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3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6

92ES5sp

Yea only 92-93 has the 3VZ. You can tell a 3VZ by the dual exhaust tips on the muffler, even on a gen 3 Camry.

13loody

I have a 92 and 93 ES300 and a 93 Camry.. all 3VZ-FE.. and one in the garage ready to be dropped in when needed. Actually, my mom's 91 Camry V6 may need a new engine in another year or two.. maybe I'll just drop the extra 3VZ in that

Pheonix

Sorry... I spent 7 of the last 14 days (as of monday 7-16-07) turbocharging a 95 1mz-fe camry.





Engine swaps? Yes, all Toyota v6's will technically bolt in for one another (providing correct hood clearance) & technically bolt to the exact same transmissions since the patterns have changed very little since 1987.
Unfortunately... None of the engines are worth the cost of the swap regardless of the starting v6. Less someone attempted a 2.0L vz-fe or 2.5L 2vz-fe to 3.0L 3vz-fe swap. In which case the engines cost the same, it would break down to replacing the ECU ($25usd ebay) + the cost of re-wiring the engine harnesses & loom.

In all other cases, you would be paying in the neighboorhood of $1200-greater than 5000usd+ to gain 3-87bhp. Not particularly good horsepower per dollar figures at all.






The cheapest thing to do is replace the fuelpump with a Walbro 190 & run a wet shot of n2o. Behind that would be a custom turbo, or supercharger installation. At which point 450-550bhp is a good range to shoot for provided you have a drivetrain to handle it. Otherwise 320bhp is about the max for an unmodified drivetrain.

13loody

Ok, so my mom's 91 Camry V6 (2VZ-FE) finally died and it's time for another engine overhaul. I have a 3VZ in the garage, but its crankshaft needs replacing I think. I figure I might as well get another JDM 3VZ for $490 instead of using the 150k+ USDM one in the garage with its busted crankshaft.

Anyone know if this has been done yet? I've been searching and the only thing I came up with is powerwave's Camry engine swap into his ES250. I'm a bit concerned about the hood clearance as well as the wiring harness and any ECU issues.

powerwave

hmm :/

we looked at dropping a 3vz in there. it theoretically could work but it won't be easy. and we haven't found anyone who's done it yet- we looked, trust me!

there are no jdm 2vz's as you've probably seen. they did have a 1vz over there that's a little smaller. i think it's a 2.0L. and i'm thinking the majority of 2vz's out there with any kind of miles on em probably already have that dreaded bearing knock...

tough call on where to go there.

llcoolpass

go for it, see what happens

powerwave

there is always the 3sfe (2.0l 4cyl that runs that gen camry), which is damn near bulletproof. we've had several of those top 250k miles and the cars fetched a great price at sale. once had one over 350k! but if she's got an auto tranny, you'll need to replace the that too because the a540e won't mate up to that without modification. whichever way you go, you're looking at a pita job on your hands.

i'm just not a real fan of the 2vz's at this point.

llcoolpass

I read somewhere that the main bearing just needs to be replaced and the knock will go away, on those 2vz-fe from those camry/es250 , and ive heard on this site and others it was the main bearing, so this makes sense:


Engine noise: If a thumping noise comes from the engine during low speeds, it might require a larger main bearing on the No. 1 journal of the crankshaft. (1991)

http://consumerguideauto.howstuffwor...-250-300-2.htm

so if it isn't allowed to continue for too long, damaging other stuff like the crank journal, etc., then i suppose you could just swap the bearing real quick

Gerson

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Holy thread resurrection, any progress so far?