Got Volvo?

[chunger]

This engine seems to have 2 upper cooling hose outlets. It seems the Lexus uses an odd downflow radiator with two upper inlet, one of which goes straight into the upper tank, the other through an expansion tank first.

Any insight why Toyota would design this thing with the two outlets (it seems quite odd to me)?

What are you plans for cooling this beast?

[Poopy]

I'm not sure what they had in mind, probably some intake warming emission type crap, the race truck this motor came out of had them all tied together with braided hoses. I already have a mishimoto radiator with dual fans and shroud that I ran with the original motor. It worked quite well. ;)

[Poopy]

Picked up some new wheels today..

[NickNitro]

Just read the whole thread, awesome build. The new wheels look great too. Really suit the look. Keep up the great work.

Nick

[LERM]

Great car in general... but I really dig the "hidden" tube bumper idea. New wheels look great too. Somthing in the darker simpler wheels that looks more sinister...

[Poopy]

Just read the whole thread, awesome build. The new wheels look great too. Really suit the look. Keep up the great work.

Nick

Thanks Nick. ;)

Great car in general... but I really dig the "hidden" tube bumper idea. New wheels look great too. Somthing in the darker simpler wheels that looks more sinister...

Thanks for noticing! and ya I like the black wheels on this thing.

[BenE64]

Really awesome project! Just read through the whole thread and it is a good bit of inspiration! It appears that while you are very good at the panel work you dont seem to enjoy it much,(just from some comments you've made) it is something I am not looking forward to, any tips you've learnt for a newbie to the cut and shut proffesion? I was wondering if you use different wire to do panel work to other structural work? Keep up the good work your on the down hill run now and im sure im not alone in looking forward to the updates! Thanks for sharing.

[Poopy]

Really awesome project! Just read through the whole thread and it is a good bit of inspiration! It appears that while you are very good at the panel work you dont seem to enjoy it much,(just from some comments you've made) it is something I am not looking forward to, any tips you've learnt for a newbie to the cut and shut proffesion? I was wondering if you use different wire to do panel work to other structural work? Keep up the good work your on the down hill run now and im sure im not alone in looking forward to the updates! Thanks for sharing.

If I could do it over again, I would have bought a Tig welder to start with. I just bought one a few weeks ago and it sure works great on thin steel with little to no grinding when you're done. The non stop welding, grinding, warping, hammering, shrinking, welding, grinding, warping routine got old really fast. The tig would have forced me to do a bit better fitting, and would have saved me a hundred hours of messing around making a mess. The other tool I bought after the fact is an english wheel. In reality I should have shaped and tig'd the panel roughly into shape, cut the whole 1/4 panel off strategically, english wheeled it smooth and perfect, and tig'd it back on. Maybe next time! lol



As far as the mig wire, I tried 023 and 035, and really didn't have much preference between the two.

[BigRedCamaro]

Just went through this thread (at a fast pace). So cool! Thanks for posting so many pictures. Like what you've accomplished. This obviously isn't your first rodeo. Can't wait to see more!

[Poopy]

Just went through this thread (at a fast pace). So cool! Thanks for posting so many pictures. Like what you've accomplished. This obviously isn't your first rodeo. Can't wait to see more!

Thanks! I'm very motivated to get it completed now. ;)

[andrewb70]

The Stance kids around the world will go nuts over this...



Andrew

[grendel]

Love it man, keep it going. May need to steal your flare idea.

[Poopy]

The Stance kids around the world will go nuts over this...

Andrew

Haha ya, but this car still has useable suspension travel, it was mostly lowered by dropping the body.

Love it man, keep it going. May need to steal your flare idea.

Thanks, ebay flares are awesome!

[Godbolt]

That motor looks so good in there. Such a cool engine bay. Love the wheels too.

[Godbolt]

Update?

[Poopy]

Moving this weekend.... Holy crap it's a lot of work to move from 10 acres and 10 years. I'd like to get a shop up for winter and hide in the shop with the car all winter. ;)

[Supra510]

Nice work

[Godbolt]

Good luck with the move. Last time I did it I said the next move would be when they carried me out in a box.

[Twentyover]

Good luck with the move. Last time I did it I said the next move would be when they carried me out in a box.

Me too.. two moves ago. Each time they carried me out- in a couple hundred cardboard boxes

[Poopy]

Me too.. two moves ago. Each time they carried me out- in a couple hundred cardboard boxes

Haha...this is a seriously daunting move...almost 4 hours away...lowbeds, shipping containers, excavator, bobcat...5 or 6 vehicles...plus a house, wife and 2 kids worth of stuff....good grief.