So i got a killer deal on my is300..always wanted one and finally found a deal i couldnt pass by...
I paid 2800 for the car salvaged title
03 with 45 k on the chassis all tho is had a rod through the block..car has been beating up but in some time you will not even know it..
Here some pics..
not the best pics but i will be putting up more as i rebuild this car ..
Yea I found a 2002 IS300 for $4200.. I was just driving back from work and got some tires put on my eclispe at discount tires and there it was right and i pass the lot closest to the tire shop.. I thought it was a down payment price.. But I put $4200 on the table and it was done.. IT has a 3in HKS exhaust from the headers to the muffler and some other little tinkers to it... But i was running my buddies GT a week ago and miss shift and well now that cost me an engine.. I know I'm a dumbass...
nothing as of yet i bought a 93 rx7 and have been sinking money into that but if i can sell my drift car now then ill be sinking all the money from that into the is300..i also found out the engine ill be using for sure ..im looking for a 20b 3 rotor
thats the plan. basically, a kit that lets you use standard 13b rotors and housings along with extended studs, and my e shaft to build a 4 rotor. hopefully it ends up pretty affordable.
alright so after talking to a good friend for awhile i finally figured out what motor im going to go with most of you willl be mad but ill be happy..im going with a sr20det and leaving the rotary in the mazda..more on the build to come soon
if that car handles anything like it does in forza 3 :lol: then all i can say is WHATUP!!!
idk if you know this but you can import cars hella cheap into canada and altezzas are cheeeap in japan. if i wasnt going away to school and still working i would def import an altezza and just register it in canada somehow..
2.0 liter beams motor + 9500 rpms + gutted is chasis = schweeeeeeet
sr20 in an is doesn't make any since at all unless...
you already have an sr20 in your garage with all of the supporting mods to make decent power.
other wise, ka-t is 100000000 times better, and so is the 2j when built. the ka is lighter than the 2j, but really, the is is very balanced even with the heavy iron block. i wouldn't upset that too much.
Ok so ive been doing some small work and cheap stuff..ive got a dyno day coming up but thats in another car im building
(no those are not the current wheels)
here what ive been up too with the IS
take one prefect 5speed cluster and take out what you dont need
making it how i want it
this isnt finshed i plan on doing more and maybe getting the parts re made in dry carbon fiber..best part is this is a direct boltin
ive also been doing some stuff to the chassie i just need to get my lexan widows in ..ive also got some before and after weight which ill post tomarrow
i got rid of the 86 ..i dont think ill miss it to be honest..i need a truck so i might try and get rid of the 240 and get a truck with in the next year...but i do need to quit buying car i have no more room for anything and the wify wont let me get a bike...ive got some CF parts on the way its gong to be super sexy
some crappy pics i know..i miss placed a gauge so now i have to buy another one but the boost gauge is suppost to go where the vent is..its going to have to wait for now tho..also waiting on some other parts and i need a labeler ..coming along slowly..
in the last pic its not riveted into place so it seems really messed up..i cant rivot that on till i re-install the dash so it all bolts right in
also my gf is giving me shit about the switch colors ..they didnt have black or all one color so im stuck with a bunch of colors
that tach is sick....keep the build going!!!!! have you talked to joe PRE engineering??? hes one of the other resident IS3 drifters!!! you guys rock!!+rep buddy
its builds like yours that make me wish my car wasn't a daily. i almost deleted every thing and ran switches for fuel pump, acc, and on/run. but then i decided not too.
i wanted people to know the real me and my name so when all the haters that bashed me for my ideas see my car everywhere when its done will know who i am..i also got tried of telling people im darkevildrifter like im a super hero or something..pass. fender was pretty bad ..drivers was only alil bent outta shape
like the self tapping screws that hold down the window wiper cover?
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