ES300 Supercharged, it's alive!
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ES300 Supercharged, it's alive!
I was fortunate enough to source/find a complete TRD supercharger kit for the 1MZ-FE Camry/Solara.
Install went really smooth, and I will have a full compliment of engine bay pics in a day or so. For some reason my hood strut support decided to brake after I finished. /doh
I do have some teaser vids that I just snapped 30 min ago, they are a rolling 1st gear, then 2nd gear pull.
1st gear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79NUMSAaZ0
2nd gear (freeway onramp)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqehlPW6u_g
Power application is really smooth, I do have the TRD EBC installed (cut boost between shifts, and no low RPM 1st gear boost) Running on the stock pulley. No boost gauge yet, but should be pushing around ~4psi. Top end feels GREAT! Definitely makes me think that a 5spd swap is the next logical step.
Enjoy!
~ Peter
Install went really smooth, and I will have a full compliment of engine bay pics in a day or so. For some reason my hood strut support decided to brake after I finished. /doh
I do have some teaser vids that I just snapped 30 min ago, they are a rolling 1st gear, then 2nd gear pull.
1st gear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79NUMSAaZ0
2nd gear (freeway onramp)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqehlPW6u_g
Power application is really smooth, I do have the TRD EBC installed (cut boost between shifts, and no low RPM 1st gear boost) Running on the stock pulley. No boost gauge yet, but should be pushing around ~4psi. Top end feels GREAT! Definitely makes me think that a 5spd swap is the next logical step.
Enjoy!
~ Peter
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didn't realize you could stick 5 spd on that car ...
I would think that a supercharger is kind of mild. Exhaust driven turbocharger should be best, especially one naturally giving more high-end torque as opposed to low-end torque.
Cool though, I'll contact you more in future especially if I end up doing some mods. I plan to one day do some stuff to this car, if I dont get MX-3 first [and do KLDE swap + turbo, which to put it simple, would be faster than hell]
I wonder what your car does on a drag strip .
I would think that a supercharger is kind of mild. Exhaust driven turbocharger should be best, especially one naturally giving more high-end torque as opposed to low-end torque.
Cool though, I'll contact you more in future especially if I end up doing some mods. I plan to one day do some stuff to this car, if I dont get MX-3 first [and do KLDE swap + turbo, which to put it simple, would be faster than hell]
I wonder what your car does on a drag strip .
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Wow, It's been a while since we've had some active FI ES's around here. I'd love to see some pictures of the install, the parts you used, and of course a dyno and drag slip. From what I can see from the youtube video, there is a very noticeable gain in pickup.
Those TRD superchargers are a hard find, and they aren't cheap either! How much was it?
Those TRD superchargers are a hard find, and they aren't cheap either! How much was it?
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Wow, It's been a while since we've had some active FI ES's around here. I'd love to see some pictures of the install, the parts you used, and of course a dyno and drag slip. From what I can see from the youtube video, there is a very noticeable gain in pickup.
Those TRD superchargers are a hard find, and they aren't cheap either! How much was it?
Those TRD superchargers are a hard find, and they aren't cheap either! How much was it?
I ended up paying $3k for the complete kit, low miles, etc.
Dyno will probably not happen for awhile, since it really doesn't make sense to dyno the stock setup, I'm sure its putting down the same numbers as the S/C solara/camry.
I am looking to do some fuel system upgrades, then probably going to strap on a smaller S/C pulley to make around 6psi or so. That should put me very close to the 300hp range.
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But then again, I'm a forced induction junkie. Must resist pulley upgrade, must resist!!
~ Peter