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Heh, so I'm picking there's no chance of getting somewhere in New Zealand that will do an alignment with the same level of attention to detail that you an your 'trusted' partners show... I had one done recently when I got some new tread, they didn't adjust anything despite the fact I'd expressed concern about the scrubbing out of the inside edges of the front tyres... Most of the angles were within the factory limits, so I guess there policy is not to optimise it if it's within the factory range. Oh well.

No RCAs, but there is a DIY guide out there somewhere that shows how you can pull apart the amp and solder some in... It's an interesting system when you start to read up on it - IIRC the headunit and amp act more like one system rather than a headunit sending straight sound signals to the amp it has some other data going back and forth... Anyway, search these forums, it's probably here, failing that you ought to be able to pick it up though Google.

Some worthwhile reading here and here. Sorry I'm to lazy to repost the info here. :)

For some reason I've seen a couple of papers on this, I forget how it was tested, but other than in colour-blindness situations the differences in perception were only slight (<1% sort of thing). i.e. My green is your green, not red... ;)

Sounds like mine... I'm probably going to do my tyres this week, inside edge is well scrubbed out. My rear shocks are definitely getting sloppy, so I'll do all four fairly soon too. If I remember I'll let you know how I get on...

Hey, that's awesome - if you get in a frontal impact your bonnet will get pushed back through your windscreen more easily and decapitate you...

Oi, 'nuff of that eh! Well, it is a colour that seems to polarise people...

What's wrong with black? Or are you commenting on the reflection of the red sign in the background?

This is the high-spec version of the dial. Usually they just come with double sided tape so you can stick them on your dash - this one comes with wires as well, so that will be great for big hp gains.

That's the kind of positive thinking we like - mod, mod, mod! ;)

Okay, here's me trying to work it out. I've drawn lines to where it appears the wires are connected based on the photos MacRS200 sent me. The "C:" denotes what the camcon calls the wire, and the "E:" is what the SXE10 wiring diagram tells me it is. The green ones are those that seem to make sence. Red seems really wrong, and orange is only a little confusing... For further reference, here's the deceptively simple diagram from the camcon manual:

No worries Noel. The information was originally posted on the NZ Altezza Club which I can't link to from here since this forum replaces any link to that club... Anyway, here's a new pic with the right info highlighted: EDIT: Pic removed since Noel has now posted it at the top. :) :)

Thanks Am, I'll see if I can work it out with Neil's help.

I posted this into an existing Camcon thread in the TDi subsection, but things seem quiet over there, so I hope no one minds me trying my luck here. I'm having trouble figuring out exactly which rev and VVTi wires to tie into as there are several listed on the ECU wiring diagram... It calls for the following tie-ins: A/F This looks like B21 VVT-i Wire B5 (OCV+) or B7 (OCV2+)? I think the Camcon only does the exhaust cam, so that would be B5 (OCV2+)? There's also B4 & B6 which are the negative (OCV-) ones.. RPM + There's three 'Revolution' signals to choose from as well as a Tacho one... Which will the Camcon want? RPM - as above IG Power Think this one is easy - wire E10 I am referring to the RS200 6MT ECU. Any info would be appreciated, cheers.

Wrong.. ;) L-Spec Altezzas have leather. And I'm going to have to disagree with the comment that Altezzas are noisy and unrefined - sure theoritically the 4-cyl 3S-GE may not deliver the power as smoothly as a 6-cyl does, but really it makes little difference. You can still drive the powerful 3S-GE smoothyl and quietly. But where's the fun in that? ;)

Niiice Am, that's bordering on pure porn...

Oh yeah, AT, forgot you were in one of those. Here's the specific page chisiang was referring to: Power FC, just in case you didn't find it yourself. :) Though I don't see any references specifically to the AT Altezza on this page? I was keen on an SAFC at first too, until further reading raised the concern around the ECU tuning it out and having to reset it all the time to try and keep the benefits. There's some discussion on it in this thread (even though the topic title talks about something else).

Yup, it's got knock sensors. As for the SAFC, I'm under the impression that it's pretty much a waste of time as the stock ECU will keep tuning it out. If you want to go down that route set aside some serious cash and consider the Power FC - a full replacement ECU.

The ECU is the Apexi Power FC, the commander is the handheld interface. It is a full replacement ECU, but I believe you can switch it on and off to let the factory ECU do it's stuff. You can do a lot more tweaking with the Power FC than with the Camcon. Camcon only does the timing on one cam, but with the Power FC you can adjust both cams as well as air:fuel ratios etc Anyway, I'm sure someone with a better understanding than I will be along soon. Mr Singh, weren't you going to be installing one sometime soon (if you haven't already)? There's some good discussion starting about what you can potentially do to the VVT-i on a forum that I can't link to from here. So here's some excerpts anyway: Will be interested to hear if anyone can elaborate on the vvt-i tweaking and what sort of benefits you might be able to achieve... Is 400 GBP a worthwhile investment to get more power if few other engine mods have been done? And here's Apexi's spiel on it:

Clothes.

Cheers guys. It's been an interesting exercise so far - had several people tell me that they we're thinking "Who's that to$$er with the boy racer sticker thing on his car? Surely it's not Jason?!" ....until they actually read the stickers and then promptly proceed to wet themselves

Well, since I didn't have the money for the real thing I got Grapes, Couscous, Donuts, Moro Bars (regional thing), English Breakfast TEA and Tofu Slices... I figure those stickers must be worth 5 hp each, so now I'm running 240 hp...

Here's a a link to a previous post on caliper painting that links to several other posts on caliper painting. You tried searching first right?? http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...ndpost&p=265361

There can be a lot of variation from tank to tank. A good way to account for this is to average the economy over many tanks of gas. As an example see the last post here.

Spolier? The Legana yeah?