Mildred the stank booty LS 400

[SHOoff11]

Awesome build! I'm currently looking for a LS project similar to yours for myself. I've already had two slip through my fingers because someone scooped them up before I could.

[aeok18109]

well after all that work i still havent done the valve cover gaskets LOL. been so lazy about it. i REALLY need to knock them out so i can finally put all the plastic covers and shit back on correctly. Timing belt is still exposed up by the cams LOL.

Fucked around with my lights and got them to at least work now. i had ONE headlight and turns. now i have low/high, fogs and turns. hooray.

The vendor has been going back and forth with me and I dont know if i should get just the regular coils or the extreme drop. I dont want to be so low where im cracking pans and shit. just want to kill wheel gap and make it so it doesn't look retarded when i finally have enough to get some wheels/tires. 18x9.5 at minimum up front and 18x10 in the rear. any more i think will need to be pulled (dont know any shops around here yet and i refuse to hoodrat this car further) keep in mind im new to this stance thing so im just pulling numbers off some builds i have seen. at no point in time should anyone think i have a remote clue as to wtf an offset is or how it works.

All my tools are at work. epic pita to keep having to haul shit home in the trunk. Im off thursdays and sundays. if anyone local is down for it and has tools, im willing to buy lunch to help me knock that shit out finally, get the covers back in place and clean the fuck out of this blasted hooker coffin on wheels. then maybe a small shoot with someones real camera haha. my Note 3 only takes decent pictures sometimes. heres a quick one i shot when i got out of work.. lights hooray. still gotta change out the far corner lightbulbs to see if it works.

[1stclasslex]

good work on the engine . dam this shit is stank the trunk must have held dead bodies in it or something

[milano_red]

full of parts and shit LOL. getting it pretty is the least of my worries. i want this whore to fucking RUN. once she does shes getting either dropped off at cactus and told to do the works or i might him up dude on here with the yota truck to go ham on that motherfucker and clean her the fuck up. i know I dont wanna do it

Hey, that's me! Just let me know man. It would be a job, but we can get it done

[Chuckdee]

Ahh yes, the successful sound of a running motor after fixing the most fucked up issues, I applaud you sir.

Did I see something about coilovers ?


EDIT: As far as getting coilovers, unless if you want to be stupid low and risk cracking your oil pan, (apparently you can with this gen? i'm not sure) get the extreme kit. Simply put, with the kit you can get really, REALLY slammed, while maintaining great ride quality. The regular kit will get you as low as you want but it mainly depends on how low you want to be.

The BC Racing coilovers are a good brand to getting low, also ksports as well. I've also heard about good things about Megans Racing coils, don't believe the "BC racing coilovers are god" hype, they're great coilovers but they're not that great.

Spring rates, don't be too concerned about that. You would want firmer springs if you want to be slammed without bouncing all over the place on some wide ass wheels.

Any more questions, feel free to pm me

[aeok18109]

thanks bro. just trying to hammer out the details on what coils to get. i don't know fuckass about whether to get the regular or the extreme drop kit. also there is options on diff spring rates and a bunch of stuff that doesn't make much sense to me. i wanna order these things sooner rather then later. any help is much appreciated.

[244Brick]

So happy for you man

[aeok18109]

in talks with a vendor to see about getting the gravity problem fixed lol. BC coils anyone? fuck yes.

[aeok18109]

i had forgotten about the trunk. i spun the tires a bit (not too much dont wanna pop a freshly sealed engine by doing stupid shit before everything has had a week to cure!) fucking around behind the shop and coworker noticed water coming out of it.....we popped trunk and pulled the rubber plug in the spare tire well. almost yakked it was so nasty. im heading to carwash 1st thing in the morning

[rice4life]

Gratz!

Now time for the trunk hahaha. If it's as bad as you say it is, the trunk deserves a build thread of it's own.

[aeok18109]

AND SHE FUCKING RUNS!!!! FFS! Dude i cant belive it. I about cried like a little bitch when we finally got the shit figured out. Yes it was something as fucking DERP as a backwards upper hose -________-. Shit was blocking the fan from spinning and stressing the fanbracket/water pump causing the slight leak. Man she runs like a raped date compared to when i first picked up the old leaky cunt. Also eyeballing some wheels a buddy brought in he has been waiting to put on his IS. Stern St1 18x8.5 front and 18x9.5 rear 32 offset all around. The back has a bit of poke but nothing i cant fix with a bit of camber when i get it low.

heres a video of it running and a side shot of the wheel. forgot to get a photo of the test fit from the side while on the ground. even with the super wheel gap they didnt look bad at all. reluctant to pull trigger until i can source some 95+ calipers,pads and rotors. this bitch needs brakes like NOW lol. shes heavy as fuck and kinda scary to drive. also the current 15s are smoother then a teen girls ass LOL. nooo
grip.

[aeok18109]

Well really good and bad news. Got time to throw the plugs and wires on today. put the radiator back in and filled all fluids. she turned over after i bumped it like 11x to make sure there was oil in the system. she was running fine for like 2 min. i happen to look over and realize 2 things. one i think i may have had a total DERP moment cuz the upper hose was blocking the fucking fan. maybe i put the bitch on backwards and didnt realize it? i dunno. its not leaking a drop of oil so im happy as FUCK about that. ont he other hand shes dripping a good bit of coolant. hoping its just a shitty old hose and nothing serious LIKE THE DAMN WATERPUMP. i would set fire to this motherfucker if that was the case.anyway heres the few shots i managed today at work -____-

[aeok18109]

Well im at a standstill until parts are sourced

EDIT: I picked up an OEM Denso crank sensor for $105 shop cost. work continues monday

[244Brick]

glad u fixing her..

[aeok18109]

So today was met with success and failure. I need to get this thing out of the fucking shop already. Boss said it was cool as long as it didn't interfere with regular customers, didn't tie us up from a bay, and I wasn't milking the clock. Stay off his time and use common sense? Sure I'm with it.

Anyway start the day off with remembering to get some real sealant for the water pump. Ran next door to NAPA and picked up some

Started up where I left off with this

Replaced with this

and loled at this

Finally got around to putting the Timing belt on. This was my first time EVER doing anything related to timing.

Much thanks to all my coworkers/friends that know more then i do when it comes to wrenching. Also helps that while incredibly difficult due to the sheer magnitude of the job, Its actually a pretty easy process on the 1UZ-FE. Ive learned a fuckton from this build. Also learned that next time this whole damn engine is getting yanked and being done on a blasted stand.



Well here is where the bad comes in....Seeing as I have been in a rush to knock this part of the project out due to time and space shrinking fast....I have misplaced my Crank position sensor. No idea if NAPA has one. Seeing it for various prices from sources so its not a matter of getting one at all...just how fast can it be in my hands ready to get popped in -____-. Also my coworker managed to accidentally snap some kind of sensor clip thingamabob on the driver side front of motor. pics of sensor clip thing and its relative location. Any idea wtf that thing is? How bad do i gotta beat him with a stick LOL?



Thats as far as i got today. I have gotten pretty much everything else bolted on and ready to go. im thinking if i cant find the crank sensor im just gonna go ahead and replace both cam sensors along with it just for piece of mind. the wires are a bit frayed on one of them anyway. not comfortable throwing electrical tape on it.


more madness later on -_____- my brain and body are FRIED. This is redonkulous.