Lexus IS200

Thread in 'Technical Questions' started by Jord, Sep 23, 2004.

  1. Jord

    Jord drifted.com

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    Just had one of these in at work and I can get it for a good price.
    Are they any good for drifting or a bit crap?
     
  2. Paz

    Paz -NIGHTSPIRIT FAMILY- UK Drift Since 2001

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    Chassis is excellent, but the UK engine is a bit weak :( Japanese Beams 3SGE is the motor it needs!

    Paz
     
  3. junior

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    Depends on what IS200 she is, the IS200 Sports have an LSD fitted, but they are fairly light on BHP. Your best bet is the Beam's Engined Altezza from Japan. A 4 Cylinder 270 Brake [i think] screamer..
     
  4. Genjuro

    Genjuro keyboard drifter

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    Not sure how helpful this would be but i'm pretty sure there are supercharger kits available for the uk motor. From what i know they RS200's are pretty popular for drifting in Japan though.
     
  5. Jord

    Jord drifted.com

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    Its a bit out of my budget anyhow, even though it'd be mine for £8k which is cheap!
     
  6. SidewaysRob

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    The IS200 owners club had superchargers and turbos available for there motors at JAE.

    Personally I think that they are excellent cars, ideal for drifting if you can sort the power out
     
  7. Bladerider

    Bladerider Ajudged scoundrel !!

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    What you wanna do is fit a well tuned 13b in there on a custom made crossmember set so far back and low that its almost mid engined ;) :) ;) :)

    J :D
     
  8. matt

    matt -NIGHTSPIRIT FAMILY-

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    a couple of issues back Dori Ten had a big feature on altezzas. soooo nice, its weird seeing a 'luxury' car gutted and caged:)
     
  9. SteveC200

    SteveC200 Used to drift, now I don't.

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    Hmmm, that rings a bell.;)
     
  10. dtmpower

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    not to me - would like to see pics of that :)
     

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