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Re: how much trouble is changing engine on 94 toyota camry

« Reply #30 on: August 25, 2014, 09:00:51 PM »
Here's a better idea . . . pull the pan off and see which rod came apart.  Pull it down as low in the cylinder as you can get it and cut off as much of the rod as possible.  Plug up the oil hole for the rod journal with epoxy.  Push that piston about 3/4 of the way up in the cylinder and use a long punch and a big hammer and peen it in place.

See if the engine turns over now.  If it doesn't, stop and go get another engine.  If it will now turn over, proceed . . .

Next, look at the firing order.  Remove the rod cap from the other cylinder 2 places away (I'm assuming here you are working with a 4 banger).  Pull that piston as low as you can get it and cut as much of the rod as you can off of it . . . Push that pistion 3/4 of the way back up the cylinder and peen it in place.  Plug up the oil hole for that rod with epoxy.

Fix the hole in your oil pan.  You now have a super efficient 2 cylinder engine.

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Re: how much trouble is changing engine on 94 toyota camry

« Reply #31 on: August 25, 2014, 09:06:52 PM »
And just for the record, I have made a Chevy 350 V8 into a 175 V4 by disabling the valves.  It ran great and my gas milage went from about 11 mpg to 15.  It was in a 3/4 ton pickup geared for pulling, so it still seemed to have plenty of power to take off . . . but after it reached 45, acceleration really slowed down.

I ran it that way for a couple of months . . . then put it back to a V8 and traded it in on a brand new Chevette that got over 30 mpg and had more power.

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« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2014, 07:18:22 PM »
Great idea,  im gonna try it

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Re: how much trouble is changing engine on 94 toyota camry

« Reply #33 on: August 27, 2014, 09:56:56 PM »
I've thought a little more about it.  If you have multi-port fuel injection (which I assume you do) you will need to unplug the injectors from the dead cylinders.  I'm sure there will be issues with the engines computer.  When I made my V4, I had a carburator and there was no computer on the engine . . . it was a mid-70s Chevy.  You have a lot of new issues to deal with on modern stuff.   :-\

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