whitelabelboy

Why do you have one fitted?

they are widely known to be EXTREMELY bad for the engine from how they work.

"The way in which it works differs from the factory rev limiter in that it is an ignition cut, as opposed to a fuel cut. The reason for this is because if an engine (particularly turbocharged) regularly hits a fuel-cut rev limit (such as in high performance driving, or particularly drifting) engine damage can arise due to the lean condition produced when the original ECU shuts off the fuel pump"

as for EXTREMELY bad for the engine..

Im yet to find any bad feed back or problems due to it

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Go to Opie oils- they will tell you what type of gearbox oil you will need.

Altezza RS200 gearbox oil- click me!

DO NOT Trust that web site. You must only use GL4 oil in your J160 6 Speed. All the oils that site list for the Altezza 6MT are GL5.

The only synthetic oils I've found that are safe to use are Redline MT-90, TRD 75W90 & Amsoil 75W90

The reason why you don't use GL5 oil is the Altezza/IS J160 6 speed gear box has brass synchro rings. Most GL5 oils contain reactive sulfurs that cause damage to these synchros. So unless you want to rebuild your gear box in the near future don't use GL5.

thanks for for that info, also has anyone got an idea of how much i will need ?

Go to Opie oils- they will tell you what type of gearbox oil you will need.

Altezza RS200 gearbox oil- click me!

thanks mate...

off topic.. but according to that site, what the hells an altezza rs180??

ive done a search and cant seem to find much info :(

what oil, how much oil. for a full gear box oil change on a rs200?

ive been into toyota.. they sent me to lexus... between the 2 of them they dont actualy know what oil goes in :S

any help is much appreciated

just been out and had a mess around, the clunking is definitely clutch/gear box related.. makes the clunking when the clutch is active

ill cut straight to the point,

rs200

something big's started rattling/clunking for around the first minute of driving, wether i pull off cold or leave it to warm up.

im going to go with.. its around the gear box area.

also the car will lose alot of power, struggle to rev up 'feels like the air filter is completly blocked' then go perfectly normal again, and vise versa.

if i hold the car at a steady speed/revs it feels like im blipping the throttle.

any ideas are much appreciated

thanks in advance

Not sure about the roof vent on that!

i think most will agree

They are quite hard to get hold off, luckly i managed to win a bid for a secondhand one (seibon carbon) for £320+delivery. At the moment they only have new ones (Goki) on ebay, but it's costs £495+£35P&P. So it's worth keeping an eye out on ebay, but to be honest i haven't seen a secondhand carbon bonnet for the is200 for at least 8 months.

could you post a pic up just want to see how a carbon fiber hood looks

thanks

very interested, as i'd be going japshow anyway, so may aswell jump on the club stand

thanks for the advice, but yea im not really looking on spending full price for a new one, when its gonna do exactly the same thing as a 2nd hand one.

no rush anyways so ill just keep a look out

not looking on spending major cash, just wondering if anyone has a 2nd hand carbon bonet that their looking to part with

thanks in advance

BMC in birmingham, ive used them a few times, but i dont think ill be doin it again.

any links to pics of ur aristo? i highly think one will be my next car, was kinda high on the insurance tho.

finally picked it back up, all sorted. as far as there concerned it was all just loose stuff.... loose wire hence no reverse lights/beepin, and loose 'shaft or somthing' hence no gear 5. seems as tho they never connected the reverse lights wire back up, and my gear 5 seems to go in and out different to the rest, feels also a new part has been fitted. so i dont belive anything was 'loose' i belive their just sh*t and f**ked somthing up. all's well now tho and i very doubt i'll be using that garage again.

im trying to work out if my altezza has a different gear ration to standard.

the following is bassed on around 3000rpm

gear 1 at 3000rpm = 10mph

gear 2 " " 20mph

gear 3 " " 30mph

gear 4 " " 40 mph

gear 5 " " 50 mph

gear 6 " " 60mph

is this normal, or do you have other??

well there mechanic was off ill, so hopefully monday :/

well hopefully they sort it on wednesday

when i got got it back from the having a new clutch the gear stick was too far to the left and wouldnt go into reverse with out hitting the hand brake, they managed to move it more towards the right, which feels to me how it has always been.

as for the 5th gear, it will pop in and out with or with out the clutch being pushed in, it sort of pops in and out but hasnt got the clicky feeling asif its actualy in a gear, and just revs in gear 5.

Does the RS200 use the exact same clutch as an IS200 or is it maybe a difference that's causing the problem you're seeing?

supposivly according to alot of different sites the rs200 can use the is200 clutch aslong as using the is200 release bearing too. which i am.

well i had my clutch and spigot bearing changed, when i picked my car back up, i have no gear 5, no reverse beeping or reverse lights.

it goes back to the garage on wednesday, but im interested if anyone as any possible explinations?

as i now feel as tho the garage i took it too havent got a clue

just had an is200 clutch kit fitted on my altezza. so i hear this is fine aslong as i use an is200 realsing bearing.

whilst driving back from the garage i find out i have no gear 5, 'i dont need to push the clutch in and it will go in and out of 5' but just revs up. all the other gears are fine. any ideas why this would happen? i will be going back to the garage tomorow, im jsut interested??

can an is200 spigot bearing be used on an altezza??

thanks in advance

I have the same problem with mine at exactly the same revs, i cleaned the maf sensor which fully sorted out the top end flat spot, now i need to sort the bottom end...

I have no idea what plugs i have on at the mo, as i havent had the car very long and bit by bit trying to get it to my satisfaction :)

Would these plugs be ok for my standard Tezza? DENSO HKS IRIDIUM SPARK PLUGS IK20 X4 - £50 on Ebay.....

or can you point me to some better ones?

Cheers for the help :)

well yea, the standard plugs should be the ik20's

how ever with decent performance mods you may want to try ik22's

i'll try giving my sensor a clean see if it helps with my flap spot top end.

im using, Mobil 1 0w40 fully synthetic. i have no problems

does any one have a spare spare wheel?? 17" steelie for sale?

or where can i get one from?