IS300 project

by el_bandido, 15-06-2022, 11:47 AM

I'm not usually interested in doing project threads, but this is more of a space to organise plans for the car.

First impressions of the IS300 over the 200 are pretty simple. The car is much quicker, but the sensation of speed is completely non existent. I booted it up to 80 from zero coming out of the M6 toll and you could hardly tell it was accelerating, the speedo just climbs. There is also no kick around 4400rpm like you get in the 200, the torque in the 300 is much lower down the revs (which is nice). I still think the IS200 sounds nicer, but that will probably change with time.

The car is pretty bog standard at the moment, green with no aero kit or anything. I'll get a photo up in a bit. The paintwork isn't fantastic, but it will probably polish up well. I got the bargain of the century with this car, so I'm not too fussed about a few scuffs.

A quick bit of maths suggests I have an IS300 with a 3.7 diff, which is pretty good.

I have two trains of thought with this car;

Option 1:
The wiring is very very similar to the gen 2 GS platform, so I'm quite tempted to go and find a crash damaged GS430 and take the 3uz engine/loom/6 speed auto and put it in to this car. I think this is probably the cheapest method available to v8 a car and it should all run on a GS ecu. This also gives me up to the 350 horsepower bracket with minimal effort.

Option 2:
Go and get a VVTI 1jz-gte and bolt the head/turbos/etc on to my 2jz-ge block for epic 1.5JZ power. ~300-325 horsepower and very fast spooling boost.

Regardless of engine, I'll be doing the following modifications:

• Meister R coilovers (which I already have)
  
• LED A/C controls, dash lights and interior
  
• Projector headlights
  
• LED angel eyes (no CCFL **** this time)
  
• Hotchkis rollbars
  
• sport grille
  
• aero kit
  
• carbon bonnet
  
• carbon boot
  
• carbon wing-mirror covers
  
• Wind deflectors
  
• sub install (which I already have from the 200)
  
• flip up touch screen android unit (current WIP) with double din stereo integration
  
• 8 speed IS-F gearbox when I finally fathom the wiring requirements
  
• 3.0 ratio 1.5 way diff, either from KAAZ or drexler
  
• Syvecs ECU
  
• K-sport brakes
  

Saying goodbye to my first car.

by el_bandido, 13-06-2022, 07:46 PM

Well, ladies and gents, the time has come;

My IS200 had its rear end reorganised last week, the damage wasn't huge, but it was enough to tip the car past economical repair. It is due an MOT and needs money spending anyway. I'll be collecting a green IS300 tomorrow afternoon to replace the 200, and I have been reflecting on the times I've had because of the IS.

I bought the car in the summer of 2011 from Cornwall. It was a bog standard IS200 sport in granite sky, with beige interior. I'd found the car online and decided it was a good excuse to take a trip back to Perranporth; this had the added bonus of being able to hang out with my dad for a long weekend and catch some surf.

What I didn't know then, is the journey this car would take me on. The first show I went to was a few months later; JAE 2011. I'd signed up to the OJC about a month in advance and never met anyone from the club. I rocked up to the club stand, parked the car and was greeted by a slightly drunk DaveEdin, who immediately questioned my sexuality in a loud barrage Scottish sounding verbal abuse. This, it would seem, set the tone for my time with the OJC. That and Stav's launch control.

Fortunately, I learned very quickly that I was among friends:



After that weekend, I was hooked. Obviously the first thing that had to go was the beige:






Then I took a quick trip to an army base to meet LexusPat for the first time and swap our boot lids over:



A decision that I'm sure Pat regrets to this day, but a new friend was made.

After that, I'd got the modification bug. Naturally, I had to sort out that tractor spec ride height, so I got some MeisterR's and a set of TRD antiroll bars:



I fitted these with my dad, which was a laugh and a good memory.

While I was at it, I had a brief period as a drug dealer:



This had some unintended effects on the handling, at which point I took a trip to WIM, discovering that I needed new tyres in the process:




Tony asked me how I managed to get there without crashing, but I was very pleased with the results of his work.

I attempted to become JDM as F*ck yo by fitting a bride seat:



This seat lasted all of 20 minutes, as it was ridiculously low and gave me cramp in both legs within minutes of driving. At this point, I decided to keep the Altezza seats that I'd acquired from Kevpr.

I then moved to Manchester. I took the car off the road for 4 months while I was a student again, as the tax and MOT ran out and I was being a pikey. At this point, I fitted the 4 pot UCF20 brakes. And by that, I mean MattLaw fitted them. This was my first introduction to Matt, but we had many adventures together:







I also replaced my drug dealer rims at this point:




After a while, I decided it was time for some ICE. I went back to another OJC member that I'd become very good friends with by this point; Toxo, master guru of all things stereo and keeper of the ratmouse.

We pimped out my cabin with an under seat sub:



That was the last mod I made to the IS200. I didn't know it at the time, but that's the nature of having cars as a hobby.

The point of this post, is to highlight that I've made a ton of friends thanks to this car and the places it's taken me. These are friends that span the country and people I will most likely be in touch with for the rest of my life. All of this was down to one car, a bit of enthusiasm and a fantastic community.

So thanks to you all, and I look forward to wherever the next car takes me.


To the IS200, we had some times together; farewell...

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by Relentlessx7, 06-06-2022, 11:58 AM

Hi Everyone,

Was reccomended to the site by carbon.

Got quite a history with Jap cars, my first forray into the Jap car scene was a 1992 Rev 3 N/A MR2, after someone kindly ran into the side of that I replaced it with a 1998 Rev 4 Limited Edition MR2 Turbo...bought this car for next to nothing and after discovering it was a limited edition paint job, sold it on for double what I paid.

After the 2 Toyota's I moved onto Nissan and naturall went for my dream car. I bought a 1998 Nissan Skyline R34 GTT, was preety standard only running 265bhp but I collected it from Belfast and had an amazing time driving it back here, this was then written off by a white van man hitting me from behind so I replaced that with my current car. A 2000 R34 GTT, currently sat at 330bhp but about to have a new turbo etc fitted and mapped to hopefully over 400bhp.

Anyway enough of my rambling.

Dave

Both my projects lol

by leesw20, 03-06-2022, 05:00 AM

First up my mk2 mr2

As you can see very much a work in progress I have a fairly extensive list of rare parts on it and it's my ongoing toy.
Next up my is200
I only bought this a few weeks ago and it was rough as but mechanically sound so...


That was it when I bought it
I gave it a good machine polish after deciding that blue just wasn't for me

So I decided to vinyl wrap it white to advertise my company... Still not finished in this


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Another noob

by leesw20, 03-06-2022, 04:07 AM

Hey all I'm new to the forum but not to jap motors lol I'm from ni and own a mk2 mr2 and an is200 will fire a couple of pics up when I get the chance!


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Little car Big plans

by carbon, 02-06-2022, 05:47 PM

My little MX5
this is how she stands today and quite a b it needs to be done to her before the show i have just booked in with you guys

I got my NA 1.8 mx5 for around the 200-250 area had no tax but a lot of mot
noticed a bit of rust but quite common after a few days noticed its alto more than i thought lol


this is the rest of the car as she stands tonight




Slightly unloved :Sulk:

Plans
New drop links and track rod ends
Welding the rear end
putting the dash back together
2 new tyers
spray the wheels black
paint the full car black ( just a roller job or rattle can for now)
Tax and Test then she will be good to go for now.

The very long turn plans are a street drag car was going to go drift but went to santa pod few weeks back and got me back into the drag stuff again lol

New guy

by carbon, 02-06-2022, 07:55 AM

Hi guys
Quite new to the jap car stuff had my mk1 mx5 for around 8 months and in that time left my drive about 4 times and now no mot and sills have nice big holes in well for now lol. Will get pics up later for you guys


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Standard wheel nuts - Which socket?

by reganlives, 28-05-2022, 10:37 AM

What's the size of the standard IS200 wheel nuts and which size socket do I need for them? The socket I was using on my extendable wheel wrench broke when I leant it to someone but it was a 14mm draper spark plug socket which is measured differently and not as strong as proper sockets but it somehow fitted my standard wheel nuts. I'm after a replacement now but a decent one this time.