didn't he just say email only, he misses the PMs... I'd love to send over my car, but it's not really an IS... so probably not applicable for what he wants.

 

I have had a few emails but nothing for sure yet......

 

I'd love to donate mine but the wife wouldnt like the price tag associated....

 

I hear that. Everytime I bring up what I'd like to do with the car the wife says "our goal for this year is SAVINGS" and I just go to the corner to sulk again.

I'm at least glad I'll be able to do some track events this year.

 

So after all these posts, no one has offered their car?

 

It's not just offering their 20-40 thousand dollar cars... it's coming up with an addt'l 4grand to be a guinea pig.......

 

You sir are right and even after multiple posts about it I still got nothing...
I parted everything out and will be focusing on my SC and making it a beast

 

i'd send my car but right now wekfest is coming.... and still unsure bout the whole thing..... still thinking bout it...

 

Elite, I build turbo kits for Supras/Aristos, etc. Kurtz (very close friend) has a IS350. We've discussed at great length me building a turbo kit for the IS350, and it's not easily feasible. I just want to say, If you're going to tackle this project, and you look hell bent to do so, I want to give you some advice, and please heed 8-).

1) Use a 50/50 water methanol system, it will be needed because of the high compression and advanced timing. and get a big tank for the system, and make it bulletproof. It'll be needed. And since it slows the burn, retarding the timing, might just make the stock IS motor live.

2) keep the turbo sizing to a 60-1 (58mm turbo) the efficiency range is very high, and a really good size for the 3.5 motor. You can easily get 450-500rwhp on it, and fairly low boost. It's also a cheaper turbo, and will help keep the cost down 8-).

3) Set some sort of failsafe if the water/meth system fails to kill all boost or something. The liability of cooking the IS350 motor because of e flaw in the kit will be costly.

I figured out I could build an IS350 turbo kit, and even possibly deliver the power, but the risk is too high. Keep the components good quality, with lots of safely in mind. I think that running a water/meth setup will be the only way you get it to not have the computer be all pissed off at you 8-).

Jeff
Hybrid Motorsports
jtamulis@hotmail.com
www.NotRice.com

 

Check out this thread. We have delt with most of these issues on the IS F already.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...us-to-you.html

 

Hi Elite,

This might be getting ahead of ourselves, but I'm assuming your turbo kit would nullify my OEM warrantee. Can you confirm. Would you add on your own warrantee?

 

I would doubt they offer a warranty on the car, but likely on thier labor, or manufacturing. And this would technically viod your warranty, but you could "take it all off" and put it back to stock and try to get Lexus to cover something.

But in reality, you're changing the car from the way Lexus built it. Would you expect them to pay for it, if you broke it because of too much power?

Jeff

 

no. turboing a lexus wouldnt void any warranty.

 

Until proven the turbo was the cause for whatever that's not working correct?

 

If there turbo was even there ofcourse. Now if there were no sighns of tampering...hehe thats a different story