AMSMIKE

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cool. yeah there are a few out there who sell plug and play and sell just the resisters themselves.

turbodremz

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Yeah, the VATS system was one of the first things a friend of mine had told me about that has owned nothing but f-body camaro's and thats the link he referred me to.

turbodremz

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Little update for the day, nothing major. Got the SC wire harness all unwrapped, and ready to start removing unnecessary wires and clips, and UPS showed up a day early and dropped off the intake block off plate:




Generic pic, but will have some after its installed tomorrow. Will start prepping the LS1 harness to be extended and paired with the SC harness.

LiCelsior

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nice upgrades, sucks the mount kit puts the engine so close to the firewall...no supercharger on that baby.

turbodremz

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Thats one thing that bummed me too, cause I was eyeballing a Magna Charger and love the way they sound. But I have more than enough room for a turbo

megamax

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well although iam not a fan of the ls band wagon. I will appalud you on the craftsman ship of this build. good s*&^

Trevstuh

Really thinking about going lsx swap now turbo! Can't wait to see it finish.

96SC4

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Best thread of 2010.........!!!!

boosted4.6

i bought the mount kit from dgr about a month ago. I also just picked up a 5.3 gen III motor that i plan on building before dropping it into my sc. Good job on the fast progress and the first to "document" the gen III swap into an sc.

turbodremz

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Ive never been a fan of bandwagons either, but seeing as how the SC is still an LS virgin, I dont feel that Im following too much of a trend

Do it! Gains to cost ratio is outstanding so far, and with the couple people that have seen it in person, just the reaction alone is worth it

I wouldnt say best thread, cause there are a few builds that have been posted this year that still make me jealous. But most unique thread, maybe. Thanks for the props though.

Sounds good. Keep us posted on the progress with the build.




As for updates, moving slowly. Been working on the harnesses, fuel lines, power steering lines, and talking with a local custom hot rod shop about the a/c lines.

Have also been considering taking more of a "race inspired" interior and making some of the creature comforts and accessories switch-based with a panel and relay's in the glove box, but still unsure about it. But it would allow me to ditch the stock SC harness and ecu...?

Will have pics up soon with the progress of the harness extending/mating.

YeA 2jZ

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NOOOOOOOOOO...... keep it all Lexus on the interior man, and all business under the hood you want a combination of speed and luxury

ScottURnot

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I agree That has been the focus of my build, allthough I have a puny litty 4.7 V8 (No LS) the engine bay will be race inspired business but the rest of the car will be Lexus refined.

turbodremz

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Guess that gives me my answer right there. I was going to keep it hidden, with the HVAC panel and all switches/relay's hidden to make room for the new audio/visual plans for the dash, but I can keep the inside simple I guess.


Good point, guess I will keep it simple and clean on the inside and keep the business under the hood..either way, I wouldnt mess with your 4.7 Scott. That s/c is heavily intimidating

SC400TT

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Props on your build...I am glad to see someone doing it and chronicling the build here on CL. I think you made a wise decision in keeping as much of the "Lexus" in the car as you can. Speaking about you and Scott's engines...Mine is even more puny...4.1 liters of displacement.... oh well...

Ryan

turbodremz

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Moving forward:

Working on getting the harnesses to know each other. Only 5 plugs to mess with on the LSX harness, and so far a total count of 10 wires to splice to the GE harness to simplify the 12v switched connections, ground and a/c control. Not to bad, and fairly easy to work with.

I will be taking the body connectors from the GE harness and applying them to the LSX harness with a simple re-pin of each needed wire. Thus basically making it a plug-and-play harness so when the time comes for the cam install, if I pull the engine it will be very simple, and allow the stock GE harness and ecu to stay in the car, and only need to disconnect 4 wires/plugs



90% of the wires from the GE harness will be eliminated, yay!!




Im going to try and keep track of what I do here incase someone follows along with my build and needs assistance with the harness.

More to come soon. I should have the harness finished by tonight, and if all goes well, the car will be started this weekend.