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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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well not that urgent but i am clueless about mod's on my car... i heard that GS430's are not MOD Friendly as like i cant max it out (add a turbo or SC) or do a 2JZGTE motor swap? is it true? please help
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 06:45 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by G430
well not that urgent but i am clueless about mod's on my car... i heard that GS430's are not MOD Friendly as like i cant max it out (add a turbo or SC) or do a 2JZGTE motor swap? is it true? please help
Why would you buy a 430 if you want to do a 2jz swap Why not save the money by getting a GS300

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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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i am willing to do a 2JZGTE engine swap will there be any conflict..? as to if i get the JDM front clip and is there going to be like an computer malfunction? i am really tweekd out if there is a conflict while doin the swap..but very interesting...
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Why would you buy a 430 if you want to do a 2jz swap Why not save the money by getting a GS300

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@ that time i was a sales consultant and i took the car in as a trade one owner and it was certified so i decided to buy it.... and it caught my eyes too (pissing off the General Manager was awsome)
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by G430
@ that time i was a sales consultant and i took the car in as a trade one owner and it was certified so i decided to buy it.... and it caught my eyes too (pissing off the General Manager was awsome)
LOL - in all honesty if u want to go with the 2JZ, I would unload the 430 and get the cheaper 300 and use the extra money to build it up.

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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 07:00 PM
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LOL - in all honesty if u want to go with the 2JZ, I would unload the 430 and get the cheaper 300 and use the extra money to build it up.

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thanks for the advice or i should just go for show eh? haha i am such a pain in the [c][e][n][s][o][r][e][d]
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If you want to trade with my 300, we'll call it even

Well there's two monsters running around with twin turbos in the 400 though and maybe a couple twins in the 300s. For the 430, the most done was just superchargers.......that I remember.
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If you want to trade with my 300, we'll call it even

Well there's two monsters running around with twin turbos in the 400 though and maybe a couple twins in the 300s. For the 430, the most done was just superchargers.......that I remember.

yeah i was feeling it with the SC.. and i want to go big all @ once.. so i am just waiting for more parts to come in while i am workin on the new house... and so when my thing goes thru ill update possible be done by next summer i hope haha scary thought.. but a big make over ill probably do a SC..
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