How to stay broke: IS300 + LS1 turbo
06-29-2010, 04:39 PM
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How to stay broke: IS300 + LS1 turbo So I decided to I needed something else to spend money on and I happen to have this IS300 laying around. So it started like this:
Last weekend, it got to this:
New clutch pedal and shifter just showed up today so we'll be able to square away the fab for the engine tomorrow hopefully. Then it's on to wiring and plumbing!
Last weekend, it got to this:
New clutch pedal and shifter just showed up today so we'll be able to square away the fab for the engine tomorrow hopefully. Then it's on to wiring and plumbing!
06-29-2010, 06:33 PM
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Look around, i definitely saw another lsX going into an IS3000
By the way good work so far. Im holding off on my build thread till i get a good amount accomplished and have some good questions!
By the way good work so far. Im holding off on my build thread till i get a good amount accomplished and have some good questions!
06-29-2010, 10:21 PM
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Awesome,...this is a swap I think about often.
How's the fit?
Any tight spots??? (Headers Vs Steering shaft, or brake booster)
How's the fit?
Any tight spots??? (Headers Vs Steering shaft, or brake booster)
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06-30-2010, 08:58 AM
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Thanks guys. Yeah Matt in Texas got one done a couple months ago. I've been toying with the idea for a few years and then he pops in and completes it in like 18 days for the very first one. Inspirational for sure!
The fit is rediculous. It's like this car was made for an ls1/t56. The distance between the shifter opening on the gto/fbody tailshaft housing and the motor mount mounting points is almost spot on. I would have just modified the stock IS300 trans cross member had I not sent the damn thing off when I sold the stock auto. Even then, the one I built is textbook for simple. Getting the drivetrain sitting in the car is just flat easy. I did have to notch the stock GTO pan like Matt did to clear the stock kmember. I was thinking of just fabbing a new one or modifying it but the stock kmember isn't much bigger than the tubular units we use for the fbodies so there wasn't much to gain for the work. Even still, it's a simple process but does make you sweat a bit when opening up that pan!
The hard part will be the turbo exhaust plumbing. Headers would be easy for someone whose comfortable building headers. There is twice the room around the sides of the engine as there is on the fbody. Literally it's as easy to work on as a vette with better clearance on the sides. The pain in the *** comes to the front where there is almost no clearence between the stock fans and the water pump. If you are running an IC, there isn't much room infront of the radiator to install pushers to make up the difference. Honestly not sure how I'm going to attack that yet. But if staying NA, a fabbing a set of headers would be no problem. I'm going to head down the a buddies shop where we are doing the build today and try to get a few more things done. We got the clutch pedal and MGW shifter in yesterday so we will go after those things and finish up the basic install fab work. More pics to come!
The fit is rediculous. It's like this car was made for an ls1/t56. The distance between the shifter opening on the gto/fbody tailshaft housing and the motor mount mounting points is almost spot on. I would have just modified the stock IS300 trans cross member had I not sent the damn thing off when I sold the stock auto. Even then, the one I built is textbook for simple. Getting the drivetrain sitting in the car is just flat easy. I did have to notch the stock GTO pan like Matt did to clear the stock kmember. I was thinking of just fabbing a new one or modifying it but the stock kmember isn't much bigger than the tubular units we use for the fbodies so there wasn't much to gain for the work. Even still, it's a simple process but does make you sweat a bit when opening up that pan!
The hard part will be the turbo exhaust plumbing. Headers would be easy for someone whose comfortable building headers. There is twice the room around the sides of the engine as there is on the fbody. Literally it's as easy to work on as a vette with better clearance on the sides. The pain in the *** comes to the front where there is almost no clearence between the stock fans and the water pump. If you are running an IC, there isn't much room infront of the radiator to install pushers to make up the difference. Honestly not sure how I'm going to attack that yet. But if staying NA, a fabbing a set of headers would be no problem. I'm going to head down the a buddies shop where we are doing the build today and try to get a few more things done. We got the clutch pedal and MGW shifter in yesterday so we will go after those things and finish up the basic install fab work. More pics to come!
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I've actually formulated an even more efficient way to stay broke... Build a house AND a car at the same time! 
I've got some pics I need to upload but long story short, I decided to hold off on boost and get the car running NA for a bit. I've got a clean 99 TA I daily right now I'm going to sell once this is running and just daily it until our house is done. Then I'll get refocused and re-funded for a little bit more powa! I figure I don't want to afford rims and tires that can hold the power so what's the point. The stock ls1 is going to shread the factory 215s lol.
I've got some pics I need to upload but long story short, I decided to hold off on boost and get the car running NA for a bit. I've got a clean 99 TA I daily right now I'm going to sell once this is running and just daily it until our house is done. Then I'll get refocused and re-funded for a little bit more powa! I figure I don't want to afford rims and tires that can hold the power so what's the point. The stock ls1 is going to shread the factory 215s lol.
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Alright folks, we have a zombie build here. It's long since dead but still dangerous. Took 2 solid weekend of work and condensed it down into 3 years. But new job+promotion, two moves and a new house, and one new kiddo later, I finially found the two weekends I needed to finish it up! Most definately a proper hooligan car but it's good fun. This is a 2-4 roll. No special effort to break the tires like. Little stockers spin on their own just fine. Next comes the air pressure!
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You know, now that I think of it, I have pretty much everything I need to do a rear mount. I had those little t3/t4s from the old SS and I have a scavenge pump. I have the intercooler already built for it. I'm a little saddened that the cam I have is too big so I need to compensate somehow.