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Old 01-26-12, 02:17 PM
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Default Light weight pulley kits?

Is there such a thing for a 1st gen ls400? I owned a ae86 in the past and was able to get a aluminum crank pulley to reduce the load on the motor and increase power but have not found anything for my car.
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because it's not worth it. non-dampened crank pulleys have potential to cause some real damage on a street-run motor.
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Unfortunately there are really no power ads for this car. Its hard enough finding headers and cams, let alone small gain items like this. Plus on street car the potential for overspin is to great. Intake, Exhaust and premium fuel is about the performance your commonly ganna see out of a 1UZ. Swap in a 2JZ like some have done, even a manual conversion is possible. Then power adders are possible, and common. Remember though, you own a Lexus now. Your not in the Honda scene anymore.

In the faq stickie there is a list of all parts, companies available for the UCF1/2.
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read up....
http://www.atiracing.com/products/da...mper_dinan.htm
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PD, that link was a good read.
There are similar articles I've come across in the past, this one was concise.
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Thanks for the info guys. puredrifter I actually read a similar article while doing research for the pulleys themselves. Even though there is not a lot of performance upgrades for the 1uz I really like the motor. I guess ill just make the car as light as I can without sacrificing to much comfort and remove some of the restrictions placed on by lexus.
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and fyi whiteboy I have never owned a honda in my life, I said ae86 (1986 Toyota Corolla GTS)
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