DaveRS200

below steering wheel is a small grille on the LH side - behind this is the temp sensor - check if that is clean

do u have your heating set to AUTO or do u have the fan set to I or II?

ok il check it. na i dont have it set to auto just set it to high or low.

i dont get how the auto setting works because when eva i set it to auto it blows alot of air out.

thanks mate

any help please

altezza rs200

my heater is playin up it is cold for the 1st few clicks up to 20 then red hot after all the way up to 30 on the dial.

dunno wot it is maybe a heater thermostat

any help would be much appreciated thanks

davers200

alrite mate i am 21 in the uk.i am insured with adrian flux worked out about £1000 tptf. i have 3 years no claims and if you say ur doin 5000 miles a year u get it cheapa and if u say u are joined to this owners club you get about 20 per cent discount on top.

hope that helps

so if i brought a cat back system for a is200 it would fit my altezza rs200 ?????????????????

Janspeed is quieter and more OEM looking

Kazama 2 is jap stlye with big tail pipe and noisier

I'd say no diff in power gains TBH

i like the sound of the kazama one.how big is the tail pipe and is it full stainless steel?

thanks

if you have a 4 cylinder Tezza "mine" will be a bit noiser than on a 6 cylinder.

Have Janspeed & Kazama's ready to ship

alright prolex how much r them exhausts with postage and are they cat bak system?

£305 for janspeed

£340 for Kazama 2

lop of 5% if you join gold

lop off £18 if you collect

both are cat back

ok thanks mate what one would you say is best and has best sound and power gains ?

thanks

if you have a 4 cylinder Tezza "mine" will be a bit noiser than on a 6 cylinder.

Have Janspeed & Kazama's ready to ship

alright prolex how much r them exhausts with postage and are they cat bak system?

The MOT did mention the bottom ball joints so they may need changing. It sounds like its coming from the back though.

I found ball joints for £32 + VAT but thats without the arm. Does the arm have to be changed?

The backing plate on the drivers side rear disc is loose to so ill check that first.

Thanks for your help guys

hello mate wher did u find ball joints for 32 pound ???

thanks

alright every one i heard that a group buy of chrome sourounds were brought and just wondered wher i can get some and how much?

or if anyone has any new ones to sell let me know ?

thanks alot

Sorry mate but the group buy that was organised was the last 16 sets ever made! they have now been discontinued!

i have emailed the guy and if he finds any other sets he will let me know!

Jason :P

thanks mate .dam they look gud.hope some turn up

alright every one i heard that a group buy of chrome sourounds were brought and just wondered wher i can get some and how much?

or if anyone has any new ones to sell let me know ?

thanks alot

lookin gud.thats alot of power.

so you put a new engine in and then supercharged it ??

thanks

I have been running a s/c for nearly 2 and 1/2 yrs, but from a stock ECU. produced around 270-280hp like that, but never gave me true performance due to ECU not being upto the task.

Installed complete standalone ECU which after mapping gave me net result of 300HP+

Look in my garage to see all my engine mods.

do u mean garage in tezzaworld? cant find it at the mo.

thanks

lookin gud.thats alot of power.

so you put a new engine in and then supercharged it ??

thanks

alright just wondering is the exhaust on the is200 the same as the altezza because iv been lookin at some.

like the hks silent power and the one on prolex uk.

i think they r different but just checking

thanks

i always average over 30 mpg motoway or town.usually put my foot down but i dont rag the balls out of it.not bad on juice.on long runs get 35mpg plus motorway.thats in my standard rs200 manual.

alright, another wuestion .

iv started noticing a slight knocking at slow speeds sounding like the passenger side wheel , i suspect the bush is gone ?

any idea on a price ?

thanksss

Hey , i could be wrong but check the bottom ball joints, they tend to go! another fella there sounds like he has the same problem, Take off the wheel , ul see if there is movement in the hub up and down, could be that.

yeah thanks m8.i had my cambelt done yesterday and i asked him to check it out and he said ther is movement in both front ball joints.any idea on a price?

thanks

alright, another wuestion .

iv started noticing a slight knocking at slow speeds sounding like the passenger side wheel , i suspect the bush is gone ?

any idea on a price ?

thanksss

Hi, I made a post recently about the fact that I have to pay £300 a year on my Altezza which was first registered in the UK in June 2007. I contacted DVLA and this was the reply:

Thank you for your email.

As your vehicle was first registered in the UK after 23/03/06 and it was recorded as having CO2 emissions of 244g/km then it would fall into Band G which is £300 for the year.

Regards

Miss Layla Lucas

www.direct.gov.uk/motoring

How many of you have Altezzas registered after this date like mine as I know some of you do? I am not going to quote this site as my source, but I'm not happy I have to pay this ridiculous amount of road tax on a car made in 1999 that does not benefit from any technology that could aid in CO2 reduction, but I am not going to let this drop.

So I am going to do some research here and also contact some import companies and find out what they have to say on the matter.

Thanks in advance for your input.

thats total bolox.it should be 99 pound for 6 months.unless your car has a problem with emmisions and when it was tested it came up with high emmisions.

it should be that much.mine was registered in the uk in june 2006.

MacRS200 Where are you

i am in kent uk.take it ur in manchester.

MacRS200 Where are you

I'm here Gord.

The point is that the VVTi does not kick in like VTEC, it works all the time.

The CamCon can change the valve timing and the AFR to give better mid range torque. Max power is for "willy wavers" the area under the torque curve is what counts. The higher and flatter the curve the more "boot up the bum" you get.

If you stay with standard inlet and exhaust then the standard ECU will do the job, go for an induction kit and the standard MAF will not give true AF readings (according to the stuff I have researched). Try a search on altezzaclub.nz for "pod filters.

Mine has an induction kit and decat on the zorst and the CamCon sorted out the lot. If you go for boost get a Power FC that can do a lot more but what else do you want to change on an N/A car?

p.s dyno says estimated 220Bhp at the fly from a 200Bhp engine but it pulls from 3500 rpm now instead 4500 before.

sounds gud mate yeah i just want a bit more pull.3500 is alot better yeah seems to take ages to kick in around 4500.thanks for your help.

is it easy enuff to wire the power f.c in or is it a harness that just plugs in i read?

hello again. just wondering i saw the power f.c and from what i can work out it alters the time at which the vvti kicks in ? am i correct?

any info wud be great thanks

hello just wondering iv seen a few products and just wanted to know what you can actually do and how much difference they make to performance.

iv seen one called cam-con and the apexi power f.c.

so how much can you alter the vvti to kick in ? can u change it to kick in around 3 000 rpm instead of standard.

any one help ???????

thanks

daveRS200

Hello peeps,

this will be my first post to these forums. I recently picked up my RS200 which I have learned today from these great forums that it is also a Z edition, so happy with that.

Anyway, something I hadn't thought about when doing some research prior to buying my tezza was road tax. I see on the tax disc paid for by the previous owner whom I haven't been able to speak to about it yet, shows that it cost £300 for 12 months. At this stage I am glad I have 10 months left to run, but also makes me think I might sell it on in 12 months time...

So, if some of you peeps can enlighten me as to why this might be, I would be extremely grateful. BTW, more questions to follow most probably :winky:

alright m8.i got my rs200 about 3 months ago and it had 6 months taX SAYING 100POUND.SO SHOULDNT BE 300 A YEAR.U WIL AV TO CHECK THAT OUT.

Very nice and clean. What year is it?

BTW, welcome to LOC

thanks m8.its a 99 on a v plate with 64 000 miles.

welcome to the site mate. lovely car. Amp and sub can be easily added to the standard headunit, but you need to buy a line level convertor which enables you to take the wiring off the woofer part of your rear speakers and you connect them to the covertor which has 2 rca plugs, which you can plug into an amp and then your sub into your amp. makes sense? Not the best setup sound wise but simple to do, convertor is available from Halfords or ebay

ok thanks m8 might try that. i would put another head unit in but i like the 6 cd idea.

do you know about the cambelt tensioner if that has to be replaced when cambelt is replaced? cheers m8

hello yeah i just brought my altezza rs200 i love it to bits.drives superb and is very quick.

just got a few questions if any one could get back to me ???

can you wire a sub and amp throught the standard altezza head unit ?

and i have brought a hks timing belt from japan and was wondering if you have to change the tensioner aswell?

just added a few better pics!! needs a clean.