Whhhyyy did changing spark plugs and spark plug wires turn into a tedious frustrating project? What is this removing the whole intake manifold BS??

 

welcome to the sc300 club.

 

ahaha thatll be a fun 2.5 hours (if you work decently)

 

sc300 or sc400 ?

 

glad mine got changed the dya before I bought the car =p

 

im assuming its a 400, cause the 300 you only need to remove the throttle body and it only takes about 45min tops..

 

nope... sc300 takes a while too

 

^30 minutes, big whoop....I'm sure the sc4's are somewhat tougher though..

 

if it's his first time changing on a sc3, it wont be anywhere near 30 or 45 min, it will take longer. Even longer if you try not to remove the IM.

 

SC400 is easy once that plastic intake it removed and the plastic engine covers...

 

400 is easier than 300

The 400 was pretty much a gravy job.... the 300 I bittt'ed about https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...slike-you.html

You haven't lived until you've replaced the license plate light bulb in an IS300. I'd rather do the plugs.

 

it shouldnt take any longer than 45min on an sc300..I have done my plugs several times and its easy, and i'm including the extra time with the intercooler pipes and turbo in the way...guess mechanical inclination is at an all time low these days


the intake manifold does NOT need to removed, only the throttle body..

 

Be happy you dont have to do your valve cover gasket.

 

My SC300 only took abt 45 minutes the first time I did it. It really wasn't too bad compared to other 6 cylinder imports i've worked on. I did the plugs on my g/f's '97, 4 cylinder accord last month. it only took abt 20 minutes for plugs, wires, cap and rotor.

 

yayyy... 1jz-gte ftw :P