Mossberg500's Lexus Build

[Mossberg500]

Alright guys its me Keith again with yet another build.
Now back at 20 years of age i have another, yet crazy build.

Heres alittle back story: Time goes by after finishing and driving the tC around. I start getting into heavy mods for the tC. Joined the New Jersey Chapter Scikotics club and went to many car shows and meets with them. Always thinking of what other project i could possibly do next. Time past ideas flew in and out of my head, but money just eventually found its way into the tC.

Fast Forward: to November of this year. After opening a buisness plan with my father we decided to buy a 2001 Lexus IS300 from my bosses sister in-law for $1500. The main plan was to buy it, fix it, sell it, profit it. which meant more money for the scion.

Jump Ahead to the begining of December: A strange idea cam barreling into my head like a swarm of hungry locust. "Keep the Lexus for my self and sell the Scion." this way my father makes back what he spent plus what he spent to have the Scion finished. Great idea right!? My father agreed with this idea of mine. so the mayham began.
Here is pictures of the car in question.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00715.jpg
faily good sized dent
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00716-1.jpg
driveway O' Toyota
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00717.jpg
it may be a little hard to see, but the hood, it has no paint
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00718.jpg
the interior, yes it is automatice and i do plan to keep it as such, for alittle while that is
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00719.jpg
184k miles wow!!
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00722.jpg
and pictures of its still beating heart
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00720.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00721.jpg
let me just be quick to say that i am funding this project myself. The only way my father has helped me is buy lending money to buy the car. The car is in my name [technically my first car i own] :lol: well so after acouple weeks of researching endlessly to figure what I want to do to this car. I came up with a idea that is currently in full affect...
Now i hope at this point your thinking. "Why would this guy open up another thread about building the motor up in a Lexus?"
Yes its a 2jz, but i dont have plans to work with a 2jz at all. so after searching high and low I came across this beauty...
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00743.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00744-1.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00747-1.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00746.jpg
JDM 1uz-fe it is currently at my job right now because i want to inspect it before i go ahead with any other plans..and by far
>timing belt is new
>spark plugs were good but i changed them out for new ones
>dizzy's and wires are all tip top
I landed it for just under $700. It came with the motor mounts, both sides (where it connects to the block and the rubber mount) the engine harness and ignitors were adding in for free.
Now this up coming week I will be getting a trans for the car. One that I will pull apart and interchange parts from the IS trans. Creating a pretty beafy trans that should hold the power better. My biggest obstical I face is welding up some headers for this monster, knowing that the pyshical size of the motor is huge :lol: it beats an all steel block 2jz.
Shes growing muscle and losing weigth..20lbs if im calculating right.
Well guys there it is. I'll be updating it when I can, the holidays are apon us so funding isnt all there, but I wont let you and myself down. Hope you guys like it, comments are always open.

Today I had bought the trans for the car so it should be coming soon given the wheater.


Thanks Scikos.
-Keith a.k.a. Thing 2

Updates!! 1/18/2011

It been awhile since ive updated but ive been hard at work, working on this beast. New motor mounts came in today so tomorrow bitch should be completely in place.

PICS...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00834.jpg
Parts on the ground

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00835.jpg
parts in the trunk

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00832.jpg
Old trans

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00828.jpg
old engine

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00829.jpg
new engine

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00830.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00831.jpg
like a glove

Updates! 1/19/2011

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00842.jpg
partner in crime Mike celebrating engine in place...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00843.jpg
and now he's modeling with it

and shortly after i hopped on..literally
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00844.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00845.jpg
laptop out for wire diagrams, looky at the spagetti

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00846.jpg
she holds her weight

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00848.jpg
fun part now is wiring...

today was my day off from work yet i still went in at 9o'clock to get work done to this beast..going tomorrow to get a custom fuel line made and we'll see if she wants to start up.

im doing this for myself and in memory of my dog

:Chien02:Calamity lives again.

Thanks, ill be sure to keep updating this, see u guys at the meet :mrg:

Updates 2/01/2011

new parts!

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00871.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00872.jpg

B&M auto ratchet shifter..drag style

progress has been really slow lately because of the whether, my list to finish is
>Wiring
>custom headers
>custom exhaust
>custom drive shaft

Update!!..2/19/2011

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00885.jpg

Standalone came in, time for some fun :weight:

Update! 3/3/2011
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00891.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00892.jpg

nice and snug

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00893.jpg

mmm...b&m shifter

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC00894.jpg

finally bought my welder mask, time to get work done

4/29/2011
Updates! from the dead...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01029.jpg
Welding gas

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01031.jpg
Moroso Line Lock kit

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01032.jpg
mmm juicy

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01033.jpg
JEGS -6an stainless steel braided fuel line (waiting on my fuel feed line)
And header flanges for custom headers

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01036.jpg
Aerocatch hood pins
Mishimoto Trans cooler
MOCAL oil cooler

Early morning Updates
i got off work early yesterday and when i came home i went strait to work on the lexus
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01037.jpg
removed whole body harness, so i get started on the wire tuck..i'll clean it soon also

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01038.jpg
parts of the interior needed to come out also

also got fresh meat for the rear wheels
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01039.jpg

de-badged her
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01040.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01041.jpg
all the old brake lines and power steering lines

NOW..my project for the next couple of days is to take this mess of body harness and slim it down to a harness of only the things i need
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01042.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01043.jpg

i tease...
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/Gr33n-Appl3/DSC01044.jpg

[Boricua Warrior]

Good luck with everything my brotha... def I'm keeping my eye on this one:boxing:

[lowlow]

Toyota altenza ftw!!

[Mossberg500]

fotos_auto.zip (http://www.4shared.com/file/PJPFXFGZ/fotos_auto.html)

[Bud-D]

This is pretty frickin sweet dude. Keep up the posts!! Oregon is watching you!! :)

[SPIKEnTR]

You must be shittin giggles! (and this is the only time I will ever say this!!) I cant wait to meet your car.

[Mossberg500]

This is pretty frickin sweet dude. Keep up the posts!! Oregon is watching you!! :)

thanks man, i'll keep that in mind when im finishing this build, i hope i wnt disapoint


You must be shittin giggles! (and this is the only time I will ever say this!!) I cant wait to meet your car.

lmao..i should honored u say that. i'll bring it to the meets and shows

[SPIKEnTR]

Well Keith, You are raising the bar for all of us. Fortunately for me, money keeps me way out of the running. Scikos will look great at Street Wars this year.

[Mossberg500]

Well Keith, You are raising the bar for all of us. Fortunately for me, money keeps me way out of the running. Scikos will look great at Street Wars this year.

i try dude, this car is being built slowly. it may not look like it but it is. as for street wars i hope i can do that for us Scikos. i wanna rock the sticker on it.

[Mossberg500]

Updates! all on first post!

[Mossberg500]

Updates! first post

[Bud-D]

Noice!!!

[Mossberg500]

Noice!!!

thanks!..im trying to get stuff done but this whether is killing me and the timeline to get it done for Street Wars

[Bud-D]

just take your time and do it right :) or you can tell your help to hurry the eff up and if they eff up it's their @$$ ;) LOL!!!

[Mossberg500]

lol..i talked to the guys that'll do wiring for me..sunday the 13th they'll start at it, ill see what i can do before that day. If i can get the driveshaft done before then i'll be a happy camper

[Mossberg500]

Hey guys im postin up an update. i called in acouple of my friends today to do the wiring, i great mess by the way. and because of the whether i had to back down, so i did not get much done...idk guys by the way things are going and my funds being low i dont think the cars going to be ready for Street Wars.

:help:

[lowlow]

Ohhhh

[scionpwnshonda]

Are you still interested in buying my HOLSET turbocharger?

[Mossberg500]

Update! first post

[Mossberg500]

edited everything to the first post to make it easier to read and follow.

[flyest_tc732]

you told me about this friday i havent been on the forums lately but all i can say is wow....a thing of beauty

[Mossberg500]

a royal pain in the ass to lol

[Mossberg500]

Lexus on Hold


Scion getting work for the Street wars show

[lowlow]

What u have in store? ; )

[Mossberg500]

Horray for color coated updates!! lol

all on first post

[Mossberg500]

bump for updates yo! first post

[Mossberg500]

:-P big update!! first post...

[Mossberg500]

im throwing in the towel on this one guys, cant stand it to much work for something that wont be as reliable and will probably break down within the year of running, im done with this car, keeping the tC getting back into work on her.

so if you or anyone you know wants a is300 shell project let me know so i can sell this, everything on, in, and around the car is for sale. let me know guys because im done with this big b*tch

[TwinDos]

im throwing in the towel on this one guys, cant stand it to much work for something that wont be as reliable and will probably break down within the year of running, im done with this car, keeping the tC getting back into work on her.

so if you or anyone you know wants a is300 shell project let me know so i can sell this, everything on, in, and around the car is for sale. let me know guys because im done with this big b*tch

that sux but i been in the same boat its hard to put work into a non runnin car take alot of time and money

[Mossberg500]

yea man it sucks, i was so bent on driving that beast but screw it...maybe later in life i'll try my hand at another project crazier than this