Builds 1996 LX450 5.3L swap let the fun begin!!

[raynyc]

Ship your Cruiser out to Tucson AZ. Let's do it!

Dude careful what you wish for . Lets talk some shop over pm

 

[RockJock82]

Yes sir!

 

[rockrod]

finally had a chance to watch... that's awesome work!

I noticed your tach isn't working yet - the dakota box will fix that.

and the $1mil question...... was it worth it?

 

[alia176]

Nice exhaust note.....sexy, I might say.

When you've calmed down after treating her like a "raped ape", let us know what type of mileage you're getting. This might take a while as the right foot ain't gonna listen to what the brain is telling it, LOL!! With that much HP, you should be able to just "lope" around town with hardly any effort I'm guessing.

 

[warezdog]

Bad a$$!! All said and done have you any idea of the clams you put into it?

 

[RockJock82]

finally had a chance to watch... that's awesome work!

I noticed your tach isn't working yet - the dakota box will fix that.

and the $1mil question...... was it worth it?

Simply HELL YEAH... the vehicle is actually enjoyable to drive especially when I blaze by JK Jeeps and Tacomas they look at me perplexed haha...

Bad a$$!! All said and done have you any idea of the clams you put into it?

Probably a rounds 2500 after the sale of my old drive train. I purchased my motor and transmission off craigslist for a ridiculous deal. One of those 9pm late night "oh s*** honey can I plllllease buy this" haha. More money could be save if j would had a stock harness to modify, but I wanted plug and play.

 

[rockrod]

There is a guy in my neighborhood who drives a 4 door JK that's pretty built up and he had the 5.7l hemi burnsville swap done.

We tangle every so often in the drive to work

Sometimes I win, sometimes he wins. It's a pretty close race. I figure it boils down to him having more power, but I have better gearing.

 

[RockJock82]

There is a guy in my neighborhood who drives a 4 door JK that's pretty built up and he had the 5.7l hemi burnsville swap done.

We tangle every so often in the drive to work

Sometimes I win, sometimes he wins. It's a pretty close race. I figure it boils down to him having more power, but I have better gearing.

Wow sounds $$$$ the hemi is a nice motor but HP/$ the GM LS motor wins hands down.

 

[nordost]

Just wanted to post up that I went out wheeling with rockjock82 and his family last weekend and his swap performed flawlessly and sounded badass too. I don't have any pics to post up but his wife had a camera so maybe rockjock can post something up. The beast was awesome!!

 

[RockJock82]

Just wanted to post up that I went out wheeling with rockjock82 and his family last weekend and his swap performed flawlessly and sounded badass too. I don't have any pics to post up but his wife had a camera so maybe rockjock can post something up. The beast was awesome!!

Thanks bro your rig performed stellar as well... I'm going to jack your tires haha jk.. the wife snapped a few pics us both our rigs on three feathers. Tomorrow I will upload them. Still crack up thinking about those Jeep JK guys " are those Lexus SUV wtf??? Plenty of more mods to come on this beast, I feel a 3 link front coming on plus 37's in the near future!

 

[nordost]

Thanks bro your rig performed stellar as well... I'm going to jack your tires haha jk.. the wife snapped a few pics us both our rigs on three feathers. Tomorrow I will upload them. Still crack up thinking about those Jeep JK guys " are those Lexus SUV wtf??? Plenty of more mods to come on this beast, I feel a 3 link front coming on plus 37's in the near future!

LOL yeah I forgot about those guys. " is that really a lexus?" haha. I feel you on that three link. I have been thinking about doing the radius arm flip like tim.korn though. and sorry but my daughter was watching me type this and really wanted this on there

oh yeah and I forgot I broke the rear most exhaust bracket when I hit my tailpipe on three feathers

 

[RockJock82]

LOL yeah I forgot about those guys. " is that really a lexus?" haha. I feel you on that three link. I have been thinking about doing the radius arm flip like tim.korn though. and sorry but my daughter was watching me type this and really wanted this on there

oh yeah and I forgot I broke the rear most exhaust bracket when I hit my tailpipe on three feathers

I think there is too much bind with the stock bushings. If you need me to weld the bracket I'm off Thursday evening and all day Friday

 

[alia176]

RockJock82,

Couple of pic requests:
- pics of the motor mounts on the chassis
- pics of the exhaust routing (two into one)

Thanks.

 

[RockJock82]

Here is a couple pics of NORDOST and I out at a trail called Chiva Falls. It was nice to finally get this rig out to a trail and try it out...

 

[alia176]

awww, ain't that nice - two pink panties playing together.....

 

[nordost]

awww, ain't that nice - two pink panties playing together.....

lol hell yeah!.....that reminds me i need to get a lexus trail team sticker from tools

 

[RockJock82]

Had an offer on the Lexus today... told the guy to kick rocks.. I don't think people understand how much it costs and the work involved doing these swaps.. I referred him to Profitter's lol

 

[alia176]

Right on!!

 

[nordost]

Had an offer on the Lexus today... told the guy to kick rocks.. I don't think people understand how much it costs and the work involved doing these swaps.. I referred him to Profitter's lol

Glad you came to your senses

Now we need to get our next trip planned

 

[RockJock82]

Well I have about 8k on the drive train now and it still runs awesome! Only issue was j burned up the ac clutch cause my ecu wasn't kicking on the fans fast enough when the ac was running. Problem fixed and now the ac throws ice cubes when its on . Next to come will be a leather kit, roof rack and winch. I'm really jonsing for a AOE front bumper....