2Gen GS300...LS2 6-Speed Build Thread
The car looks great and the swap is sick!
The ONLY ONLY reason why I don't think I personally would ever go down this road is because I feel the car would sound too much like a muscle car or hot rod. I like when luxury / sport sedans sound rather civilized during normal driving but sound beastly at WOT. This thing would probably sound like your at the dragstrip at all times...especially if you have an aggressive exhaust. High performance...no doubt! and I'm sure you will mop the floors against many HP cars but it is "starting" to veer away from being what a Lexus GS is IMHO.
I commend you for your great work and pioneering though...it takes guts, skill and money to do something like this. I too can't wait to see videos!
Perhaps it will be more "civilized" than I think it would be during casual driving. Then this would be a very cool swap for more power.
BTW, any check engine lights? What OEM "features" did you lose if any when going with this LSx swap? I am not going to search through 12 pages for this info. lol
The ONLY ONLY reason why I don't think I personally would ever go down this road is because I feel the car would sound too much like a muscle car or hot rod. I like when luxury / sport sedans sound rather civilized during normal driving but sound beastly at WOT. This thing would probably sound like your at the dragstrip at all times...especially if you have an aggressive exhaust. High performance...no doubt! and I'm sure you will mop the floors against many HP cars but it is "starting" to veer away from being what a Lexus GS is IMHO.
I commend you for your great work and pioneering though...it takes guts, skill and money to do something like this. I too can't wait to see videos!
Perhaps it will be more "civilized" than I think it would be during casual driving. Then this would be a very cool swap for more power. BTW, any check engine lights? What OEM "features" did you lose if any when going with this LSx swap? I am not going to search through 12 pages for this info. lol
This swap is not for everyone. Thats for sure. and its only 5 pages. you must have NOOB settings
I like the muscle car sound, however being a luxury car; I chose a different route on the exhaust to give the best performance and a quiet sound at idle and light throttle. However at WOT it sounds like a BEAST. Just the way I wanted it.
So far my coolant temp doesnt work. because of how the Lexus one works with the factory pcm. However I am lucky and a few engineering friends are going to make a signal converter box to make the GM sensor read out onto the factory gauge.
Other than that, I lost nothing. except the factory 3.0L motor
check out the link in my post above (DYNO VIDEO)
this is what it looked like. (pic below) I wasnt happy with how it turned out, so i took the boot and console out.
I took it out and I am having a custom piece of plastic molded so it looks like it came from the factory this way and the shift boot will snap in. where the shifter hole and cup holders went. That will be a new piece of plastic with same shape and just 1 hole cut out for the shift boot to snap in
I took it out and I am having a custom piece of plastic molded so it looks like it came from the factory this way and the shift boot will snap in. where the shifter hole and cup holders went. That will be a new piece of plastic with same shape and just 1 hole cut out for the shift boot to snap in
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OK that looks like the shifter is roughly in the same place as the stock location. I was driving down the road yesterday trying to imagine if the shifter was more centered in the console (toward the passenger seat) and how it would feel over a bit.
the shifter itself is centered. I have an offset shift rod bolted in so its in the factory location. Really comfortable and natural feeling where its at now.
this is what it looked like. (pic below) I wasnt happy with how it turned out, so i took the boot and console out.
I took it out and I am having a custom piece of plastic molded so it looks like it came from the factory this way and the shift boot will snap in. where the shifter hole and cup holders went. That will be a new piece of plastic with same shape and just 1 hole cut out for the shift boot to snap in
I took it out and I am having a custom piece of plastic molded so it looks like it came from the factory this way and the shift boot will snap in. where the shifter hole and cup holders went. That will be a new piece of plastic with same shape and just 1 hole cut out for the shift boot to snap in
I'll tell you what though, I MISS MY CUPHOLDERS!!!! I never realized how much I used them until I had none. Best I can do now it flip the rear armrest down and reach back to put drinks in the popout holder there. Bottled drinks only these days too..
But I suppose you already understand since you don't have cupholders with the panel you have now..
Last edited by 99 GS3; Oct 30, 2011 at 07:00 AM.