Decided to make a project thread to try and get some help/ideas about my white '92 Lexus LS400. I picked it up a few months back and want to fix it up over the winter.
I bought the car from a guy in the air force, who was relocating, and he did all the work on it.
Got the car as a summer weekend car and something to have fun in
The basic run down of everything is:
-Stock lm7 5.3 out of a 2003 suburban with 20xxx miles
-TR220 cam with comp 918 springs
-Built Th350, revmax 3200 stall with anti-baloon plate(not sure on specs of tranny) 3 speed ratchet shifter
-Borg Warner 66mm turbo
-3 inch straight back exhaust
-Methanol injection
-Front mount intercooler
-44mm wastegate, open dump
-42/lb injectors
-Some type of custom driveshaft
-Mickey thompson street radials in rear
Pretty much everything else is a standard ls400
Things I plan to do, not in this particular order:
-Get some good suspension hopefully coilovers
-Fix all the stupid little things like needs mirrors, tears in seats, etc
-Needs a speedometer put in as well as a fuel gauge
-Decent set of rims/tires
-Paint or maybe plasti-dip or wrap depends on prices
-Fix exhaust leaks
-Make a real intake for it, since it has chicken wire over turbo inlet
-Make the rear end posi, as its presently a one wheel wonder
The car was tuned by Nelson Performance out of Texas, and supposedly made 560whp on 91 oct at 10 psi. Although I have no dyno sheets, previous owners words. I am planning on getting it tuned by a shop up here, probably DB.
Car is fun to drive, zero effort required to spin the tires, and love the look I get from mustang/camaro/vette drivers at red lights.
Ill update with pics within a day or two, but for the mean time heres a video of the car that the previous owner sent me.
http://youtu.be/_FbjH5Qfh5g
First question I have, does any body have knowledge on putting speedometers in cars? Or shops that to? As well as a fuel gauge. It is beyond my mechanical knowledge.
Thanks
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