Comfort comes home-Project Lexus GSX
 

Well, after years of not having time to get to the track and thousands of hours of making a street/strip car, I've decided to forget about racing and make my car fun and streetable again. This project includes putting the following back in the car after taking it out at some point:

power steering
AC
heating system
comfy stock seats
Canadian seat belts replacing harnesses
cutting out part of the rollcage for rear seat access
a good sound system

So with no further worries about saving weight, the weight goes back in. Carbon fiber hood is gone replaced with stock, modified stock steel bumper is going back in to hold up front bumper cover properly. Also the whole underdash along with HVAC stuff is going back in. Along with that, since I'm keeping the 3.5" exhaust, the factory sound deadener is going back in along with a full coating of aftermarket sound deadener. Since I'm used to a little fancier ride these days, I thought it'd be fun to see how quiet and solid I can make the car feel while still making ~600whp. Here's a few teaser pics.

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Looking good Steve! You are going back to the Club DSM days, "Going fast with class!".

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Awesome man, keep on going! Can't wait to see this thing out more regularly!

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Nice! I don't want to know how much my tank is going to weigh once all of my powdercoating is completed and stereo is finished.

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Looks good!

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That's how you do a dual purpose car. Keep up the good work. :score010:

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You should have just bought a stock shell and swapped the important drivetrain parts.

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I like to see this. I dont like stripped out cars. Tin cans ftl, comfort ftw.

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I Support this project..

-A. Swift

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Looks good man, i am in the same boat, i have carpet and seats, need to do something about the rear seats and then get HVAC controls still, over the winter i may do AC, but i will have to wait on that.
Good luck.

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And scrap my car? Why would I do that? By the time I spent all the time and money to make some crappy 180k shell as nice as my car, I'd have spent 3x as much and wasted a good car. The shell game if for those looking to have a 11-second car for $150, like Hughes. :nod:

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No, not scrap it, sell it as is, minus the go fast parts. It doesn't matter anyway cause you're already doing it. take some more pics!

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Have you seen his car? You cant find shells like that...

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LOL I bought my car in running order and drove it nearly as-is for almost a year!

I'm not sure about a 11-sec car for $150, but I think I can make a 12-sec car for $100!

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Werd, its definitely one of the nicest shells around.

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To make a 12-second AWD 1G all you need is some race gas and removing some parts. Drop the entire exhaust off the car at the track, hack the MAS just a litle bit and unplug the vacuum hose to the wastegate, then run 12s if the clutch has anything left.

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11s aren't too bad, EVO3

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That's also assuming 150 psi in most of the cylinders and a fairly recent tune-up. That's a lot to ask in some cases.

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That's alot of sound-deadening! That's awesome. You're going to have a pretty sweet and comfy DSM. A 2 door, hatchback, luxury car with a roll cage and 3.5" exhaust. Nice!

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Looking good Mr. Hill!

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I'm convinced Steve just doesn't want to stop working on his car. It was getting close to his original goal of becoming a streetable race car and the end of the tunnel was just too close. So he decided he wanted a luxury DSM with 600whp. In a year or so, he'll be turning it into a rally car. :P

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ya but with full interior, 600whp, and a nav system to show the course

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That really is kinda how it goes. If it were spring, I would say you should bring that thing to track to see what it will do! Seeing as how it's nearly winter, good luck with the Lexus GSX!

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Well, I had a 2G that I was going to just fart around with and have a nice stereo in, but after driving it a bit, I remembered I don't really like 2G's, so I sold it. THe idea of having this car be more streetable just made sense after having problems with it at the shootout. I would rather drive it to the track and home of course, instead of also having to have a full trailer and tow rig. I miss the old days of just airing up the tires and heading home.

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Totally understandable.

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I see alot of us going back to nicer cars and ditching the tin can idea

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I've already ditched the only parts my car will lose.Power steering, and ac. Sometimes I regret ditching the ps, but for the most part it's not too bad. Parking lots blow ass though.

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F That, Worst mistake ever. Take that extra weight out dammit. LOL jk

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my point exactly! I'm the tin can king!

-A. Swift

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You will grow wiser one day. ;)

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Agreed :)

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Wishful thinking? Dreaming? :)

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never. I won't put all the work into it, just to turn around and reverse that. I keep going forward, not reverse. I'll just buy another car as a DD, but until then..this is it!

-A. Swift

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Having a running car, and then one on jack stands is reverse... ;)

Scheides is probably right. :P

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I did tell Swifty when he gets close to my age if he still has the car, he'll be doing the same thing as me. It's hard to predict your life at 22. At that age I was driving a 1984 Trans Am thinking I was pretty cool. :loser:

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nothing wrong with the 80's. Or anything that came out of them.

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You might want to re-think that statement.

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Ha, they were actually out of the 70's, but they made it relatively big in the 80's. Hard to believe they weren't just a first album one-hit wonder. :nod:

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I am just realizing that I've gone to far with my car, so now its a dedicated drag car.

And I'll by something nice like a 08 lancer or a late 90's, early 00's 3 series bmw to drive around next year.

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I almost got to that point too, luckily I was doing it in stages so I caught it before it was too late. Steve and I are pretty much on the same page now, he just has money to put in his car, unlike me right now :D

I have to go for a ride when you are done Steve, I want to see how it turns out!