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***Tony the Tiger*** · 08-07-2005, 02:47 AM

I am sure a lot of you heard about my constant problems with my quest to engine management for the 1MZ-FE...

I went through a couple of systems only to find out that none of the EMS companies out there make a reliable ECU for daily driving and perfectly streetability with a competitive price. The maps available for tuning just isn't enough for a dependable daily driver type of reliability. My goal is the make the car fully streetable and take it out whenever I want.

Long story short, at my current situation, seems like only Motec will do the job properly. Full tuneable maps for all weather conditions, great cold-start tuning, very good sensor feedbacks for troubleshooting, etc... Well, $4000+ doesn't seem to appetizing with all the features I need...

The only other standalones that I had good experience was the ones on my Integra -- I first had an APEXi PowerFC which worked surprisingly well for over 3 years. After I went boost with the Integra, I switched to the AEM standalone EMS about a year ago. The AEM was also a great unit with great flexibility and reliability. Well, that's just Honda though. Don't we wish that AEM would make a PnP standalone for the 1MZ-FE?

That will never come true, so what did I do? I somehow "mashed" the AEM that was meant for a Honda into my Camry

I am currently tuning the car and oh man, since I am trained to tune an AEM, this was like home sweet home for me. I also manage to get full automatic transmission control so I get shift retard, and of course, fully mapable shift points and gear lock-up, etc...

Here's the progress:
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Power centre for my fuel pumps, ignition system etc..

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AEM hooked up:

It's been a long journey... Hope I can really get the car running the way I wanted to ASAP

Super Kaioken · 08-07-2005, 02:53 AM

wow cool! you moved the battery to the trunk? LOL.

yosh · 08-07-2005, 03:20 AM

Sweet! How'd you "mash" the AEM into the Camry? A whole lot of rewire? Keep us updated

JetspeedCamry · 08-07-2005, 03:35 AM

HOT! Well done. You seem to know what your doing when it comes to electronics!
I'm going to be putting an SAFC2 in soon, i'm a bit weary about that wiring, as theres alot warnings in the manual! Difficult?

terrastrife · 08-07-2005, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Super Kaioken

wow cool! you moved the battery to the trunk? LOL.

where else was his cat eating turbo gonna go? :P

***Eye8Pussies*** · 08-07-2005, 05:02 PM

tony....always the inventor or new ideas....now combining toyota and made for honda technology

***Hamsterman*** · 08-07-2005, 05:26 PM

dang man, and i thought i had a lot of custom fab done to my car lol

very impressive indeed, hopefully i will get to sneak a peak at this beauty in a few days

could this be the bridge, to stop our fighting with honda vs. toyota?

***Knailgun*** · 08-07-2005, 05:31 PM

tony, great post as always...lotsa luck with it.....god I hope to see this car someday....for all the time and effort you put into this one....first beer is on me

jackfrost1031 · 08-07-2005, 05:33 PM

You could have used megasquirt, that's what I want to use if I ever get that far in my automobil hobby.

dna59 · 08-07-2005, 05:49 PM

Damn nice job, mst have been quite some work.

a94autoCamry · 08-07-2005, 06:29 PM

thx for updating us on your progress.... once you get the way you want your camry to run, you'll be happy, and TN's camry community will be happy as well

***Tony the Tiger*** · 08-07-2005, 06:43 PM

Thanks for the compliments... I really liked the AEM's software and being able to control the automatic transmission was gold. From my experience, the AEM was definitely reliable and can be used on a real daily driven car.

It's more than just wiring unfortunately... So it's not something you would want to do unless you really need a standalone. I had to program the AEM to accept the factory cam sensor, and the crank trigger had to be made to accomodate the AEM. I still have the stock ECU intact to drive the dash, A/C, etc... but sooner or later I will completely eliminate the ECU just to clean things up a bit

***Phi*** · 08-07-2005, 06:46 PM

Your resourcefulness never ceases to amaze me

***Tony the Tiger*** · 08-07-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jackfrost1031

You could have used megasquirt, that's what I want to use if I ever get that far in my automobil hobby.

Megasquirt/Megaspark? Haha, I work in the tuning business and I wouldn't touch that thing with a 10ft pole.

whocares04 · 08-07-2005, 10:08 PM

.......i really dont know what to say....i'm speechless...

all your cars are just amazing and awesome. you are defineately one of the great examples of modified camrys and all fantasize to achieve!

I just need more videos, longer in length, kinda like that teg video u have; see the camry driving around, from stoplights, pulls, etc.

Other than that...