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Old 07-27-15, 04:09 PM
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Looks really good! I think the hood looks great painted with just a bit of the carbon showing on the vents. Very nicely done.

Where did you get that carbon grill though? I've been looking for one just like that and I can't find one!

Well done sir!
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Originally Posted by ModInJapan
Lookin good Pete!

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Cheers Josh.

Looking forward to hopefully seeing yours and meeting you on Sunday mate.
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Originally Posted by Defratos
Looking great,

I remember AMD tuning, they do a lot of VAG cars don't they? I'd love having the ISF in the UK, must be great with the cold weather but then again traction must be a constant pain, I hope those Pilot SS hold it well in the rain.
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Yes, AMD do a lot with VAG. There dyno operators weren't very good with our cars though!

Tried blaming it on being an auto etc. Fortunately I found another firm that were much better.

The weather can be challenging here at times, luckily I've owned a few high power RWD's in my time, so the F isn't an issue.

Trying to tame a 650HP single turbo Supra in the rain was a lot harder! Lol.

I'd say the F is actually well behaved in the rain compared to a lot of cars. My R33 GTS-T Skyline was a nightmare! That's the RWD version unlike the GTR's.

Remember one occasion where I was on a quiet country lane, and it did a full 360 on a bend! Wasn't even pushing it at the time!
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Originally Posted by ISFDrivr
Looks really good! I think the hood looks great painted with just a bit of the carbon showing on the vents. Very nicely done.

Where did you get that carbon grill though? I've been looking for one just like that and I can't find one!

Well done sir!
Thanks for the kind words.

Grill was sourced through eBay around a year ago. Not sure if they still have them? I'll see if I can find the invoice so you can contact the seller.
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Finally got around to setting up a YouTube account!

Here's a video we did of my F on cold start the morning we left for Le Mans.

The system is a touch quieter now, as I added a couple of small silencers where they removed my secondary cats.

Be interesting to see how it sounds with the PPE headers installed (on my wish list! Lol).

The sound quality is pretty rubbish I'm afraid (iPhone microphone couldn't cope!). Best bet is to listen to it with headphones.

Enjoy!!

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I NEED more clips RIGHT NOW.. NOW NOW NOW !!!
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Old 07-29-15, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by joshhleee
I NEED more clips RIGHT NOW.. NOW NOW NOW !!!
Lol.

Glad you like it Josh.

The sound really is quite special.

I'll try and do a few more videos now U have the YouTube thing sorted.
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wow very tasteful mods. where did you get the flat bottom steering wheel?
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Originally Posted by jdmblood
wow very tasteful mods. where did you get the flat bottom steering wheel?
Thank you.

Flat-bottom steering wheel is the DCT Motorsports version.

It was bought through eBay like this one:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lexus-IS250-IS350-ISF-IS-F-black-leather-blue-stitching-sport-steering-wheel-/301206430961?hash=item46214d64f1&vxp=mtr
Old 09-06-15, 11:43 PM
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Here's a few photos from when I arrived at a Lexus meet yesterday.

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There was a young lad snapping photos with a proper camera as well. I'll add those photos plus the exhaust comparison video once he's uploaded them.

Was nice to have 7 F's, 1 RC-F and a few other models in attendance.

Cheers.


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Looks great man, every time I see an ISF in the UK it's a rare occasion. very unique car there.

Lucky the weather seems good
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Originally Posted by Defratos
Looks great man, every time I see an ISF in the UK it's a rare occasion. very unique car there.

Lucky the weather seems good
Thanks.

We were very lucky with the weather as it goes.

Was awful last week (wet pretty much every day! ).

Seems we are having a better spell of weather this week (nice and sunny today too).

Was nice to be outside for a change (normally we go inside the car park in the photos).
Old 09-08-15, 11:53 PM
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Omg that exhaust note
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So whilst in the capable hands of SRD (they are doing an IS-F 8-spd transmission conversion on a Supra), they had my car on the dyno again.

It's the first run it's done since the addition of the H&S exhaust and the RR-Racing air/oil separator.

Here's a video of the run:


Car made 418.2 at the flywheel.

Last run estimated the HP at the fly as 404.3, so it's gained around 14 from the H&S exhaust.

Not a huge gain, but it's going in the right direction!

Car sounded awesome apparently, but the crappy phone microphone crapped itself again!

Still, sounds pretty tasty I think!

Here's a photo on the dyno, and one of the results. Think that curve looks pretty much spot on.

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Old 10-14-15, 01:34 AM
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Good stuff mate, and numbers seem spot on.

Every time I'm back in London I always wish I had my ISF, such a rare sight in the UK. I bet your car turns heads with that exhaust


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