Dimitris Papamichail

Welcome to LOC mate. Great car you got their. I hope you enjoy it.

Hi mate, i am interested for the front bonnet. Can you send me a pm when you will have the new prices?

I think he bought the turbo kit from the australian altezza club.

Read the post in register section how to register mate. You have to send an email with your details to the administrator of the club.

Motec are very good but very very expensive. You can also try Haltech

Did you buy the Seibon bonnet from UK mate? Could you point me out where to look in UK?

Welcome to LOC mate

Welcome to LOC mate

There are Lexus IS200 18"s on ebay. Have you seen them?

Today i fitted an electronic boost gauge since the one i had on my car was an analog Wika and was not very accurate. So I found a cheap one on ebay and I bought it. It was very easy to fit and included everything such as installation manual and elastic hose. For the time being i do not have a gauge holder for the center of the dash and i have not found any that i like or do not need many modifications to fin in my car. So I decided that i will use the ashtray as a gauge holder since i do not smoke and it is a good position to fit the gauge and also it has a good visual contact. I did a hole in the ashtray and also on the center dash console in order to accomodate the gauge. I used a drill and also the dremel to open the hole. For 12Volt power supply I used the lighter supply which provides power with the inginition in start. Here are some pics how the gauge looks fitted in place.

Toluene is known also as Toluol mate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene

just bought 3liter Boost juice for my water/methanol kit (95% Methanol & 5%Toluole). For 3 liters the cost was 6euro. Not bad I believe. So know I have everything and I am ready to install the kit. Hopefully I will fit it on Saturday. :D

Nice car mate, welcome to LOC

Not bad!!! It costs only 7 euro at the moment :P to buy the charger

Well from the condition of the intercooler i think the car had a crash. But you never know in what condition the rest of the sc is. Also how much it will cost to ship in Europe.

Hi mate, if you want a significant performance with your car you have to take a used sc as many have already adviced you. Else if you want some simple mods, you could change your intake air filter with an aftermarket such as K&N. I would not suggest to fit a cat back exhaust since you will not see significant power upgrade and will have to pay for around 400 to 500 pounds. Get a set of lower springs and maybe a set of arbs. You will enjoy your ride more and you will have a significant change in the noise after 4000rpm with the filter. Also change your pads with mintex or ebc and you will also have a better braking. If you manage to save another grand and you do not find a supercharger since they are very rear and get hold of very fast, you can try the light turbo option. They are a few members that have already taken this route and they do not have problems with the reliability and are happy with the performance.

Not bad at all mate. :D

Looks great lad

Good to hear that mate. So what are you going to do with the sc?

Welcome to LOC mate.

especially for the rods and pistons set

That is very good mate

Well mate to tell you the truth I cannot hear now the real tone of the HKS exhaust, because I also have changed the exhaust manifold which gives an exra noise and also i have the noise from the induction kit. So at the end of they day the only thing i do not hear is the sound generated from the hks exhaust. From what I know the sport katalyst gives a little more sound, that is why i will fit also a flexible hose pipe to reduce the noise from the Magnaflow. But if you went an idea of the sound from a whole changed exhaust on a lexus is200 with a supercharger here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/user/Sirrrion#play/...l/2/d15Ctu9lSJI

Yes mate, of course I will replace the OEM kat. I got it from Germany for 150euro including shipping charges.

Today I ordered a Magnaflow 200cell catalytic converter. So next weekend I will fit this item and the Snow kit. I have to get some appropriate tools for the snow kit but hopefully i will have them next week.