Gear ratios for the A340E 1992 SC400 US model are 1st 2.804 2nd 1.531 3rd 1.0 4th 0.705 Rev 2.393 SC400 A340E Transmission Stall ratio 1.90:1 forward clutch 6/6 frictions/steels direct clutch 4/4 O/D direct clutch 2/2 2nd Brake 5/5 1st and reverse brake 7/7 O/D brake 5/4 TT Supra A 340E Stall ratio 2.00:1 … Read more
When u park your car and noticed oil right between your rear tires, then its most likely the differential cover is leaking differential oil. This is an easy fix and should not take any special tool. Before you start, make sure you have a set of Allan wrench along with some silicones and differential oil … Read more
Here are pictures I recently took for a friend in Australia who is trying to make a header or extractor for the U.S. Spec Lexus SC400. This is a pictorial gallery with brief descriptions. Here is a picture of the driver side (LHD) SC400 header bolt on a 1UZFE long block. Bottom view of the … Read more
Here is a pictorial demonstration of the 1UZFE engine being apart. Most of the components are stock except one of the cylinders got bored and some experiment with the head chamber. This awesome machine displacing close to 4.0 liter with double over head cams all aluminum block and heads with electronic multi point fuel injection … Read more
Forced Induction is the hottest trend in the Lexus-Toyota Community and 95% of Lexus-Toyota V8 owners want some type of forced induction like turbocharging, supercharging or even NOS. However, those options are limited in the V8 world. Why is it so hard to buy or to make a turbo kit for the Lexus-Toyota V8? Well, … Read more
In order to fit the supercharger into my LS400, I have to relocate the battery. People have many reasons to relocate battery. Some for weight distribution other for space. To relocate the battery is pretty simple task, however it will require some money. There are two ways of do this modification. First thing is to … Read more
The following article explains the process I went through to make an adaptor to join my manual transmission to my 1UZ-FE. As part of my conversion I wanted to retain the Rover 5 speed transmission and 4×4 transfer case. One problem this conversion raised was the Rover bell housing was 30mm (1.5″) larger in diameter … Read more
Thanks to www.sparkracing.com and allow me to have few 2JZGTE valves, springs and retainers. I also compare 2JZ valve parts with 1UZFE Parts. As we all know 1UZ performance parts are so limited and very hard to find. There are plenty of go fast parts for the 2JZGTE and we should capitalize this opportunity. Therefore, my goal … Read more
After 14 years since the initial introduction of Lexus LS400 and ES250, most of the suspension bushings are about to wear out. There are two opinions on replacing the bushings. The first obvious choice would be OEM replacement. However, some OEM parts does not come with just the bushings, you would have to buy the … Read more
Many people who install the Crown engine without the automatic transmission chose to wire the engine to the car themselves. To make this a little more accessible for all I’ve taken my experience from wiring and then re-wiring my own car, combined it with “KDog’s” excellent wiring Diagrams and some great freehand drawing supplied by … Read more