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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 10:02 PM
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Talking Anyone ever seen one of these before?

Supra-Powered Soarer
I Miss Thee

92 Lexus SC400 w/ 150,000 kms - $7000
Swapped in a JDM 2JZ-GTE Engine w/ 6 Speed Transmission - $10000+
Weeks In A Shop: 3
Billed Hours: 47 (Thanks VUK and AMS)
Supra Store BPU Kit: $1000+
Wiring Guide From Some Asian Guy In Hawaii: $300 CDN (http://www.fly-hawaii.com/lexustt/details.htm)
Untuned Engine on the Dyno for a quick dial-in - $50
WHP - 400ish
Smoking a Stang GT Who Had A 3 Second Lead Before You Realized Your Racing - Damn FUN!
Seeing the look on an insurance guys face when he realizes that's a Supra Engine in a Lexus - Priceless
Getting Refused Insurance - Bull****
Selling Your Car to Some Rich Kid in South Florida, Only So He Can Put It On Importsouth.com And Claim It As His Own Build Up-
Knowing That You Ripped Him Off by Selling it for $32k CDN:
Realizing That You're A Loser For Selling It:
Buying A 97 Lexus SC400 w/ 167,000 kms: $7500
Starting All Over - Friggin Expensive
Knowing It'll All Be Worth It In the End -

Enjoy:
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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actually, yes!! it is in this months issue of sport compact magazine as one of the top sleepers!
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 11:42 PM
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Sweet car. Moving thread to "Other Cars" forum.
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 11:48 PM
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Doesn't the SC300 have the 2JZGE (non-turbo Supra engine) to begin with though?
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 11:52 PM
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Yeah the car in SCC is an SC300 (Paul's right, a 2JZ-GE) with an F-Max turbo on. It's also in the Los Angeles area, not Florida.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 12:00 AM
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To my knowlege there was one around the Austin area with 700+whp on the bottle. Owner by the name of Clint.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 07:42 AM
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Originally posted by Danny Boy
Yeah the car in SCC is an SC300 (Paul's right, a 2JZ-GE) with an F-Max turbo on. It's also in the Los Angeles area, not Florida.
Actually this is a car I had Summer 2002, it has a 2jz-gte w 6/speed and it is definetly in Florida because that's where the guy was from I sold it too.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 09:20 AM
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turbo magazine's project "SCerious"
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 09:34 AM
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there was one down at Nopi. very nice
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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my heart goes out to your loss...i hope your next child will deliver as much pain to the competition....how about a infiniti g35 with skyline gtr engine??? make the nissan lux, a ridiuculus sleeper...
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 04:11 PM
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Originally posted by i_love_spool
Actually this is a car I had Summer 2002, it has a 2jz-gte w 6/speed and it is definetly in Florida because that's where the guy was from I sold it too.
Actually I was addressing Dr.Crash. I picked up from his post that he was saying that your car was the one featured in Sport Compact Car.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 07:56 PM
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Sweet car. How fast were you doing 1/4 miles? (0-400m)

Check this out. I saw it on another forum and your 2jz-gte swap just reminded me of it.





BMW 4 Series
2 JZ-GTE swap 6 speed tranny(2JZ)
Upgrade to single Turbo (IHI G6)
Custom metal head gasket
Port and polished
SARD Type R external waste gate
3" custom exhaust pipe along with RSR muffler
3" intercooler piping
Custom front mount intercooler
2 additional fuel injectors (500cc X 2) from rotary motor
HKS (AIC) additional fuel injector controller
Custom ECU
Supra reardiff (3.266) with LSD
FSE fuel regulator
HKS sequential blow off valve
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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Originally posted by Danny Boy


Actually I was addressing Dr.Crash. I picked up from his post that he was saying that your car was the one featured in Sport Compact Car.
no man. i just meant that i had seen the same thing done cuz there was one in the magazine.
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 03:57 AM
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isnt that clint pohlers car? if im not mistaken he doesnt only have one sc300 he has two of em and this one is a joke compared to his other swapped 2jz HIGH:Y modded. ive seen dynos of that car with well over 700 to the wheels. go to www.clublexus.com there was alot of hype a while ago on that car. but i could be wrong
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Old Oct 23, 2003 | 05:27 AM
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heehee... Here's the cars you're talking about
http://www.turboimports.com/clinpoh97t76.html







There's some videos of this car and the Walser Supra street racing on www.turbocharged.ca, but the owner is revamping the site. The cars are SICK .
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