marcus

Its been a long time comeing, :D and the wait is all most over...........

Looking good mike :winky:

Well i have just got the word from Dave @ Prolex that the 1G-GTE will be here in less than 2 weeks so my IS will be on its way over to Prolex by the end off January i hope, to start the work............ The work to be done is, well lets just say the prolex guy will be mixing it up abit :winky: (all i know is its not a swap over) it will also be haveing 430cc injectors and Fueling System upgrade.........so i can run higher boost JUN lightweight flywheel is all so geting fitted and a custom 3" Stainless Steel Exhaust from the Turbo down pipe to back box. and as most off you know i have the Greddy E-manage (blue box), well i will be replaceing it with the E-manage Ultimate (black box) and when its all done it will be maped, :winky: .......... unlike before where i never had it maped i know there are some more bits & bobs to go on the car but i just can not think off them right now ;) with all that to be done im all so moding my bodykit and haveing the car repainted, and when the car gos into paint it will have the custom vented bonnet on as well I am hopeing for all the work to be done by the Trackday meet :D , so im sorry guys i will not be at santa pod next month

Welcome to the Club guys :D

:D just like you "yemgi" i have started to pull my car apart both bumbpers are off and the the front and back lights, i start to mod the front next week.............the back all most done :winky: and i all so have the vented bonnet to go on the car when it gos into paint, the body shop that did all the work when i had my crash, did not do a very good job with any off the work. so! i have to try and put right most off it ;) its going to take me some time to do all the work as i dont get much time to do anything as im working all the time, so im hopeing to have it all done for the "Trackday" :D that will give me 2-3 months to do what i have to do, and then it gos over to Prolex so his guy can get it running the way it should be, "ie" some new mods to go on the car and have it maped as well sorry i have no pic,s as me dig-cam is :tsktsk: right now! i will try and get some in a week or 2 :winky: keep us posted with yours mate :winky:

Merry Christmas :hohoho: :D

They are good mate, not to much dust :winky:

If i was you mate i would get Mintex pads, i have them on my IS and they are 10 times better than the Greenstuff :winky: what ever you do dont go geting Red/stuff as they are best for Track! who told you they was better suited to the lexus overall ;)

can i ask!! have you tryed any Drilled & Groved discs on your IS ;) for your Info i have had a set off Groved discs on my IS for well over a year now........and they are as good as the day i put them on the car, and i have been on the Track as well.........and i have done about 13,000 miles in that time ;) , and i bet you they will out last your new ones ← nope...hes right marcus grooved and drilled discs are a a waste of money, the drilling actually weakens the discs, and serve no real purpose and grooved discs do wear the pad faster, however grooved do help deglaze the pad, however to be honest on normal road driving, it willl be dam near impossible to glaze the pad.....unless you drive like a plum ← yea i would say they are a waste of money if you only use them for road use!! but a lot off us who have them dont only use them for the road :D i have grooved front discs and std back ones with mintex pads all round, and i have to say they are very good.............discs and pads have done me from the trackday we had last year and in that time i have done over 13,000 miles before i had Greenstuff with std discs and they was sh;t ;)

If you could dave :D that would be cool..............as i can not use it! untill i get it done ← OKEY dokey engines arriving 1st week in Jan :o ← cool :D :winky:

If you could dave :D that would be cool..............as i can not use it! untill i get it done

Something you could do with the assist of another pair of arms ............? More than welcome to come down to my pad ......... ← no its ok ahmet :) im not just replaceing it with a std one mate, im haveing one made like dave has on his IS :winky: thanks any way mate

OK as you lot are going :D i will come :winky: @Dave can you ask your guy if he can fit me in to do my Exhaust please........ :winky: :D But if he can not.................... i will then have to say! have a good day guys ;) as the Exhaust needs doing before i can use me IS

very well put that is I have a good book about "Turbo Design-Sizing & Matching" i will put 1 or 2 pages up on LOC when i get the time :winky:

thats going to be to cold mate.............and + my car is haveing alot off work done in the new-year :winky: so i think my 1st meet will be the Trackday

This is too for the 2JZ. Wondering that yours was almost similar except those few millimeters. When I set the center of both flanges, the hole from 1st and 6th cylinder fails about 2cm (20mm) As I said.... won't be easy, but I already have a plan how to do. Call me MikeGyver! :D ← I know mike thats why i ask the ? if the IS300 had the same block ;) but the opening's on your manifold are round wheres on my one they are rectangle shape -> (__), if you know what im on about, and with it being like that it all most fit apart from Pot 3 & 4 was only 5mm out :winky: ← What about the holes for the screws?? Did they fit? If not, then I'm suggesting if they used a Toyota Supra manifold Well... the 2JZ cast iron block seems to be the same as the 1G except of having bigger bore holes for the pistons and a completely different head unit where the manifold is fitted. But this doesn't have an effect on fitting the manifold, as it's mounted on the head. OK.... I will fix that problem in the winter holydays.... the Lexus is sleeping in the garage during the winter, so I don't need to hurry and have enough time for all. B) ← yea mike my one was for 2JZ Toyota Supra, i had to have a custom flange made as the screw holes did not line up as it was made for , Supra :winky: Put some pic,s up when its done mate one more thing...........................good luck with makeing it fit :winky: . as i know this is going to be a pig off a job to make it fit, ← THANKS ← you will be all right mike :winky:

I do like them :D i was looking at them before i got me Greddy PRofec E-01 Boost setup.........but the price put me off ;)

This is too for the 2JZ. Wondering that yours was almost similar except those few millimeters. When I set the center of both flanges, the hole from 1st and 6th cylinder fails about 2cm (20mm) As I said.... won't be easy, but I already have a plan how to do. Call me MikeGyver! :D ← I know mike thats why i ask the ? if the IS300 had the same block ;) but the opening's on your manifold are round wheres on my one they are rectangle shape -> (__), if you know what im on about, and with it being like that it all most fit apart from Pot 3 & 4 was only 5mm out :winky: ← What about the holes for the screws?? Did they fit? If not, then I'm suggesting if they used a Toyota Supra manifold Well... the 2JZ cast iron block seems to be the same as the 1G except of having bigger bore holes for the pistons and a completely different head unit where the manifold is fitted. But this doesn't have an effect on fitting the manifold, as it's mounted on the head. OK.... I will fix that problem in the winter holydays.... the Lexus is sleeping in the garage during the winter, so I don't need to hurry and have enough time for all. B) ← yea mike my one was for 2JZ Toyota Supra, i had to have a custom flange made as the screw holes did not line up as it was made for , Supra :winky: Put some pic,s up when its done mate one more thing...........................good luck with makeing it fit :winky: . as i know this is going to be a pig off a job to make it fit,

This is too for the 2JZ. Wondering that yours was almost similar except those few millimeters. When I set the center of both flanges, the hole from 1st and 6th cylinder fails about 2cm (20mm) As I said.... won't be easy, but I already have a plan how to do. Call me MikeGyver! :D ← I know mike thats why i ask the ? if the IS300 had the same block ;) but the opening's on your manifold are round wheres on my one they are rectangle shape -> (__), if you know what im on about, and with it being like that it all most fit apart from Pot 3 & 4 was only 5mm out :winky:

That is Nuts :D nice Toy

Looks like my one mike :winky: you say this is for IS300, my one i got was for 2JZ, has the IS300 the same block "ie" 2jz ;) i only ask as that manifold looks like it needs alot more work done to it to make it fit, wheres my one was only out by 5mm on pot 3 & 4 and thats why i had to have custom flange made.........

...............I know they are nice, but come on they are not that nice. like the guys said you could off got a full setup off HKS or Greddy ones for that, and still have some cash leftover ;)

very nice :D so what gauges did you get................Boost and what else ?

yes its Spooky and not nice. but i bet it will not stop you going out and geting a new!! car next time will it ...............we all know how much the price off a NEW car drops as soon you get it................But you know whats more Spooky! you will still go and get a new car! knowing all this before hand ;) If you ask me any one that go,s and buys a new car needs to go and see a Doc..... :duh: if you know how much the price drops off a new car when you pick it up then why buy NEW!! OK your IS cost 24K new and now you can only get 11K for it, but you have had the use off it for the past 2.5 years so its cost you 13K in that time, now work out how much it would have cost you to rent a IS for 2.5 years i bet it comes out a lot more ;)

looking very nice mike :winky: