~~Widebody & Suspension Build 22x12.5rr, 22x11fr~~
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As for fitting the RCF bumper and lighting I wouldn't try this at home. If I wasn't widening the front end the bumper would have to be sectioned. This bumper is 7 inches wider than the stock is250 bumper. The hood line's also don't match up and fun is not how I would describe what I getting ready to have to do to make it look stock.
I should make some molds when I'm done and sell the conversion... lol!
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^^^^ you could absolutely sell em!^^^^^ car is looking great. Still gonna be your son's car? Lol
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When 2 Gen IS250/350 is life! Haha! You can see in thsee pics just how much wider my car is than stock. And just another day in this hot and humid bodyshop working on everyone else's Lexus but mine.
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2jz gte non vvt, Wisco Pistons, BC rods, precision or bw turbo, Brangers (because they are only an hour from me) will do my head with 1mm over valves with BC cams. The intake, manifold, & exhaust I will fabricate. Haltec for engine management that will interface with the factory computer. I'm confident I have a sound plan to integrate and use most of my factory functions. I don't live far from the Toyota plant and have a good friend who is a design engineer that can get me information on the wiring and factory sensors most people don't have access to. I just have to program a circuit to mimic the crucial factory sensor data. I can't get the algorithm data the computers talk to each other with. But I can get the data on how the sensors talk to the computer, what information the factory computer has to have, and what can be bypassed.
I think people are making the computer issue harder than it is for an engine swap. The bottom line there is very little you can do with the factory computer for various reasons. Here's the deal. You can't use the stock ECU to run anything, you can't eliminate it either because it provides information to your BCU and other modules to operate things like your push to start, power windows, a/c, gauges, and just about every button on your dash. So you have to leave the factory computer and harness in tact. There is no splicing the computer for the 2jz into the factory harness. You have to use a stand alone computer for the 2jz and splice the factory ECU into it. Now you won't be able to do this directly. A data conversion circuit will have to be built and programed. Now with this being said it's not that the engine swap in this car is hard. It's just a complete custom job. I can see why it hasn't been done much because of the money it would take to pay someone to do the labor. I fortunately don't have to spend any money on labor. I can install and wire the engine myself. Saving myself about $40k.
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Looking great. Definitely going to see this in a magazine spread. Probably one of the craziest builds ever.
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Finished cutting and moving the firewall, countersunk the upper ball joints and shaved the sprindles (to clear the tires), cut the springs and reinstalled the struts to take a test drive and check turning radius, and everything clears with no rubbing.
Flexing on the AMG.... haha!
Flexing on the AMG.... haha!