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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    That's an interesting combo! Got the motor in, now it awaits wiring, so I'm going to get a bit more body work done while I wait. Might run it without the plastic covers
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Been on a bit of a hiatus, had another kid, finally getting back to work on this thing. Intake was a carbed TRD intake for race engines, this engine was out of a desert race truck, not sure exactly where it came from, but probably from the real TRD. Got the engine bay painted, and working...
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Thanks! Can't wait to get it installed!
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    This is with the 1uz in it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_uBItL6VvU&feature=player_embedded#t=0s Got some fender flares: Now its all torn apart, cut out the firewall, rebuilt it and getting it ready for paint. :eek::D
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Here's a bit of an update: new motor.....450hp 2UZ, billet crank, h-beam rods, web cams, and a bunch of other nifty stuff to make it go fast. Painted it nimbus grey....looks a bit more blue in the pics than in real life. ;)
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    ae86. vvti 1uzfe. hmmmmm

    How did you get the VVTI working? Or is it not? Cool project!
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Thanks guys! Been driving it around....definitely needs more power. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGPXG3TAWY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu_9Or8XBas
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    How to wire up a 1uz

    No sh!t, what a jackass. I love how people in a certain industry think that their industry or job is SOOOOO hard and involved that only they could figure it out. Dude, its wires, any nimwit with a wiring diagram can figure it out...you're not that special. And besides...who wastes...
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    1UZFE on a Haltech Sprint 500

    Driving it with a map from a toyota 3RZ.....:D:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-_60LvrIzk&list=UUDdwoXo_-Ytq_IgHO8WgRVQ&index=1&feature=plcp
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Corporate whore day: Some of Bill at Independent Speed shops work....making me nice brake lines, plumbing and wiring everything. Dash is not installed so all the switches and buttons are just dangling. Hydraulic Hand Brake, I need to make the lever next: Wilwood pedal assembly:
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    1UZFE on a Haltech Sprint 500

    Video from last night.....first attempt starting the 1UZ with a Haltech Sprint 500....this is literally just Bill plugging in the ecu, adding trigger specs and whatever else he entered in about 5 minutes on the laptop....:D...
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmW873d_wfM&list=UUDdwoXo_-Ytq_IgHO8WgRVQ&index=1&feature=plcp
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Yes Primer! Got the last touches finished to get this thing out the door, the whole interior, trunk, undercarraige and pretty much everything that I've touched is now John Deere Blitz Black..... And off to the Independent Speed Shop! Should be almost read to drive in a week or two...
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Thanks to Francis Andrew.....motor parts look a little classier, the wiring and fuel rails will be cleaned up, I just wanted to see what it looks like:
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    Volvo Amazon + Lexus SC400 = ???

    Ok....it has finally rolled out of the shop sprung on its own springs. F*ck what a great feeling. ;) Camaro hydraulic slave with custom line and quick disconnect:


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