Hey Toyota people...

"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12) 12/06/2016 at 23:49 • Filed to: None

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Would it be physically possible to swap a 1GZ-FE V12 into a second generation LS ? I need to know for...reasons.

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 00:01

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My concern is what it’s going to take to flip the mechanicals, mirror the dashboard, and convert a Century to left hand drive, once we can get the V12 models over here.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Land_Yacht_225 12/07/2016 at 00:05

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More effort than it’s worth. It’d be easier to just use it in right hand drive. Once these engines become available in county I might actually try to go through with the swap.

Sam > Land_Yacht_225 12/07/2016 at 00:15

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About 4,000x the work that it takes to drive a RHD car in a LHD country.

HammerheadFistpunch > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 00:32

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Anything is possible...ill advised but possible

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 01:15

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I don’t see why not, provided you don’t mind doing some cutting.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 01:18

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I didn’t think it would be possible to make an LS400 even smoother, yet here this idea is.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 01:28

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The correct way to drive a Century is to have a 300lb Yakuza minion do it for you. At which point what side he’s sitting on becomes not your problem.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 01:30

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I’m thinking the 1GZ is too big... the 1UZ is kind of a tighter fit in the LS as it is.

VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 03:18

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I’ve seen a 1jz manual fit lengthwise and the swap finished, so very likely would fit. Would be somewhat interesting since it’s not a typical power swap (doing it for a reason other than to get more power). Still would take work to get it done. I would be weird enough to do it just for fun, but I’d also be the guy who would consider a diesel electric setup, or a whole GS450h drivetrain.

jimz > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 04:56

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Why, given it only has “276 horsepower?”

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 07:55

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It’ll fit in a supra so why not

Your boy, BJR > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 08:10

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Plebe. Just get a 600hL. It was more expensive than this car.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > jimz 12/07/2016 at 08:22

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While it’s realistically closer to 330, it’s all in the pursuit of smoothness. That and I’m a bit pissed off that Lexus never made a factory V12 LS, so I want to make my own.

jimz > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 09:56

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oh I know, it’s a remnant of the old “gentlemen’s agreement” amongst the Japanese car companies not to advertise more than 280 PS (276 hp.) just seems funny to me that the last thing Toyota still applies it to is a 5.0 liter DOHC V12.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > jimz 12/07/2016 at 12:23

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Right. Sort of funny.

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/07/2016 at 20:36

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Dammit, I don’t want right hand drive! I’ll make a drivers-ed car out of it and screw a second steering wheel to the right side if I must!

I AM A MAN ON THE EDGE!

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Land_Yacht_225 12/07/2016 at 22:46

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Wait. The right side or the right side?