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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Slight update.







When the car is up and running I will give my feedback if they are worth it and if I run into any issues.
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:01 PM
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Looks nice Mike......but what exactly does this do?
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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^correct my negative camber. will see how good it works.
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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This is what I hope to work on and accomplish tonight assuming all goes well...

Looks like a few parts are in slightly different locations then the 2gen GS. Well only one way to find out from here...



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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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Looks like fun^^
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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Just curious, what's that aluminum pulley for on top of your intake manifold? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm?

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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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crank pulley?
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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this is going to be a long thread I can't wait for the final pics
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Hey Mike,
Thanks for the update. I'm really interested on your feed back. This would be great if we finally have something to adjust camber.
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 12:43 AM
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Holy .....moly
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 06:47 AM
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Who sells those A arms?
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 04:40 AM
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Arent the 3gs ecu's like impossible to tune?
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:46 AM
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i think im in major need of those camber arms at the moment.. May i ask who you might have gotten them from and how much they were? Thanks in advance!
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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Arent the 3gs ecu's like impossible to tune?
you can pretty much extend that to all lexus
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Yes this isnt going to be an easy project. But I am going to "try". The 2gen IS has had success runing 7lbs of boost with out any ECU tuning. Will see...
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