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Old 05-21-10, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ES3_Ray
its supposed to look like this, this is the material i drilled out. the one that came with the car: the walls fell apart and it fell down to the bottom and started rounding it self out. began clogging up the manifold...



thank you very much for your compliments, i am doing all that i can to make it as clean as possible. it'll be on the road soon..me and my father decided to drive it around for a bit then do the check again because we think the clog in the exhaust may have deposited excessive carbon onto the exhaust valves or something like that, so drive it for a bit then do a compression test again.
Wow, cant believe that much stuff was there, looked like a ball inside there, optical illusion. Thanks for the explanation and picture on how it should look like. This should help those on here that might have an issue or in the future. Great job. Im learning like the rest of you guys on here.
Old 05-25-10, 05:25 PM
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Small update for those interested...


honestly not too sure how it'll look...
Old 05-25-10, 05:30 PM
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RAYYYYYYYYY buy these from meeee



also ur interior looks really clean.
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^^ Totally.

Those are the LS430 rims, right?

I always wanted that specific set!
Old 05-26-10, 07:16 AM
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yep they are ls430 replica 18" they look dope on almost any lexus car.
Old 05-26-10, 03:10 PM
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Wow those GS wheels (that's what they are right?) are really white looking lol
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^ yeah they are just a hyper silver finish from the factory. I find even on the GS' they look 'whitish'
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Sooooo, i hope this stuff will go back together lol...















took me about 5 hours start to finish. let the rebuild begin
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wowww, so its been a while...latest update as of today, no oil leaks...but i am burning coolant. The head or the block might be warped or cracked. burning thru a gallon of coolant about every 2-3 months so not a bad leak at all.



















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Old 04-02-11, 07:50 PM
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Great post and thanks for all the great pics.
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Dude, its been a while!!! lol

I thought you gave up on this or something. Nice to see your driving it. Did you sell your 98? And you're driving this now?
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Originally Posted by 01LEXPL
Dude, its been a while!!! lol

I thought you gave up on this or something. Nice to see your driving it. Did you sell your 98? And you're driving this now?
lol yeah i "sold" the 98...some one bought it, headlights and all but didnt finish payments...pretty much got stolen.

as for this one i have been driving it..has about 10k on the rebuilt motor and still going real strong, noticeable power difference from the 98
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Originally Posted by ES3_Ray
lol yeah i "sold" the 98...some one bought it, headlights and all but didnt finish payments...pretty much got stolen.

as for this one i have been driving it..has about 10k on the rebuilt motor and still going real strong, noticeable power difference from the 98
Great job! With the 98 if they didnt finish paying you... its time to borrow that Tahoe again and Tahoe lil lady back. That sucks I assume you know the person to allow them to make payments.

The extra 10 hp is a nice touch.
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