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Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - Almost Finished - 30-10-2017
Great news , and now you've got your great car back , and a great job done by Wayne at SPC . :thumbup:
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - Bandit - 30-10-2017
Good to hear your motors home again Phil, bet you had quite a smile when you picked it up :thumbup1:
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - supratruck - 30-10-2017
Almost Finished Great news , and now you've got your great car back , and a great job done by Wayne at SPC . :thumbup:
Big yhanks to Jamie and both mappers for their input as well :thumbup1:
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - Bandit - 30-10-2017
Done a good job guys, well done :thumbup1:
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - FirebirdPhil - 31-10-2017
supratruck Big yhanks to Jamie and both mappers for their input as well :thumbup1:
Of course - it was a mission and Wayne, Ike, Jamie et all, did a fantastic job. Even the wife is happy which is the real litmus test.
The boot-lid is almost ready to be fitted with a new spoiler and thats it until we win the lottery!!
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - Bandit - 31-10-2017
Time to get some enjoyment out of it mate, wrong time of year for a 300bhp turbo but hey sideways is good fun :thumbup::thumbup:
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - Lexusboy - 31-10-2017
Good news all round everyone happy :laugh:
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - FirebirdPhil - 31-10-2017
Quick addition:
The oil temp is a clear 20C lower than before, it sits at about 75. Before SPC got their hands on it, it was bouncing around the 95 mark on the gauge, I have separate oil temp and pressure gauges.
There is no black soot from the exhaust now, whereas before it was putting black soot out on start up and when hot.
The water temp is so low it takes ages for the stock water temp gauge to start to move and never goes past 1/4 on the gauge, before it was running over 1/2 on the gauge, and the engine bay is substantially cooler. I will take a look at the actual temp tonight - need to plug the Apexi hand controller back in.
The engine no longer hits the power steering ram on right hand bends, all vibrations have been cured.
All oil leaks have been cured.
No longer rubs on speed ramps.
Oil smell has gone.
Gears slip into place and reverse is easy - before the wife struggled to get reverse it was that tight.
Things are looking great - heres me running away to touch some wood.
I can't thank Wayne, Ike, Jamie and the other lads at SPC Horsham enough for this vast improvement. I love my Lex again.
SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE SOLD
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - Sparkystav - 31-10-2017
2tongues Quick addition:
The oil temp is a clear 20C lower than before, it sits at about 65 to 70. Before SPC got their hands on it, it was bouncing around the 85 to 90 mark on the gauge, I have separate oil temp and pressure gauges.
The water temp is so low it takes ages for the stock water temp gauge to start to move and never goes past 1/4 on the gauge, before it was running over 1/2 on the gauge, and the engine bay is substantially cooler. I will take a look at the actual temp tonight - need to plug the Apexi hand controller back in.
Is that a good thing?
shouldnt oil temp be up 85 to 90 ideally?
Lexus 3S200 GTE Build - FirebirdPhil - 31-10-2017
No idea. The oil smell was the smell of hot oil - like burned toast, that has totally gone so must be a good thing. As I have a larger than normal sump and therefore more oil it is bound to be cooler than normal.
When I plug the Apexi back in I will have accurate figures:wink: