Building an IS350 6MT
01-25-16, 05:28 AM
#170
It sucks that it would be easier to do this too and is 250 instead of the is 350. I love my is 350 but I do miss my is250 specially after I had done the LSD swap. Please keep us updated as I don't visit this forum very much nowadays but I'm glad I did today to see your thread
01-25-16, 03:42 PM
#171
Lexus Champion
It sucks that it would be easier to do this too and is 250 instead of the is 350. I love my is 350 but I do miss my is250 specially after I had done the LSD swap. Please keep us updated as I don't visit this forum very much nowadays but I'm glad I did today to see your thread
01-26-16, 07:01 AM
#174
BTW, I told my wife about your project and she loves the idea. She's always said she misses driving my old IS250 6MT and that the IS350 would have been a blast to drive with a manual gearbox.
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03-03-16, 01:58 PM
#179
I've spent the last month or so dealing with various electrical issues, some to deal with differences between the ECU and the car and so on. It was a bit more specific than I was expecting in some cases, but as of last night I finally figured everything out and hope to get the car completely functional in the next couple of weeks, just waiting for a few parts to arrive from Japan and the USA. Also need to send another ECU for reprogramming as the first one didn't work properly with the rest of the car. 
That said, during my testing and troubleshooting I managed to put approximately 1,000km on the car. It's even more fun than I thought it would be. I've driven a few cars with the 2GR-FSE including the IS, GS and RC and mine is by far the most fun. Love the manual transmission and the extra rev-ability that the 2GR has over the 4GR almost (almost) makes you forget it's got a dual mass flywheel.
It's really fun to drive, really. Though I drove for the first couple of weeks without ABS, VSC or TRAC and then a few weeks without some other stuff including cruise, but it's all coming together now.
RIP: My tires.
Sorry it's so dirty!
Jeff
That said, during my testing and troubleshooting I managed to put approximately 1,000km on the car. It's even more fun than I thought it would be. I've driven a few cars with the 2GR-FSE including the IS, GS and RC and mine is by far the most fun. Love the manual transmission and the extra rev-ability that the 2GR has over the 4GR almost (almost) makes you forget it's got a dual mass flywheel.
It's really fun to drive, really. Though I drove for the first couple of weeks without ABS, VSC or TRAC and then a few weeks without some other stuff including cruise, but it's all coming together now.
RIP: My tires.
Sorry it's so dirty!
Jeff
Last edited by Jeff Lange; 12-13-19 at 10:28 AM.
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