Focus on learning how to maintain it.

 

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By the way, there is no "chip" or re-programming for a 3VZ.
Follow this link (below) for a lot of good pointers on what does and does not work to get more power.
Note that his writing about customizing the intake is only for when using a turbocharger.

Toyota MR2 Wiki and FAQ - MKII: 3vzfetune

Toyota MR2 Wiki and FAQ (frequently asked questions) for Toyota MR2 Owners and Enthusiasts. A great place to share knowledge about the mid-engine Toyota MR2.

mr2wiki.com

Summary: nothing to be gained by headers, or cams, or custom intakes (unless fitting a turbo). About 10% power increase (180hp -> 200hp) is available by carefully advancing the timing (labor intensive, but not technically difficult to do).

There's benefit from custom down pipe (Y pipe), but unless you can make it yourself the cost can be high, and the benefit at the top end tends to include some loss at the low RPM end.

A good tune up and a new PCV can often return some lost (original) power.

 

The engines can make good power as they were built during toyota's overbuilding/overengineering period in the 90s, but being a camry, the lack of aftermarket performance parts means you'll need almost everything custom fabbed, which means lots of $$$ if you don't have the tools to do it yourself. The custom front Y pipe on mine cost me 400 bucks as an example, but it did noticeably increase higher end power, not by a lot, but definitely enough to be noticeable by a butt dyno.

There are a few crazy camrys out there, apparently Tony the Tiger still has his frankensteined 1mz head-3mz block camry delivering 728 hp to the front wheels...needless to say, he's done a LOT of work to that car.

There is also an air flow meter relocation mod you can do that is just moving the air flow meter closer to the throttle body and removing as many restrictions as possible, supposedly this increases throttle response and is the only intake mod that can actually do anything; in theory it sounds good as the fuel pump is actually controlled by the AFM flap (set ignition to on, push the flap and you can hear the pump do its thing) however nobody else seems to have tried this and actually given a verdict. Once lockdown lifts where I'm at I intend to get the rest of the parts needed and make a post on this though. It's a pretty drastic mod however, as it involves drilling holes in your AFM, amongst other things.

 

Free power:

Set the ignition timing at 15 or 18 degrees before TDC. You’ll need a timing light to do it. You can find one on eBay for reasonable money.

Adjust the MAF to lean it out. I went 6 clicks on mine, but that might be a bit too much. You’ll find instructions in that thread that norm linked to. Be sure to mark where it is before you adjust it so you’ll know for sure where it was at to start.

 

Alright so I just bought a 1992 Camry LE 3.0L V6. The car has 130,000km on it and everything is absolutely mint. I’m new to cars and I know it’s not very modable but I’m still thinking about putting some serious time and money into it since it’ll last a long time.
Does anyone know if this car is CPU-tuneable? I’d like to do intake and exhaust but if I can't get it tuned I’m not sure there is much of a point.

I've also got a 92 Camry LE V6 3.0 ltr and also font have much experience in performance do you know how to set up forced induction??

 

2 year old thread.

Start something new if you have questions. You have a grocery getter and there is not much you can do to it. Leave it as is and it will run for a long time.