ChrisIS200SportTTE

I know Atcham well and Meole Brace of course. Beutiful spot Atcham. Your a chef right? so the myton and mermaid? lol Spot on mate, my parents owned the mytton from 1996-2000 :)

^that I'd be lying if I said I didn't want one tho

I love the roads in the highlands... Some really amazing driving roads as I'm sure your discovering Stuart. Long long straights then twisty up and down the mountains!

Hi John, welcome to LOC :)

Great job!! Looks fantastic :)

Oh, I live in Bath. Millionaires and celebrities everywhere.

Cheaper up north innit Pete! Lol... We pay silly money for mechanics down this way! Didn't know you lived in Shrewsbury, I lived in Atcham for a bit and Meole Brace :)

Look how dirty your wheels are!!! And I don't think much to your holiday cabin/shed :lol:

One of my best mates drives an RS200 Altezza. We,re in Bath. PM if your near and i can put the two of you in contact or ask him whatever you need to know. He's also a mechanic and MOT tester.

Cant really tell from those pics but it does look as though your discs have a bit of a lip. They also don't look in that great condition either. It could also be a siezed calliper causing the vibration. As for discs, I bough OEM from the lexus dealer, front 2 discs. Changed them myself, took about 30 mins including a tea break. :)

£40-50per hour?? Where do you live Pete? Cheapest I found was £70 per hour and that's a crappy little backstreet garage. Lexus Bristol are £90 per hour.

Mine doesn't do it mate....

The cambelt is actually a cheap part, the reason it costs £300 is the work it takes to change it, most of that £300 is labour charge

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Got any photos as it is? We like photos :)

You have a Sportscross if it's the estate. S, SE and Sport were only available in saloon. :)

Hi Chris and welcome :) As Colin has already said this engine is pretty untuneable! You have the exact same engine as I have in my IS200 Sport, they are exactly the same across the 200 range weather you have an S,SE, Sport or Sportscross. The only way to gain any power is by forced induction. Either a Supercharger or Turbo. Neither are easy to come by/do and neither are cheap. A supercharger, should you be lucky enough to find one as they are no longer made new will cost you £2000+ for the full kit and Turbo even more expensive. A supercharger will take your BHP from 153 to 200-220. Ive even seen them run as low as 180bhp so its a lot of money for relatively little gain but they do sound awesome and makes your 200 as quick as a 300. To go higher you would have to turbo it but then you run up against the problem of the engine internals not being able to handle the higher boost of a turbo so you'd have to up rate them as well to avoid the block blowing up! See how it gets expensive? Oh and none of this is good for your MPG! An induction kit and exhaust will make it sound better but give you 0 BHP gain. You also can't chip/re map the ECU so there's pretty much nothing else you can do to gain power. Keep the throttle body clean to keep the car as responsive as it can be and that's about it. I've also found mine a bit more responsive running higher octane fuel but I can't prove that and it could just be a placebo affect to be honest. No idea if your celica diff will fit sorry...

I like this..... Thinking about it now!

No they don't drop in value and I would have been put off one for sale at just a grand! Prob something wrong with it or a part missing etc... TTE no longer make them you see so their value will just keep increasing. If one is going cheap I bet you it's missing something, and that something can't be replaced unless you find somebody to actually make it for you....

No it won't be, that's what I paid at Lexus. Got a quote of £280 from one independent so I thought for the sake of £20 I'll go with Lexus. Plus you get nice coffee, biscuits, comfy sofa and sky sports news on the TV while you wait :)

Hi. You've gotta be quick when they come up for sale as the demand is so high. I'd love a charger also. I've saw 0 come up for sale in nearly a year then 3 came up within the last 6 weeks and sold almost instantly, all for £2k.

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Photograph of the 500 mile tank please Stuart! You'll be the first person I know to get 500 miles from a tank in an IS, but if anybody was going to do it it's was always going to be you Enjoy the rest of your holiday, Scotland is a beautiful place. :)

Yep I'm in :)