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Yeah man the car was left in to get the ECU fitted earlier today(17/09/05).

I'm hoping it will be ready for saturday cos we have a drag strip and track day on sat.

When the s/c was removed I got a 17.72sec 1/4mile time so I am hoping to get in the 14's with the turbo.

I will not have 280bhp initially cos we are (safety) mapping on the road as our rolling road is out of action.

Once the rollers are sorted it will be fine tuned to 280bhp maybe more!!! :D

This will be a reliable map and not with the worry of bowing the engine.

I will most certainly keep you guys posted on this as things develop!!

I am also looking forward to seeing yous all over here for the now nearly certain........................IRELAND MEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

I know that I could easily raise the rev limit of my is as much as I want with the new ECU.

Do you guys think it would be a bad idea to raise it by 500rpm (which isn't a lot) when mapping the turbo or not????????????

Galla you have taken taken the bait and are now the official host of the Ireland meet!!!!! :D

But seriously this sounds very good as it would be a mini holiday for me too!

Aaaahhhhh.............. where did you say the spa was again????

This also means that I could make it a weekend away for me and the missus!! :winky:

I am very happy to see the interest of so many LOC members already but we need a proper date for this meet/event.

I am still awaiting feedback from the contacts about any events that may be happening and will post them up asap.

Keep the members rolling in and all will be sorted in good time!!!! :P

Lookin well Addie.

It seems to be a race against time for us as my car is supposed to be ready before the end of the week :D

That is a smart build you've got there!!!

I see there is no fuel line upgrade which is a pro-lex secret :duh: .

I hope to see yous guys over here soon and then we can have a proper look at the motors.

We delivered my car to Jonny (Autronic installer/mapper) today and the sound from tha car was foookin amazing. just think SKYLINE!!!! :D

Hope you get the motor on the road asap.

I have also put the word out to see about any upcoming events that may be of interest over here!!

Oh and speaking of pubs............I'm off :D

I would still say Dublin is best but as Galla says not in the city.

Plenty of hotels just outside Dublin which means still close to the pubs but you get parking and cheaper accomodation and still in a central location with to access all of Ireland!!

Dublin sounds good then, shall we stay at the Morrison again and go to see the Polish girls in Cocoon on Grafton St?

That night was just wrong!

Startin to get a bit worried now LOL

Aye Dublin sounds good to me......sure it's only down the road now as we got that new motorway toll jobby.

Where bouts is wexford Galla, my geography ain't that good.

Damn it Aido you beat me to it!!!

I will find out if there are any big events happening soon.

I was also gonna suggest a group discount for hotel/boat etc.

Just texted Gord so he'll be on soon I'm sure.

If I can get a nearly definate number and a date I may be able to get a good group discount in a friends hotel just outside Belfast.

La Mon Hotel and country club. It's about 2 mins drive from mine and Gords house!!!

Will be mapping to .6 bar of boost but will also have the overboost function from the Blitz boost controller which will allow the boost to rise over .6 bar slightly for a few seconds before returning to normal.

I have the same manifold and turbo as Dave is using in his kits but everything else is custom made! This includes all intercooler piping, oil lines (braided), fuel line upgrade(braided), full stainless straight through exhaust from turbo back and Pro-lex kazama (all cats out), all heat sheilds, intercooler mounting bracket and couple of other bits that I can't remember.

I am hoping for about 260bhp-280bhp initially but it will be closer to the 280bhp mark when we fine tune it on the rollers. :D

We would have to pick the right weekend when there is a big show on or somthin.

You can usually drive diagonally on and off the ferries as they tell you to do that anyway if you have a lowered car.

I will try and find out when would be a good time to come over as I'm sure yous don't want to be over here at the minute with all those idiots rioting

Hopefully shouldn't be too hard to get somthin organised and I dare say Gord will be happy to hear it too.

But anyway back to looking at my car!!! :P

She'll be tight......aaarrrrgghhh :winky:

Bring on the Ireland meet!!!!!

A huge convoy of Lexus/Lexi/Lexus'/Lexuses :duh: over here would be completely unheard of.

Peoples gaws would be dropping quicker than Singh's coilovers.

:D

We have to get one organised!

Heres some more pics of the turbo taken in daylight this time :P

Had to remove the headlight washer units from the bumper to make it fit as well as triming around the bottom grill (bout 1 inch all round) and fitting new mesh to both grills so they now match. I'm also extremely pleased with the look of the DIY JDM headlights and fog lights. I would recommend it. Oh and the eyebrows are on there too.

I am going to install the headlight washers again when I change the bumper but when I do they will pop out from either side of the intercooler and spray the intercooler itself. :D Very trick

The ECU is due back on saturday after being sent back to Australia to get a lexus board fitted. There was a delay in getting the ECU sent back over here and if not for this it would have been on the road already.

Oh and Matt it is the SM4 model.

Should be finished at the end of next week and safety mapped on the road as the dyno is out of action temporarily. It will be fine tuned when the dyno is sorted :D

Enjoy!!!

Can you get them over here????

I would have beat him!!!!!!

No seriously that is silly quick and what is the crack with the gearbox. Is it single speed or what??????

Mat what is your best 1/4 mile time to date??

That IS a very nice motor but read the spec!! :P

You get alcantara head lights-interesting

You get some ox blood on yer seats- that'll be hard to get out

and on a more serious note, those so-called formula 1 ferrari alloys look very much like Radius wheels to me????? (which are still nice btw and not cheap)

If we stop buying the prices wil go down but that won't ever happen

inner splash gaurd please!!!

anyway, you dont want a granite sky sport, you want a pearl white se, maybe you just dont realise it yet! (did I mention mine is for sale?)  :D

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Have you got a problem with granite sky is200 sports or somthin eh...EH!!!!!!

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:D LOL

You will have no problems supercharging an 80,000 mile IS.

I've just got mine on there. Tenacity pays off.

Hopefully some more members will be joining me on my bit of land soon - only two of us over here so far.

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Am I the other one Mark???

Just added myself on there but my street and the surrounding area have dissapeared :duh:

There must have been one of them nuclear bomb thingys near my house and we don't exist any more :P

BTW Mark I think I have seen you before at Bangor earlier this year????

Think our cars were parked opposite at one stage????

Cheeky B**t**s.

OI!!!

Muppet!!!!

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Sorry bout that, couldn't resist!.

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Did I mention how stunning you are typing today????

You get the idea man :D

Looking good - are we ever going to see this in the flesh?  :D

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Looks superb - will you ever be at any of the car shows with this?

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Autronic are very good ECU's mate which will you be using, the SM2

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Guys I would be glad to get over there to meet up with yous sometime but it depends on wether I get the chance!!!

JAE would have been superb but I am sure somthin can be arranged in the future and also Gord (GRiM) would prob be interested too. Also another friend who recently joined the LOC (jonnywrx27) would be glad to oblige too!!!!

Mat, I can't remember exactly but I think it is the SM4.

Could be wrong but I know it is the very best (top of the range) ECU from Autronic!!!!! costing about £1200-£1300 alone. but worth every penny!!!!!!!!!

ANTI-LAG, TRACTION CONTROL, LAUNCH CONTROL, NOS CONTROL, FULL VVTI CONTROL, BOOST CONTROL, (NO MORE electronic throttle control), FULL DE-CAT EXHAUST WITH KAZAMA (sounds cool :D ) and I'm sure plenty more but can't remember cos the alchohol has taken too much affect at present!!! :duh:

Yeah, this happens when you disconnect the Battery!

All I know is that there is 16 beeps.

Won't do any harm it is just a precaution thing!

Not to worry!!!!

Didn't realise that the gold colour was such a rare colour for the IS.

I've seen a couple but Gords is by far the nicest and most impressive!!!!!!!!!! Always turns a few heads!!

Sounds like a car to have good look at but make sure you look proper at it!!