TRD328

That's the car park oppostie the train station right?

looks like fun! was this taken last week? coz the rain in HK was screwed up late last week!

seeing altezza's and IS200 in HK brings back good memories, buy expensive stuff from Tomato Shop in Mongkok (Toms & TRD). ahh the money wasted...but well spent :P

cheers eric, hows tricks with you

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for some reason i forget this thread :P

Im working in HK and China now. Miss the good old IS200 days.

The rear is Sard bumper as well.

Thanks for the praises :)

Roughly 20,000 AUD spent on the car, most of it went to clearing the car for defects and passing EPA emission test :D

im not actually the first. In australia there was this guy in sydney.. somehow related to Toyota or Lexus that did a turbo IS200. It was a white one with 6spd.

size of fuel pump... if ur gonna keep the boost low, i'd say leave out the fuel pump..

I hated the fuel pump.. noisy piece of *****. Spent so much trying to quieten down the bugger.

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Once I read a post of somebody in AUS who bent his rods and such with his turbo charged IS200.

But he was lucky that his daddy owned a Lexus-Shop.... :)

Is it possible that this was that guy??

Yes for lower boost you can keep the fuel pump.

TRD328, how did you solve fuel problem, to give the required fuel.

Put you larger injects in or exchanged the pump and fpr??

Or did it anyway run on the stock fuel-system?

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I put a bosch 300hp+ fuel pump in my baby :D

everything solved.

im not actually the first. In australia there was this guy in sydney.. somehow related to Toyota or Lexus that did a turbo IS200. It was a white one with 6spd.

size of fuel pump... if ur gonna keep the boost low, i'd say leave out the fuel pump..

I hated the fuel pump.. noisy piece of *****. Spent so much trying to quieten down the bugger.

ahhhhh the old blowing up the tranny memories :D

that's the good old days

I wonder who's got my turbo now... the guy that bought mine is putting in a 2jzgte and sold the turbo off to a guy i dont know.

OH my BABY!!!!!!!

come back to daddy!

how's eveyone been doing?

SuperchargedIS200. seen pics of your white monster... bloody awesome mate!

damn it mate, i see ur on a roll with the car!

Maybe i should come up to Queensland and get a ride in ur lil monster.

A few years back an IS200 in Perth or was it adelaide had a 1jzgte put in as well.. cant remember the name of the company that did it, but the IS200 was in HOT4s when it just had a turbo setup on stock engine.

Good luck with your project as my friend is thinking of doing a similar one either with 1jzgte or 2jzgte. I believe the 1gzgte would be an easier install.

Thanks for all your comments chaps - appreciate it.

Firstly, I would rule out fueling - the car runs absolutely fine when it's running, and when it cuts, the engine just dies - doesn't stutter, nothing - just cuts out. 

Secondly, Dave - re: the tte piggy-back ecu, there are many of us with the old one, and i think the new one just managed the rev limiter better.

Thirdly, the sparkplug thingy.  Could be this.  Before JAE, when I was polishing my block, I removed all the plugs.  I had an issue with re-fitting the second plug (counting from the front).  Maybe a moisture issue?  Colin - you say it should still run on 5 though?  Your thoughts on this?

Finally - IS200MCD - I think we need to talk if you have exactly the same issue.  Could you PM or email me please - I would love to discuss this further.  Between us, we'll find the root cause...

Thanks again for your help fellas,

Zee.  :)

I had the same problem when i turboed my IS... it's running fine, but when u stop at the traffic lights and go again it cuts off.

I put this down to 2 reasons.. the fuel pump and the way my aftermarket ECU works. At below 5% throttle, the standard ECU is in charge, after that the aftermarket ECU takes care of the fuel. Before i changed to aftermarket intank fuel pump the car kept on stalling. Maybe it was becoz the way the fuel lines were relayed and the pressure wasnt strong enough.

The problem went away after i spent some money on an intank fuel pump.

Has anyone changed the wheels on the rx330 to a big set?

Im looking for pics to see what can be done to the rx330.

Thanks for the feedback folks,

Anyone else out there with info on running one of these in Australia?

Was hoping members like OzAristoV300 who have RX's in Australia already might have a say?

Maurice - thanks for your post. Lexus of Chatswood have confirmed in writing that they will be happy to service the Harrier so I should be ok. Is your insurance expensive? Were you able to get quotes from a number of providers?

Curious about your comments on the SatNav. I met a guy in West Pennant Hills who was selling his 99 RX (white with spoilers etc - wanted 64K AUD - a bit high?) he had converted his Japanese Satnav over - apart from the Japanese menus it was able to display all the terristrial TV stations plus vdo satnav maps.

Our Harrier didn't come with S/N and from what I have read on this board I hear you can't retro fit anything to the existing screen - we would have to buy a add-on which is dissapointing as I would prefer an indash fit. Your experience would be appreciated - who did you get to fit yours?

I spoke also to Lexus about the market values of the imports - they suggested not to pay any more than 45K for a 2001-2002 and less for older models - whats your experience? I do see them in the paper every other week with pirces ranging from 45-65.

By the way we looked at the new RX which looks great on the outside - but have to say am not a fan of the new 60's style dials on the dash and the wife and I swear the interior looks smaller than the model it supercedes. (..that should start a few posts..but please guys start a new string! I really need info on Oz Rx imports..)

i was talking to a friend the other day and he said you can dismantle this thing in the car for the sat nav. Then take it to an audio shop and they'll be able to make the original sat nav read english.

found one today and mines coming in on sept 16th! once i sell of my IS200!

black on black .. couldn't wait for the sat nav.. my original order is due late october. arghh

i use to feel that way with the turbo..

but once i get my RX330 im gonna start running over ferrari bonnets monster truck style :)

The IS200 auto is ***** weak and there is any much that can be done to strengthen it.

My auto going clunk is a good way of describing my ordeal :P

Turbo for sure!!

You get more power for the same amount of money.

But who am i to say anything.. i'm now a N/A IS200 :(

***... i miss the feel of the turbo....

Would like to see what your insurer going to say about NoS..hehe

if ur car is an auto take care.

Im going for it. selling my IS200 and waiting for October delivery.

insurance might be a matter coz it's an import. The new RX330 is out in Australia now, base model $76k in road and sports luxury (sat nav, mark levinson speakers and rear camera) $86K on road

umm not really.....i dont have the pedal shaking thing u mention.... but my steering wheels does shake a bit but might be due to suspension.

my brake hoses work fine.. .stops much better.

im actually embarrased to say that im in the process of selling the turbo kit to a friend of mine.

I've had fun with the IS200 but it time to change cars. It's taken me 1 year to fully justify selling my car but i am not straying far. I've put a depoist down for a RX330 :)

The turbo kit, RSM, turbo timer, fuel pump, boost controller would be fitted onto my friends car. Then i have to raise my car up to get a road worthy certificate before selling.

go for the turbo route its fuuunnnnnnnnn!

ok im gonna setup a save Eric's baby charity... anyone interested in donating?

hey man...... maybe try fitting the altezza auto gear box lor

hehe........ tiptronic too wor..........

i am sure u can get it cheap from a wracker

but then have to get ecu for gearbox and engine which would be different to 1gfe... i think i might just beef up the auto box coz manual conversion too expensive...and too hard to find.

ughhh me 2...

but i remember mat saying the 4speed can handle roughly 250hp.... so it's either tune down the car and fix the auto or get a 6sp...but i haven't driven a manual for 5-6years... maybe need to start practicing again