Newby Looking For Advice With A Beams Altezza

[dan2k7]

Hi guys, always been a jap fan but been enjoying mitsubishis at the moment. Looking to make a switch to possibly an is200 but wanting to know a few things about the altezza model in particular the one with the beams engine. What sort of bhp does the engine make? I understand they are all tips, is it easy enough to convert them to manuals? Any help much appreciated.

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

Hi there.

Yeah if it's power you want then an RS Altezza or an IS300 is what you will want.

The Altezza makes 220bhp standard from the Yamaha tuned beams 4 pot as opposed to 153bhp from an IS200 with its lazy 6 cylinder.

An AS Altezza even tho it says beams on the engine has the same 6 cylinder engine as an IS200 so it's the RS you want! :)

As for converting the transmission.... No idea matey

[dan2k7]

Thanks for that Chris, very informative! One question though, how exactly can I tell the difference between them 2 engines if they both have beams written on them?

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

One has 4 cylinders and one has 6 mate ;)

[dan2k7]

Ah right never knew the beams were only 4 cylinders. Makes it easy I guess, cheers Chris

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

No worries fella.

The 6 cylinder engine code is a 1G-FE (AS Altezza and Lexus IS200)

The beams 4 cylinder is 3S-GE (RS Altezza)

[dan2k7]

Ahh all makes sense now, so is the beams engine identical to the one that was available in the Mk2 rev 5 Mr2s? I recognise the engine code from a friends Mr2.

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

Yep that's it mate, same engine. :)