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MacRS200

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    Altezza RS200 Tip, IS200 Sport
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    2019
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  1. Know that this is a old thread but only just read it cos not been on here for a long time! Only taken me 7 years but finally I understand :-)
  2. I would start with cleaning the spark plugs, short run may have "fouled" them. Had the same thing with the Tezza and just replaced all the plugs anyway, still OK so far.
  3. More likely the cambelt is not properly fitted, could be a tooth out making the VTTi adjustment go "out of range".
  4. Hi and welcome to LOC :) Lovely car but really needs a bit of lowering
  5. You need THE DOCTOR if you lower the car the negative camber puts all the load on the insides of the tyres. So if adjustable he will correct the camber as much as possible.
  6. How far did you lower it? Too much negative camber will do the insides of the tyres, forget tracking you need a geo check.
  7. Hi and welcome to LOC :) Can we take it that it was the fronts that you did both times? I would doubt that you bought 2 sets of warped disks. Have you checked that the hubs are clean, the caliper pins are free and that you don't have a "sticky" caliper?
  8. About 6 months between the pics as well? Agree on the wheels though, the rears are different in the pics.
  9. Wait till you try to slam it in 1st and hit reverse instead. Then when you drop the clutch and hit the car behind tell me you don't need it!
  10. That was a great read, wonder that I did not pick up on this thread before. Lovely work and a great looking and sounding car you got there.
  11. Very disappointing for you. I would have been raging mad having travelled all that way. Seems a bit strange that they mapped it without even fixing the ECU in the engine bay. Sounds like the install was not complete and the mapping probably not done. Hope for better news soon :-)
  12. Like Tony said I think the warning is oil pressure. I would assume that the air temperatures and fairly low where you are right now, if so 5W40 should be ok. Top the oil up as I know that when the level is lowish in my car it will light up when braking because the oil is moving around in the sump.
  13. Just love an expert! You are the first IS200 driver on here that rates the TRC. ps Phil how come the engine on an IS200 kept cutting out on a hill about 4 years ago until I switched the TRC off and got moving again?
  14. You are confusing TRC with the rev limiter which is there to stop you melting the bearings and generally wrecking the engine if you plant your foot when there is little or no load. TRC in snow mode dulls the throttle response and applies different programming to the ECU to reduce torque and power output - it just makes the engine a bit more docile and the brakes less aggressive to make the car react less to knee-jerk violent foot movements when you s**t yourself as the car starts to slide or go the wrong way. It is up to you if you think you can do better without it - but you are probably wrong. I am most definately not confusing TRC with the rev limiter, you don't even know the difference between the traction control and snow mode FFS. Neither of them have got any thing to do with the brakes either. And finally I am not wrong I HAVE BEEN THERE, FOR ABOUT THE THIRD TIME OF SAYING IN THIS THREAD. The traction control kills the engine stone dead if you keep it cut in, end of. If you know better go out and try it for yourself and learn what you are talking about before you post up. Oh and the quote you have above is not from me.
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