.

McElligott's SCAG Motorsport's should be done with his turbo maybe Monday now that he has some time off. Shiftgate Performance will be done with their's, IDK when. Maybe smokingtiresv6 can answer that one.
Either way it's not going to be cheap. You can easily spend what the turbo kit's cost fully upgrading the driveline components.