IS300 tear down and track car build

DEpointfive0 · 02-01-2013, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Glass is heavy. My plan is to cut a piece of aluminum or thin sheet steel to cover the hole and pop rivet it in. Some silicone to make it waterproof. I'll paint the metal black so it kinda looks like a sunroof. It shouldn't see any flex once the cage is in.

LOL!!!

Well, if you don't mind making it dirty like that, more power to you!

I want a ricer wing on it though!!! Lol

Chuck33079 · 02-01-2013, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

LOL!!!

Well, if you don't mind making it dirty like that, more power to you!

I want a ricer wing on it though!!! Lol

Honestly, I think it'll look fine from ten feet away. It's a dedicated track slut. Aesthetics are not an issue at all. I'd love some kind of wing, but I'm not paying that much for one. I found an APR wing for $600, but I'd sooner spend that on new wheels. Or put it toward the LS1/T56 that's going into the car in a year or two (or sooner if I blow the motor or transmission).

DEpointfive0 · 02-01-2013, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Honestly, I think it'll look fine from ten feet away. It's a dedicated track slut. Aesthetics are not an issue at all. I'd love some kind of wing, but I'm not paying that much for one. I found an APR wing for $600, but I'd sooner spend that on new wheels. Or put it toward the LS1/T56 that's going into the car in a year or two (or sooner if I blow the motor or transmission).

I like sluts
Why would the motor blow??? 2JZ FTW! (I know it's not exactly the Supra one, but it's as near as makes no difference)

Chuck33079 · 02-01-2013, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Why would the motor blow??? 2JZ FTW!

Who knows. it's got 135k on it. I'm pretty sure it'll be ok, but old motors may pop. I'm not too worried about the motor. The transmission, on the other hand, is going to die at some point. They pretty much all do. It was a crappy tranny when Lexus put it in, so I'm not going to replace it with another stock one. A MKIV Supra Getrag is $6k. I can buy all of the parts for the LS1/T56 swap and the whole freaking Z28 for parts for $6k.

DEpointfive0 · 02-01-2013, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Who knows. it's got 135k on it. I'm pretty sure it'll be ok, but old motors may pop. I'm not too worried about the motor. The transmission, on the other hand, is going to die at some point. They pretty much all do. It was a crappy tranny when Lexus put it in, so I'm not going to replace it with another stock one. A MKIV Supra Getrag is $6k. I can buy all of the parts for the LS1/T56 swap and the whole freaking Z28 for parts for $6k.

Welllllll, you're paying for "Getrag" and you're paying for "the supra transmission"

And that bitch will take 1200HP, lol

RICER WING!!!

Chuck33079 · 02-01-2013, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

And that bitch will take 1200HP, lol

If I were going to turbo the 2JZ I'd man up and buy the Getrag. I just don't think you can get enough tire under the *** of an IS300 to hook up until 100mph. I think the car will be just fine with a heads/cam LS1. 400+trq in a 2600lb car will be plenty of power.

Chuck33079 · 02-05-2013, 09:02 AM

Made some more progress over the weekend. The cage showed up Friday. Got the dash out. Tore out the AC and heater core, airbags and other bits. Painted the floor pan. This week I'll cut down the dash to the bare minimum needed to cover the instrument cluster and sand/paint it. I'll get some more pics up tonight.

This weekend should be sunroof removal, dash reinstall and more weight reduction. The cage needs some paint touch ups from shipping scratches as well. The seats, rails, harnesses and cage padding should get shipped out toward the end of the week. Ideally, this week and weekend is the last of the prep for the cage install. Once the cage and seats are in, it's time to fab up a gauge panel, install the gauges and electronics, and swap out the oem y-pipe for a catless one. Maybe remove the entire cat-back and replace it with a 6' turn down under the car. Then I'll pull out the ac system under the hood, grab a shorter belt, get a new set of tires and an alignment, and go play with it.

Chuck33079 · 02-17-2013, 10:16 AM

Made some good progress this weekend. Dash is back in (most of it), cage is assembled in the car (not bolting it in just yet) and the sunroof is out and temporarily covered. I'm building a panel to replace the sunroof this week, and it should be in this week. Seats and harnesses should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. I'll probably install those immediately so they don't take up all the space in my garage.

Chuck33079 · 02-19-2013, 09:16 AM

Everything but the drivers seat and slider showed up yesterday. Looks like this weekend will be sealing up the sunroof permanently and bolting in the cage. Maybe installing the seats and harnesses if the other seat shows up during the week. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1361283396.318060.jpg

Mike · 02-19-2013, 09:21 AM

looking good!

Chuck33079 · 02-25-2013, 07:58 PM

You know, for what a good set of race seats and all of the rails and adapters cost, you would think it comes with the freaking hardware. Looks like I'm not installing the seats tonight.

Cage is in and bolted together, just not tightened down. Made a quick and dirty sunroof replacement panel out of lexan and got it sealed up. In a perfect world, I'd get the gauges wired up this weekend. No clue if the gf is ok with that considering how many weekends I've put in on the car recently.

Chuck33079 · 04-09-2013, 01:23 PM

Time for another update. Cage is bolted in, seats are in, harnesses installed, dash and cluster reinstalled. I've now got to re-do my sunroof replacement panel since it isn't quite water tight and install a shift light, oil pressure gauge, and water and oil temp gauges. Then I've got to wire in a SAFC and tune it. I'll get some pics up later this week. Hopefully I'll have everything together to actually drive the thing by summer.

fuct · 06-14-2013, 04:31 PM

i used to have a 2003 silver 5 spd IS300. sold it to tom peacock when i got the 370.

be crazy if you have my old car.....

if you notice is has a W55 instead of the W58 tranny then its mine. i went thru 2 factory transmission before finding an old SC300 transmission and swapped them out. the IS tranny was aluminum, the SC was steel.

Chuck33079 · 06-14-2013, 04:39 PM

It's definitely not yours. Bought it from my buddy who picked it up new from Westside. Need to get some more pics up. Progress has been made.

Chuck33079 · 06-14-2013, 04:47 PM

I wish it had the sc300 tranny. There's a used vortech on the is forum. I'd throw that on in a heartbeat. No more power mods now (except for a SAFC tune) since the plan is to run it until the tranny breaks and build a LS1 for it.

02-05-2013, 09:02 AM	#22 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	Made some more progress over the weekend. The cage showed up Friday. Got the dash out. Tore out the AC and heater core, airbags and other bits. Painted the floor pan. This week I'll cut down the dash to the bare minimum needed to cover the instrument cluster and sand/paint it. I'll get some more pics up tonight. This weekend should be sunroof removal, dash reinstall and more weight reduction. The cage needs some paint touch ups from shipping scratches as well. The seats, rails, harnesses and cage padding should get shipped out toward the end of the week. Ideally, this week and weekend is the last of the prep for the cage install. Once the cage and seats are in, it's time to fab up a gauge panel, install the gauges and electronics, and swap out the oem y-pipe for a catless one. Maybe remove the entire cat-back and replace it with a 6' turn down under the car. Then I'll pull out the ac system under the hood, grab a shorter belt, get a new set of tires and an alignment, and go play with it. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

02-19-2013, 09:16 AM	#24 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	Everything but the drivers seat and slider showed up yesterday. Looks like this weekend will be sealing up the sunroof permanently and bolting in the cage. Maybe installing the seats and harnesses if the other seat shows up during the week. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1361283396.318060.jpg __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

02-19-2013, 09:21 AM	#25 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	looking good! __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

02-25-2013, 07:58 PM	#26 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	You know, for what a good set of race seats and all of the rails and adapters cost, you would think it comes with the freaking hardware. Looks like I'm not installing the seats tonight. Cage is in and bolted together, just not tightened down. Made a quick and dirty sunroof replacement panel out of lexan and got it sealed up. In a perfect world, I'd get the gauges wired up this weekend. No clue if the gf is ok with that considering how many weekends I've put in on the car recently. DEpointfive0 likes this. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

04-09-2013, 01:23 PM	#27 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	Time for another update. Cage is bolted in, seats are in, harnesses installed, dash and cluster reinstalled. I've now got to re-do my sunroof replacement panel since it isn't quite water tight and install a shift light, oil pressure gauge, and water and oil temp gauges. Then I've got to wire in a SAFC and tune it. I'll get some pics up later this week. Hopefully I'll have everything together to actually drive the thing by summer. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

06-14-2013, 04:31 PM	#28 (permalink)
fuct A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sugar Land Posts: 3,692 Drives: 97' Ranger :) Rep Power: 24	i used to have a 2003 silver 5 spd IS300. sold it to tom peacock when i got the 370. be crazy if you have my old car..... if you notice is has a W55 instead of the W58 tranny then its mine. i went thru 2 factory transmission before finding an old SC300 transmission and swapped them out. the IS tranny was aluminum, the SC was steel.

06-14-2013, 04:39 PM	#29 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	It's definitely not yours. Bought it from my buddy who picked it up new from Westside. Need to get some more pics up. Progress has been made. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

06-14-2013, 04:47 PM	#30 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	I wish it had the sc300 tranny. There's a used vortech on the is forum. I'd throw that on in a heartbeat. No more power mods now (except for a SAFC tune) since the plan is to run it until the tranny breaks and build a LS1 for it. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

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