Is200 Race Car

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

well as i am nearly finished, i thought id let you see how i am doing so far.

this was started around october time.

IS200 Sport

2003 model

22,000 miles

Here is the progression from car through stripped shell to the eventual finished product, ready to race.

PIC 1 Stripped shell, sunroof roof skin removed

PIC 2 Dash removed

PIC 3 View Forward..dry fit of Sparco seats

PIC 4 Underneath View

PIC 5 Ysection for Duel exit exhaust, and removed centre box

PIC 6 Battery Box, showing Overload breaker box on Box side

PIC 7 Heatproofed Engine bay

PIC 8 New Manifold heat shield

PIC 9 Bonnet Pins

PIC 10 Bulkhead Blanking Plate

PIC 11 Boot Hooks

PIC 12 New location for ECU...passenger seat location

PIC 13 Battery Master Switch location in Dash(Radio Location)....MOMO steering wheel

PIC 14 Power Steering Cooler(Mocal, with Nomex III hoseing)

PIC 15 New roofskin.....Without sunroof

PIC 16 Extended towing eye

PIC 17 RE-Painted car....Satin Black, old race car in the background

PIC 18 Re-Painted car...RHS..showing twin exhaust pipes

PIC 19 Diamand effect on rear Quarter panel

PIC 20 Front Diamond Effect, showing, Extinguisher pull and Battery pull Handle's in bonnet

PIC 21 front quarter....

PIC 22 Starting to place, Advertisements, and Sponser Logos

PIC 23 Club sticker and URL........where it should be

PIC 24 Roll cage (dry fit) from the drivers side

PIC 25 Roll cage from the "passenger" side

PIC 26 2 lexus in the workshop.......i am busy indeed

PIC 27 DFL Sponser logo 1

PIC 28 DFL Sponser logo 2

PIC 29 BAHAMUT CARS Sponser logo

PIC 30 The rear of the race car lowered....80mm

PIC 31 Drivers door switch plate.....switches removed, and covered in Alacantara

PIC 32 Plexiglass...holding screws and fixings

PIC 33 Altezza import advertisement Decal

PIC 34 Side view of car, Glass and plastic windows back in, New Sparco seat

PIC 35 View forward at dash,

PIC 36 ECU mounted passenger side floor

PIC 37 Fire Extinguisher mounted

PIC 38 View Rearwards, showing Fire Extinguisher, seat and ECU/Fuse box mounted

PIC 39 Centre console, showing Battery cut off(top), and fire extinguisher T handel(bottom)

PIC 40 Centre console...again different view

PIC 41 Car front

PIC 42 car outside 2

PIC 43 Car on the Public Highway

PIC 44 Car at Night with lights on

PIC 45 Front now lowered

PIC 46 Fire extinguisher system

PIC 47 LOC logo rear

PIC 48 Black wheels

PIC 49 Black wheels, 3/4 front shot

PIC 50 SEE, the car does move...it was raining so this is as far as it went tonight

PIC 51 And heres the proof it runs........Vapour coming out BOTH exausts

PIC 52 I think someone will notice me Braking......with 5 brake lights

PIC 53 Cold air inlet, in Bumper for the air filter

PIC 54 Cold air feed pipe from bumper to air box

PIC 55 Induction pic 1, showing cold air box, and Oil catch tank

PIC 56 Induction pic 2, different angle

PIC 57 Induction pic 3, with Cover fitted

PIC 58 Aluminium sump guard

[frylai]

Nice work Mat! Keep us updated when it's all fully ready to go...

Matt :D

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

thanks matt :D

couple more pics taken after the road run yesterday

pic 1 Pic of Car outside..after short jaunt 1

pic 2 Pic of rear of car outside

[frylai]

thanks matt :D

couple more pics taken after the road run yesterday

pic 1 Pic of Car outside..after short jaunt 1

pic 2 Pic of rear of car outside

man..........I WANT A RIDE ON IT!!! :D

Matt :D

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

get yourslf to the UK this year, and that wont be a problem

[frylai]

get yourslf to the UK this year, and that wont be a problem

so you back this UK this year from Germany?

Matt :D

PS - I found myself a set of stamped German Plates back in November...:D

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

i am seriously hoping to be back permenantly in the UK this year defo

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

well heres an update....

RACECAR 2005

NEW LOOK FOR 2005, ................and now stage 2 begins

so anyway........ive started on the new colour

Front....headlight openings, and slam panel

Rear, including in the trunk area

Door shuts

Rear with bumper on

Starting to Mask up, areas not to be painted.....rear

Roof, masked up

Bonnet, and rear glass masked up

Bonnet masked up

Modified trunk area, showing area where spare wheel well was.

Cusco rear anti roll bar and japsai brace

spare wheel well....again, showing custom exhaust, and hanger arangement

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

Motor

Front 3/4

Front 3/4 lower down

Full frontal

Blue Bum

side order

Red is for STOP!!!

Home Alone 1

Home Alone II

Home Alone 4

[2JZ-GTE-IS200]

re-painted the grill, it didnt look ok in orange....

The Painted Grill

Who needs fancy Sill plates

The Go Go Area

The Car on the Trailer........waiting to Come home

erm......A view down onto the bonnet

i Have possibly sourced a 1JZ-GTE aswell in Holland...........fingers crossed