Comfort comes home-Project Lexus GSX

[Goat Blower]

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.

[JET]

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

[scheides]

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

[Jakey]

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.

[Kracka]

Looks good!

[1ViciousGSX]

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

[FattyBoomBatty]

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

[A//// Guy]

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

[Swifty1638]

I Support this project..

-A. Swift

[turbotalon1g]

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.

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by FattyBoomBatty

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

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.

[FattyBoomBatty]

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!

[A//// Guy]

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

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

The shell game if for those looking to have a 11-second car for $150, like Hughes.

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!

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by M/// Guy

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

Werd, its definitely one of the nicest shells around.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Originally Posted by S2kracka

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

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.

[turbotalon1g]

11s aren't too bad, EVO3

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by ecoli

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.

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.

[User Name]

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!

[niterydr]

Looking good Mr. Hill!