IS300 LS1/T56 Daily Driver Build by eng1nerd

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8-15-2014

I feel like a complete moron, but it's ok because I now have working A/C!

What I discovered was that the line I recycled from the Trans Am with the pressure transducer also housed the orifice tube. Not only was it not needed, it was backwards. I pulled that, recharged the system and now have nice COLD air.

9-15-2014

I'm a week late at this point but oh well. I took the car to LS Fest again this year. My buddy even went with me again, even after spending last years trip under the car working on it. The weather was great. Saw some familiar faces again from last year. And...we didn't have to work on the car! Enjoy a few pics I snapped.

1-11-2016

A LOT has changed.

Back in June I was in a wreck with the car. Ambulance ride, night in the hospital, the whole nine yards. I was t-boned on the passenger side by a full size truck. The car was totaled (I'm lucky to have not been seriously hurt), the passenger door was pushed almost to the center console. Thankfully I was coming home from work and didn't have anyone in the car with me, they wouldn't have been so lucky.

Long story short, I bought the car back from insurance and pulled the drive train, parted out what I could, and scrapped the shell. I have since bought a clean 2005 that will be receiving the motor and trans this summer.

I never did a proper wiring diagram but since I'll be doing the swap again I'm going to try to document some of the details better this time around.

7-13-2016

Here is a brief overview.

This and this...

Became this for about two years.

Then this happened.

I bought back the wreck and and pulled the drivetrain. Now this is getting ready for a motor swap.

Here is some of the carnage from the wreck. I'm in the process of remaking them now.