The IS300 is a great car, but low on power in stock form. This one has had a Swift Racing Technologies turbo kit installed with a Haltech Sprint 500 ECU. We conservatively tuned the Lexus for longevity on pump gas at 16 psi and it is putting out 436 WHP. Now it’s ready for the streets.
Turbo should have been a factory option.
OEM Goodness
The new quarter panel arrived today for a Supra rebuild. Nice to see Toyota still has these available.
When every .0001 of an inch counts.
All of the parts have arrived for our twin turbo LSX project and our bare block is back from the machine shop. Now the task of file fitting the rings and verifying that all of the machine work is in spec begins. Next up we will be using Plastiqage to measure the crank shaft bearings for proper clearance.
Today we tune an EVO.
A new AEM Standalone ECU was installed and now it’s time to tune.
All for one.
Yesterday if you guessed twin turbo V8, you’d be right! We are still working closely with the customer on this setup so a lot of the supporting goodies have not been finalized yet. Watch for updates as this project develops. 
Enough for two?
What do you think? Are we building 2 cars or just 1?
Good Trade
Anthony just brought us this S-13 to inspect for him. He recently traded his old AE86 with an SR-20 for this 240 with the same setup. Don’t worry Hachi fans, Anthony has another one he is currently building.
Our IS300/4G63/T-56 project goes under the knife
The quest continues to shed as much weight off our Lexus project as possible. In this episode the trunk section does battle with a Sawzall. In the end the Sawzall won, removing over 32 lbs of excess. Although a lot of the removed sheet metal will be replaced with new lightweight pieces, we will still come out ahead at the final weigh-in.
Racing in 2012
Race season is just around the corner. What are you running this year? 
