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If you want one and you can hang around the dust bin outside our place for long enough, you will get one for free :lol:

..........or you could HKS which lower 37mm at the front and 25mm at the rear from the stock non Sport settings. Mark

We can't do anything with the Lexus logo on it - because I know none of you guys will feed my kids if I get my ar*se sued off by Lexus! Anyone that wants a kit please email or phone me with an order. Thanks in advance Mark :)

Hi Chris You can have purple with pink spots if you want but that will be special order. The usual colour will be electric blue, so we will keep those in stock. Any other colour will be a special 3 week order. Mark :)

Hello We have commissioned a well known silicon hose manufacturer to make sets of engine hoses for the is200. The kits will include top and bottom water radiator hoses, the heater hoses at the back of the bulk head, and the 2 power streering reservoir to pump hoses. These will be emblazoned with the tdi logo, but we may also be able to offer them a LOC or similar logo if required. Delivery will be about 4 weeks. Don't ask me about prices for at least a week, but they should be similar to other kits currently available. Interested parties let me know as there are only 10 kits in the first batch. Mark :)

The 1G engine also has electro mechanical vvt operation like the later 2JZ vvti engines. HKS make a vvti controller which also includes a new camshaft. I have asked them about the possibility of doing a kit for the 1G engine . That will good :) Forget about using an unorthodox or any other type of pulley that does not have a harmonic dampener - we have got a customer coming in soon to have his very expensive engine (forged everything) rebuilt, having only done about 1000 miles because the unorthodox pulley kit he fitted destroyed his brand new forged steel crankshaft. These pulley kits are of no value whatsoever apart from cosmetic. Hope this helps Mark :)

We can supply TTE parts Mark :)

The righteous thing to do is use iridium plugs at 0.9 to 1.0mm with a spark amplifier. This will give you better performance Mark

The fuel delivery system is maxed out with the basic compressor system installed. The standard fuel pressure regulator is located in the fuel tank with the pump, and does not have any boost compensation. Installing a decent regulator is quite tricky as the pump assembly requires surgery and another fuel line needs to run up to the engine. This is all part of our stage 1 boost upgrade. Mark :)

The Hiper Muffler is not fully stainless steel, but is partially aluminised steel to enhance the sound. The problem with fully stainless is that they have a resonance and "tinny" sound, but they do last longer. This has always been an issue when choosing an exhaust system. Do you want a system that sounds bad but lasts a long time or do you want a system that sounds good but doesn't last as long? Different people have different priorities. Surface rust is not unusual on the aluminised sections so I shouldn't worry about it. The HKS system on my GS300 was fitted in 1997 and is still going strong with some surface rust on it. Hope this helps :)

Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure ; http://www.tdi-plc.com/is200header.jpg Mark

Looks to me like someone's got the intake pulse tuning calculations wrong. There's a bit more to it than slapping a piece of foam somewhere in the intake

The reason that we can't offer them for self fit yet is because they are too complicated to have them mass produced, so we are going to custom make them on the car. That's the plan for the moment anyway unless anything changes. Mark

Hello Price and power are to be advised. We will not be offering this header as a self fit because we cannot find anyone capable of mass producing them. Trust me you will not want to put the heat shield back on. You will see how sexy they are soon :o Mark :)

Blimey!!!!!!!! That essay on the Swift contains an aweful lot of hot air - if you'll excuse the pun :) Ehem.......n/a engines do not rely on air pressure to fill the cylinders, they rely on the suction created by the downward stroke of the piston on the induction cylce. That is why any type of removal of a restriction will generally work well providing there is sufficient exhaust flow to cope. Regarding the exhaust, generally the lower the back pressure the better in n/a, turbo or supercharged applications. In a turbocharged car there should be minimal back pressure between the exhaust valve and the turbocharger as this restriction is basically lost energy which translates to higher cylinder temperatures, lower boost and slower spool up time. There will always be some back pressure here because the turbocharger itself creates a restriction, but that is the only form up restriction you should have if possible. Supercharged, turbocharged and n/a engines all benefit from having correctly tuned exhaust pipe dimensions. Who remembers the glorious Formula 1 turbo engines with their amazing tuned exhaust manifolds? Fantastic stuff!! The main reason that they are not in common use is due to the cost and space implications (and some people don't know how to make them). If the pipe diameters are too large the gas speed slows down which loses torque - nothing to do with too much air flow as mentioned in the Swift. If the pipe diamter is too small there will be a restriction. A good ananalgy is blowing down a straw and a drainpipe. The air esapes from the straw very quickly, but you won't even feel it out of the downpipe becuase the gas speed is too slow. The pipe lengths are critical due to the reversion pulses that exist and can be used to scavenge and various rpm's The manifold we have made has the correct lengths and diameters to suit the is200. Sadly it is a complex design (as you will see when I post some pictures) which means that it ain't gonna be cheap :( That's burt up a few minutes - better get back to work :)

Hello You can expect an announcement sometime this week. The new manifold is quite a complex design, I hope it will be worth the wait! Mark :)

Just sold it. Sorry guys, first come first served and all that.... mark

I am waiting to be appoached by Mr Goldmember to see what the deal is Mark :)

Ladies and Gentlemen After much wasting of time and banging of head, I am pleased to let you know that we can now at long last buy the compressor kits from TGB instead of the normal torturous route. TGB have a number of kits in stock in the UK, and we can supply them exclusively for £2500 plus vat from today. We have to buy three at a time to get this price. Please note that these are of the original design not the very latest design (thanks Tony), but the modified latest parts such as return spring etc can be purchased separately if required. I hope this will be of interest to some of you Mark :)

The uprated anti roll bars are the same Mark

Hi John Please email me off list with your mailing address so that I can post you the diagram. My guess is that Asin is corrct though Mark

Woman/GF upgrades are of course essential, and I will look forward to the first test drive :lol:

The 1st £250 plus vat to cross our palms sees a very nice exhaust

John The purple ecu is correct for the is200. We have not experienced any problems with stalling or anything else to date. Mark

I know what the Barking name for it is... Mark