W. David

I hope this hasn't been covered anywhere at length, and if it has, I cannot find it for the life of me......

SO, I've noticed that nobody here has given their car a little extra boost and I was just curious as to why (as their surely must be a reason if nobody has done it).

Will the car not handle it? Does it not work on Auto's? What? (I am new to this by the way).

Thanks!

Kohinoor

iTrader: (22)

only 1 person i know of who has nitrous on their ES300


i would do it, but im too afraid to spray on a stock bottom end

flipspeed

talk to this guy. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/227169

TCwindom

talk to mcelligott (sp?) on this board. He has a nitrous set up on his 92. IT IS a 5 speed though.

He's still the guy to talk to...

I'm a moron when it comes to installing/using nitrous, simply because I never plan on getting it.

flipside909

You can add nitrous...but I would only go as far as a 50 shot. Anymore is danger. If you have ever seen the piston rods of a 1MZ-FE, they are literally paper thin. I've seen a few blown 1MZ-FE's that were shot with nitrous and the rods were bent as if they were made of rubber. It wouldn't be a wise idea to use nitrous with any 1MZ-FE V6 especially with VVT-i for long periods of time. I would suggest the TRD S/C for the Camry/Solara for you but since you have a 1999 based on your profile, the TRD S/C will not work on VVT-i equipped 1MZ's. Your car can handle it...but only for so long...especially with your 4spd ECT-i auto tranny. The engine was built for economy not front wheel drive burnout power.

W. David

Well ****. I knew there must have been a reason! Thanks for the post flip, even though it is sort os depressing than there really is now way to get even a little extra power out of this car. I've wanted a GS for quite some time now, but money does not/ willl not permit this for quite some time. Guess I'll just have to suffer for a while eh.........it's rough when you have to suffer through driving any kind of Lexus.

Thanks for the replies guys.......

mmarshall

Putting in more then minimal nitrous on a front-driver, besides overstressing the engine, would give you hellacious torque steer, though the automatic tranny would help filter some of it out.

Toysrme

As covered many times. camry/solara S/C won't work.

Also all ES's of that era use the Avalon ECU.

See the link HERE
To learn more about NOS.
btw 20hp/L.

I'll laugh when someone blows a 1mz doing a 60 shot for long

flipside909

I laugh when someone uses nitrous on a 1MZ period.

Kohinoor

iTrader: (22)

i dont see why it wouldnt fit besides clearing the hood

all youd need to do is swap out the ecu for a camry one

flipside909

Ummm theres more to it than just the ECU and vaccum lines. It will physically fit on the block, but wont work properly with VVT-i 1MZ-FEs since it has a dual throttle body setup where as the TRD S/C for the 1MZ-FE is a single TB design.

Kohinoor

iTrader: (22)

i dont have vvti

flipside909

You shouldn't have a problem install one into your ES then. Not necessary to use a Camry ECU since your ECU is literally programmed alike. You can use the Camry V6 Auto version for the S/C or the Solara. The only difference between the Solara and Camry S/C version is that the Solara version comes with the TRD Strut bar w/the kit.