Lexus IS620 - LS3, T56 - from Australia

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This is a bit of a copy and paste of some posts I’ve made about this on another forum. I am a serial project non-completer. Hence I had sold off everything from my last project and vowed to just buy a car that I could just drive and enjoy. The irony of the first post will quickly become apparent….

Apologies for the profanity and the use of local names and locations

An IS200 is just like an IS300 only with a **** 2L 6cyl engine
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Getting out of the project game, I needed a nice set of wheels. I am a car guy afterall. Was thinking of trying to find an nice stock IS200 then add wheels/tyres, coilovers and exhaust and enjoy. I knew it'd be slow - I test drove one when they first came out.

Starting scouring the ads to find something worth looking at. Then this popped up on Facebook in Gympie. Messaged back and forth. Guy was coming to Brisbane yesterday and he bought it with him. Shifty and I went and had a look. I called him up a bit later on and met up again and struck a deal for $9k. Picked it up from Gympie and drove it back this evening.

Has all the bits I was looking for and some more besides. Pics tell the story.







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Other people have spent all the money on it.

Started out as a base spec IS200. Now it has:
- Freshened up 1GFE engine
- T28 on a modded 1JZ tubular manifold with front mount
- Greddy E-manage Ulitmate piggyback on with standard ECU
- Seats retrimmed in leather
- IS300 LSD diff (larger than IS200)
- Single mass flywheel
- Tein coilovers
- 18" Lenso something or others
- a medium loud exhaust
- Some stereo ****

Makes 170rwhp on 6psi. So power is adequate and more importantly, pretty safe for the stock engine. A stock one would have been challenging after driving this.

I drove 2 hours back from Gympie (with a couple of show stops on the way), showed the wife, then got back in and went out driving again.

Needs some bits tidying up. Nice discreet done in a weekend jobs that cost **** all money.

I have rediscovered the joy of having a nice car to just jump in and drive.

I. JUST. ****ING. LOVE. THIS. CAR.

:D