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Old Nov 3, 2017 | 10:16 PM
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By far the sickest Gs400 I have ever seen. Beautiful. If you do not mind me asking, what radiator are you running in yours?
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Old Nov 4, 2017 | 06:59 AM
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Car is so official!
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Old Nov 7, 2017 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Dattojay
By far the sickest Gs400 I have ever seen. Beautiful. If you do not mind me asking, what radiator are you running in yours?
Thanks!! I don't remember the brand but any one designed for the IS300 or Supra will work with some modification. New posts have to be welded to the bottom as ours are positioned differently. The top hose on V8's will also need to be modified or replaced, I just bought a flex hose in the proper length. You would also need a transmission cooler.

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Car is so official!
Thanks!!
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Old Nov 8, 2017 | 05:37 PM
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I love your GS this is what my end goal on mine is.
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Old Nov 11, 2017 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerbou71
I love your GS this is what my end goal on mine is.
Thanks!

Started the first few mods for the winter, scored a rear BBK to match the fronts. Wanted to get rid of the tiny oem calipers forever so I couldn't pass them up. 4 piston calipers with 330mm rotors. Test fit them to make sure the wheels clear, they'll be painted black sometime soon.


Changed out my illuminated door sills for these from Luxious Automotive, great quality product and I can't say enough about Mike's service.


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Old Nov 12, 2017 | 03:31 PM
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LOL I got the same ones I just have not had the time to put them in. And yea I love Mike's stuff.
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Old Feb 4, 2018 | 04:51 AM
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Wow nice work !
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Old Jun 4, 2018 | 07:50 PM
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Haven't updated this in a while, did the rear brakes a while back but I've been running way behind getting the winter projects done. Thought I'd drop in and leave a teaser for the next phase of the build which should hopefully be ready to show soon!





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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:50 PM
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that is by far the best teaser ever. that gauge pod looks super sick.
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by badblackgs
that is by far the best teaser ever. that gauge pod looks super sick.
Thanks, I'm happy with the way it came out, I think I may end up liking this better than the pillar anyway. That kinda thing is definitely more in my wheelhouse than the other stuff. Been busy/tired/lazy but getting back to it this week.
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Old Jun 17, 2018 | 09:49 PM
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Getting close enough to post a few progress pics...I'd been looking at addressing the one big thing the car was "missing" and had been talking to badblackgs about what he'd done so when he parted out his motor it was an obvious call to pick up his setup. A Steigemeier ported Eaton M112 supercharger fitted to a modified Bullet Cars manifold is the basics. There's a ton of detail in his thread and I'll get into it further at some point.

Still working out a few little kinks in the fuel management and figuring out the cosmetics but have it running. Spent many many hours over the winter hand polishing the supercharger case, taking it from powder coated black to mirror polish was alot of work but I really like the way it came out!

I had to shorten the side pipe to tuck the massive GS400 throttle body between the fuse box and the power steering reservoir as well as invert the throttle body. Using the factory airbox for simplicity as the MAF sensor has the original diameter pipe to keep "tuning" as simple as possible. Running a 3.2" pulley, probably looking at 8 to 9 lbs of boost. Looking at a polished power steering reservoir but trying to find the right one.

Trying to figure out the engine covers, I threw something together but not sure how I feel about them yet. The driver side with all the open space throws me off, got a L emblem, thinking of a chrome vvti emblem too. May have my body guy who fabbed the fenders make some nicer ones along with something for the master cylinder area if I'm not happy with it when it's all done.

Anyway, here's the payoff for now...









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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 06:58 AM
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You can't leave us hanging...we need to hear it!
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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 04:17 PM
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car ****. stunning.
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Old Jul 10, 2018 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Muffinizer
You can't leave us hanging...we need to hear it!
Still working out a few things before I'll have anything to show that way, hopefully soon.
Originally Posted by badblackgs
car ****. stunning.
Thanks, none of it would've been possible without your guidance, I'm almost there and working things out on my own as much as I can before I get back to you! Took it out last weekend for an awesome event by my people at Drive Cartel and their photographer @boostleekd_media got a couple pics.




One of my own from the weekend.


Still working on the cosmetics under the hood as well as few other little things for this year so more to come!
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Old Jul 11, 2018 | 07:25 AM
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So many awesome ideas coming from this thread, that car is gorgeous. I'll be keeping up with this build
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