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Yep. Inlet is on the left hand rail (or right hand if you are standing in front looking at the engine). I went the other way as I replaced my early engine with a late one, then used Sequoia fuel rails (round style) to keep the fuel return system (vvt models are returnless)

Thanks. Stock ECU would be ok, but I changed the gearing enough where its "confused" on when to shift. I'm trying to find something that can control both engine and trans, or even just the trans so that it will act properly on a racetrack like a modern Porsche or BMW does.

is this vvt or non-vvt? Does it control transmission too, or just engine? Thanks.

Sure, but if you have to ask.....

Sounds like my LS.. I just hand fabbed from exhaust manifolds back. 2 1/4" to x pipe, then two small summit "Cherry bomb" style straight through mufflers. I went right side exit, but straight back would sound the same. couple hours and a couple hundred bux.

Yes, 650.. The engine and trans both came out of a 1998 GS400 as a pair. I'm trying to validate if changing the rear end ratio could cause shifting issues, and if so, if there is a circuit I could add to the speed sensor to compensate for the gear change.

Front end on my 90' LS getting rough, and I have access to a 97. Anybody try swapping the front end off a later car to an earlier one? Knowing how Toyota does things, I'm thinking the fenders and hood would bolt right up? (I can change the core support too if needed).

I have a fully race built trans, and both it and the original stock trans did the same thing... its not about speed of shifting - its like the ECU can't process the difference between the engine RPM and expected transmission speed or maybe that the ECU only cares about engine RPM? Either way, it...

I think I may know the answer, but not the solution. I did a transplant and it runs and drives fine. I also swapped in the Ring and Pinion from a 98 SC300 (and a Supra Torsen LSD) to get a shorter final drive (3.26 to 4.27) and am running smaller diameter tires too, all to make the car quicker...

Cool. 77' coupe was my first car. A buddy still has it. I put a JDM 18RGU twin cam and 4 wheel discs in mine.

You've got mad skills all your own - keep up the great work!

Why would you want to eliminate ABS? its not working on my race car, and I wish it was! (I don't really need it, but love the piece of mind knowing its there, plus on crazy braking, the rears lock up). The ABS unit from the later cars is integrated into the master cylinder. I swapped that in my...

Any easy/cheap solutions? Mine is lowered for performance, but not over-lowered for looks. I can only get -1.1L -1.6R out of the stock adjusters. I need more like -2.5 for racing purposes. I guess I could modify the cams and machine out the slots a bit, but looking for less annoying solution...

Will a stock LS radiator fit? I found factory ones shockingly cheap - I think I paid $100USD for a new Denso unit that I run in my race car, no worries :)

Gusseting would make a huge difference. I was thinking the opposite though - that tubing and plate area is 2x the size of most tube frame builds I've seen. With good gusseting could be a lot smaller. I find that touring car chassis are a great reference for this sort of stuff. I'd be tempted to...