I don't think he is even putting headers on right away???

 

Holy megapost batman! lol

Morphine - noppers, Ive been busting my butt at work and lately its been cold and dark when I get off! Ill finish it up soon though!

MonsterMaxx - Yeah I may be nuts for not doing the bottom end - truth be told I think it may be over my head. Im probably asking for truouble turboing without at least replacing bearings on the bottom end.... But on that thought I have been entertaining the idea of rebuilding another 3vze bottom end too. And unfortunately I live down here in Sarasota, FL not Greenville... What competition is coming up there?

Since im lagging behind you and supra, I doubt ill be able to help with a MS system or even if id be able to actually help! lol Who sells, MS and how much do they typically run?

mt goat - thanks!

Supra - nope no headers, though if I stumble into a deal I cant pass up ill grab em. Reason being was two fold - not enough cash right now and because at a later date I'd like to turbo it. speaking of that i gotta get back to your last PM!

 

im think of doing all the same things you are bumpin! but i also want to add a turbocharger i already have the mainfold and looking on what kinda of turbo i want! and you shipped all your parts to enginebuild? n what about the cams?

 

Can you post up a pic of the manifold?

 

i just have a stock one for rite now! but i jsut need to find out what kind of turbo i would need to get then i would start fabing the manifold

 

Aah, that makes sense lol. Personally I wouldn't use that for a turbo setup but then again I've never setup a turbo. My reasoning is that if the crossover is a bad idea NA it can't be good FI.

 

well those other guys on here used the exhaust manifold, and they just had to fab the everything and do you know where i could get the molding the holds the mainfold and turbo together?

 

you mean the turbo flange? They are all over ebay. BUT you cant just randomly pick some turbo and try it out. Well you can but your results will be far less than optimal. First you have to figure out how much power you want to run before anything else. Then the number crunching begins....go to greddy's website and read up!

I am going to turbo my 3vze as well but am going to take my time first. 100% custom turbo flange, not what the others did to theirs. I intend to have full boost by 1800-2000 rpm, and you wont get that, or optimal power output without a PROPER turbo manifold...

 

bumpin yota im gonna need your help with the turbo, is that kool, cuz it seems like u know ur ÅÅÅÅ

 

hehehe, well ive been trying to educate myself as much as possible about it before dropping the first penny. To make 250 crank hp, it really looks like a TO4e-50 trim compressor is the way to go running 14.7psi. Im going to have a looksie at my numbers again and make a few adjustments here and there cuz that boost number seems high. Definately want a small AR (<.5) T3 hotside with a rather large extrnal wastegate. This will allow almost instant spoolup, yet allow most of the exhaust gasses freedom to escape at the top end of engine RPM when the hotside is overwhelmed.

When I do go that route ill likely be doing both an intercooler and WMI. And of course a 7th injector kit (550cc) as well. But you bet ill help ya! Im sure Supratehpeg, and Toysrme256th will too.

 

Supra doesn't know ÅÅÅÅ about setting up a turbo. LOL

 

well i contacted the guy that already had a turbo set up on a 3vz he said he is running .63 on the turbine side? now i read up on the on somewhat of that you to match the turbine to what you engine can hold n stuff like dat but im still really confused cuz i no you cant just throw on any turbo! i want my turbo to kick at high rpms cuz i dont think this motor needs it down low! Bumpin were u think of regearing?

 

Wanna see what 187 bux looks like?

Knock sensor, Knock sensor wire, and power steering pump rebuild kit.

 

damn thats alot of money! how much did the knock sensor go for?

 

had to cut mine off also! didnt care tho i had downey headers going on! =)

 

the knock sensor new was 145 shipped through North Ridge Toyota, CA. A local dealership quoted me 187 just for the sensor!!

My OEM one, which should be 100% a ok, is going up on ebay to defray the cost of the new one.


BTW, anyone ever notice that only one wire reaches the KS, but where the KS wire plugs into the harness there are 2 wires. What happened to one of them?

 

My 1990 Camry has the same thing....some kind of ground or something?

 

bsanders, thats exactly how I got those nuts off too. Except I didn't use a pipe, just socket wrench and pure force.

 

BY, I am going thru the same stuff your going thru right now. Already have driver side head off -and surprise, coolant on #6 piston (nice and shiny)- tomorrow passenger side head comes off (with exhaust and cross-over still attached). On my passenger side camshaft the pin that goes into the camshaft to turn the sprocket was sheared off. Anyone seen this before? Also, what I have done was put all bolts, nuts and small parts in freezer bags and labeled them with a Sharpie fine point permanent marker pen, and with large parts used paper tags attached to strings. One more question, after blowing all the white smoke and coolant through my exhaust, is a catalytic converter replacement mandatory?

 

Garrett's website has a great writeup on turbo tech.
You need to learn to read a compressor map to properly size (educated guess) a turbo for your setup.
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/ (click on turbo tech)

I've got a bunch of compressor maps up on my website: http://22returbo.net