Tony the Tiger

I was in a bit of a hurry finishing up my Camry because I only had about 3 weeks to finish it from top and bottom... It has been sitting in the corner of the shop for probably about 1.5 years now and never had time to work on it. Ever since the motor made some ticking noises, although it seemed minor and nothing serious, I've decided to take it apart and freshening it up regardless. The culprit was a twisted crank, so I kinda found the upper limits of what this 3.0L V6 can do in terms of power...lol (best made was 520 WHP through an automatic, maxing out six 750cc injectors).

The new build consists of a pair of custom sidewinder manifolds, charge piping, full wiring restoration, etc... Same engine and internal work, but I am going for a set of twin turbos.. First to try out something new (there are no other TT Camry on the planet), and I want to feel the difference between a single turbo setup vs a twin turbo setup, with both setups having a similar overall power potential (single GT4088R = 720 HP, and twin GT2860R = 360 HP each, which is also 720 HP total). This difference would be as close as you can get when comparing a big single versus two small twins on identical motors, head, cams, etc..

Pics are in chronological order
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Front manifold:

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Rear manifold:

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One of the better welds:

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Front downpipe/manifold:

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Custom water-neck:

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Engine bay shot #1:

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Shot of two turbos:

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Underbody -- downpipes and dual 2.5" Exhaust. The muffler you see is a Dynomax perforated "X-pipe" which helps to equalize the pressure from my unequal lengthed downpipes:

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Another underbody shot:

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Exhaust -- Dual 2.5" is roughly the total flow capacity of a single 3.75" exhaust. I did the dual pipes for maximum ground clearance, noise cancellation and also to match the dual inlets of the Supra TT muffler I am using. The car is going to pretty quiet, but free flowing well up to 500 WHP.

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Here's a pic of my custom airbox... It's there to give it a slightly stealthier look, to keep the car more legal with the local police (open air filter is a $280 ticket here), and also gives a nice clean apperance. .. This is a pic of the lid CLOSED:

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Airbox OPENED:


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And finally, finished engine bay with all the finishing touches. Custom heatshields, polished items, everything heat wrapped, etc...
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Here's a list of the current setup on the Camry:

Turbo Related/Induction
- Twin Garrett GT2860R 0.69 A/R turbos
- Tial 44mm Wastegate, boostgate method
- Custom sidewinder manifolds
- 2.25" Upper Downpipe / 2.5" Lower Downpipe
- 68mm Overbored OEM Throttlebody
- Precision Turbo 31.5" x 10.5" x 3.5" Intercooler
- HKS SSQV BOV
- Dual 2.5" exhaust pipes / Supra TT Muffler
- Meth Injection System

Engine Valvetrain/Top-end
- Canadian Cylinder Head Tech Headwork
- Catcams Custom Valvesprings
- SI Valves 1mm Oversized Exhaust Valves
- ARP Head Studs

Engine Internals/Bottom-end
- 88.0mm DRP Forged Pistons (9.5:1 CR)
- Pauter Forged Rods
- 3MZ-FE Crank; radiused and balanced
- TOGA Oil Pump
- ARP Main Studs

Fuel System
- Racetronix 700cc/min Injectors
- AEM Fuel Pressure Regulator
- CNC Machined Billet-6AN Aluminum Fuel Rails
- Dual Feed -6AN lines and fuel Rail Setup
- Walbro 255LPH Fuel Pumps with surge tank
- Trickflow Dual fuel filters

Ignition
- NGK BKR8EIX
- Haltech Ignition Modules
- HKS Twin Power DLI Ignition System
- Chrysler 300M Coil Packs
- MSD Voltage Booster


Management/Monitor
- AEM Standalone EMS (1060 EMS) with Automatic Trans Control
- AEM 3.5 Bar MAP Sensor
- AEM IAT Sensor
- AEM Water Temperature Sensor
- GM Knock Sensors at Factory Location
- Haltech TPS Sensor Mounted on Stock Throttlebody
- Custom Crank Trigger with Motec Hall Effect Sensor
- Factory Cam Sensor, shimmed
- PLX Devices DM-200 Organic Display Gauges x 2
- PLX Sensor modules; dual Wideband O2's, Trans/Coolant temp/Oil pressure
- TurboSmart E-Boost2
- APEXi Turbo Timer

Cooling
- B&M Cooler 11" x 4.5" x 1.5" for power steering
- Factory Hydraulic fan, overdriven
- Flex-a-lite 12" S-Blade Radiator Pusher Fan
- Thermotec Gold Foil Premium Heat Reflective Material
- Thermotec self-cooling heatshielding
- DEI Tunnel Shield

Transmission/Drivetrain
- IPT Fully Built Automatic Transmission (IPT -- http://www.importperformancetrans.com)
- Race Calibrated and Modified Valvebody
- High Stall Converter (4000-4500RPM Stall)
- B&M Hi-Tek Transmission Cooler 10" x 7.5" x 4"

Handling/Braking
- D2 Racing Coilovers
- 13 kg/mm Front Springs; 11kg/mm Rear Springs
- Whiteline 18mm Rear Swaybar
- Whiteline Polyurethane D-Bracket Bushings
- Ractive Strut Tower Bar
- Supra TT Front Rotors with CNC relocation brackets
- Porterfield R4S Carbon Kevlar Brake Pads
- Optima Red Top
- Battery Relocated to Trunk
- Hella Battery Kill Switch

Current wheels:
- 17" x 7.5" Volk Racing SE37k, custom powdercoated gloss black
Pirelli 235-45-17 Sottozero Performance Winter Tires

Lighting
- Philips HID Lighting Kit (4100k)
- Hella E55 Bi-xenon Projector Retrofit
- ZKW Clear Projector Lens
- Philips HID highbeams; 3000k
- Custom Rewired Bumper Lights With 1157 conversion (parking lights = dim; signalling = bright )
- Front turn signals re-wired to headlight corner lens

Cosmetic/Interior
- RMM Lower Front Air Dam
- Custom Mesh Grill
- Ichibahn Automatic Shiftknob
- 2001 Toyota Celica Front Seats
- 2001 Toyota Celica SRS Steering Wheel
- S2000 Antenna Conversion

Audio
- Alpine MDA-W966J Double-DIN Head Unit
- Infinity Reference 605CS Components
- Infinity Reference 6"x9" Rear Speakers
- JL Audio 250.1 Amp
- JL Audio 12W6 Sub
- Custom Trunk enclosure retains full trunk space

Numbers:

New twin GT28R60's @ 18 PSI
405 WHP and 532 lbft of torque
No track times yet
Link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5cRMGMMe04


Old retired setup; GT4088R @ 26 PSI
526 WHP and 477 ft-lbs
12.6 @ 121 mph
Old video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrYDPg8yMTU

Comments and questions are welcomed

JDM KID 510

Nice.

DaveF

do you happen to have before / after dyno plots from the setup change ?

nice job !

turboteener

What is the huge can in the intact tract? Nice Setup. But I have to ask, why a Camry? Just to say you did it?

weiRtech

looks pretty snug. nice work on making everything fit.

jweller

I saw your car years ago on one of the HID retrofit web boards and I always thought it was one of the nicest Camrys I'd seen. Well, OK, the ONLY Camry I'd seen, but still, Nice car. Lots of attention to detail.

m_shake

nice work man. how bad it must feel to get smoked by a camry!!

Blackcatn2o

Probley the most impressive Camry i have ever seen.

Evs-One

props on the work! I always love seeing something different.

dave@passenger

I love it, I am a total sleeper guy, who expects a tt camry?
Props.

Tony the Tiger

Thanks for the compliments.. I try to make this car more simple on the outside, although I can't do much about the front bumper since it is an actual windtunnel tested race piece off the Australian Supertouring Camry. It has to look that way to prove itself useful, and I don't have much choice on that...lol

I want to pull into a local meet, and guys would start poking fun out of the car... Until they see what's under the hood


Unfortunately, no, because my old setup was done on a Dynojet, and they had problems with the RPM pickup so the graph was messed up. I only have graphs to the new setup and that was it.

Well, I had this car since I was still in school. The car was handed down from my parents of course, and when you are on a student budget and still want to have fun, you mod what you drive. So this was all how it started a good decade ago, and the Camry stuck with me all these years.

The intake is there to compensate for my lack of volume on the stock intake manifold. Unlike a 5spd car, this car is an auto and the throttlebody never closes between shifts. The intake is there to give the added volume, in hopes to give it better overall power just like what a larger intake manifold would offer. It is also there to prevent the turbos from surging because with the added volume near the throttlebody, it prevents any quick and sudden surging because of the small twins. Just before the throttlebody, the canister has a velocity stack to guide the air into the engine, but the other end of the canister is an abrupt 90deg angle. This help prevent air from freely moving the other direction as well. It's something I picked up on a lot of WRC rally cars, especially those that don't have a BOV, and ones that run heavily on ALS. With the ALS, the turbo spins really fast, but the engine consumes very little air which promotes a lot of surge. Also on cars that have really short charge piping (turbo directly to FMIC, and then directly to TB with almost no piping), it helps prevent a lot of turbulence in the charged system.. ie: most drift cars

jlude90

i know there are alot of smart guys here, but i really like the way you think. you do things differently and you know why you do them. awesome camry man

Nick Z32

probly the most badass camry iv ever seen

lol feels wierd saying that

namewasdallas

yeah that is the dopest camry, both the single turbo setup and the twins made great power, I love the time and effort people put into cars to make them so unquie. The turbo setups you've made look very stealthy and very well planed, now the real question is which setup did you like more the twins or the single?

enjoy the fruits of your labor man

Agtronic

Very well laid out. I like how the filters both fit into the stock airbox, or what looks like a stock airbox.

Lots of work went into this, and it shows.

Awesome job!

clayton bigsby

iTrader: (1)

very impressive still cant get over the fact that its a camery lol

postman

sweetness

yangtech

Good work. Sweet camry.

random_tuner

Get rid of that ridiculous front bumper and you got yourself a sleeper for the win.

Good work.

turboteener

Very nice.

JDMCRX

iTrader: (2)

Looks good tony. Ill have to swing by the shop when im in t.o this summer.

Tony the Tiger

That ridiculous bumper you speak of, is a genuine Austrialian Super Touring front bumper...lol No worries, I got into a habit of explaining this each time I make a photo thread about my Camry. Nobody would even remotely expect such race piece to be available for this car anyway.


Taken from a post I made on another forum

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This bumper is an actual race piece, from the Austrialian Super Touring Camry as well as RMM's race car. It is wind tunnel tested, and designed to divert air away from the full frontal area, thus, reducing the c/d from 0.34 to 0.29. My steering wheel also gets tighter the faster I go With my stock bumper, it would do the exact opposite. I would like a cleaner looking lip, but I have to settle on whatever is out there and would be functional as well. Without the front bumper and the added downforce (I had it off to get it repainted at one time), I literally spin my tires at 150 km/h which I never do with the front bumper installed

random_tuner

That post right there is exactly what I like to hear. You actually know what aero is for. Most guys think "body kits" look cool. Not the case. Do body work for aero purposes, not to "look cool".


Good work, your car is badass.

kasimmmmm

what seperates you from everyone is the originality and the custom work... thats some nice welding on the exhaust... also the airbox looks clean.
that gauge near the gearbox looks awesome! everything is flawless...

Kevin

This car gets better and better. Sucks to hear about the crank, i always thought that would be one of the stronger pieces of the 1mz.