rob_clio172

23 hours ago, IgelNotomoto said:

Incredible build man! insane car! 😀

Thank you 👍

4 hours ago, Northern isf said:

Any updates on this little beast 

Hey, its been a while.... not alot has changed tbh. I spent the whole of last year just enjoying it and going to shows. 

Actually won an award at an Exclusive JDM show which was a proud moment, all the hard work over the years payed off. 

Did another Exclusive JDM show at Sturgate straight and managed to really stretch its legs, 1st time launching the car and using the 2step properly. Absolutely loved it!

Sorry for all the pics and vids, there is so many more i have this is just the best of the bunch tbh. Hopefully get it down Santa Pod this year see what she can do.

Saw this at exclusive jdm full scale, incredible! Love it! So clean, would love 1 of these 1 day!

Wow, been so long since i last updated this!! 

Car is still going although its since had a rebuild! Managed to spin 2 rod bearings, not really 100% sure why it happened. I was using a standard clearance rod bearing and have since gone to over sized. Clearance was withing Toyota's spec but may have been a little tight for a built engine. I have known many ppl use standard size rod bearings and not had an issue but maybe i was unlucky.... or they have been lucky.

Either way i now have a freshly built bottom end in it, only thing thats changed really is the rear tyres. Ive now gone to the Toyo R888R's, not got the fronts yet but they are next on the list.

these things are huge, im now using a 265/35 R18 which is the widest tyre these wheels will take. Its made a huge difference in grip, night and day and gave the car alot more road presence!

Also made my first trip to Caffeine and Machine around November time!! Loved it, such a variety of cars and the IS300 got lots of attention!

My friend in his JCW Mini captured this on his dash cam too 😂.... 💥

Thanks for the replies guys I will have a little play 👍

Hey guys, as the title says.. is there a way of doing this? I'm finding at night its that bright its affecting my left eye from the glare. Is there not an option for it to go dim or change colour when the head lights come on?

Cheers

Also if ot did fail it would have to be in a real bad way to fail it, as an MOT tester brake pipes can be a grey area. Have a read of this from the manual, if it's not sweating though or leaking it's pretty much a pass because how can you ever determine how much is actually corroded. 

either way it will be best to get it done but if its not bad and the tester has been a little harsh it might just need a simple clean up of surface corrosion and coating in grease or painting for protection.

Did this fail on the MOT as the title says or advised as the 1st post says?

If advised they might not do anything about it, if its a fail them speak to them and ask the question if its covered.

1 hour ago, Northern isf said:

Awesome I've loved watching this build. Lucky and very skilled man indeed. 

Cheers, hopefully get loads of pics and videos of shows and driving come spring and summer shows.  1 things is for sure I definitely need better tyres for the high boost setting, these NS2-R's need a fair bit of heat in them to get them to bite and even then they struggle some.

1 hour ago, HellaF said:

That's an amazing car! wolf in sheep's coat haha love the number plate 😄 what's next on the list for mods? 

Cheers matey, well me and the tuner did discuss maybe switching to ethanol fuel if I really wanted more power. Its the easiest and quickest way of gaining more. 

The complete fuel system is ethanol capable I will just need a slightly more beefy fuel pump and a flex fuel sensor putting in. If I'm honest I think the way this car is currently setup it probably couldn't get more power to the ground so I would have to look into tyres and suspension changes. 

Yeah the number plate is an interesting 1, it came with the car from the previous owner. The car had no MOT and needed a fair bit of work to get it through which I had no intention of doing as I had the long game plan in mind, as a result he couldn't get the plate on to retention so gave it up.

1 hour ago, Subtronics said:

What an amazing build! Top work, hope you enjoyed building it as much as you'll enjoy driving it. 🙂

Cheers mate, yeah it's been great fun. Been some tough times but far outweighed by the good.

So ive finally got this thing back on the hub dyno to have the boost turned up, boost controller, and 2step launch control setup.

This visit was straight forward no issues to report, it made 633 at the hubs and 510flbs at 30psi. Turbo at this point was pretty much at its limit, so the boost was pegged back to 27psi just so the turbo was sitting at a happy, comfortable place.

Final figure was 601 at the hubs and 483flbs. Im over the moon with it. I've only tried high boost once and it is absolutely insane! Scary quick! 

Also had to test out the 2step/rolling anti lag of course 🤣.

So after 4yrs and 3months of graft blood sweat and tears I've finally got the point I dreamt of. We all know these projects are never finished so there will always be little things to do but for now I'm just going to drive and enjoy the damn thing.

No issue here, I'm on BC racing coil overs, not sure on the exact drop but it's alot more than H&R springs would be. 

2 hours ago, NemesisUK said:

If you read the MoT handbook the fail is not in the beam pattern but the type approval of the headlamp unit and the light source not being in agreement. 

 

Yeah it makes me quite the hypocrite as I fail atleast 1 car per week for this when I'm testing 🤣

I have LED headlights in mine and the beam pattern is absolutely perfect. Doesn't dazzle other drivers and vision is way better now. I swap them out for the mot then drop them back in after.

The CT200h uses a projector style lamp so the beam pattern is not affected like it is on a normal style lamp. 

I used Novsight LEDs.

Thanks man, the wheels are... fronts 18 x 8.5j +40 and the rears are 18 x 9.5j +45.

Will eventually switch to a 265 on the rear tyres. 

12 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

In my view "Driving a Lexus" and "Foot to the floor" is a contradiction in terms.

I'm 1 going against the grain here as my 2005 IS300 is over 600bhp 😂.

Although I do have a CT200 as my daily driver which I don't think has ever seen any more than 50% throttle.

Fitted my catloc myself and absolutely no rattle from mine. Guard is solid and tight all fixings are tight. So it may have been incorrectly fitted or the rattle is from something else.

Nice, love these things. Such a nice looking car! 

1 hour ago, gdh300 said:

Is your fifth photo at names.siesta.redeeming ? Last time I was there in June,they were filming an edition of 'The Motorcycle Show', so had to park at the lay-by a bit further up the road! 

Fair to say, I think I would I would give all life savings to buy this off you... Sadly, I think my calculation falls short:

1.0 x £ My Savings = 0.25 x £ L666 GAN

Jeez, when is your UK tour kicking off? At least let me see it!

Thanks matey 😂, that 5 picture was on a small car park Snowdon view point on the A498 just past the turning for Pen-y-Pass.

should get to 2 or 3 shows this year then hopefully next year will be at a fair few. Still no sign of a re arranged Lexus meet.

7 hours ago, Neil E said:

This thread has been going a while, Rob's probably on a supercar owners' alert list by now.🤣

🤣 yeah "don't let that old take away delivery driver car catch you on a roll" 

11 hours ago, Shizukesa said:

I wonder if supercars on the road realize what's under the **** bonnet of this beast?! 😅

Not come across any yet, would definitely suprise a few 😂

Not alot happening with the build other than putting miles on it. Done almost 700 miles since the end of June and chunk of that was a B Road blast to Snowdonia. 

Car was great, had the exhaust bottom out a few times when pressing on with these kind of roads but other than that and tinnitus when I got home it was great!

Just love how nasty this thing sounds on idle, even more nasty on boost!

Also got its first show coming up next week with the Max Power Reunion show, now I know its not to everyone's taste as the car scene is just like fashion, we all look back and think what the hell but its still a big part of the past when it comes to the modifying car scene. It should be a good mix of how the car scene was compared to how it is now. So with that coming up I gave the old girl a good scrub to get all the dead Welsh flies off it!

That will be it then, next thing it will be off to get the boost turned up!

Good post 👍 , I will get my popcorn ready and wait for Linas to disagree with a huge post.......

Ooops too soon? 🤣. 

Only kidding, forums should be friendly and debate is good but sometimes trying to force your opinion on to others to agree is just never going to end well.

20 hours ago, Northern isf said:

Loved this build, well done

Cheers, finally putting it to some use. Now booked back in to have tune finished in October so hopefully will see another 100whp or so...... well I hope