subscribed im lookin in to this swap myself

 

yeah, 2 things.

1. engine(gte) itself is not difficult to find. (or I could have went na-t) problem is the tranny. it is near impossible to find neither r134 nor v160. cost is insane.

2. I like flat torque from 2k rpm, period.

will update you soon

 

what body kit are you going with?

 

wald sport line

 

another quick update,

so oilpan was cut&welded. this can be seen on cleans14's build so I'll skip this.



now it was time for motor mounts. Motor mounts are just tacked right now,

so there will be better pic of this near future. basically we used 5t steel plate

which is equivalent to roughly 1/8 inch. we tried to mount the engine as low

as possible.





results?



radiator was placed to check fitment. it goes in fine, but will be lowered to

clear hood.

Now we will be taking out the engine, weld (tacked) motor mounts, install

new clutch, start working on brake/clutch system.

will update you soon

 

Theres a few guys around here doing the LS swaps I ve seen a Skyline,rx7,240,and350z swapped out and heard rumor of a 3rd gen GS getting worked on. Definitely cool I just think I would personally rather my Lexus sound Japanese as opposed to an American Muscle car. Not hating at all just dabled with the ideas myself. Good job!!!

 

I respect your opinion. thanks

Any info on the 3rd gen GS? I would love to read about it.

 

No, the shop that I had my coilovers installed at JEimports in Baltimore Md has a 240, and 350z with the swaps done in their drift cars. I went to a ISF meet there about a month ago and in talking to the owner "James" he told me they were in the process of building one.I searched their website but no luck on that build. here is the link to their shop
http://www.jeimportperformance.com/engine_swaps

 

Ohh I know how hard it is to find a tranny they cost a lot of money especially the v160 ugh sucks.

Ahhh that looks so beautiful.

How much HP do you want to make out of this beast?

 

thanks!

as of now, I'm just doing the basic swap with intake/exhaust base tune with hptuners.(so about 350hp/350tq at the wheel)
I'll drive around in it for a little while and see which route I should take (N/A, FI)
thanks!

 

I managed to get some free time this week. I have a full time job and my wife is pregnant added to the fact that my friend's shop is a hour and half drive from my place. Ok.. Enough whining and this is what I accomplished.



New clutch went in.





took some shot of motor mounts. I have not being welding for last couple of years so I let my buddy tackle the TIG.





Tranny mount. We decided to beef up the steel plate alittle



For clutch slave cylinder, I purchased some SS lines and fittings for routing to the master cylinder, and remote bleed



reworked oil pan.



Started on pedals. this is JDM Altezza gas pedal. With few twists, it went in



then it was time for brake pedals. I started with MC. Had to drill new holes and it went in. notice I messed up on first try good thing this all gets blocked



viewed from engine bay



During shipping, motor's tensioner was damaged. When I got the new one, it mounted different.(mounted inward about 2in) I don't know how this can be.. so I cut some tubing to act as spacers.





another friend came by to take a look at my project. He wants a ls motor now



got the wheel back. repolished



got a great deal on hankook rs3 / v4. Man.. I'm eager to get this thing started..

 

this build is sickkkkkkkkkk!!!

 

Sorry all for late update!

I now am a father of a son!!

I've had very limited time to work on the car but I did manage to finish some of the key issues.

For those who are interested in doing a swap, the most difficult part was installing the clutch/brake pedal assembly (wiring is alot easier than it may look). As i said before, I sourced IS200 (RHD) clutch pedal, brake pedal, gas pedal and a MK IV supra brake booster out of NA supra (w/out ABS). Problem was the layout of RHD pedals. they were all backwards. I don't know if this is the case with LHD pedals but only those who try this in the future will find out. For me, it was nearly impossible to find a used IS300(LHD) pedals so i went with what i could find here. but finding those LHD might be the key to a easier swap.



from engine bay. brake : MK IV supra booster with is200 pedal, clutch : wilwood master with is200 pedal



from inside.

i didn't get much picture taken during my last visits and i'll make sure i get more pics but,


SUS304 from headers to mufller(located in the center of the car), muffler to tip is alluminum.

I got the alluminum driveshaft along with gs300 apapter from Aaron @ driftworks.com


mounted the ecu where stock battery used to be. on top of that will mount fuse for battery and powere distributor.


this is how engine room looks like as of now. All the wring is done and i started the car last week.

I will be doing finish works and hopefully have the car out of my friend's shop by this week.

 

Just got through reading through your posts. Your Lincoln reminds me so much of the one I had and customized. Of course no one around here knew what "flush" meant either, it was all about the show..

Pic of my old one from a few years ago

 

congrats on being a father....now hurry up and finish this project