As I recall, Damien knew of another guy who reverse engineered it, but he was unwilling to share any of the details or knowledge gained from that.
I might be confused on all his projects but I think the Bexus right now is unmodified. You (or I) might be thinking of another vehicle he's been working on using the gearbox, that he bought cheap, sold the motor for more than he paid for the vehicle, and did a full conversion.
Far as I know Damien and Kevin bought the Bexus Lexus it last month in England for 500eu (dead hybrid battery) and drove it back to Ireland, and just got it road-legal in Ireland (as a factory Hybrid).
The Bexus is being saved for one of the classes at Kevin's shop that Damien runs monthly (it's an advanced class scheduled for the summer I believe). They are going to do a 1 weekend conversion class and use it as the demo.
The goal is basically, engine out, more batteries in, and de-hybridizing the 10,000,000 dead-ish hybrid vehicles in the world.
The GS540H has seen a lot of interest lately, within the last year, and, as things take time, I'd expect to see a lot of conversions get finished this year using them. The trend seems to be Prius's for FWD conversions and Lexus's for RWD and higher power conversions.
I might be confused on all his projects but I think the Bexus right now is unmodified. You (or I) might be thinking of another vehicle he's been working on using the gearbox, that he bought cheap, sold the motor for more than he paid for the vehicle, and did a full conversion.
Far as I know Damien and Kevin bought the Bexus Lexus it last month in England for 500eu (dead hybrid battery) and drove it back to Ireland, and just got it road-legal in Ireland (as a factory Hybrid).
The Bexus is being saved for one of the classes at Kevin's shop that Damien runs monthly (it's an advanced class scheduled for the summer I believe). They are going to do a 1 weekend conversion class and use it as the demo.
The goal is basically, engine out, more batteries in, and de-hybridizing the 10,000,000 dead-ish hybrid vehicles in the world.
The GS540H has seen a lot of interest lately, within the last year, and, as things take time, I'd expect to see a lot of conversions get finished this year using them. The trend seems to be Prius's for FWD conversions and Lexus's for RWD and higher power conversions.