I have an 01 IS, and am looking for a good turbo kit. I am currently talkig to Swift Racing out of MD, about the stage 3 they have. if you know anyone running one of these kits please let me know. thanks guys.

 

what do u want to know?

 

I am also interested in talking to someone about a turbo kit vs a supercharger kit. Which one will deliever the the most bang for my buck and also I have heard that you have to be careful about putting on a turbo, because it might crack the block. Plus will it void the warrenty?

Thanks
Chris
New 2002 IS 300 Owner

 

I have the old stage 2.5 SRT kit. It runs nice and that is on an emanage. I would get their cast manifold coated for durability.

 

EZZARD.....how do you like the 2.5? what else did you do besides the srt bolt on kit, as in internals or anything like that? What PSI? I just talked to Mo the CEO of SRT and he quoted me a reasonable price for his stage 3. i just dont feel safe driving the car at the rec. PSI (being 18) SRT is now also running a haltech standalone obviously better than there emanage from before. the only other reputable company that i have seen fisrt hand was TURBO EAST. they run 14PSI on there stage 2.5

 

Honestly I feel the kit has a little more in it. My car's only two passes at Moroso (Palm Beach Gardens, Fl) were a 13.4 and a 13.2 trapping 108 and 109 respectively at 14psi. I have the 440cc injectors, emanage blue, full 3" with cat, 60-1 turbonetics. The car at its current state needs a tuning session because I have problems with the idle and I think I am running a tad bit on the rich side.

I would like you to know that if you do go with SRT, get the turbo manifold ceramic coated. My manifold has cracked in two and I am waiting for a replacement. Funny thing is that I've found 2 other cases where the manifold cracked on two other cars in the same manner.

I think that the updates to the kits (garrett turbos, haltec, 550s) should provide a better basis and an overall better running car than their previous kits. I do have the ARP studs and 2.8mm headgasket to help with reliability when adding more boost.

So to sum it all up:
I enjoy the car now but I am going to have to go with a standalone, 720s, gt35r because their older kits are lacking. If the price is reasonable then I would go for it. You can always lower the boost. I drive around on 6psi and when the action gets hot, I turn it up.

Ezzard

 

If you're in MD, check out PFS ( www.pfsupercars.com ) and TurboEast ( www.turboeast.com ) in addition to SRT. Also, search through the go faster forum of http://my.is . There is a wealth of information about boost (for the first gen IS) to be found there.

Chris

 

cool, thanks man. ive looked at turbo east before but not the other one. do you know anyone running the PF setup? i would love to know how well that kit does on the street. well thanks again bro.

 

Just go to my space, and type search for Lexus IS. You wil see a bunch of highly tuned Lexus, personal videos.
I ve heard of this guy in Miami, he has an IS 700 hp. I found his car on my space but unfortunatelly cant seem to be able to find anymore.

 

I think there's a guy on the my.is boards who goes by Myis300t who is either running a PFS setup or is getting one finished up very soon. Here's the thread:

http://my.is/forums/showthread.php?t...&highlight=PFS

 

Excuse the complete noob question.... but can you add a super charger or turbo to a car thats an automatic? i know the answer to this probably pretty obviouss... but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask. lmao!

 

Welcome

Yes you can, but there are limits to how much power the OEM tranny will hold.