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Re: Smt_007's Camry - New Toyfest Pics

Fri, 14 October 2005 01:03

¿johnman¿trdcamry wrote on Thu, 13 October 2005 23:39

Hey i really like your camry, i am picking up my new car tommorow it is a 91 sv21 camry csi and if it wasn't for your car that made me think that camrys could actually be alright then i wouldn't have probably thought about gettin' one.
Now i look forward to doing some nice basic mods to get it going, am thinking new exhaust and some new filters to start with.
so yeah i will put up some picks and stuff of my car after i get it tommorow and hopefully will have picks up by monday at the latest Smile

So yeah nice car and keep up the good work!

Hey mate,
Good to hear we have more people in the camry mod brigade Wink

, i really dont know why they have such a bad name, with a few suspension mods, they handle like celicas and with extractors they go like the st162 celicas. Look forward to seeing your car in members rides soon.

As for mods, Here are Smt's CAMRY MODS 101 Very Happy

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AIR FILTERS:- Pods can make the car respond worse because the computer will only allow so much air in, i had a cut up airbox before with a panel filter, and it sounded good but didnt do anything for performance, so i bought another stock box and it responds better, what i will say though is to get a k&n panel filter which goes in your stock airbox and can be cleaned with special cleaning solution for it.

EXHAUST:- I have a full 2" exhaust system, with lukey performance extractors, they were put in only a few weeks ago, and im amazed how well it goes. The difference is the car revs out a lot cleaner, and where it use to slow down at 4000rpm with the stock exhaust, now it revs out to redline with little force, just like when i drive celicas.

SUSPENSION:- I am using king springs 1.5 inches lower and monroe gt gas shocks, i would recommend getting kyb shocks instead, they cost more but are more duarable. Also i have a strut bar imported from america that was a noticable difference though it would only be worth while after new springs and better shocks, the strut bar made the car steer a lot more precise and as soon as i had that put in, it handled like the st162 and st184 celicas i have driven, they have the factory strut tower braces. Another important thing to change is the bushes in the front specially if your car has done a lot of ks and the bushes look worn, as soon as i changed the front bushes the car felt a lot stiffer. When we went up to Bathurst for the toyota nationals we went on Mt panorama race track in bathurst, and the car handled excelent, at the time i had some used pirelli pzero rubber and the car handled like on rails, i needed some bucket seats and a better seat belt brcause the car was sticking to the road like on rails but i was being thrown around lol.

WHEELS:- I have 17x7.5 inch wheels with 205/40r17, if you want to get 17s you need to have a lower profile rubber like 40, i had 50 profile before and it took the speedo out by about 7ks/hr. Also a lower profile is better to stop the guards from rubbing which i had the problem with, when i had the 50 profile rubber. I actually like driving my car, with toymods we go on many cruises through twisty hill climbs and decents and you cant have the car extremely low because it just tyre rubs the guards at the front, i got sick of that and thought i needed smaller wheels but all it was was lower profile rubber. If you go with 16" tyres you can get your springs 2" lower instead of the 1.5 inch i have, i still have problems on some speed humps scraping with people in the car and sometimes without. The lower profile rubber also lowered the car slightly and thats when i started to get scraping.

MECHANICAL:- I will just talk briefly about oil, the oil i use is 25w50, i have heard people say to use high synthetic oil but, many have screwed there engine up because of it. Petrol i dont care what anyone says, but using premium for me gets me further and the car revs out cleanly, i find the best bang for buck petrol is vortex gold it doesnt have the highest rating but with 95 octane its still good, and its cheaper than the hi octane fuels. What ever you do DONT use Shell optimax it has fouled my spark plus in the past and i can really feel it slugish. The ultimate test i did was with my motorbike, motorbikes can feel the difference between good and bad petrol a lot more than cars can, as soon as you rev it up 0-15000 rpm you know, i put in all the fuels there are from every petrol station, and when i put in optimax it felt like crap, wery rough idle and revs, a day later i put in BP premium and as soon as i turned the key it was a different bike. As i said before the best bang for buck petrol is, vortex gold and the other good ones i use is bp ultimate premium and mobil synergy 8000.

Here are some pics of my car on bathurst, when i think of more info to add i will Smile