speedaddic

iTrader: (10)

sweet. Who's doing the work? where are you in TX?

wingzero

Okay here are some more past pics:

When I first got her...


After her first bath...


Making IS300 wiring harness work...



She's IN!!!...



Front's back on...





Enjoy! I'll take some more snap shots later of the intercooler mounted and finally the bumper back on. I'm also gonna take a clip of turning the car on and a few sound clips of idle, running, WOT..etc...

Which reminds me, I'm working on an install doc for this swap for my.is, but I'll be happy to post it here too if anyone would like it.

wingzero

Yes me and two of my buddies did the work. And yes I am in Houston, Tx.

plex

iTrader: (11)

Looking good. How come you didn't use a Supra or Aristo TT Harness and ecu? I didn't think a ge ecu could control a gte motor.

wingzero

Gauges won't work, you will lose eshift and im still using the IS tranny. Plus the pins on the Aristo ECU are different so the other connections that are on the ECU won't work either. The IS ECU will start the engine but you need the piggy back to make it driveable.

plex

iTrader: (11)

There's a guy named Dr. Tweak on phoenixturning.com that can mate the gte harness to the ge IS harness so body plugs will go in and everything else would be the gte stuff so that way in the future you could just plug in aem etc..

wingzero

Well i don't see what the difference would be. The GTE harness still won't control E-shift (for manual, okay i can see this) Plus you have to account for the plugs that the GTE has that the GE doesn't (turbo sensors, etc.) If you are still going to use the IS ECU, what is the point, plugging a GTE harness into an IS ECU, it still won't know what to do about the turbo connections so you may as well disconnect it and take the sensor off. If you are going with a GTE ECU, then why bother plugging it up to the GE harness, just use the GTE harness and worry about your gauges, aftermarket tranny controller ( assuming your auto).

I chose the route I did becuase, it has been proven to work, and it was the easiest and cheapest becuase I already had everything needed to make it work. Its just a pain to redo the IS harness

plex

iTrader: (11)

Oh ok I see what you're saying but I think what I'm saying will be less painful in the long run, basically this guy takes the GTE harness and GE harness cuts off body plugs from the GTE harness since they wont plug into female IS Body Plug sockets. He then takes the orginal GE harness cuts off the body plugs that fit and matches wiring to gte wires. Since it's a GTE harness GTE Ecu would be used. As far as e-shift and the other stuff I'm not sure.

wingzero

Well my method is as follows...

Reroute IS harness on GTE motor (every connection on harness will get connected)
Plug Harness into IS ECU
Use PNP harness for Emanage or AEM or whatever you choose
Tune

You do the math! (All stock functions are retained, TRAC, E-Shift, Gauges) and best of all NO CUTTING

Nismo3112

Nice job... I would love to do this to my IS some day!

What exactly had to be done w/ the IS harness? And by using the standalone, you don't have to deal with the ECU's relearning correct?

lexusbooty

very nice.... i bet ur excited... i thought bout goin tt but duno i havent decided.. maybe someday.... =)

oddrob

Looking good so far, that last 10% is always the *****iest!

VipDout

iTrader: (4)

damn ! I just now found this .... this is going to be a beast

jecko714

iTrader: (1)

thats gonna be 1 bad mamma jamma...post a vid if u ever get the chance...nice work

Richie

Love these kind of projects!
Keep us posted.