Amazing welding skills

 

The headers are all mocked up and ready for welding.




Plenty of clearance all around. Stock Steering Shaft Clears, Mounts, Frame Rails, etc..












Started playing with some Titanium....
Titanium Lexus Is250 Exhaust

 

Nice progress. Looking awesome.

 

doggo!!!!!

 

Can I see your contraption for back-purging the titanium welds?

 

Its pretty simple. We made these Caps out of scrap titanium parts that slip into these Viper Exhausts we make.
Just using Second bottle of Argon and Regulator. Large Furick Cup








Welded up the Passenger Side Header today. Need to do the Head Flange Still and Make a fixture for the next sets Also Back Purged!

 

Any updates on your project??

 

I had sworn I posted an update recently, not sure what happened there.

Unfortunately no forward progress. I received all of the internal parts I wanted to swap out on this LQ4/6.0L motor, only to find rust/water inside the cylinders.
It's HOT as hell here in Austin, so finding a replacement engine has been tough. I've actually acquired a few more different LSX engines in the last few weeks,but all with different issues.
Determined to get something in the car ASAP. I really miss driving it and cant stand thinking about it any longer. Most likely just a 5.3L LM7 junkyard motor at this point or a cheap set or Rods and pistons for the Rusted motor.


The worst part is that I started building one of my others cars about a week prior to finding these huge setbacks. It has a perfectly find 6.0L Lq4 sitting in it, I just refuse to pull it back out and put it in the Lexus.

 

Dang man , sorry to hear about your run of bad luck with the car. That vic? Will be one heck of a sleeper.

 

Now that's an Interceptor! LOL!

 

rust water in the cylinders noooooo
but those headers look really nice

 

Surface rust in the bores is no problem with an overbore. But rust throughout the entire block means bad news.

Love seeing these updates! Keep 'um coming!

 

How fast is this thing after the engine swap?

 

Just going to leave this here......



LS3 Is250


Also This........ 2017 Is200 w/ LS3 and 6060 going down in NJ at AMS autowerks.


LS3 IS200


LS3 T56 motor swap 2007 Is250

MCcleod Twin Disk LS3 IS250


Finally Have a good engine in my own car, Changed it up to a Gen IV LY6 Iron block 6.0 Engine. also going with a e38 PCM instead of the Older p59 Gen 3 GM pcm.
Fully refreshed, DOD and AFM deleted, Ls7 Lifters, LS3 intake, Corvette Water pump and Ac compressor, ICT billet Alternator mount.

Waiting on a few more parts to fire it up.
need to make Coolant hoses for the OEM radiator,
Clutch Line, (going to try the Stock Master cylinder, no idea what size the bore is...?)
LS3 intake and fuel rails
Corvette Fuel Fitler with internal fuel pressure regulator
Fuel Line adapters
LS7 Ac compressor Fittings
2.5" v bands to connnect the Exhuast

 

Seriously badass...love to see these projects coming along. I just bought an IS-F so I went at it a bit differently, but this is really great effort to build an LSx backed ISxxx.