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Honestly, they'd probably never notice.

1st gen avalons have that cover too.

Small update:

Bushings are in, so i'll have it all back together on Friday.

And my harness will be here Friday as well, so i'll get some pictures then.

Won't be doing the swap this weekend, as I am starting a new job on Monday and need to focus on that, but next weekend I am hoping to have the car on the ground with the v6 in it.

Got my harness back from MR220V today. Unboxed it, plugged it in to my ECU, and took this picture:


Excellent work. All loomed up, and the harness I sent was missing some casings, which he went to the junkyard and acquired, which he did not charge me any additional for. I haven't hooked it up on the motor yet, but just from a visual aspect everything looks just like the OEM harness. I'm really happy with this.


And I got the timing belt installed. I'm going to have to take it back off because it isn't holding timing as it rotates... Its actually a bit confusing. On the No3 timing belt cover there are two notches at each cam... and I don't know which ones are TDC. Then when I have it all set to what I see as TDC I give it all a full rotation, and the cams look to be behind as the crank comes around to TDC.

Got a friend to come over and hold tension on the timing belt while I got everything situated. Timing situation has been resolved. I also got a call from a friend who's father owns a Toyota junkyard. He just got a 1MZ Camry and it had the engine cover I needed. So I went down and picked it up for $20.


...and I'll just leave this here.......



This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Feb 19, 2011 - 8:03 AM

I dig the serpentine belt routing.

That's how the MR2 is, but the Alternator is mounted on the back side of the motor. This one will be easier to change than the 5S.

well unless you have AC....

Quick tip to the wise, take that long bolt out of the metal block (alt tensioner) and rub the threads down with a crayon then thread it back together. Wax makes a great anti-seize that will stay inside the threads and won't attract dirt or make a mess like the oily/greasy anti-seize. Sure it'll melt off the outside threads, but it stays inside.

This post has been edited by Bitter: Feb 19, 2011 - 12:18 AM

SEXXXXXAAAYY!!!

Nothing else to say about that engine other than I ****ing dig that ****.

Saving the picture as well, it's pretty awesome.

Also, I assume this engine has an MZ-series bottom end then? I always though Z stood for supercharged, and obviously it's not...so...what gives?

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Feb 19, 2011 - 8:16 AM

Okay, question:

The nuts for my headers are serrated on the back... Which will destroy the finish when I tighten them down. I was thinking of like a nylon washer or something to go in between, but won't that just melt?

Ferdi - MZ is the engine code. There is the 1mz, 2mz, and 3mz. being before the hyphen (1mz-fe) doesn't denote a supercharger, its after the hyphen that it means something. I mean, the 7th gen gts is a 2zz-ge, and a supercharged one would be a 2zz-gze...which by your logic of just having a z makes it s/c would mean that bad boy is rocking triple superchargers.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Feb 19, 2011 - 8:57 AM

Yup, I wasn't thinking about where that was placed. You're right.

hmmm, that wouldn't be a bad idea

engine looks amazingggg though!

Use a different style of locking nut with a washer behind it, try to find "pinched" lock nuts with a plain steel washer... actually use stainless steel. If you can't find "pinched" nuts in stainless then buy regular stainless nuts and pinch them yourself in a vice or hold them with pliers and hit them with a hammer. The oval shape is self-locking and will not back off on its own.

bangin

This post has been edited by Ted95: Feb 20, 2011 - 6:55 PM

missed the harness pic and info.
looks great, and awesome to hear he went the extra mile for you. wish i could say the same for tweak, when we sent him my cousins harness, my cousin didnt realize that the fuse box was cracked..tweak had the other to replace it there with the other harness he sent..but didnt switch them out.
not even a call to ask about it.
looks like we've found our new wiring guy when it comes to that stuff!

Yeah he did an incredible job. Everything reaches, everything runs like OEM, except the fact that the V6 harness will come through the passenger side of the trunk, which requires cutting a hole in the trunk and running it through. Doug extended the harness to follow the stock MR2 path. He really went the extra mile, and I couldn't be happier.

One O2 sensor connector was broken when I got it back, but I honestly don't know if I sent it out like that or not. I am just going to de-pin that connector and replace it with one from my current MR2 harness. No big deal.

get an angle grinder nd smooth the nuts...

I'm not sure if I skipped over it, but what ECU are you using?
My friend has a V6 camry and wants to do a manual swap on it and there's not that many manual V6 camry's so it's going to be a little difficult.

This post has been edited by mkernz22: Feb 22, 2011 - 7:55 AM

IIRC you ground an input to the ECM and it turns it into a manual.