Decided it was probably time to start a thread before I get too far down the road and not bother doing it. Been lurking for a while, but this would be my first build thread.
I've wanted an IS300 since about 2008, but straight outta school and into uni I was bound to be broke for a while longer. Good mate Daniel decided he liked the IS too since I pretty much couldn't shut up about it. He got himself an '05 black 300 in 2013. Scott built his motor & tuned it, went through 5 or more gearbags, rewired and repiped a few times along the way. Long story short, I was able to learn from all his mistakes, what worked and what didn't. He ended up selling it to some young fella (poor bastard) last year.
Fast forward to the end of 2017, scrolling through gumtree on boxing day, (what else do you do?) dreaming about having an IS when this one popped up.




A 2001 IS300 in pearl white, just under 245k on the clock for $5k! Completely encapsulated by the idea of having an IS, all common sense went out the window. Like, why is it so cheap? What's wrong with it? Hmmm, km is a bit high... But nope, picked her up on the 1st of Jan.

And safe at home.


The plan is as follows:
Will catch up on the history and what I've done in the next couple of posts. But started fifo in the beginning of the year, project is going really well I'm sure I'll be home soon.
This will be a slooooow one.
I've wanted an IS300 since about 2008, but straight outta school and into uni I was bound to be broke for a while longer. Good mate Daniel decided he liked the IS too since I pretty much couldn't shut up about it. He got himself an '05 black 300 in 2013. Scott built his motor & tuned it, went through 5 or more gearbags, rewired and repiped a few times along the way. Long story short, I was able to learn from all his mistakes, what worked and what didn't. He ended up selling it to some young fella (poor bastard) last year.
Fast forward to the end of 2017, scrolling through gumtree on boxing day, (what else do you do?) dreaming about having an IS when this one popped up.
A 2001 IS300 in pearl white, just under 245k on the clock for $5k! Completely encapsulated by the idea of having an IS, all common sense went out the window. Like, why is it so cheap? What's wrong with it? Hmmm, km is a bit high... But nope, picked her up on the 1st of Jan.
And safe at home.
The plan is as follows:
- JZS161 engine and trans.
- Clean, freshen up, service engine
- ARP head studs
- GTX3584RS with a 1.01 rear, 6boost manifold
- Edit: No more yaris coils, R35 coils
- 68mm Bosch DBW TB
- 1650 injectors
- Edit: BC 272 cams and springs
- MV valve body and converter
- Squash performance hanger with two DW300
- Elite 2500 probably, but will dive into the ECU, TCU, body coms rabbit hole later.
- Some wheels
- Better suspension
- Skids
Will catch up on the history and what I've done in the next couple of posts. But started fifo in the beginning of the year, project is going really well I'm sure I'll be home soon.
This will be a slooooow one.
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