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Old 04-23-09, 04:09 PM
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Guys,

Finally! After couple of weeks work and waiting. We finally got the 5.2L stroker engine fired up. Thanks for JamesN and Stevechumo. We managed to get it fired up today. Long story short, the engine was resleeve and stroked to bring the engine close to 5.2L. The engine idles so smooth. No leak, no smell, no indicator lights. Everything is completely stock. I need to fix the shifter linkage before I can drive it.

This is in a 1995 LS400. My daily carrying two kids. So I want this car to behave like stock but drives like a beast. Enjoy.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gBmCi6WRvA
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omg insane...very sweet man.
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pix of the engine?
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Nice work! Cant wait to see a test drive.
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Originally Posted by qha_vn
pix of the engine?
Here you go..... Looks completely stock



Socal members are welcome to drive it once I get my shift linkage taken care of.
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Wow, nice work man! Can't wait to hear how it drives!
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sick **** bro...cant wait to hear it rev up!
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I'm very interested in seeing some dyno numbers if you ever get around to it.
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congrats man, i'll be sure to hit you up when i get done with midterms. sorry i couldnt make it to the fire-up
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i would be jealous if i drove your car, because mine is the stock 4L
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holy crap, 1.2L of extra displacement! that's about a 318 ci. engine now. i bet it's a monster. dyno plans?
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NICE!

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Wow, nice job. Cannot wait to see what it puts down.
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Originally Posted by stevechumo
I just test-drove this 5.2L today and all I could say is it's amazing. It drives just like stock and smooth like a Lexus. I didn't want to floor it yet because it needs some break-in.
Thanks Guys...... Break In Period...... There was another CL member got a test drove it. Phillip was his name.
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Lextreme, I thought in your earlier posts you mentioned it was about 80HP additional with the Tundra block?
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