Is there a way to make the 250 faster off the line? Will exhaust headers help? The car has a good amount of power just not off the line.....

Please no "get a 350" remarks. The car is paid off and that is not an option I want.

Thanks

 

click performance tab of the IS forums.

 

Launching from redline, although I don't recommend it.

 

Search button, faster, efficient and more powerful.


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this thread................

 

there is only one option. Nitrous

 

Wondering what kind of cars you are trying to race with a 250.

 

with a 250 all we can race are Si civics, or any 4 cyl that think they are fast like Audi A4 and VW GLI...lol

 

I'm sorry you don't like the correct answer.

But any other answer you get, apart from nitrous, would be even more expensive than the correct one (get a 350).


Intake, PPE headers, exhaust will all give you slightly more power, maybe an extra 10%.... for around $2000... or you get 50% more for $4500 with a 350.


In theory lighter wheels and tires, especially ones that improve your gearing a touch, will make the car slightly quicker too... at which point you're even closer in cost to the 350 option though and still a lot slower.

 

Other than buying a 350, spending more money to make the 250 faster is a waste of money IMO

 

Love these thread i was expecting everyone to say get a 350. maybe a supercharger? turbo? downpipe, headers, exhaust?

 

On paper, comparing spec for spec, NO. In practice, considering Lexus' fuel economy biased ECT programing, probably true.

 

I don't understand why people who do not need a AWD settle for a 250 VS a 350? If i didn't need AWD for my wife, I'd buy a ISF let alone a IS350. I guess it comes down to budget but used they are so similar in pricing..

 

Yeah, what they say is true. I was on the same boat, and unfortunately there was no way around it so I had to get into a 350. You won't regret it.

 

Not trying to be an ***, but if you have a 250 you really shouldn't bother trying to make it fast. It's just not worth the hassle.