AJ

Congrats dude

benzo555

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Very nice.. My car will look similar to yours in the future..

jmecbr900

Sorry for the delay. I didn't really have any, but here are a couple I just snapped. If you have any questions, let me know:

LsportGS4

wow... that is sick

BLAZE

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Simply stunning. Just wondering how much it cost to buy the turbo kit and install? From start to finish...

GILLEXUS

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jmecbr900

Your ride is nice clean and to the point .I like how the turbo and its pumping is simple and unclutering. what did you use to build you gauge housing (below the S-AFC) wood,plastic,fiberglass??
Any pics of how your intercooler piping exit and routes to the throttle body?

I really like your radiator hose clamps. different and clean.I think your the first I've seen use these. I was not crazy about the hose so I used those clamps w/ braided hose .

Ice350

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I'm not really a fan of those BBS wheels but they work well with the "sleeper look." Overall a dynamite car and congrats on the write up. Way to represent your GS brethren and CL.

OG Member

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That is truely amazing!

Congratulations!

jmecbr900

Thank you.

It's handlaid fiberglass. We just used that as the radio's template too.

Left side

Right side

Up towards the TB


We chose the aluminum hoses for both flexibility and looks. Because the turbo housing and subsequent piping take up so much of the stock room that previously allowed the stock hoses to work, we had to use something that was that flexible. Braided hoses wouldn't have worked unless we had some made for us or something. I had a lot of "hard" lines already made on this project from Earl's and I didn't really want to spend the amount of money required for custom braided water hoses. I figured I'd try to concentrate the big expenditures on the heart of the sytem, the turbo.

You are right though. If I could've, Braided hoses would've set the project off really well. Maybe I'll still do that later if I can find someone to make them to our specs.

GILLEXUS

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Nice pics On you exhaust did you fab a pipe eliminating your after header cats?

Do you still want to do the braided hose? I think do the stainless steel sleving youcan do it alot cheaper than custom hoses. I think the stock upper hose willfit but the bottom you would need about 6-8" longer then stock hose to route around your piping. It is not hard.

I did this and it came out nice. I just used my OEM hose ( it was perfect condition) and put the sleving on.
Let me know if you want more info.

D2-AUTOSPORT

wow, i was out of the office for a few days and missed this, sorry for the late congrats but......CONGRATS!!

In the luxury tuning circles, us Lexus guys really get the "red headed stepchild treatment (glorified Toyota, wheres ur spinners, yadda yadda), so its always good ot see serious modders get noticed!

Good job of representing the Lexus camp

jmecbr900

That's the problem, I can't use the stock ones.

The lower one is the one that snakes around the Turbo itself. I was gonna have the thermostat housing cut and re-welded back 90 deg in order to make it work. I nixed that idea because I didn't want leaks.

jmecbr900

Thanks bud.

Hameed

Congratulations Jaime!!!!! A very well deserved one at that too!

You guys with FI are always an inspiration to the rest of us that would like to do that some day in the future! Future is the key word!

How much HP does your car put out now? Have you done any track timing to see the Quarter mile times?

Richie

Congrats dude.