So I bought a 90 ls400 with a blown trans a few weeks ago for a few hundred bucks , to finally put my $125 dollar w58 to use. And all I can say is what a pain in the azz this thing was, I have built hundreds of cars and have never had to make so many custom puts in my life. I cut up a pair of Honda civic clutch/brake pedals , welded them to the stock brake pedal and to the CNC clutch pedal, made a bracket to bolt the clutch master to the brake pedal bracket, had to move the fuse box over. Got a 90 4runner v6 flywheel had the machine shop open up the bolt pattern and had to face .200 off the crank side of the flywheel flange so it would sit the same distance from the starter, I didn't want to keep the two piece drive shaft with the stupid ass rubber band on it so had to have the machine shop make an aluminum adapter to go from the 3 bolt flange to a 1310 flange, so now I have a nice 3 inch one piece drive shaft with solid u-joints and dana/spicer yokes. Had to make an adapter to bolt the t56 GTO throwout to the trans, and if people choice this throw bearing look for an exedy it was like $60 shipped. Did -4an line to hard line for the clutch line, had to by pass the neutral/park start safety, had to wire the gear select to think its in first if you don't do that you will have a short rev limiter , which I may wire to a switch so I have launch control. I used the stock cross member from an Aristo as it drops down about 1/2 more and made an adapter to bolt the stock ls400 trans mount to the w58, had to make 1 inch spacers to lower the cross member down, had to make a 7.5 inch shifter extension, had to cut the shifter it self down cause it was way to tall.
And now that I finished all that and drove the car for the first time, I can say it was worth it, the thing will lite up the tires at will in first and second and is noticeable faster then an auto ls400.
I have an m90 that I picked up for $35 bucks that I just ported and did ceramic bearings in that will be going on in the next few weeks, along with an hks vpc so no more mafs , 440cc injectors , single shot wet nitrous kit, walbro 400lph fuel pump, 2.5 exhaust, and 96 ls400 calipers and rotors.
I'll add some pics once I start the supercharger install. And I don't to hear that I should go with the m112 , I know this , same with the r154 over the w58. I will have a total of about $3k into this car including the price of the car. This is just some piece of shit that I'm building to have fun with.
And now that I finished all that and drove the car for the first time, I can say it was worth it, the thing will lite up the tires at will in first and second and is noticeable faster then an auto ls400.
I have an m90 that I picked up for $35 bucks that I just ported and did ceramic bearings in that will be going on in the next few weeks, along with an hks vpc so no more mafs , 440cc injectors , single shot wet nitrous kit, walbro 400lph fuel pump, 2.5 exhaust, and 96 ls400 calipers and rotors.
I'll add some pics once I start the supercharger install. And I don't to hear that I should go with the m112 , I know this , same with the r154 over the w58. I will have a total of about $3k into this car including the price of the car. This is just some piece of shit that I'm building to have fun with.
