I know mostly evreyone in the forum frowns upon questions about the LS-430 and increasing preformance but does anyone know of any othe site besides L-tunedparts that has preformance chips, intakes and or anyhting that could increase the preformance of a 2006 LS-430 UL?

 

Your LS430 isn't exactly a Honda Civic or a carburated chevy pushrod. There are no chip modifications for it, such as chips or intakes. You could probably find an intake, but I doubt it will work properly without screwing up your MAF readings.

If you want to increase the performance of your LS430, be prepared to spend serious money for serious mods. A good website to start learning would be lextreme.com - even though they mostly concentrate on LS400 and SC400.

 

According to my Celsior magazine, there are some a few company's that make performance parts for the Celsior/UCF30/31's.

There a alot of companys that make exhaust systems for our cars (ie. Tom's, Wald, Blitz, etc). Sard makes high-flow cats and Ings+1 makes headers. Also Mine's and Tom's offers ECU upgrades. Trust, Tom's, Blitz and Wald makes supercharger kits. For intakes there's Ingen, Blitz and Fujita5.

Keep in mind finding and getting these parts is the hard part. That and lots of these parts will set you back and arm and a leg.

 

You aren't the only one wanting more power. Even after I said I wanted to leave this one stock, it just bugs me that my station wagon (Volvo V70R) pulls a little bit harder and has 3 fewer cylinders. Next week, I'm going to get an estimate for a custom exhaust with just a little more sound at WOT.

I definitely would consider supercharging it if it were not too costly. I can get stuff from Japan at cost on Yahoo auction + shipping. Retail prices in Japan are ridiculously overinflated and are typically what you see on websites. Yahoo is the place to get things more reasonably priced.

I was unaware that Wald and Blitz made supercharger kits for these cars. Tom's is ridiculously expensive, but comes in a kit that includes everything from ECU, exhaust, and body mods.

 

I just checked out INGS USA, the headers are $3300... (http://www.lxsport.jp/usa/function/manifold/index.html), i wonder how much gain u get from it...
I will look into the ECU stuff

 

Intakes, exhausts, and such 5-10 HP stuff isn't going to make enough real difference to matter except for a placebo effect. Short of forced induction, you should look into a rear differential ratio change (auto Supra gear) and revised tranny shift program, and perhaps a looser converter if you're really serious. IIRC, the GS400/430 guys do this from time to time, and report a noticeable difference in real-world feel off the line and in routine driving.

 

Where cna i find the ECU updates?

 

Here's the link to the Tom's ECU:

http://www.tomsracing.co.jp/e/product/engine_tec2.htm

 

Here's the link to the Mine's website:

http://www.mines-wave.com/

 

Considering making my own intake anyone have and thoughts?