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Old 03-15-15, 07:40 PM
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I'm not looking to change my car in anyway right now, but this came up while I was searching for control arm videos. I have no idea why youtube would call this up. Am I the only one who thinks this is pretty cool?



I thought this was pretty cool as well.


Think of the possibilities!

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it's definitely cool. I remember seeing this a year or so ago . I think someone posted those videos. would be nice to have under the hood
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
it's definitely cool. I remember seeing this a year or so ago . I think someone posted those videos. would be nice to have under the hood
Oops. I'm new around here! Anyway, lots of new members so why not run them again?!
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I messaged Joe a few times to follow up but I haven't heard from him either through this site, another Lexus site, nor his YouTube page/channel. Not sure if he just folded or what?
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Originally Posted by ShawnOk
I messaged Joe a few times to follow up but I haven't heard from him either through this site, another Lexus site, nor his YouTube page/channel. Not sure if he just folded or what?
I noticed the Youtube channel ended kinda' funny from what I can see. Maybe he gave up. The last 10% of an engine swap is 80% of the work! I'm thinking a Supercharged V6 under the hood might be interesting. If you have a trashed car with a blown engine, and you have the time and skill why not?
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That thing fell off the face of the earth years ago....
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Originally Posted by rudyH
I noticed the Youtube channel ended kinda' funny from what I can see. Maybe he gave up. The last 10% of an engine swap is 80% of the work! I'm thinking a Supercharged V6 under the hood might be interesting. If you have a trashed car with a blown engine, and you have the time and skill why not?
...there was actually someone else doing that conversion about 5yrs ago.I don't know if they're still doing it,but i was thinking the same.....I definitely don't want to blow my engine,BUT is I did , could be something to think about
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how difficult is this swap. can't be any different than an LS1 swapped into a GS or IS right?
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
how difficult is this swap. can't be any different than an LS1 swapped into a GS or IS right?
There are guys who could knock it out in a week or two. You'd probably need another few months to refine it gradually. I have to stop. I'm actually thinking of this! I guess the smart thing is if my SC goes away, to get an RC F Convertible. I hear they're making one eventually.
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saw this long ago, would love to have that in my SC
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Those cars look great. Impressive stuff from what I could see. That site crashed my ipad and two computers though! Flash is bad news!
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