1996sc300

hey

i currently have a 2002 lexus is300

125000 miles full tune up

obx headers and y pipe and tanabe cat back

aem intake

tein basic coilovers

SSR type c-rs wheels

i have someone willing to trade me a 1996 sc300 with full 2jzgte swap

2000 front end conversion
very clean
automatic transmission (mkiv)
front mount
hks bov

its a straight trade



i am going to have a full compression test and over view of it by my mechanic , if all goes good should i do it?

VIPJOSH

its up to u. i am more of a is300 fan. i mean if you want speed the sc300 will be faster but nothing u can't do to your is300. i also like the look of the is300 more but its all up to you. pretty even trade on value wise. i am also a person that doesn't want to buy someone else race car. who knows how well it was built (if u build it yourself, you do). might look good from the outside but how clean is it on the inside. just my 2 cents

by your username i guess you already made your decision 2

UNOHOO

iTrader: (3)

thats some good advice bro

boostin_is

i bought a is300 with a 2jzgte swap thinking i would save money and now im spending more because the previous owner ran down the car, beat up on the car, and didnt maintain the car and now i cant do nothing but fix everything....what im trying to say is keep your car and do the 2jzgte swap yourself because if you trade you dont know what your getting....

1996sc300

yea im leaning towards that option considering i got everything else done ie suspension wheels and brakes

how you like the swap?

wagomaniac

iTrader: (5)

Haha u already have it as ur username and in ur signature but u still don't have the car lol

VIPJOSH

thanks unohoo. just have heard to many stories from my older bro that kind of sound like boostin_is.

oh and it is a great swap if you do it right. it will be expensive but at least you can put the amount of power you want and know it will be done right. but do it right the first time (no cheap knock-offs in my opinion) so you don't have to redo it down the road and make yourself look dumb when you blow it in front of people.

UNOHOO

iTrader: (3)

another option, which i havent done any research on as im not even close to this point, is buying the 2jz-gte internals and basically just changing the ge to a gte, like i said i havent really done any research on it to see if thats a good option or not

boostin_is

i love the swap, its very fun, very fast and a sleeper....there is way more sc turbos than is turbos...all my friends have sc300 and sc400 with 2jzgte swaps and i feel good that im the only person in the crew with a 2jzgte is300 and 1 other person but he has a 1st gen gs300 with a 2jzgte swap and its manual 5 speed so hes very rare right about now...at the end of the day you have to make up your mind what you want to do but i say be different....

Lazy

iTrader: (2)

I say keep the IS but like everyone says ur user already looks like it made up ur mind haha. I think doing a car up urself is better than buying one from someone else that u have no clue whats been going on with the car. ^^ more boosted SC's because SC's are alot cheaper than the IS. Keep the IS and boost it or supercharge it

2002GGPIS3

This is a tough one, I really love both cars. I would do the swap if the SC has a clean title, a bunch of cars with mods have salvage titles and that is a big no-no unless it is a full out race car. If the title is clean get the SC300 and when money allows get another IS300 to use as a daily driver.

_gomez_

i guess reliability of the sc would come in to play since it's swapped, but other than that, it'll come down to preference

SC51

iTrader: (3)

Its all up to your preference man I personally like the look of a nicely done SC over an IS plus I see lots of IS's around here, where are you in Ma?

Mv350

iTrader: (23)

keep your is300, and boost that. i like the is300 more than my car.