ProjectGS: My GS-F Build Thread
12-28-11, 04:21 PM
#78
You can interchange the cooler mount or filter only mount between engines. You just have to use the GTE heater tube for the return line, or you could alternately just Tee/Wye the heater core return line with the cooler return which is all the GTE heater tube around the block essentially is doing.
12-29-11, 09:42 AM
#80
The GE block has a threaded plug in same spot as the GTE nipple is. It's a BSE thread pitch not NPT, I pulled the plug out of my GE block to plug the hole in my GTE when I ditched the oil cooler assembly to relocate the filter.
You can interchange the cooler mount or filter only mount between engines. You just have to use the GTE heater tube for the return line, or you could alternately just Tee/Wye the heater core return line with the cooler return which is all the GTE heater tube around the block essentially is doing.
You can interchange the cooler mount or filter only mount between engines. You just have to use the GTE heater tube for the return line, or you could alternately just Tee/Wye the heater core return line with the cooler return which is all the GTE heater tube around the block essentially is doing.
01-01-12, 09:20 PM
#81
Busy for the past few days. Didn't get to spend as much time on the project as I would of like to. Just got back into it today.
Updates: 1/1/2012
I think I'm the first one in the world to do this. I don't have 100% confirmation, but I have scoured the net and have not found anyone that has successfully transplanted IS-F seats into a GS300. All the electronics, motors, and everything works in this seat(seat heater, tilt, lumbar, slide, etc)!
If you remember the IS-F seats I was working on before. I had them mocked up, but not 100% installed. I spent almost the entire past 2 days trying to get the freakin' seats to work in the car!
Each seat has 4 brackets. 3 of them have to be custom chopped, welded, modified.
Here's the most PITA one to do. The back inner brackets both have to be moved over 32mm.
Flipped the seat upside down so I can weld the brackets on. I was initially just going to fasten them with bolts/nuts, but I didn't want to risk the seat come out in case of a wreck lol.
TIG welded on the bracket, not the cleanest look but it's extremely strong. I was going for strenth rather than pretty. The back has been reinforced and one extra ribbed brace added.
It doesn't look as bad once painted. The other 2 brackets I had to modify were welded on at this point as well, but I forgot to take pictures.
Now, it's time to start on the drivers seat. Fun time to wire this thing up....NOT! The freakin' IS-F seat wiring diagram is like 10 pages long. That's almost as long as the wiring diagrams for some engines lol.
From the rats nest above. Combined the GS300 seat control ECU and merged the harness with the IS-F control module and seat control motors. Was a fun(sarcasm) project to do the wiring
Driver seat finished and ready to bolt into the car. From start to finish(wiring, brackets, testing, etc), it took around 10 hours per seat!
Making sure rear brackets sit flush.
Bolted in the car.
A silhouette of the F badge
A shot from the other side.
Updates: 1/1/2012
I think I'm the first one in the world to do this. I don't have 100% confirmation, but I have scoured the net and have not found anyone that has successfully transplanted IS-F seats into a GS300. All the electronics, motors, and everything works in this seat(seat heater, tilt, lumbar, slide, etc)!
If you remember the IS-F seats I was working on before. I had them mocked up, but not 100% installed. I spent almost the entire past 2 days trying to get the freakin' seats to work in the car!
Each seat has 4 brackets. 3 of them have to be custom chopped, welded, modified.
Here's the most PITA one to do. The back inner brackets both have to be moved over 32mm.
Flipped the seat upside down so I can weld the brackets on. I was initially just going to fasten them with bolts/nuts, but I didn't want to risk the seat come out in case of a wreck lol.
TIG welded on the bracket, not the cleanest look but it's extremely strong. I was going for strenth rather than pretty. The back has been reinforced and one extra ribbed brace added.
It doesn't look as bad once painted. The other 2 brackets I had to modify were welded on at this point as well, but I forgot to take pictures.
Now, it's time to start on the drivers seat. Fun time to wire this thing up....NOT! The freakin' IS-F seat wiring diagram is like 10 pages long. That's almost as long as the wiring diagrams for some engines lol.
From the rats nest above. Combined the GS300 seat control ECU and merged the harness with the IS-F control module and seat control motors. Was a fun(sarcasm) project to do the wiring
Driver seat finished and ready to bolt into the car. From start to finish(wiring, brackets, testing, etc), it took around 10 hours per seat!
Making sure rear brackets sit flush.
Bolted in the car.
A silhouette of the F badge
A shot from the other side.
01-01-12, 11:11 PM
#83
Yeah, I bought these seats from someone else that was attempting to get them working. He was actually going to put them in a old school Challenger. He couldn't get it to work so he gave up and I convinced him to sell them to me.
The wiring was a nightmare. Well, actually the wiring wasn't the worst part. Figuring out how the seat control ECU communicated with each other and getting them to play nice was the hard part. Everything on the IS-F seat is multiplex and CAN-BUS communications. Luckily I'm an electrical engineer or else I probably would of given up as well lol.
I managed to get everything working right. Heated seats, slide, front tilt, vertical height, recline, lumbar, seat belt warning, occupancy detection sensor, and seat side airbag. I didn't get the memory seat on the driver seat working yet. I don't think I will try either, involves a ton of custom pickups and triggers, and just really not worth my time(I can probably get it working with another 15-20hrs of work). I rather get the engine dropped in and start driving rather than worry about memory seats.
See all those pieces of paper on the floor. Those are the wiring diagrams for the seats and they are printed on both sides of the paper. So a total of around 10 pages or so!
The wiring was a nightmare. Well, actually the wiring wasn't the worst part. Figuring out how the seat control ECU communicated with each other and getting them to play nice was the hard part. Everything on the IS-F seat is multiplex and CAN-BUS communications. Luckily I'm an electrical engineer or else I probably would of given up as well lol.
I managed to get everything working right. Heated seats, slide, front tilt, vertical height, recline, lumbar, seat belt warning, occupancy detection sensor, and seat side airbag. I didn't get the memory seat on the driver seat working yet. I don't think I will try either, involves a ton of custom pickups and triggers, and just really not worth my time(I can probably get it working with another 15-20hrs of work). I rather get the engine dropped in and start driving rather than worry about memory seats.
See all those pieces of paper on the floor. Those are the wiring diagrams for the seats and they are printed on both sides of the paper. So a total of around 10 pages or so!
Last edited by JeffTsai; 01-01-12 at 11:16 PM.
