andyk134

I have smoked 17s multispoke for sale with very good Conti 5 tyres if anyone wants them?>

I had 15mm on front and 20 on rear, but should have gone 25 on rear with Eibachs and made it look so much better

Speak to Simon first I am sure there are people closer to home if he isn't up that way. I am looking to sell mine now as I cant justify keeping it as I hardly use it.

I have not been that happy with the map that Simon did between you and I, although it was done last year when he was vey new to mapping. it misses occasionally and gives a trail of unburnt fuel out the back when I am on full throttle so clearly not set right. It is still up for sale, mainly because I am just not using it and having something a lot cheaper to run makes sense. but never easy selling a modified car, even a Lexus that has been done by professionals rather than a diy job. I thonght 4 grand was a very fair price as I have spend well over 6 on it, but not sold it as yet. I love it and have never had a moments problems but life moves on. yours has a lot more power than mine then, I had thought about taking it somewhere local to get it properly set up as I think there is a bit more to come from it, the only downside is that it comes in pretty late on, but for the money its good value for sure. fingers crossed and glad you are enjoying yours

my piggyback was fitted and dyno'd by Jamsport. it gave 261bhp at 9 psi and about 280 torque. I have since had it remapped by Simon on the road and it feels better but no dyno. who did yours and what have you got now?

Well you are talking about a car that cost £25k new and you want a decent spacer to take the strain. I went for the Eibach ones which come with studs and bolts in conjunction with their lowering springs and it looked great. Best option is 15mm front and 25 rear. I only went 20 rear and should have gone a touch more. As with everything in life, you get what you pay for including quality and peace of mind.

you have pre cats on the manifold and then a main cat before the mid pipe. It will fail if it doesn't have both of them usually. if you need a cat, best place is Ebay for a second hand one. as for exhausts, its all about personal preference and how you want it to sound. cheapest option again is a second hand standard system on ebay, or you could go to a powerflow dealer as I did and have one made to your spec and sound, or I know a lot of owners like the Cobra system. As with everything, it just depends what you want and how much money you have to spend. Cheers

You should join the facebook is200 community, they are much more active and loads more members with advice and parts for sale you don't have to pay to advertise.

Sorry but we don't need trolls on this forum. I don't know any mechanics and certainly not anyone I would trust to source and fit a turbo to my car. Secondly, if you don't like the price of something then don't buy it, there is no need to be a sad troll and be so rude about someone you don't know. Thirdly, the guy selling the kits if very highly thought of and widely liked in the 200 community and does give advice and help to others and has done for many years. And you don't need your Richbtrook tax holder anymore as they scrapped tax disks a while ago........ I hope one day you grow up.

its about bangs for your buck and to those who know what they are doing there may be cheaper ways of sourcing it, but there are a lot of us drivers who are not mechanics. So this option is a good way to go if you don't possess expertise in that way and the parts are new and not second hand. the specialist who looks after my car who builds track and performance cars reckons it would cost double that cost for a full custom built set up. you are also restricted by the standard internals, anything over 10 psi and it can blow your engine even with an ECU upgrade. So it depends on who you are than knowledge you possess as to whether it is good value.

Yes it is well worth it, but you need the piggyback ECU to get the most out of it. Kit is now £1799 and he only charges £300 to fit and set up. Piggyback supplied, fitted and mapped is another £650. Will get somewhere between 260 to 280 bhp for less than 3 grand so an increase or well over 100bhp, so yes I would say well worth it. Mine was on the Dyno at 260bhp at 9psi on stock internals and pulls like a train. Turbo boost comes in at about 2800rpm. Kit also works on the 300 too. You won't be disappointed trust me.....

Only way to get any extra power is forced induction, super or turbo charger, nothing else makes any noticeable difference and things like massive intakes can actually make it worse. No one buys these cars for performance or fuel economy. For me I don't like the high stance with the massive arch gap so lower springs are a must and the best suspension mod you can do is to uprate the ARB's, that you will notice. Loads of Oem 18's for sale out there at cheap prices too.

I think even with all that you would struggle to get 200bhp, maybe 180 if you were lucky and probably 5 grand less in your pocket. Cams would be very expensive on their own and its quite top end already so wouldn't really help for every day driving. As many have said on various different forums, forced induction is the only way to get more power from the 200 or the 300/altezza for that matter, these are not cheap cars to modify, but with a bulletproof car to start with and something different with great looks, you wont regret it. Turbo and ECU fitted and set up is less than 3 grand for 260 - 280 bhp, or do it yourself for about 2k, but then you would need to think about suspension and brakes as well.

Yes only in Swindon, so not far and your drive home would be the most fun you have had with your clothes on, lol!!!!!!

Well I am in no hurry to sell, but my life is taking a different direction now, so I will be looking to sell in the next few months, Engine Turbo/piggyback/lightened flywheel/decat/Powerflow back box. 260bhp at 9 psi on dyno upgraded in October 15 Suspension Meister R coilovers, Eibach ARB's, full Superpro poly bush kit, front Cusco strut brace, B & M short shift, lsd from sport model Wheels Rota Gravel 18 X 8.5 with Michelin Pilot Super Sports 225/40/18 tyres. Brakes big brake kit 4 pot. Full history, part Lexus, part Japanese Tuning specialist.. Alignment by WIM. All modification work carried out by specialists.. Only 79,000 miles, Just serviced with new NGK plugs Message me if anyone interested. I am in no hurry to sell so stupid offers wont even have the courtesy of a reply. Over £7k spent over the years to buy and have fitted and set up. .Looks like a sleeper car as has no bodykit or spoilers and sounds nice but not loud especially on full boost with turbo/wastegate. Come on you know you want to, lol

Like every MPG comparison it depends, how and where you drive it, long motorway runs will give you a lot more than short town journeys and whether you drive foot to the floor or like your nan.... in normal driving the MPG is no different, but if you boot it all the time then yes it will use a bit more fuel. but for the fun its worth it......

Not sure you can get 300bhp from a supercharged 200, even a 300 with a charger would struggle to make that. I have 260bhp with a turbo and piggyback on 9psi from my 200 and a dyno sheet to prove it. And I may be selling that if anyone makes me a sensible offer. Modified, engine, suspension, brakes, wheels/tyres and only 79k miles

Hi William , I have had my cat removed now so it wouldnt pass the MOT without it. You can buy a ready made system, i hear that Cobra is a good quality and a nice sound if you go for the resonated version, or do what i did and go to a powerflow dealer and get them to make one to your spec and sound. There are a few options you can do, a standard system would cost a fair bit so aftermarket would be cheaper and give you just a little bit more drivability.

Hi Ben, strangely the map they did at Jamsport wasn't a very good one and the car is now a bugger to start, has rubbish tick over, feels like a kangeroo at low throttle and over fuelled. So I am taking it back to the guy who fitted my turbo to remap it. He used to use Jamsport but also found they didn't really have the best set up and now maps it himself which makes it a far better drive. The piggyback is cheap and is very good if set up right, so mapping is everything with them. I am no mechanic, but they just wire the piggyback in and then set it up and map it, it seems very straight forward. They did change the firing sequence from one after the other to 2 banks of 3 firing together as they said that helped. Speak to Simon Squint Souster at MJS in Ipswich as he is the expert in turbos and ecu's. Cheers

I still love my car and it does go really well. There are no new superchargers, so going that route will be second hand parts and finding fabricated ones as some are just not around anymore. Yes I would do it again, I spent around 3 grand with the turbo, lightened flywheel and now the Piggyback ECU, which has really made the difference and made it safer by getting the fuelling right. I now have 260 bhp at 9psi which the car will take all day. Simon has just completed his 30th Kit and not one has broken yet in over 2 years and they get some serious abuse. Give him a call and talk it all through first. And I have done all the suspension and brakes too and hope to keep the car another 5 years if I can. It has just gone straight through the MOT yet again, they are good cars. cheers

I am 62 and mine runs a turbo, piggyback ECU and lightened flywheel and pulls 260bhp. It also has coil overs uprated anti roll bars, front strut brace, a full poly bush kit, uprated 4 pot brake kit and lsd as well as 18 X 8.5 Rota wheels and a quick shift. Never to old to have fun in your car......

It depends what you mean by worth it? Does it give anything extra in performance? not really no. If you are keeping the car for a while then it will be cheaper than constantly paying for a new one when its serviced and it does sound very slightly better, but that's it really.

Its worth the trip to go there, trust me and lots of others who have made the journey. Get it done by the experts who designed the "correct" setting and it wil drive better and your tyres will last longer too.

I put a Powerflow back box on mine, looks, nicer, sounds nicer and there is a marginal difference in pick up. You have manifold and down pipe with pre cats, main cat, mid pipe with silencer, rear with back box, so 4 main parts.