Carnage - We Go Full Send On Our V8 Lexcen!

Our Toyota Lexcen wagon is a crazy sleeper and with it's turbocharged 1UZ-FE engine, it sounds amazing, but recent antics have us questioning whether it's hurt or not. So we put the Lexcen to the test and throw it back on the Maxx Performance dyno to see if it's actually hurt or not. The result may surprise you.
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[@JOK20236]

Scotty and carnage have been the best thing to happen to street machine since its inception 👍

[@mylairhasnoip]

13:54 "It could be all good, it could be all bad! But we're going to find out on a future episode... of Carnage!" is what I expected to hear lol

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Haha, I wasn't going to leave you hanging

[@TassieKustoms]

You know you’re getting old when you remember being impressed by 200kw vn commodores .🙂

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I used to froth over SV5000s, kinda still do

[@stevessaws3612]

Haha, yep

[@TomBudin]

@@STREETMACHINETV i have a set of sv5000 wheels for sale if anyone is interested theyre average but they will go for an OK price NSW only

[@LachlanWoods-nj3rm]

Now that’s funny Scotty, as P-Platers we were only allowed to own the SV3600’s, still a stout car back in the day! 😂👌👌

[@stevessaws3612]

Scotty, did street machine do a mag on the first ever over head cam on a 5l Holden? I remember the vid and you could balance a 50cent piece on it.... I might ad I have every mag from the start up until around 2007. Then we made kids and my collection stopped

[@stevenloynds3691]

This car is fast becoming my favourite of the Carnage fleet it's just a good all rounder with loads of practicality the best thing is the beast under a sleeper body....you can track it, pull some decent numbers, blow the doors of most street cars, daily it, do a tip run, go shopping basically it does everything a wagon with a tow ball can do and go chop your mates on a weekend. Cheers Scotty this is a great build.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Actually, it still has the tow bar. That makes it extra handy

[@lancegraham7722]

Scotty's chop shop, love it! The fact there is no paint on where you cut will ensure the rust will finish the clearance for those tyres 👌

[@STREETMACHINETV]

We'll wack some paint on those edges

[@modaufygarage]

Great safety message Scotty! It’s import that people take care when working under cars. Safety stands first

[@watchthisspacecarchannel6523]

man I'd be so stoked with that much power out of a 4.0 liter 1UZ , fantastic result !!!

[@nath84xx]

Niceley done, wont be long till its in the 9's

[@oliverzeffert]

Gonna be quick on race day lol ditch the dash mat

[@someyoungguy6990]

Take note from Scotty kids. Working under a car without axle stands is like putting all you trust in a secondhand Franga. When it all goes wrong, only bad things happen and can last either your entire life or be the end of life. Also Scotty, have you thought of porting the factory manifold a mm or two and smoothing out the hard edges and bends? That would have to help air flow.

[@timothyzwart7412]

I have the memory stuck in my head of my Dad back in the 70s. He was in the driveway working under the family AP6. He had the back of the car jacked up with the bumper jack trying to refit the exhaust ( Mum used to rip the exhaust off the car about once a month on the potholes in the road leading to our house). Luckily I was playing in the yard nearby on this day. I heard a loud bang as the car slammed down when it slipped off the jack and landed on top of Dad. Back then jack stands were not cheap and in every garage like they are today. Luckily he had the wheel that he had removed was under the rocker ( like I saw Scotty do in the video). So the car didn’t crush him just pinned him under. He had trouble breathing but was able to tell me to get Mum. She was then able to rejack the car and get him out. So after seeing that I will never get under a car without at least stands under it. If I’m changing a tire on the side of the road the flat will go under the rocker until the spare is fitted even though I don’t go under. It is one of my earliest memories and has scared me for life. NEVER EVER GO UNDER AN UNSUPPORTED CAR.

[@someyoungguy6990]

@@timothyzwart7412 Mate just about everyone forgets, if it goes up it can also come down! My dad had the same jack for his Torana when he worked at GMH in Acacia Ridge and they were next level dangerous. Survivor the home game for sure!!!!

[@johnkirkilis34]

Looks are decieving,luv the family wagon ❤.

[@mikey380sx]

I like it when Scotty chooses the send it option

[@apachelives]

Glad you put the message out with jack stand safety. I even put the wheels under there where possible.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Also did that

[@haydnpaull5447]

Another great idea is to slip car ramps under the tyres. The huge footprint means the car will never slip off. I decided on this course of action when my transmission needed to be "levered" over with a bit of timber thanks to some poorly fabricated rod shop mounts. Gee, I wish they would get back to me about that but that's another story.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Can't hear anything nasty going on at the moment, no obvious fuming... I am really glad you exercised some self control and waited till you got back to the shop to address that tyre issue. I was worried you weren't going to. Zane got a much nicer power curve there by the end, but you seem to have hit some kind of power wall there, that's pretty obvious. Looking forward to seeing it back out at the track.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I reckon we're approaching the limit of the intake

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

@@STREETMACHINETV well it is designed for an N/A engine with long runners for better low end torque. While it is tempting to shoot for bigger numbers, there is a lot to be said for good low end torque. Sometimes it doesn't pay to rob Peter to pay Paul.

[@ChristopherHallett]

@@STREETMACHINETV Yeah you need a low-rise version of Alan Butler's manifold.

[@justinfargas2367]

Congratulations Scotty. That's frigging awesome!! Nice keyboarding by 'ol Zane.

[@ishakespeare3898]

Good stuff Scotty! Glad you mentioned about the jacks, a close mate of mine lost his Mrs(at the time) father while he was working on a bus. He wasn't a young lad but gone too soon nevertheless, absolute awesome man he was and just skipped on a 'small' safety step that day. Devastating for everyone who knew him. Good on ya for looking out for everyone mate, seriously could save lives with a small chat about it ❤

[@TaunusMicha]

As one of the few people who wrote send it at the last video i started this episode with a "YESSSS" 👍

[@shanenorwell8580]

Awesome as always mate, love it.

[@dirtymuleracing5321]

Excellent numbers guys, well done Scotty

[@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck]

Top work Scotty !! Looking forward to seeing 9.92 in a few weekend time !!👍🍻

[@MrSamlyle]

Looking forward to the next track run!! 😃

[@SF-racing1]

Congratulations nice numbers today shes a tuff old girl built scotty tuff 💪🏻

[@golfr600]

Great job Scotty.

[@petercatto9795]

Dude you are a magician🍺🍺

[@g6et_wrx177]

That car sounds insane!

[@tony66au]

Gotta love a good Dyno sesh :-)

[@stupidfalcon7837]

Deacon is in his shed crying for those original straight inner lips 😭

[@Wes_G1982]

Can’t wait to see it at the track with that max boost and the drag radials

[@zeroyon9]

Money on you are starting to see some head lift. Looking forward to the sennnddd !!

[@1969Risky]

Awesome dyno figures Scotty! I recommend when you do race it, let the engine cool right down before you race it again. Hopefully it'll be consistent.

[@TomBudin]

6:31 so important, no one mentions it - old mate who passed the other day, very sad

[@quincyoconnor9707]

This 1uz’s sound so smooooth.

[@brett8930]

Gotta love the PSR turbo's Scotty, i run the same one on my fg turbo falcon. Id love to race this thing.

[@SHOCKcustoms]

G'day Scotty, great see another sweet vid. Hey did you get some good clean earthing points sorted for your elec brake system after the brake issues at optima? Lexcen look mint mate! Cheers

[@seanb250]

Good numbers Scotty 👍 time to get the die grinder out and do a porting session on that intake manifold 😁

[@Tonyawesty]

Love this build need to start building the back up motor 😢

[@DaveHiggoHiggins]

like a kid in a candy shop.. start it, take off, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I love this car.

[@Andrew_kiwi_AF]

Impressive! :)

[@jimclarke1108]

Lots of kwts from that small V8, No lip here Scotty✌

[@vintagetractorsaustralia]

Don’t worry about what the people are saying Scotty. That engine will be fine. Just build a more stout bottom end for it for when that one lets go. But for now, send it.

[@FuManchu5ltr]

Absolutely enjoyed watching this one. There always the haters however there is way more lovers in the comment section.

[@Atleysprogram]

look at that curve. well done guys. thats sick. haha. look forward to the next episode. fk yeh

[@gavinb9627]

You say 'ham fisted mechanic' like it's a bad thing Congrats on the numbers guys.

[@Ryan-hf9qz]

Sandi running around in the background ❤

[@chrismason4512]

A trick with getting some more clearance to the guards is to lower the car down onto a couple of magazines sitting on top of the tyre.

[@donfinch862]

Ham fisted mechanic, but you get it done Scotty. Luv your work, cheers mate

[@jesus_built_my_hotrod]

Here we gooooooo......

[@SkodaYetiFan96]

Your username checks out😎

[@Bozza_1]

Love this build Scotty. Can you try a ClumateTune intake manifold. It would fit under the bonnet.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I'll look into it

[@andrewvassallo3444]

Sweet

[@paulfitzgibbon4110]

Scotty, I can't believe you didn't use a small shifter to bend up the lip. If you use a heat gun on the paint it doesn't crack, either. You can then finish the job with a plastic hammer. I've been doing it this way for years. And we know you can get your hands on a shifter or two. There's also no sharp metal edge to cut either tyres, fingers or both.

[@honestpat7789]

So close to 500, with a slight nudge of peer pressure 😂

[@Brock_Landers]

It's crazy how much the front of that car looks like a US spec Carolla.

[@ngmi5066]

should have put some nitrous in where the sensor was, just to see if it likes it

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Wow, that would be next level.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Wow, that would be next level

[@LachlanWoods-nj3rm]

Now that’s a cracking idea!!!! Some people are just lateral thinkers! 😂👌👌

[@TankyMcStagger]

FULL SEND 😝🤙

[@TankyMcStagger]

How did the crank case pressure look? Breathing much?

[@almstlegalgarage2734]

#fullsend it scotty!

[@gazza116]

i was hoping all went well, cant be hurt much.

[@seanm2994]

It's not the intake manifold. I put 28lbs out of a stock bottom end and made 781 whp 780 wtq. Jim's car made 784 and 698tq with a custom manifold. He went back to a stock one so we will see if he makes more tq

[@jeepnutscotty]

Like you said last ep Scotty, sending it means your living up to the channels name, “carnage” and there ain’t no carnage without a “Schrodingers Engine”… Will it live? Will it blow? Ain’t no way to know until you have a crack

[@pesky49162020]

If you want it further from the rear guard the solution is find a VL wagon diff or if it's vl sedan diff weld on the wagon shock mounts boom....

[@STREETMACHINETV]

That's a good idea

[@7071t6]

lol love the music from kill bill the girl band playing in the movie from no 1? 5.6.7.8's 👌👌🙌🙌✌✌

[@michaelbarnett2077]

Good opportunity to test the intake theory. It would be a bit of work, leave everything the same and only change the intake. Even if you have to run no bonnet for the dyno test #carnage

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Too bad we just sold it

[@mangomcpoo475]

surely we can find some toyota centre caps for those wheels

[@John-ok6sq]

Yes jack stands. When I was 19 years old I learned that lesson and almost the hard way. I had a full size Chevy van jacked up by the diff to change the rear shocks with no jack stands. I rolled out from under it to get a different wrench and 3 seconds later the jack lost all hydraulic pressure and collapsed violently enough to bounce the van's suspension. Scared the s*** out of me. I always use jack stands ever since that day.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yeah, I had an engine hoist fail once. Scary situation. Dump the engine straight on the radiator support

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Seems to be very healthy despite the slightly low compression you found in a couple of cylinders last episode! So much for all the neigh Sayers!

[@Low760]

My point was better to fix than have it explode with two pistons known to be weak and ejecting aluminium into the bore, it's not fun to see this dead for another 6 months while waiting for a good 1uz ti rebuild because this one has rods through the block.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

@Low760 it's a fair point, but by the same token, we can start on a fresh heavy-duty combo and enjoy it for a bit more while we wait.

[@ChristopherHallett]

Still always laugh my arse off at those "Limited Edition" Auscar alloys from Ian Diffens... So 'limited edition' every scrapyard in the country still has dozens of the bloody things decades after they were ever popular!

[@jrbuch]

I got rid of my 1UZ powered Soarer back in the day making 180rwkw, for a 1JZ Vvti Soarer. These 1UZ's are such stout engines.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Both UZ and JZ engines are amazing

[@mysticgreg]

Watching you take the drag radials off at the dyno, they're well and truly wedged in there!!! Do you think they'd deform and rub during a burnout? This thing is absolutely awesome - you'd be disappointed if it's not low 10's next time out. Oh and I noticed your daily AU bus parked out the front there, how's that beast going?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I hadn't worked out the right way to remove them at that point. I've worked it out now. Tyres expand up, not out, during the burnout

[@STREETMACHINETV]

The AU is my dirty daily, she's travelling fine

[@mysticgreg]

@@STREETMACHINETV ​ So what you're saying is that to minimise the risk of rubbing, you need to burnout everywhere 😁 "Just taking the wagon out on a parts run..." 🚙☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁

[@mysticgreg]

@@STREETMACHINETV Great to hear. I miss my old ED dirty daily.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

As Scotty said during the burnout centrifugal forces are at play, it tries to narrow the sidewall making the tyre grow in diameter. It is only after the burnout is done and centripetal forces come into play that you are likely to touch the sidewall to the guard. But you are actually far more likely to touch the guard on launch when the tyre bags up and the sidewall expands and the back of the car squats. That is the most likely time it will touch.

[@plumbs7199]

How is that thing still hanging together after 20:1 lean out ! Then nearly makes 500 rwkw!! Toyota engineering!!

[@Low760]

It won't survive a second time.

[@jasontaylor7837]

My mate used door seal pinch molding after he cut his guard lip

[@RemoteChicken12]

nah thats bad, itll hold moisture and eventully rust the area

[@gogetem188]

seeeeeeeeendit

[@LukeTheJoker]

Why not go to the Holley top Scotty? I know you say you want to keep it looking stock, but it is not registered or street legal anymore anyway...

[@nomdeguerre7356]

Trying to find that bonnet light? Where can I buy it I wonder?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Schumacher racing

[@nomdeguerre7356]

@@STREETMACHINETV awesome thank you very much

[@donwhite7319]

🤔 look in the Glove Box you may finde that sensor

[@warrenscarlett9302]

👍👍👍

[@crunchytheclown9694]

woohoo

[@TomBudin]

I like Scotty Send It

[@kanesaw7456]

do you measure the back pressure scotty?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Not at the moment. That also could be an issue

[@martingidaszewski7342]

Scotty have you thought of getting some Toyota or Lexus wheels of the same era, instead of the VT S wheels to make it a “true” Toyota

[@STREETMACHINETV]

We're going to look at some Toyota centre caps

[@timsminigarage]

PCD would likely be an issue with Commodore vs Toyota

[@craigmooney2630]

Turbine starting to become a restriction , not much power from 5 psi increase 🤠

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Or back pressure in the dump pipe/exhaust

[@joelfrancis5391]

What did i miss? Why u takin the grinder to ya guards n not rollin em?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Because rolling them will deform the rear quarters

[@joelfrancis5391]

Right. R they weak or summin?

[@SkodaYetiFan96]

I think an interchiller would get you 200hp more but it might not need one. What do you think Scotty?🤔

[@Low760]

Reducing temps won't gain 200hp, not at this power level. Maybe at 2500hp.

[@manitoublack]

Needs some rowdy cams. need to get it to spin closer to 8,000RPM

[@STREETMACHINETV]

The cams it has are just fine

[@castekracing]

What it's telling you it's it wants 40 pounds Scotty. Don't be rude let her eat 😂

[@mandyburke5127]

i messaged you via facebook regaurding the headlight protectors and bonnet protector ,is that the best way to contact you scotty ??

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I haven't seen those, I'll check again today

[@mandyburke5127]

@@STREETMACHINETV i send with a picture ,

[@A.R.C.77]

😃🤘

[@davydoo81]

Why did he weld the bung (hole) in backwards?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Backwards?

[@davydoo81]

Yeah, the recessed lip is meant to sit in the hole..

[@STREETMACHINETV]

@davydoo81 it can't be backwards, it's an NPT fitting, the thread only tapers one way

[@davydoo81]

It could have been incorrectly tapped? Not sure, but that’s what the step is for…

[@geoffmcwiggan2814]

Recon it will go low 10s. Shit….. if it does a 9 I’ll fall off the couch. 👍🥃🇦🇺

[@Aut0anarchist]

For the love of god Let me fix the tint lol

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It certainly needs it

[@LV-FOURTWENTYSIX]

Like, share, subscribe.

[@paulcoote3094]

It's going 9s at 150mph

[@STREETMACHINETV]

150mph might be out of reach but easy 9s

[@mclovinnz]

That Zane guy quite sexy,

[@summernats]

Be a shame if it came to mess up Skid Row...

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Wouldn't it just...

[@Robroy1985]

My ham fists to, 20 years of puting them in places they shouldnt be........getting fuct up by sharp zip tyes hose clamps hot metal and just in general maechanic shit you take for granted......and then the really harsh hand cleaner you use 50 times a day........

[@PaddyBoy644]

Reasonable person: can’t you just be happy with 497.4rwk’s?🤷🏻‍♂️ Carnage fans: STFU! 😂

[@MrHC1983]

So here's a question........... CARWOW.......... and drag races against the European cars......... ? Just saying....

[@STREETMACHINETV]

So what are you saying?

[@flamintasty]

Scotty heading for 9’s in the Lexcen? Fingers crossed 🤞

[@7071t6]

Scotty mate did you put the Air flow temp sensor in the pipe for the intake? 👌👌👍👍🦘🦘✌✌🙌🙌

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yep

[@7071t6]

@@STREETMACHINETV well done, Scotty, cant wait till she is down the track, looking at hi 9's (9.8) if she hooks up for sure.👍🦘🦘👌🙌✌

[@7071t6]

There goes Holdens and Toyota Australian tribute car for the Americans cup win.🚓🚗👌👍🦘🦘✌🙌