1995 Toyota Camry SE V6 Coupe
I've been told numerous times that I'm crazy for modding a Camry. And plenty of people have told me that the 1mzfe supercharger for 97-up camry and solara v6 won't fit the 94-96 camry w/ the 1mzfe for several reasons - ECU differences, hood clearance, etc. Well I've also been told that I have a hard head. And this time, it paid off. So to all you nay-sayers who said it couldn't be done:
EAT THIS!!!
Here are the photos I took during the install. Maybe someone can gain something from them. I did this myself in my dad's driveway (while he was out of town :) and only needed help for a couple things, like putting the belt on, and balancing the s/c as I hooked up hoses. I started at about 10:30am and got done about 9pm. Of course, I took a few breaks in between... It was about 95 outside, with no wind at all. And of course I gotta take food/bathroom breaks, and then stop and run to the parts store cuz i'm missing a part or needed extras to fabricate something...
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A beautiful day to be working on the car. partly cloudy, which provides some shade, and humidity below 1000%. :) | |
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da book. turned out to be only suggestively helpful. most of it was pretty straightforward tho... | |
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As of today I have 138,409 miles on the car. Most people wouldn't start souping up a motor this old... but this is a Toyota we're talking about here! :) | |
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Initial K indiglos and my spiffy $1.99 compass | |
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My faithful companion, Toby. He's almost 14 (no, not in dog years...) | |
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No, don't run it over, just install it! | |
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Lots of people ask about breaker bars and torque wrenches. well the one on top is a torque wrench. The bottom one is a breaker bar. Both got used in the install of the s/c. | |
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Laid everything out on the floor, ready to be installed. | |
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Boost guage - adds 10 HP all by itself, right? and if it's pillar mounted with other guages its power compounds exponentially with the number of guages you have! lol! oh but just you wait till I put on the AutoMeter stickers i got with my guages! they're YELLOW and we all know that YELLOW is the color of power... LOOK OUT WORLD!!! Seriously though, i'm probably not gonna put any stickers on my car. | |
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There was nothing spectacular about taking off the old intake chamber, so I didn't bother taking pix of it coming off. But here it is on top of the s/c box, for a comparison to the s/c. | |
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No intake chamber - still prepping for s/c install. | |
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Looks weird w/ the throttle body just kinda hanging there... | |
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Took off the passenger side engine mount stuff... | |
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Accessory belts removed. The alternator pivot bolts turned out to be one of the most difficult parts for me. | |
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Engine wiring harness zip tied out of the way. There were no a/c lines i could tie to, so i tied it to the power steering line there. No chance of this thing rubbing the pulley. My A/C lines are those foam covered tubes at the bottom of the pic. | |
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Closeup of how it's tied down. Nice and out of the way. | |
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PCV hose attached, almost ready to drop the s/c on. Note the cloth covering the intake manifold opening so nothing falls into it. | |
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Oh yes... the supercharger is here... | |
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Clearance between s/c and rear valve cover - driverside view | |
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Passenger side of above - note that the s/c actually hits the PCV valve and moves the top edge of it towards the front of the car about 1-2mm. trivial, IMHO, but worth mentioning. | |
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Funny how other gen4 and solara owners who've installed the s/c mentioned having to move this diagnostics box, which previously connected to the pass. side of the old intake chamber... but the TRD install manual never once mentioned this diagnostics box. go figure. | |
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another shot of the diags box | |
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One more - notice how much more room I have between the s/c pulley and my engine wiring harness compared with a gen4/solara. :) | |
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CRAP! The EGR pipe doesnt reach to the new location... no matter how hard I try. Since my EGR valve's VSV was shot anyway, and I didnt wanna try to figure out how to re-route the vaccuum hoses so EGR still worked, I just disabled the EGR completely. I blocked off the pipes on both ends (at the s/c, and at the rear exhaust header) using "gaskets" i made from the bottom of a can of Folgers. That takes the cake for most unique part used to fix a car outside of duct tape - a coffee can. | |
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Still doesnt fit... time to improvise! | |
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I figure since I have the egr pipe blocked at both ends it really doesnt need to be hooked up here. so i attached it with plumber's strapping so it's not rattling around. :) | |
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And I can still get to that bottom hose connector on the s/c. | |
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Jason (neighbor's kid) helped me out with the install by bringing me tools, helping hold stuff in balance while hooking up hoses, and also helping me move the pulleys to try to get the belt in there right. He liked playing in my toolbox for some reason... | |
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After much struggling and more than a few profanities, my brother and i finally managed to get the belt on. that bugger's TIGHT! even with the alternator adjusted all the way down (loose) i still needed help putting the belt on. Turns out that the bolt tha tgoes thru the engine moving control rod (often called the 'dogbone' motor mount) is not the first one to be bolted up like they suggest... it was the last one to be put on. | |
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No chance of the pulley/belt hitting my a/c lines. | |
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No chance of it hitting anything else either... | |
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Good spacing between wiring harness and belt. | |
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Engine compartment - notice new right angle adapter on boost port. That white thing in my windshield is a piece of foam and my air/fuel ratio meter. very temporary of course... | |
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Camera sitting on driverside strut tower | |
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...and on the passengerside... | |
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look at all that space between the blower and the firewall! | |
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boost gauge - it's not really held down right now... the boost tubing is somewhat wedged into the dash gap to hold it in place. | |
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closeup of boost gauge. the wiring is just for illumination. | |
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air/fuel ratio gauge | |
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closeup. yes, that's a block of foam behind it, to help hold it in place. | |
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zoom out so you can see what i see from the driver seat. | |
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...and the boost guage on the other side. please note that these are very temporary. i plan to permanently mount them somewhere on the dash... not sure. i might try to mimick this honda gauge trim from autometer. | |
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HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE - 1600x1200@24bpp - 201KB - Photo by James. Driver front quarter engine compartment shot. | |
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HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE - 1600x1200@24bpp - 188KB - Photo by James. Passenger front quarter engine compartment shot. | |
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HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE - 1600x1200@24bpp - 204KB - Photo by James. Closeup of s/c and vaccuum hose routing. | |
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HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE - 1600x1200@24bpp - 192KB - Photo by James. Full resolution shot of the pic at the top of this page. |
