Hey everyone, I'm not really big on mechanics and I don't really know too much about engine performance and stuff like that, I was just curious, what are some attainable performance mods for the ES300 (92-96)? And by attainable I mean actually findable, not a myth...

Basically I'm just trying to see what my options are to make my car faster.

 

I'm also curious.....

 

Now this is all stuff I have not done, but you can get.. intake, air filters, oil filters, exhaust, computer chip reprogamming, advance timing, maybe a trd supercharger modded for an es.

 

Speaking about mods, I was thinking about getting the bottom of my ES painted to match the top. I saw a ES on here awhile ago that had that done, I think it looked great. Any input?

 

i agree, it does look good. what color is your car?

 

here is mine with the bottom painted to match the top also....

 

That's the car I was talking about. That's a nice ES, man. I know you stated you didn't know how much that paint job cost you, but do you have even the remotest idea? Did you do anything else to it (aside from removing door handles)? I plan on putting alot of money into my car, and I was curious as to what I could do.

 

for entry level performance modification, you could add intake, exhausts (you can use the universal ones if nobody makes it for ES300), and APEX S-AFC.

Don't go with just intake filter. It only addes 1~2 hp. Not worth the money IMO.

You can add a radiator cap to lower the temp and also look good at your engine bay.

 

It really sucks that there are not to many mods for use to do, but I guess that you could make your own cold air intake like some people, or modify a different one. There is still not much else to do though.


Adam " Lexist "

 

i think it's cooler that it is hard to mod a lex. otherwise you'd see them all over and you wouldn't be unique anymore.

 

I agree with EG. For performance mod, you can definitely pick up some exhaust and put on some spring and shocks. I know there are some strut bars for ES300. Saw them on eBay long time ago.

 

"It really sucks that there are not to many mods for use to do, but I guess that you could make your own cold air intake like some people, or modify a different one. There is still not much else to do though. "


You can buy a real intake for our ES300's from RS Akimoto. It comes in all kinds of colors. I have the RS Akimoto Vacuum Hose Driveway kit in yellow too and it even matches my Optima Yellow Top. I will post pics later I guess. I wish I could spare $225 for it right now. Here is the link http://www.toysport.com/AKIMOTO.htm

You can get it from everywhere though. Just search for "akimoto lexus intake" in google.com

 

I'm going to check out this filter here. anyone want to tell me how hard it is for me to install?

 

Any idea why they only have these for 92-96 Es's? They don't even have them for a 98 Camry...just skips and goes to 99-00.

Bummer.

bR

 

check an dsee what engine model it is most similar to, maybe the didn't change the engine then. or maybe this carrier just doesn't have them for the 98