Hey guys,
So I am a recent new owner of a 95 red camry coupe in 5 speed. I managed to pull off a great deal up here from a local guy who from what I understand didn't realize what a gem these cars are for the price he was willing to give it too me for ($750 CAD)..and yes you read that price correct! Car has very minor rust, mostly around the spoiler which can be easily fixed and replaced. Car had 228,000km on it (145k miles for those US
). Anyhow I am looking to upgrade it over the winter and get some power out of this thing.
So first thing I want too mention is I have a very close friend who is a toyota mechanic. He happens to have his own shop at home with a hoist, engine lifts, tranny lifts, etc, all the tools and air gun and all as well. So I'm pretty sure we are set from that perspective.
Now from what I have been reading, it's possible to put a 3SGTE engine into this car (twin turbo) and the tranny from my car would fit?? Someone correct me if I am mistaken at all. I was reading somewhere that the S1 tranny that is in my car will bolt right up no problems however need a new clutch to handle the extra power...
Finally, in terms of parts I have found a few places where I can buy the engine, ECU, wiring harness, alternator, a/c, and a bunch of other things. In terms of mounts and what not, what else would be needed???
I am new here so if more info is required please let me know.
Thanks.
PS...the car did overheat on me back on thursday, had it towed to my buddies house who has the shop at home. Anyhow we narrowed it down to my rad fan being broken. I actually tried to manually spin the fan with the engine off and it's pretty seized up. Gonna throw in another one of those fans tomorrow picking it up in the morning and hopefully that fixes the problem...is this a common problem on these cars for the rad fans to go bad? I drive a 96 camry as well, it's the 5SFE engine but with an automatic transmission and haven't had any of that problem, just replaced my rad once in it but that's all.
Any thoughts?
...sorry for the long post
So I am a recent new owner of a 95 red camry coupe in 5 speed. I managed to pull off a great deal up here from a local guy who from what I understand didn't realize what a gem these cars are for the price he was willing to give it too me for ($750 CAD)..and yes you read that price correct! Car has very minor rust, mostly around the spoiler which can be easily fixed and replaced. Car had 228,000km on it (145k miles for those US
So first thing I want too mention is I have a very close friend who is a toyota mechanic. He happens to have his own shop at home with a hoist, engine lifts, tranny lifts, etc, all the tools and air gun and all as well. So I'm pretty sure we are set from that perspective.
Now from what I have been reading, it's possible to put a 3SGTE engine into this car (twin turbo) and the tranny from my car would fit?? Someone correct me if I am mistaken at all. I was reading somewhere that the S1 tranny that is in my car will bolt right up no problems however need a new clutch to handle the extra power...
Finally, in terms of parts I have found a few places where I can buy the engine, ECU, wiring harness, alternator, a/c, and a bunch of other things. In terms of mounts and what not, what else would be needed???
I am new here so if more info is required please let me know.
Thanks.
PS...the car did overheat on me back on thursday, had it towed to my buddies house who has the shop at home. Anyhow we narrowed it down to my rad fan being broken. I actually tried to manually spin the fan with the engine off and it's pretty seized up. Gonna throw in another one of those fans tomorrow picking it up in the morning and hopefully that fixes the problem...is this a common problem on these cars for the rad fans to go bad? I drive a 96 camry as well, it's the 5SFE engine but with an automatic transmission and haven't had any of that problem, just replaced my rad once in it but that's all.
Any thoughts?
...sorry for the long post