FIRST DRIVE! Supercharged Lexus LS430 RIPS!

Our 2005 Lexus LS430 now equipped with a Ford SVT M112 Eaton Supercharger is complete and ready for its first drive!
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[@jman566]

You guys should do a summer road trip with the “sport sedans” when they’re finished. They’re both looking clean 👍

[@johnd830]

Seconded. Speed Academy Western Canadian meet up.

[@mondomoleno.3404]

​@@johnd830 I would drive a reasonable distance for that. Maybe an unreasonable distance, too.

[@ltbullitt35]

Come visit your fans to the south!

[@BRB_GHONDi]

I’d definitely watch!

[@jordanpanich]

Yes! Road trip across 🇨🇦 all the way to BC!

[@stephenbouck]

I was originally team BMW but man the Lexus has won me over, the wheels the super clean supercharger install and that body kit im sold lol go team lexus!!

[@sk83rboi777]

that intake came out really nice despite Pete's attempts to sabotage it!

[@stephenbouck]

@@sk83rboi777 LOL im sure he did his best lol

[@arumrunner]

The Razor was the lead-up to the drilling of the intake mid air! lol

[@justdrive5327]

Check out the VIP builds of the Lexus LS430/Celsior. People who know JDM culture know that of those two cars, the Lexus is Legend

[@justdrive5327]

I test down one. Damn so nice! It even has a wine cooler in the back and the vents move back and forth

[@traviswalker8933]

And the Lexus wins again by being able to run before the Beemer.

[@biggboysouth]

lol very true, how many BMWs has it taken to beat one Lexus, 3 now?

[@traviswalker8933]

@@biggboysouth lol yeah. It's requiring more and more parts from donor M5s.

[@REAPER3fitty]

It won the second they chose their cars.

[@traviswalker8933]

@@REAPER3fitty if Pete decided not to go with the wagon conversion, things would've been different but oh well, bad things happen as is the norm with Beemers.

[@ze_german2921]

You need a couple more checking accounts to compete with the Lexus.

[@blue04mx53]

So glad that a 'run' of less than 6 inches is acceptable.

[@REAPER3fitty]

You know what run means? It doesn't mean drive kid

[@flyingmonkeyofus69]

@@REAPER3fitty he's making a joke about uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@joeschmo4170]

Wooossshhh...

[@blue04mx53]

@@REAPER3fitty It was a standard "The Office" kind of penis insertion joke sir. I thought putting the word run in quotes would help. I agree it was a weak joke some might even call it a 'stretch'. (oops I did it again). I promise to try and improve my jokes in the future.

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

@@blue04mx53 looks like your joke fell short this time around.

[@talhaasim1710]

I never thought that I'd like a Lexus LS430 this much. But watching this car soo clean and how good it looks inside out, even under the hood the work that you guys have done. I'm sold!

[@nedear88]

The drive mode ' POWER' with make the transmission downshift quicker and hold rpm higher before it shift to next gears. I love it...I wish I can transform my 05 like yours.

[@TheCoolDave]

Wish I could of afforded/did this when I owned my 2001 LS430... Loved that car... drove it to 244K and sold it, 6 or so years ago, the owner is still driving it... That is awesome !

[@stymiesnerdly771]

Well done! That engine bay just looks so proper with all the trim panels back on and retaining the stock air box. What a fantastic build!

[@brummiescot]

Hitting the tape with a mallet is how you used to make gaskets with universal gasket material. For the bolt holes you would place a ball bearing on it and tap that

[@lcq4blackstar]

Nice job boys! PT the trick with spraying wrinkle paint is a bucket of hot water from the sink, submerge the spray can in with a weight on it for 15-20 min. Have your part prepped and ready go and with your heat gun in one hand and the properly shaken paint can in the other, bring your part up to temp with the heat gun and alternate back and forth laying down paint visually seeing the finished texture within a second to get an even finish. I did all of my charge pipes and a valve cover like this and they look like I got them back from the powdercoater.👍

[@EVILEVOFOUR]

This build makes me want to switch my DD saab out for a LS430. M5 was a dream car due to the old Need for speed series but the prices are just so high for remotely clean ones.

[@abdurrehman19999]

Congrats on almost completed Lexus LS430 , i was waiting for long time to see it on the road

[@emanuellesaisaea6476]

1:40am Nz time guess I’ll stay up longer now 😂

[@dawnpoint]

Hey DP and PT, if you pull the transmission pan, you should see all the solenoids on the passenger side of the valve body. Closest to the engine, right by a bolt that secures the valve body is a little dial with three pizza slice slots in it. Push it in and turn it clockwise so the little triangle piece is now sitting in the shallowest pizza slice. That'll push that piston in a hair and give you a small boost in valve body pressure. Should reduce the slipping of the clutches. (This is according to the IS350 transmission; the LS430 might be different)

[@Shady97342]

Circa 2003 my older brother's friend put a 1/2" drill bit clean through the palm of his hand in our parents' driveway working on his non-turbo Mitsubishi Eclipse. I'll never drill something I'm holding after witnessing that. Ahhh memories.

[@tsteele1533]

now i like the idea of a supercharger on my LS430 lmao

[@zmanwithfire]

Congrats!!!! I'm glad you guys finished it! Looks great.

[@bandwagon240]

If you have a piece of scrap pipe to stick inside of the hose, the hoseclamp trick goes next level. It's a good trick I've used for years after struggling so hard with it.

[@vinceyumul5658]

I had a pedal commander installed on my LS430 and it helped with the sluggishness by increasing throttle response. Sweet LS man

[@joannaatkins822]

Both of these cars are fantastic, the Lexus is is the epitome of OE+ and the BMW is going to feel incredible. They're both winners

[@WarningHPB]

So stealthy, really nice sleeper style car

[@danielchristopherdc]

This is awesome!! Need this for my SC430 ASAP!!

[@biggboysouth]

Also for removing tape off edges I use a small file and rub the tape off the edges very gently. Just enough pressure so it brakes the tape only and doesn't touch the metal nearly any. Has worked great.

[@joevergnetti767]

Both of these builds are awesome! Loving the content and banter! You are almost at the finish line!

[@RNBYT97]

Golden rule for cutting anything "Always cut AWAY from you"! That was cringe worthy

[@MS-tq1xi]

Build a full bolt on kit know that you know what it takes, I’m sure you’ll sell multiple units!

[@dpedd12]

You can open up the trans, and up the line pressure with a simple adjustment.

[@DiamndDawg]

Al and the gang @theskidfactory use the redback silicon hose cutter. I think this is what you need!

[@Nick212NYC]

Congrats guys, dream build.

[@mmmbetter55]

Scared the SHIT out of me for your damn finger, PT

[@ormondjosh]

Every time I see those wheels--I want. Such a cool idea to nod back to the Celica wheel.

[@NafaratMiyaMiya]

Damn you both! LS430 prices have gone up since you started to wrap up the Flexus .... beautiful build, looking forward to the dyno and tune

[@apesintanks162]

Can't wait for dyno results. Awesome 👌 Makes me want to do that on my LS. Thanks for a great content.

[@Kevlar187]

The wrinkle finish works much better if you heat up the part first (low temp, like 160* in an oven. Like with any spray paint, the first couple layers should be very thin. When applying the next couple, the gassing off of the first layers is what causes the next ones to wrinkle. Spraying it on think right off the bat like that, you're going to fail just about every time.

[@rickstepanski448]

Thin coat and then 3 medium coats Pete, but you were on the right track using the heat gun in between coats to make the wrinkle be more pronounced.

[@wallstreetoneil]

metal shaving flying all over the engine bay is perfect for this build

[@TheMerwais]

Tuesdays are the best with you guys! Thank you for what you are doing! Awesome content

[@dwaynebrown4964]

To get a good wrinkle, light coats and use the heat gun in between each coat

[@rickbdatsun]

That blower install is so clean! Great job!

[@BaseSRKI]

In as excited as you guys were on the first drive😁 my ECU would throw codes with a modified Turbo (original turbo but modded) all the time. Some good Lexus coding there!!🎉

[@ljguy300]

Countersink deburrs holes pretty good too.

[@antbymcnair4297]

Grats on getting it running and out together. Those wheels are SO nice!!

[@kreparAZ]

so awesome to see it running! intake came out clean! oem+ for sure! love it fellas!

[@mm8436]

You guys should have some shots from the outside of the car driving around. Maybe some drone video and/or a car following you.

[@arisaardi7576]

Oh yeah here we go, finally 🔥. 10:22 is my gpu dieing or what?

[@Jan-ny8hn]

I've seen these glitches on a lot of other youtube videos. It seems to be a reoccurring problem with the youtube video encoder.

[@traviswalker8933]

Probably a problem for your GPU. Working fine for me.

[@CarlosRuizisthebest]

Nah, I saw it too.

[@randyrasmussen8031]

These transmissions have a dial that u can turn inside the transmission that will help with that sluggish shifts

[@TheBennynyc2]

I can’t wait to see what the pcm brings to the LS

[@colinmcdonell5034]

Great build Dave. Very stealth.

[@whatleytom]

Should have relocated the brake fluid and altered airbox for a straight intake run

[@jtvincent4053]

That thing kinda gets it for a big ass sedan like that. Mad respect bro!

[@USA4thewin]

Awesomeness guys love it

[@nickosmond]

So far the Lexus IS my favourite of the two but I’m a total sucker for a good wagon build

[@RickSeigmund01]

Such a great build! Outstanding, get that thing on the track. Also, road trip those things when they're done!

[@hamsterbrigade]

I kinda want to build one of these now, but I have an ISF already. I feel like it can't be better than that.

[@sietafak]

THAT IS AWESOME! Can't beat those smiles, I'd be smiling too haha

[@montestu5502]

Nice clean finished engine compartment. Very nice.

[@hahaha12345678993]

i really want a lexus like this now

[@DrJosh-zp8xe]

The best way to fix those lazy shifts is to swap the right trans in...cd009, t56, anything with 3 pedals

[@RonRussell-sj1zf]

Tune will probably cure the "lazy" trans feel, if not it could be the throttle response, need a pedal commander or such, but tune may address that too.

[@54mgtf22]

Wow. That looks OEM!

[@michaelcjohnsonmj]

So, if you guys have plans or in the process of servicing the trans pan/replacing trans filter, there is a dial on the valve body (pressure regulator) that has 3 settings. Factory setting is on 2, if turned clockwise to 1, shifts become smoother and not as erratic but will run the risk of burning up fluid a lot faster than usual also depleting the longevity of the torque converter/trans. 3 is for more an aggressive feel, essentially will run cooler and easier on trans . I did this adjustment on my LS430 which was a night and day difference and was curious to know if the GX470 had it and it did. There’s a write up on it on clublexus if anyone is curious. I will definitely update you guys later to let ya'll know how it is! I set mine to 1 to see how it is and also monitoring temp, so far temps are normal. Shifts are definitely smooth and also downshift is smooth. I will eventually set it to 3. -from GX470 facebook group I found I just copy and paste what he said, he did an update he has set to 3 and says he likes how snappy it is. this could help you with the sluggish shifting you are having. he also showed a picture but cant post pics here on comments.

[@jimmysarit505]

Love following you guys definitely attention to detail

[@davesinity]

You should make a complete kit with supercharger! I'd love to invest in it! Great job!

[@armyavnguy]

Nice, couldn’t cut the mounting tabs on the air box and maybe move it a bit more closer to the inside fender.. But looks like this works! Good stuff.

[@ralphlazio505]

The power to weight ratio i’m sure has gone up so much.

[@issacflores9278]

Loving this car so much it's so cool and unique

[@ianm432]

I like a little lubrication on the blade when cutting those bad boys.

[@ElioRose]

I love 90's and 2000's Lexus', in fact I own a 2000 GS300 myself. HOWEVER...lol...I still can't believe you put those wheels on this car. They look like they go on a 80's Corolla lol

[@chriskennedy5341]

Love the MCM reference! Moog with the drill bit in his hand lol

[@pablodariobenitezdesvars7746]

Just love these series, i want to see the m5 wagon finished!. That vht paint it's quite hard to use it right, i found out that if you just give it multiple very light coats (heating every coat) you get a soft tighter wrinkle and you reduce significantly the risk of runs and uneven wrinkles so maybe next time I'll be better.

[@pablodariobenitezdesvars7746]

Next time it'll be better*

[@poduss44]

Actually looks hella gangster

[@stevegivelas9769]

Awesome looking sedan love it

[@thegrumpiestpenguin]

Canadians talking about steak, brings back the Letterkenny memories

[@TheEdd212984]

He wanted to say this car has balls now at 19:11 lol

[@eriqrosado3337]

These videos have just made me want to get a Lexus now. 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️🤞🏽🤘🏽

[@quanwhite2125]

Hey would u guys consider making the genesis 4.6 the next project it’s a lot of ppl would luv to see something like that 🏁😊

[@GoalGettersNation]

Got me thinking I need to supercharge myself 07 LS460

[@typedrew]

Notices how easily maf leaks can fuck with stuff early in the build. Ah fuck it, we can just use a push in breather adapter right behind the maf

[@lcq4blackstar]

I thought that non-weld Vibrant adapter would be problematic also but once Pete had it fully seated in the pipe I'd bet it wouldn't even leak on a low boost charge pipe application, I was impressed with it after installed, looks like a good alternative to those without TIG access!

[@vvvvel]

Try it with the VSC off it's a tad more responsive.

[@joeb.7791]

You gotta get 0-60 times before and after switching ECU's.

[@jonathanpatten3173]

I want to hear about Connie u should update us on that it's my favorite project and I am going in to withdrawals from lack of information

[@sadaaromin13]

I’d like to see the lamda/ ltft stft of this thing on stock ecu

[@Sauerbrew777]

That new adapter looks like it found your Swedish pump!

[@Qgal5kap123]

Barr the runs, I would be well chuffed with that result. Looks 90% stock. Well done lads!

[@300zxdriver]

That black pipe needs a do over.

[@willscarcast]

Need some exhaust vids from outside the car.

[@Nick210]

Beautiful end to the challenge.

[@CorruptedPlist]

If you use an actual box knife or one that can hold a razor blade, it gets 10x easier.

[@ChutneyInc.]

I think you got to prime before wrinkle coat for it to last im not sure

[@adrianhinds9200]

That botched black paint job was purpose work, we will get him back on the BMW! Team Lexus all the way!

[@andrewsapp856]

Looks similar to fine truck bed liner

[@josephfelice601]

Nice developments, but that engine is going to fry pretty quick with those 6, 7, 8K rpms.

[@dannyr3346]

15:15 you're all welcome!!!

[@Alan62651]

Why make the second cut at all, when it all fits after the first cut?

[@dannyr3346]

Tiny tire chirp is not "lighting up the tires"

[@gwynn1104]

Cheesy montage music ftw!

[@Froi888]

Great car, great build

[@jrbbikerxjrbbikerx33]

Put an extra injector in...that’s what the supercharged 4Runner guys do

[@osanshouo1684]

Headers, midpipe and axleback will wake it up, or a exhaust bypass...

[@rlikemoney]

What are u guys gunna do as far as a limited slip for the lexus? Asking for a friend