"RWS Motorsport" (rwsmotorsport)
11/05/2016 at 15:03 • Filed to: Lexus
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"RWS Motorsport" (rwsmotorsport)
11/05/2016 at 15:03 • Filed to: Lexus | 6
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Today was the day, the day of destiny.
Well the day the new engine got inserted deep inside the freshly cleaned engine bay. What follows is an array of photos from the days:
Alot has happened in the last few weeks. We are now interiorless and untangling the Loom, to remove all the ICE and undeeded stuff.
Cage will be here soon (well early 2017)
And the wheel will be gone, to be replaced with a nice Quick Release number.
Rear bench, headed for the tip next weekend.
Along with all this goodness/
And the beast, before the day started. Cleaned the engine bay, as never going to get a better chance.
Yep, thats a lot of shite.
We decided to try and fit the engine and gearbox in 1 go. Without the exhaust should be possible.
Mod number 1 (apologies for the god awful photo). An ebay special Thermostatic Oil cooler, complete with sandwich plate. More on that fitting later.
Oh, and bumper came off. Foglights gone bye bye.
The aforementioned thermostatic sandwich plate. We fitted this now, as it would have been an utter nightmare to do in the car. Took quite a lot of fiddling to get in, including a trip to the local autofactors to get a 1/4" BSP plug to replace an un-needed connector on the block, and allow us to orientate the plate as needed.
Tarty lines run to the cooler which we will mount where the AC rad used to live. Also has take-offs for a pressure and temp gauge, but thats a later job.
Naked bumper.
Slightly better photo of the cooler. Orderd from china last saturday, arrived thursday in england. Not bad.
The block and box together and getting closer to insertion. Also, Bald housemates head fiddling with a knob.....
Toyoda box. Just so you cant forget who the parents of Lexus is.
Filter in. Had to loosen the sandwich plate and shove it across to get the filter to screw on. Fiddly bastard, but even more proof that doing this with the engine out was the right call.
Tight.
Oo, just the tip...
Tight.
Getting closer now.
However the front radiator/bonnet catch ended up getting moved to give us the leverage needed.
And shes in. Almost, except for the near engine mount which, um, wasnt. Time to fiddle around a little.
Nearly there.
Sadly, we ran out of light to do much more, so the engine is in now and some of the bolts on the mounts fitted, but not all.
Aim for tomorrow is to get it running, but that depends on how long it takes me to change my gearbox and diff fluid on the S2000. Once thats done, back to the Lexus to see if we can make it spit some flame!
Schaefft
> RWS Motorsport
11/05/2016 at 15:26 |
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Why not throw all the parts you don’t need anymore on facebook? I’m pretty sure there’s some kind of Lexus enthusiast group/marketplace for that as well, you could get some cash and not everything will go to waste.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> RWS Motorsport
11/05/2016 at 15:29 |
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Looking good. Next step; skids.
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> Schaefft
11/05/2016 at 15:30 |
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Yeah for stuff like the Satnav they are off to Ebay, but the seats and interior really arent fit for anything any more, they are properly rancid.
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> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
11/05/2016 at 15:31 |
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Skids, or Grippyness. I would love to try some drifting though, so might be worth hanging onto our old shitty tyres for that purpose!
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> RWS Motorsport
11/05/2016 at 15:35 |
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Yeah keep some rubbish tyres and get a spare diff to weld or invest in an LSD. Plenty of cheap fun to be had.
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> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
11/05/2016 at 15:41 |
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Think the IS300 sport had an LSD as standard, hopefully there will be some spares or repair on ebay when the time comes.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> RWS Motorsport
11/05/2016 at 15:48 |
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Fingers crossed. The IS really is a tempting car these days. Plenty of parts that fit them and RWD for next to no money. Makes a nice change to the 3 series.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> RWS Motorsport
11/05/2016 at 15:53 |
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Space savers.
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> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/05/2016 at 16:34 |
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Now this is a very good idea!
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> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
11/05/2016 at 16:35 |
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Yeah that was pretty much our logic, although we were thinking of the 2JZ endowed version (IS300) rather than the 1GFE (IS200) version we ended up with. Still, RWD, enough power to learn to drive properly in, and yeah as you said loads of cheap parts as its a toyota. Good little project.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> RWS Motorsport
11/05/2016 at 16:45 |
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Well even if you got a factory 2j car youd be swapping gearboxes anyway. always chance to upgrade in future. But yeah plenty of power for the time being.
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> RWS Motorsport
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