DonS1mpson

Hello all My mother Is looking to sell her 1.8 Renault Laguna in favor of something a bit quicker and really likes the GS300, but she isn’t too keen on the automatic gearbox. I’ve scene quite a few manual conversions done on Aristos using the gearbox from a MK4 TT Supra, so I was wondering if something similar could be done relatively cheaply using the W58 transmission used in NA MK3 and MK4 Supras. Would much modification need to done to make the W58 work in the GS300 in terms of Custom fabrication, or could I get most of the parts I need off a Supra? Considering MK3 NA’s sell for £200 - £300 on ebay, getting the car itself shouldn’t too expensive, I not looking to break the bank with this project. Any Suggestions or Advice? Has anyone here done anything similar? Thanks for the help Josh

Mother of peal, that one hell of an Aristo at DJCraig’s Anyone have any rough estimates on how much they spent on that monster? :D

I was looking at the thread, but decided to post another because the guy in that thread is looking to get a MK2 where as I'm only intrested in the MK1. I thought some of the parts differered with the two models. and I couldn't find many MK1 modification threads, so I started this one

Hello everyone! I may be coming into a little money over the next few months, and I was thinking that it would be a good idea for me to get a car. I’ve currently been looking at MK3 supras and Lexus soarer as I want a good performing car with a lot of potential horsepower, so I can spend the majority of the money on mods. I was looking to spend around £2000 on the car, and £8K on mods (total budget is £10K) but there seems to be a lack of tuning gear for the 1JZ engine here and in the US, so I’ve decided to look else where, thus, the Aristo, which runs on the 2JZ -GTE engine, which as you know can become a complete monster. I was wondering what 10 grand come get me in the Aristo world. I was thinking about getting a very cheap T.T (MK1) model that has already been imported which will cost around £3,500? Or would it be cheaper to import one myself directly from Japan? That should leave at least £6,000, for mods, mainly performance based parts. I was wondering what parts I should be able to get with this money, and what sort of horsepower I’d be looking at. I’m not really into anything really high horsepower if it means having a huge turbo that is pretty much unless at the low RPM. Another question, will most of the parts that are available for the supra’s 2JZ work with the Aristo engine? I know that some parts are different such as the ECUs, but what parts are definably the same. Oh, and forget about fitting. I have an Uncle that runs a garage that says he’ll be happy to let me use it after hours, so this experience would be pretty good for me, I really want to get into car tuning (Programming ECUs mostly).

I'm sorry, but I said that doing a LPG conersion on a Aristo is a pointless and silly thing to do. If you are worried about the high cost of fuel, what are you doing with a 3.0 twin turbo in the first place?