Mk2 Mr2 / Camry Engine Swap - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

whiteja1 · 09-02-2003, 05:59 PM

Is it easy to swap a balance shaft 2.2 liter camry engine into a mr2?

***MRQtwinturbo*** · 09-02-2003, 09:50 PM

why would u want to do that for??...the 3sgte....given the right amount of money and in the hands of a capable tuner....can make tons of power.....there are numerous +400hp cars out there now.....any more power than that is just too much.....i'm making around 300rwhp.....n thats more then enough for the streets.....add some race fuel n turn up the boost at the track....n 12 secs here i come......all this out of my daily driver...i cant complain.....

whiteja1 · 09-03-2003, 10:11 AM

I am used to very smooth engines in my previous cars. This is the first large displacement 4-cylinder I will own. I may soup up the engine a little but the stock power is fine for me. If the Porsche 944 engine was smoother I would probably own one. A smoother engine is what I want. Is the Camry balance shaft engine an easy swap? Thanks for your replies.

SW20 MR2 · 09-03-2003, 10:55 AM

If you're looking for smooth, you should just buy a Camry or any other floaty-type sedan..

boroEF · 09-03-2003, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SW20 MR2
If you're looking for smooth, you should just buy a Camry or any other floaty-type sedan..

werd

whiteja1 · 09-03-2003, 11:26 AM

I had a 90 vette convertible. The engine was smooth and torquey. The rest of the car sucked except for looks. I know I can't get a MR2 to be as smooth as my vette but a camry engine in a mr2 souped up with a little extra torque seams like it would be a fun drive and enjoyable as a daily driver. If you know if the swap would be easy or not please advise. If you want to ridicule my idea with sarcastic comments please don't. Thanks

SW20 MR2 · 09-03-2003, 02:16 PM

Isn't the stock MR2 NA 5SFE motor smooth enough for you? After all, it is a Camry motor.

I'm not ridiculing you. What you're asking just doesn't make much sense since you want a sports car yet you want it smooth. You're looking at the wrong class of car. What you want is more of a GT type car like a Supra or 300ZX.

boroEF · 09-04-2003, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SW20 MR2
Isn't the stock MR2 NA 5SFE motor smooth enough for you? After all, it is a Camry motor.

I'm not ridiculing you. What you're asking just doesn't make much sense since you want a sports car yet you want it smooth. You're looking at the wrong class of car. What you want is more of a GT type car like a Supra or 300ZX.

sports cars and smooth dont go together. ur ideals of this "smooth, comfy sports car" is an oxy moron.

and kev is right, the 5sfe indeed IS a camry motor...so what are u thinking of swapping in? a v6?

in anycase...get the 3sgte...a real motor!

StrangeShadow · 09-04-2003, 01:22 PM

Ive heard of the mr2 mk2 engine being droped into a camry...but not the other way around...go for it...if you want to take it a notch down...tehe

Nateness · 09-24-2003, 11:02 PM

The old Camery engines were 2.2L 5S-FE's, but the newer ones have new engines, like my mom's 2003 Camery XLE has a 4cylender VVT-i that's making more power than my MR2, and drives smoother... so... i think the major obstical in the swap would be the money.. it's not going to be cheap, but i think it's a worthwhile project

jhbhatia · 10-08-2003, 12:02 PM

the 5s motor (2.2 i4) can be swapped and is pretty inexpensive (300-600 depending on milage). There is a dude on celica.net who blew his engine on a 93 celica...and dropped in a 5s from a 98 camry...given the mulla he would have gone the 3s motor route...but due to limited $$...his total cost (engine purchase)+labor costed him close to 1000 bucks.....Not a bad idea if you want to go for a LOW milage engine...but this these are toyota's...you take care of them...and they will take care of you....so yeah, you can go and swap in another 5s from a camry....but if you want to wair...just go the 3s route...