CARNAGE - We Fire Up The V8 Lexcen For The First Time

It's been a long time coming, but we finally fire up our 1UZ-powered Lexcen Wagon... kinda... sort of!
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[@STREETMACHINETV]

Hey guys, we filmed this video this week, but we've worked what was wrong. The engine runs perfectly now

[@92jguaragna]

What was the issue Scotty ? Coils ?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

@@92jguaragna it was a wiring thing. I wired 1,3,5,7 instead of 1,2,3,4. It's amazing it ran at all.

[@mandyburke5127]

scott put in holden firing order 12784563,being a holden car lol @@STREETMACHINETV

[@mahcooharper9577]

Congrats on getting it running mate, and at least it sounds mechanically good. Wiring it all from scratch seems like a nightmare, but I'm sure you'll sort it. :)

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@STREETMACHINETV They are pretty amazing engines! Smoothest V8 I've ever come across & smoother than even most inline 6's (when they are firing in the right sequence that is! 😀)

[@mysticgreg]

Watching this with headphones on was a bad idea when that thing backfired... cleanup on aisle 12! Glad to hear you've since got sorted, can't wait to find out what the issue was!

[@crackdbrain34]

This episode is the perfect example of why Scotty is awesome 👌 shows the wins and the losses , we all learn the most from mistakes.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

The important thing is that we all learn together

[@builtbybagsy]

Always love the honesty Scotty. Showing the mistakes (and the journey) is how we learn. It's what makes your builds and series so relateable. Glad to read in the comments your sorted out the running issue. Love the build.

[@TaunusMicha]

These unexpectet pops and bangs, that nearly make you shit your pants are always funny for everyone around 😂

[@jamesbaylis9438]

No need to make excuses, when youre trying something yourself for the first time. Heck, that how we learn what not to do the next time. Given the fact you dont hide ur mistakes and show us the process of trying to fix, is what I love about Carnage. ❤❤

[@colinmiles9390]

Making those horrible looms is making you a very grey bro 😂 😂 I hate making looms

[@josephkelly4893]

That aluminium lump sits back nice and low in the engine bay, should handle quite well for an old wagon Scotty, love your left of centre builds dude

[@letsallbe-friends1120]

I think you need a "Struggle Street" sticker for the workshop Scotty, you've earned it mate! 😁👍 Mebbe you can name the car "Lexcen Luther" because it's been such an evil b*stard to build. 😉

[@1969Risky]

Great video Scotty, at least you don't hide your mistakes with fancy editing. It makes us other mortals more human. I don't know of any build where everything goes right. The main thing is that you're attempting something that the rest of us wouldn't have thought of, & that's worth a beer or 3!

[@daleruse3865]

Love episode Scotty, I know you've got the issues sorted by comments in this video. My question is did you reach out to Al from Skid Factory as they did a similar build years ago an ZD Fairlane?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

No, I reached out to Scott from Nugget Garage and after a short conversation I realised where I went wrong.

[@smithy2]

The last bit, the running issue reminds me of a backward dizzy, glad you show us the hassles as well as the triumphs, you'll get it Scotty we have faith in you 👍

[@JustGeminis]

Glad to hear you have it sorted now , Get some ratchet style crimpers for those terminals . Bin those blue cheapies

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I've got some ratchet ones but they don't crimp as good

[@lintonhart9814]

Time to buy a decent crimper mate

[@jrbuch]

I love that it's a Toyota but not a Toyota running a Toyota engine. Back in the day, I had my Soarer tuned with a PS2000. It never ran right, always misfired if I got it boosting. Took it back and they adjusted the dwell timing or so they said, but I suspect something happened to that coil when the car was being setup.

[@MichaelTaylor-os7gc]

Most Toyota engines run in batch fire they fire 2 cylinders at once so it may bank off 4 coils and fire 1-8....2-7...3-6...4-5.. I had the same issue when firing my 1jz with a Microtech ecu the first time just a idea mate looks awesome tho good work ..

[@351tgv]

The Button plan cars: Original car: Nissan Pintara - Badge car Ford Corsair Original car: Toyota Corolla - Badge car: GM Holden Nova (note: the Nova was once based on the Nissan Pulsar prior) Original car: Toyota Camry - Badge car: GM Holden Apollo Original car: Ford Falcon Ute - Badge car: Nissan ute (complete with the old 4.1L OHV carby / 3-speed auto) Original car: GM Holden Commodore - Badge car: Toyota Lexcen (what Scotty is reengineering in this video) There were other deals in place like GM Holden and Isuzu / Suzuki, Ford and Mazda (Lazer/Telstar/Courier which for Mazda was 323, 626 and BT50) buy they were in place well before Button plan. There was even advanced plans for the Mitshibishi Sigma return built by Ford Australia based on the EA Falcon but with the Mitshibishi "ASTRON II" 4cyl but that never happened, there were some designs shown over the years but I don't think there ever was any prototypes made. There was also some other deals like engine castings with Nissan and GM Holden doing engine blocks for other brands. In short the Button plan was a total wank fest of crap, about the only good cars to come from it were the Lexcen and the Apollo and the non Button badge cars the Ford Lazer and Telstar were pretty decent, the last gen Telstra TX5 with the 2.5L V6 / 5-speed manual and 4WS were pretty nice back in the day.

[@Low760]

Protecting your local industry isn't an Australian priority in the neo liberal environment. Every other country subsidizes their auto industries and the ROI is big.

[@351tgv]

@@Low760 - yeah well thats why we are all pissed at no more Falcon, Commodore, Magna/380 and even the Pulsar (which ended local production in 1992). what killed the local market was the end of import taxes and opening up the market to everyone else.. that said would Australia be better off with locally made Everest / Ranger - Commodore (which was supposed to survived until 2022) and Colorado??? At least we sort of have the main players doing LHD to HD conversions even f they are not strictly 100% factory converted but supported and with very little government money also.

[@1969Risky]

You forgot: Original car: Nissan Patrol Y60 - Badge car: Ford Maverick I remember a mate of mine that bought a Nissan XFN Ute & the only reason why he bought it was than Nissan had a 2 year warranty to Ford's 1 year/20,000km warranty. Everyone took the piss at him but that warranty worked for him in the end! Yeah, The Button Plan was a shit show but car makers across the globe are still doing badge engineering today. Who would have thought that the 2023 Ford Ranger would be the VW Amacock..... Sorry, Amarok.

[@351tgv]

@@1969Risky - But the Amarok and BT50 and Colorado (back when GMH were doing them) are simply not Badge cars, oaky maybe the current BT50 is the closest to Badge car there is but Amarok at least has its own design language for exterior and interior, would it be nice if it had its own engine? yes but look at the economics of it, never was gonna happen. You are right I forgot the Nissan Patrol / Ford Maverick, I would also say that was one of the better badge cars over that period.

[@nicktaylor5281]

Nissan Patrol - Ford Maverick

[@castekracing]

Love your work Scotty and team. Living the Aussie dream

[@jimclarke1108]

V8, 4 cylinder, great to see continued learning , bit like the old days✌

[@ibast1]

LOL that last startup would have to be the most Australian startup on yewtoobs. "Fucken jeezus" "Yeah, there's somthin else goin on there"

[@golfr600]

So just the firing order that's a easy fix.Done an awesome job Scotty love your show very informative. Thanks.

[@ckrahe3605]

I’d be checking your firing order/cylinder designation first. Sounds like it’s firing the wrong cylinder. Different manufacturers number their cylinders differently in V configured engines.

[@nathanpeachs2704]

Scotty ya legand, love this car! If ya need specs for engine and get stuck try the Skid Factory Boys they've done a few 1UZ's❤

[@dinosshed]

If it was easy, everyone would do it. I've had plenty of practice with all of this, usually repairing an ecu after it kills itself and then wiring it up, pin by pin to bench test. Not many boards can be repaired these days though, things got real small and multilayered.

[@LRogan520]

Close damn Close, I'm envious if you're patience Scotty, rigging that ecu I can imagine is painful.

[@wilwilson8146]

shit going BANG! unexpectedly and your subsequent reaction to it makes my day Lol

[@astrawally8448]

This is why I am not a fan of Haltech - the coil outputs and the difficulty in getting a base map. A Holley EFI system poops on these from a simple setup point of view. Most engines fire up immediately after putting in the basics and many of these run reasonably well with the out of box tune.

[@stevenloynds3691]

I'm sorry to any of the boys that was wanting more turbo taxi content I was one of the ones winging wanting to see this build...I'm actually getting excited for this one, im already trying to guess numbers on dyno and track. Just refreshing for the eye balls seeing something diff from Barra builds. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I'm finding this technical stuff quite interesting as I do have an understanding of 12v but zero idea about the actual brains 🧠 ecu tuning stuff.

[@xbgtfella]

21:53 "What does that mean at the moment?" I think u gotta 4 banger bro!! Keep on the grind and shes running on all 8!! FATF 5 quote!!

[@rodneyf.9595]

Great video thank you for updating us ❤ Keep on Thrashing 👍

[@bobroberts2371]

It is a really good idea to retain factory fuel pump operation as in , key in run position, pump runs for 3 seconds , shuts off then waits for a tach signal to reactivate the pump only during cranking / engine running. In a post crash situation where the fuel system is leaking, keeping the pump running is a bad idea.

[@mrDakiller101]

its funny that you talk about the ground thinking it was the problem, i actually had that problem on an LS engine from crushing the back ground cable on the head when refitting the head. took me alittle bit to work out what the issue was 🤣

[@LukeTheJoker]

I think your timing or firing order might be out? Maybe that 375 degrees was incorrect?

[@allxdup1909]

Farqummme he said, with a mudslide behind his leg... somethins not right there...🤣🤣🤣

[@johnkirkilis34]

What l like about this build, it's a Toyota engine in a Toyota Lexen. We luv this car too Scotty ❤.

[@robokiss7822]

Good to see that you are showing all the dramas I'll be looking forward to next episode to see it going... Im having 3 guesses before the next episode did you put the coil wires ass about or timing belt not on right or not enough earth on it that should be all soldered the starter clicking is a sign of a bad earth

[@gemini3558]

😜👍🇦🇺

[@DaveHiggoHiggins]

"a journey of discovery" This is every car build, great to hear you got it running sweet now mate. I love this car!

[@brentonk461ismylostaccount]

And how much are those coils worth each New Times eight ?????????

[@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck]

Bloody hell the bangs at the end yeah the emoji was spot on especially with headphones on !!!🤣👍🍻

[@michaelb5330]

Scotty’s great adventures Love that you just keep chipping away at it all Looking forward to seeing the next episode

[@gogetem188]

Well Sottie Im as confused as a homeless man on home detention thought we were doing a purple ute and a LC GTR with a dodge 6.3 ? supercharged lol yes so Scottie shall go by the name COIL-KILLER lol dam dam dammmmmm or CK to his buddies lol

[@backyardbangers1012]

I forgot about the torana. Yeah he should get rid of all the shitbox3s and concerntrate on vs ute and tori builds. Imagine what could be accomplished

[@hondajack8049]

Some one get this man some ratchet crimps

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I have some, they're unreliable

[@mangomcpoo475]

I still love this car, such a cool idea and being a wagz makes it even better :)

[@leighhaberl981]

and this is what happens in the real world in thousands of shed every day. great job.

[@JossRickard]

Hey mate, out of curiosity; rather than going through and unplugging each injector and coil to avoid this; can you just connect the ECU to the laptop with the main loom disconnected from the vehicle, giving the ECU a separate 12v supply? You should also rename this video "We fire up the V4 Lexcen for the first time" to be truly accurate. Also mate, I've got access to the wiring manuals to these things, you're probably past that now, but you can hit me up and I'll be able to help you out.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

You need to power the ECU and that is done through the main loom. I made the loom with disconnect to the engine side but I should have disconnected that before I started. We have it sorted now

[@351tgv]

a very frustrating episode and no doubt super frustrating for you Scotty, you turned a Toyota V8 into a 4cyl petrol tractor engine ... yes I know that is harsh but you will power through it and get it working, remember this is all trial and error (costly) but once done its gonna scream down the 1/4 mile and please go to Toyota HQ and show them what Toyota could of had if they back in the 90's if they put in the same effort as you have have so far with this build.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yep, we worked it out. It's amazing it ran at all.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Sounds like you had a couple of brain farts, but they are very understandable mistakes. The rest just sound like typical engine swap niggles.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yep, a couple learning experiences

[@AdamSWL]

I reckon you might have had a surprise visit from Vicpol CIRT if you had kept up the back fires much longer! Especially with the way some are behaving in Melbourne lately. Really enjoying this build and the info you are passing on Scotty!

[@Low760]

The way vicpol or the guys doing burnouts on the street?

[@benhalicki9749]

Would love to see a short of the beast running properly Scotty... don't keep us waiting until next Friday please ;)

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Check out the Carnage Facebook page

[@MrJarmore]

This is a straight throw back to when I fired up my 1uz swapped car. Initially I was on stock ecu and one of the ignition drivers failed. I then dove head first into my first ever wire up of a link ecu and all the sensor fixings. Sent to fire that up, it ran better but still not right - my power distribution for my Injectors teed off before each rail, one of the tees had pulled out of the crimp!! I was feeling your pain mate! I'm sure you'll get it sorted, if not already!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Thanks mate, yeah it's already sorted

[@GTFORDMAN]

sounds like it runs like a typical Holden! haha

[@andyjames2082]

Really good info for an old head Scotty, cheers mate

[@wesgates5632]

You can't buy experience but experience aint cheap.

[@imidsikkey]

You've probably already done this, but might be a good idea to pull the driver side coils out and check if those cylinders are flooded. Air blow them out or whatever. I hope it's something small and silly!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

They weren't flooded, but they definitely had fuel in them. It made quite the bang when that side fired

[@danozism]

Drama drama drama... There's so much drama in our lives these days. If there's an opportunity to kill some drama then I'm very grateful to be involved. Thanks Scotty! Now I think I'm ready to hear that Lexcen ROAR!!

[@rumplespliffskin]

Was it in Jaws where they said "were gonna need less hairy goat"?

[@georgesbackyardgym]

sounds like its my lawnmower badly

[@3800TURBO]

Sometimes it's easier/cheaper for newbies to buy an ecu that's already loaded with a map. Link have 1UZfe maps. Personal preference.

[@TheOggar]

As I say, when I a mistake, I sa I made an I.D 10 T error

[@davidwindsor4632]

First start sounded like a diesel boat motor 😂👍

[@UNLEASHED1198S]

"Screw ups"= Learning...

[@kylebutler7142]

Carnage : We Might Be Rough But F**k We're Slow! 🤣😂

[@STREETMACHINETV]

You mean busy, f*ck we're busy

[@kylebutler7142]

Scotty, you're in fuel save mode - cylinder deactivation!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

haha, if only it was so simple

[@gazza116]

should have had headphone warning

[@danielspencer1973]

Great episode Scotty, hopefully we hear some sweet 1UZ things next week! Backfires were awesome! Coil carnage was decent!

[@southcoastmatty]

Need a visit from Turbo Yoda

[@caseyleonard6025]

Your wrong about the fuel pump circuit Scotty sometimes it’s best not to explain something if you haven’t done your homework

[@STREETMACHINETV]

What was wrong?

[@doubledipper05]

the oil pressure part - the relay is positive triggered - forget the oil pressure side of it , the pump will run when it sees 12V from ecu.... now the oil pressure side is there for if the relay fails it will operate the pump directly through the oil pressure switch once oil pressure is obtained @@STREETMACHINETV

[@shaunking6379]

Love this build

[@fulledbyarm]

SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED A SPARKY HEHE

[@trapptours6679]

This is quite entertaining 👍

[@Kwozzie1968]

Love your work guys. That backfire suggests a firing order issue...??

[@stoneshrink]

those cheap chinese connectors. throw them away. use bare wire connects with heat shrink. no more guessing if something is good or not. I've learned through much bitter experience. even if those connectors work, it's only for a little while and they will fail when you need them the most. you have the right crimpers, step up the game.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I just used what I had on hand but yes that style of connector wouldn't be my first choice.

[@stoneshrink]

@@STREETMACHINETV I'm saying that you would have been better off if you didn't have them. Throw them away. Those things are for hooking up trailers. Wiring is difficult because you cannot normally see/hear/smell when there's a problem. People hate wiring because of this - but what I don't get is they blame the wiring and the difficulty of the wiring for their hatred of it when their entire problems are self-induced. OEMs have developed systems based on NASA (yeah, rocket people) have proven time and again. Follow those, find out wiring isn't so bad.

[@AaronNicoli]

Oh Scotty, I nearly shat at those backfires at the end haha - I hope you find the issue soon mate, don’t give up

[@JackParsons-t3e]

Cheeky bugger always leaving us right when it gets good hahahaha

[@STREETMACHINETV]

We literally ran out of time. I would have liked to had it running right in this video

[@bruceyblowback8748]

Awesome episode Scotty, love the honesty in all your trials and tribulations in the builds.

[@warrenscarlett9302]

👍👍👍

[@Patmcn1987]

Scotty got a question would you like tonwork on my car ! Holden vr calais v8!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Sorry, we don't work on other people's cars. It's a liability thing.

[@Patmcn1987]

@@STREETMACHINETV unlucky be a made video series to make thanks for the reply

[@campculture4x460]

Y’all going restock ya merch ?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Hopefully soon

[@peteanderson2533]

26:00 "safe"

[@A.R.C.77]

🐠🤘

[@matthewsmith177]

Did you separate the earth's and put them on their appropriate heads

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Nope, does that matter?

[@7071t6]

IMO its the firing order, based on the new wiring set up for the ECU ? Don't give up Scotty, love to see just how much HO she makes.🦘🦘👌👌👍👍✌✌😀😀

[@xozindustries7451]

Hey Scottie, thanks for keeping it real, good information

[@andyjames2082]

Wasn't there a hoist where the commoyota is sitting?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

We rolled it back off the hoist so we could open the doors easily

[@andrewtavendale5838]

Clearly timing ? 180 out??

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It was timing but not 180

[@Towball22]

Gotta love chasing electrical problems 😩😩😩

[@Bigcountry_littlelegs]

Good job

[@tamaevans8742]

NICE M8

[@slowlearner984]

F

[@LSturboguy]

getting gear for my build I found its not as easy putting a turbo and stroking my engine their are heaps of things you don't know or think about when I think I'm ready I'm not and the time line gets pushed back, the money you budget for get blown out as well, I expected to start December but reality closer to May and budget has gone from $30k to $46k but if it was easy everyone would do it

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Indeed

[@jeremy9806]

You are a wizard Scottie! That relay issue alone would have had me stumped eternally. Would love to learn how you troubleshooted that. Was it just experience and a guess?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Reading wiring diagrams before I got started

[@lukefox7011]

Scotty loves his 90s commys,he can't get enough of them

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It's a Toyota... :)

[@lukefox7011]

@@STREETMACHINETV yea...na

[@brad.979.]

The dont do what scotty did episode lol

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Basically

[@jasontaylor7837]

Just thinking about wiring makes my brain hurt

[@paulwinch2263]

Does the Haltech not have a test mode for the individual coils and injectors? So you can remove the spark plug and test it out of the head?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Not that I'm aware of

[@clayjones8301]

Thats shits Black magic , voodoo

[@timkirk6237]

TBH I would just replace all of the coils and be done with it, then later on test the suspect ones to keep for spares.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It would be nice to have a spare $1000 to do that

[@honestpat7789]

Toyota … or victa lawnmower 😂

[@ba.skidderLOCKDOWN]

Hell yeah 🤙🤙☝️☝️☝️☝️