Tried to start my camry... problems arose - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

***Hamsterman*** · 07-30-2006, 08:42 PM

Yeah so i was gonna start the car and it wouldn't go, then i opened up the hood and realized the head fell off my car... that sucked

yeah - so I found it on the ground

And a bunch of my turbo parts fell off too... should have used a torque wrench

Luckily when the wheel feel off - the car was jacked up for some reason, remember kids to drain your coolant really well because that head will have some extra toyota red pee in it

Anyways - for those of you who take posts to literally - Carl helped me get the head off the camry (it did not just really fall off...) before I sell it or whatever I am going to do with it - I am putting on a thicker cometic HG to drop compression a bit and some ARP studs so that I can feel studly when I drive around... also gonna machine the head incase there is warpage... man I hope a blown headgasket was what was causing the super pressure in my cooling system that caused my old radiator to explode... eh

Oh yeah - speaking of cooling systems, here are a couple crappy shots of the custom radiator Carl fabbed me up - it was a visteon base radiator for a 2G turbo eclipse - he welded on a temperature sensor bung that he made on the lathe, 2 aluminum risers on the bottom to make it sit nice from the ol lathe, and then some bracketo's on top for extra support... Also welded on the moroso gm filler neck with a 19-21psi cap

only drove it about 5 mintues before i was shooting fluid out the radiator pipes because of what we believe to be a blown headgasket (plus white coolant smoke out the exhaust)

give me a week or so - probably a little more since i am moving - should be back together and I will post a nice boosting vid clip to entice people to buy

***DAMON*** · 07-30-2006, 08:51 PM

good luck, hope the head gasket was all it was

***Knailgun*** · 07-30-2006, 08:54 PM

dizamn....... your car looks like you got robbed "Honey the damn neighbor kids stole my engine's head again".......bastards.....

anyways, I hope it works well for the car, it pains me to see you part with it, having put so much time and effort in it......

a little piece of it has a home here in NY amigo

***Hamsterman*** · 07-31-2006, 12:23 AM

^
yeah, it is always a big difficult to get rid of projects you really care about - but hopefully it will just get better and better with each ride hehe

dna59 · 07-31-2006, 12:48 AM

Damn I hope you get your car fixed. Already sad to hear that u have to part w/ it.

***DAMON*** · 07-31-2006, 07:55 AM

if it somehow turned out that my grandpa left me a large sum of money when he passed away a few months ago (i never knew him) then I would soon be the owner of a boosted gen 3

its such a bummer to see you part with this car nate... i mean i freaking have had dreams where im driving it

should have been at that meet...

RedPhoenix · 07-31-2006, 09:05 AM

^^you scare me

Glad to see it coming back together ya know? It was a real bust when shit happened to mine. I just wish i didnt get rid of it.

gLok · 07-31-2006, 03:52 PM

What happened to the front of the car? Are you going to fix that before you sell it?

GrkBallaG · 07-31-2006, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by theamazingnate

should have used a torque wrench

, sounds like something my teacher would say, i was laughing so hard when i read that........ Anyway, looks like you got some progress on the whip, hope everything goes well for ya nate.