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Location:
Wollongong
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Instalation of NOS
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Wed, 02 June 2004 10:33
 
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Tony,
My very strong advice is to NOT do this modification. I'm not dissing you for having a V6 Camry... I used to own a 1996 model myself. The engines are probably the worst things that Toyota has made. They would have been stronger if made out of cardboard.
I had 65,000km on mine (bought it new). One day I was dropping a friend off at a party, doing about 70km/h in 2nd (4500rpm) hardly stressing the engine. All of a sudden, the engine decided it didn't want to live anymore... a pair of sheared conrods, 12 holes in the block & sump, and managed to crack the block into 3 separate pieces. Lucky for Toyota, the car was 3 months out of warranty, and pleasantly turned their noses up at me, when clearly there had to have been something defective with the engine. I don't know of any car, babied for 65,000km could die in such a catastrophic way.
After finding this out, I found out that mine was not the only case of it happening. It apparently used to happen to the old 4Runner which shared the same engine.
In short, the 3VZ-FE is not an engine suitable to any forced induction or nitrous add-ons. Sorry to dampen your spirits, but I'm saving you a potential $7,000 engine rebuild.
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