Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 36 – I Can’t Stop (Enough)
Project SC300 ain’t dead. It’s just taking a bit of a vacation. Those who know me more personally understand that there was a rough few years of family-related issues of…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 35 – The Wang Gang is Splitting Up
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 35 – The Wang Gang is Splitting Up by Erik Jacobs It’s been a little while since I last penned (typed?) a Project SC300 update.…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 34 – Cameras are rolling, copy that.
Life has gotten complicated, and, unfortunately, that has meant that Project SC300 has been sitting around for nearly a year. I reached a point, though, where I couldn’t take it…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 33 – A quick, dry break with Radium Engineering
While you haven’t heard from Project SC300 in a minute, it hasn’t been entirely idle. We took the car out to Carolina Motorsports Park last November for some additional testing…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 32- Getting sequentially better with S1
The W58 transmission that comes behind the 2JZ in the Z30-chassis SC300 is not known for ruggedness. In the first outing with the new wiring, I grenaded 3rd gear quite…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 31 – ECM(easure all the things!)
COVID-19 has impacted everyone, and the motorsports community has been no exception. For a while there, everything was shut down. It didn’t matter if you drove in circles, or made…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 30 – Sometimes You Finish Where You Should’ve Started
When we left Project SC300, we had gotten the suspension all back together, but that annoying caged nut had thrown us for a loop. Properly getting to it involves getting…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now.
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now. by Erik Jacobs Well, it’s been another few months, and I still haven’t driven the SC300. So, why…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt by Erik Jacobs Earlier in the year I had gotten all new safety equipment and detailed the journey to…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 27 – Joining a Wang Gang
It’s not every day that you get to join a gang. No, really, I mean, they usually have rituals and rites of passage or you have to commit heinous acts…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 26 – It’s Getting Hot in Here, so Chillout!
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 26 – It’s Getting Hot in Here, so Chillout! When we left the SC300 we had the body kit completely installed and then were off…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 25 – WIDEST IS BESTEST!
When we left the SC300 just about the entire KBD body kit was installed. Now we’re in the home stretch! Rear quarters, side skirts and done, right? I hope so.…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 24 – Wider-er is better-er!
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 24 – Wider-er is better-er! by Erik Jacobs When we left the SC300 I was throwing up in my mouth watching large chunks of the…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! Getting Clearance with a Wide Body Kit.
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! by Erik Jacobs We had brakes, we had suspension, we had refreshed hubs, and we had a scary, twitchy car…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 22 – I Missed Winter…
When we last left Project SC300 things had gone totally sideways and now the entire suspension of the car was all apart. With a box of Toyota/Lexus OEM replacement components…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 21 – Winter is Coming
When we last left Project SC300 we had just installed our Grannas Racing T56 transmission swap kit and had gotten back out on track. With a solid drivetrain, it was…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 20 – Getting Shift Done
When we last left Project SC300 we had figured out just how much we could drop the motor, and cleaned up the transmission tunnel to accommodate the shifter. Now it…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 19 – Achieving Release, Mounting Problems
In the last installment of Project SC300 we had just attempted to bolt on the Quick Time 2JZ-T56 adapter bellhousing to the engine. After some careful massaging of the transmission…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 18 – We have transmission!
Our last outing with Project SC300 did not leave us all that happy. After much hard work completely rewiring the car, fabricating lots of odds and ends, and countless hours…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 17 – Get out there! Or not…
With the car idling and most of the core sensors configured, we needed to keep moving forward in our electronics configuration in order to get to a point where we…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 16 – We have ignition!
In the last segment, we said that we had finished wiring everything, but that’s not quite true. There were just a couple of finishing touches to sort through and then…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 15 – Lay it all out
With the engine bay wiring all neatly tucked in, it was time to move on to the rest of the car. We bounced around here and there as it made…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 14 – Install it all, y’all
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 14 – Install it all, y'all by Erik Jacobs When we last left Project SC300, we had finished preparing all of the harnesses and…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 13 – Updating for Proper Fire Safety
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 13 – Updating for Proper Fire Safety by Erik Jacobs Since we were starting to button up our Project SC300, it seemed logical to attack…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 12 – Cabin Fever
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 12 – Cabin Fever by Erik Jacobs The trunk harness was complete. The engine bay harness work and modifications were complete. Now it was time…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 11 – Engine Bay Wiring
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 11 – Engine Bay Wiring by Erik Jacobs When we left Project SC300 last, we had done most of the preparation work in…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 10 – Finish Wiring the Back and Prep the Front Harness
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 10 – Finish Wiring the Back and Prep the Front Harness by Erik Jacobs We finally had begun wiring Project SC300 in the…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 9 – Begin Rewiring at the… Back?
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 9 – Begin Rewiring at the… Back? by Erik Jacobs After over a year of slow and methodical removal, preparation, and planning, it…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 8 – Planning for Performance
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 8 – Planning for Performance by Erik Jacobs So far in the epic rewiring saga of Project SC300 we’ve managed to write thousands…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 7 – Sealing the Things
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 7 – Sealing the Things by Erik Jacobs When we last left Project Lexus SC300, we had been fabricating panels to secure all of…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 6 – Practical Panels
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 6 – Practical Panels by Erik Jacobs When we left our project SC300 we had just installed the XS Power S925 battery. As we…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 5 – Placement Makes Perfect
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 5 – Placement Makes Perfect by Erik Jacobs The interesting thing about a massive (re)wiring project is that a really, really large portion of…