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Sounds to me like worn contacts in the solenoid on the starter...

My plan has always been to use a stock A340F floor shifter, I pulled one from a '98 4Runner in the junkyard with linkage. I bought a new shift shaft for the transmission to move the linkage to the other side of the trans. It was immediately apparent that the tcase shifter between the 4Runner and...

On my '94 SC400 engine, the start circuit is very simple, ECU is not involved. Where are you reading 10v? Sounds like you've got a voltage drop. When you test that, move your ground reference right to the battery and see if the voltage jumps up, that'll isolate which side of the circuit is your...

It's actually bolted to the frame. No wood blocks involved. Frame-side motor mount brackets built. These sit right onto the tabs on the stock pads on the frame, I put the 2 tabs at different angles to improve access to the rear mounting bolt (between the 2 tabs). Don't judge my ugly flux core...

This was $40 for a whole new line with crush washers from AutoZone. I had a custom line made for the 4.3 setup, it was not cheaper than that.

Thanks guys. I've been sneaking off to the garage for an hour or 2 every night once everyone else is asleep. I'm a zombie at work, but I'm making progress. I ordered a few parts earlier this week, and last night was just some test fitting. First, a couple weeks ago, I ordered a big batch of...

Finally took a picture of the clean engine bay with the painted frame. Looks soooo much better. 20200516_072546 by Numbchux, on Flickr Finished swapping oil pans, resealed the oil pump, fixed the timing belt tensioner, resealed the rear cover, cleaned up the wiring, cut the flanges off the...

Just that simple.....lol Yes, any engine is just an "adapter plate" away from being mounted to any transmission. I was in Graham Evans's (former Prodrive engineer) shop when he was building one of the first new Fiestas for high level US rally, he had a custom adapter plate to mate a Skoda...

It's "sacrilegious" You won't see me defending any engine offered in a Charger. 1UZ everything! Looks like the hardest part on your list is this 8-speed Auto. Mating it to the 1UZ, and controlling it (in concert with the engine). Running a 1UZ on a standalone is easy, and pretty...

Got the oil pump on, went to swap the rear main, and opened up my box of Lexus parts, to realize I don't have the correct rear main seal. It appears that Toyota (at least on Toyotapartsdeal.com, my go-to site to double check this stuff) supercedes the number to a Paseo cam seal (9031135040). So...

When I was a kid, my bus would go by a house that had a TR7 in the driveway every day. It had a huge impression on me (late '80s-early '90s, most of what was on the road in the US at the time was dreadfully dull). I also noticed that it never moved. That had an impression, too. Should be a...

This engine has clearly had a water pump and timing belt put on it, so I wasn't going to touch that stuff. But, after a test fit, I decided to swap the SC400 oil pan for the LS400 one. So I decided to reseal the oil pump while I was in it that far, which of course required removing the timing...

This was a really funny thought, right? Well, I'm back at work, and the 1UZ is more apart then ever. Oh well, I knew this was a chance. I saw conflicting information about the sump. Generally speaking, yes, the front sump is preferred for the IFS. But my truck has a 2" body/drivetrain lift, and...

Life pushed this project off the front burner for nearly a year. But it's back. 2020-04-26_09-58-27 by Numbchux, on Flickr I'm unemployed for another week. I'm hoping to get this to the point where it can move around the yard under it's own power in that time without completely neglecting the...

Nice!

Link is fantastic. Who will be doing the tuning? Tuners frequently have their own preferences/specialties. So find a local tuner and see what they have to say.

Viscous. Stock setup from an LS400.

I'm abundantly familiar with TSS Fab, we used their front and rear subframes and rear control arms for the GC8 rally car that I crewed for for several years. Fantastic fabrication work. Same guy won't use them, some suspicion of copying someone elses design for rear knuckles. I don't know the...

A very good friend of mine has a '98 Legacy with an "LS" V8, turbo and RWD that I've done quite a bit of wiring on (MS3X Goldbox to control the engine and 4L80E transmission and PiDash display integrated into "stock" power circuits, heat, lights etc.). Enormous amount of fabrication work, I...

https://techinfo.toyota.com/ Costs like $20 for a 3 day pass, download all the genuine Lexus/Toyota service manuals you can. Run the VIN on your engine to figure out the exact model of the donor.