Long story short, the potholes here in Toronto during the winter months aren't quite something you'd want to run over at 150 km/h... All the pipes were smash, the downpipe, etc... Lucky nothing else was damaged. I had to redo all the undercar piping in my car, and along the way, I ended up slapping on a GT40R turbo under the hood...lol All the pipes had to be redone, but I was able to keep most of the sections and save a lot of time (hence, there are many welded sections on most of the pipes). My main focus was to fab the pipes as high off the ground as possible, but have none of the pipes touching against the chassis or engine/trans. Some of the bends could look better, but most of the routing was really space limited.

The car is a '94 Toyota Camry 3.0L V6 by the way.

First of all, I polished my new baby and took some pics of it. The turbine housing was also prepped (removed all casting texture) before I sent it to get the coating done.



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Old T66 vs new GT40R:

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Building the pipes:



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Ground clearance better than stock

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Pipes all coated:
http://htracing4.homestead.com/files/CamryParts/CamryGT40Rcoatpipe1.jpg[/img]
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Turbo mounted:

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Finished Bay:


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Pic of the car:

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And quite frankly, I have a video to go along the finished product

Here's a video clip of the car:
http://jr21777.0catch.com/Tony...s.wmv


Comments are welcomed

 

Looks good.

 

thats pretty cool and different

 

Looks good. you have inspired me to do the same on the Turbine Housing of my 42R

What exactly was used to coat the Turbine housing and exhaust manifold. How is it holding up?

 

What kind of coating is on the those pipes? Ceramic/jet coating? Looks good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tony the Tiger &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The car is a '94 Toyota Camry 3.0L V6 by the way.
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Definitely not what I was expecting to have a GT40R in the engine bay!

Any dyno numbers?

 

man, its always a pleasure to see your posts. you are a definite craftsman!
you always take the time to do things correctly and work the details. great vid too
wow

m.

 

looks good but its ****-o-matic. that would kill some of the fun facotr for me i think.

got any numbers?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ccfab &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good but its ****-o-matic. that would kill some of the fun facotr for me i think.

got any numbers? </TD></TR></TABLE>

If I remember right... his slushbox is far from stock.

Tony, I'm suprised you didn't round out the divider on the turbo, any reason for this since you didn't split the manifold up for it?

 

Camry Pwn.

 

Any compare and contrast of the old turbo to the new turbo?

Nice looking project

 

What did you use to get the turbine housing smooth. Does it take a long time? That compressor housing look like it could have taken forever.

Looks great

 

sick, just sick! what internal mods needed to handle that beast? Also enlighten us on the polish job too...

 

did anybody else notice that is a camry.

 

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Omg... really? I thought it was an integra with crazy body work! Like woah man...

I'd like to know what paper/wheel you used on the turbine housing. It turned out quite nice.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SteveZ31 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks good. you have inspired me to do the same on the Turbine Housing of my 42R

What exactly was used to coat the Turbine housing and exhaust manifold. How is it holding up?</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xtremeazian &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What kind of coating is on the those pipes? Ceramic/jet coating? Looks good</TD></TR></TABLE>

I believe the coating is the common jet-hot type ceramic coating offered by most of the well known coaters, but I had this done locally at a local shop Most important part of this process would be prep work though and good prepping = great adhesion of the coating. So far over the years (I have been dealing with this shop for 2-3 years now), their coating has held up with no probs on both my Integra and the stuff on the Camry

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Finest &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Definitely not what I was expecting to have a GT40R in the engine bay!

Any dyno numbers? </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ccfab &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good but its ****-o-matic. that would kill some of the fun facotr for me i think.

got any numbers? </TD></TR></TABLE>

No numbers on this new beast, but the old T66 layed down 392 WHP/375 ft-lbs @ 16-18 psi. The TC was unlocked and running on pump 94 oct. Automatic/high stall TC is the absolute way to go for a big power big turbo FWD car. This thing rapes my Integra regardless of speed, highway, off a launch, or at a roll...lol It's a pure straightline car though, but more of a fun/pimping weekend car with full audio and all the goodies. It has A/C too

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If I remember right... his slushbox is far from stock.

Tony, I'm suprised you didn't round out the divider on the turbo, any reason for this since you didn't split the manifold up for it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, I did end up rounding the divider before I sent it off for coating (not pictured)... I saw the thread here a while ago regarding this, so I only rounded off but not anywhere near sharp




Modified by Tony the Tiger at 5:52 PM 3/15/2006

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marcin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">man, its always a pleasure to see your posts. you are a definite craftsman!
you always take the time to do things correctly and work the details. great vid too
wow

m. </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Justin Olson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Any compare and contrast of the old turbo to the new turbo?

Nice looking project </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks for the compliments

The GT4088R was better in every aspect.... The old T66 was a ballbearing unit too, but top-end wasn't quite like the GT40R nor response was anything like it either. The GT40R spooled quicker, boost response was way faster if I ever decided to let of the throttle and get back on it, and of course, it sounded 10x better and louder With the larger turbine housing and more aggressive turbine wheel, the engine wanted a lot more fuel (+10% fuel trim with six 720cc/min injectors) at the same PSI as the T66 Although with the high stall converter, lag wasn't really an issue with this car, but rather I wanted more high RPM power instead of a flat power curve I used to get with the old T66.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BodyKits NW &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What did you use to get the turbine housing smooth. Does it take a long time? That compressor housing look like it could have taken forever.

Looks great </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by supercreed2002 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sick, just sick! what internal mods needed to handle that beast? Also enlighten us on the polish job too...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks guys The polishing work was first done with a series of sanding discs. I use a 3M 5" sanding disc drill attachment (meant for bodywork) that has a very flexible rubber backing plate. It allows me to contour around odd shapes and hard to reach spots.

The order is 120 grit, 320 grit, 600 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit and finished it with 2000 grit. From 1000 to 2000 grit, there was hand water sanding involved and 2000 grit was done with soapy water. I find that much easier than high speed polishing it with a buffing wheel/pad This is for the compressor housing. The turbine housing, I stopped at 320 grit and it was smooth enough for the ceramic coating.

The work done to the motor is no different than the stuff we do on Honda motors. Other than sleeving (stock sleeves on this motor are as thick as GE ones on Hondas ), I am running Diamond pistons and Pauter rods with ARP hardware. Stock headgaskets, stock bearings, stock crank.

 

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tony the Tiger &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks guys The polishing work was first done with a series of sanding discs. I use a 3M 5" sanding disc drill attachment (meant for bodywork) that has a very flexible rubber backing plate. It allows me to contour around odd shapes and hard to reach spots.

The order is 120 grit, 320 grit, 600 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit and finished it with 2000 grit. From 1000 to 2000 grit, there was hand water sanding involved and 2000 grit was done with soapy water. I find that much easier than high speed polishing it with a buffing wheel/pad This is for the compressor housing. The turbine housing, I stopped at 320 grit and it was smooth enough for the ceramic coating.

The work done to the motor is no different than the stuff we do on Honda motors. Other than sleeving (stock sleeves on this motor are as thick as GE ones on Hondas ), I am running Diamond pistons and Pauter rods with ARP hardware. Stock headgaskets, stock bearings, stock crank.</TD></TR></TABLE>

don't you wanna scuff the surface of the turbine housing so the coat can stick?

 

nice. i bet that thing is FUN...aim, throttle, fly. i should do this to my mom's camry. next time i come to richmond hill, maybe i can ride in this thing.

 

Nice man. I like it a lot!

 

WOW...never thought it to be in a camry...nice

 

thats pretty sick! a gt40 in a damn camry.