Flexus Lexus

this is my is, have gone for the luxury look coz its a 200 not meant to go fast jus cruise

hi all jus lookin at gettin som feed back. i am lookin at doin the conversion from 1g to 3g beams as i am not a mechanic i need to find a mechanic to do the work for me preferably in the brissy/ gold coast area. Does anyone know a business or someone who would do the engine conversion for me at a good price??? if so what sort of price would i be looking at to get this done. if not i want to put another 1G-FE in my car. if i look at doing this i need to find someone in the same area to do the straight swap of the engine an gearbox. so again does anyone know anyone in the brissy/gold coast area that would do the straight swap at a good price??? reason for doing swap is my lexus is200 has jus hit 173xxx and the gearbox is gonna *BLEEP* itself in near future. clutch seal is braking down an i have been quoted 2500 to rebuild gear box

hey T, nah i havent bought the parts yet i thought i would do the research first, the reason i am doin this project is because my auto gear boxs clutch seal is breaking down and the only way of fixing this problem is to either get another gear box or re build this one. they have quoted me 2500 minimum for rebuild. Plus my car has 172xxx on the clock. so i thought well if its goin to cost me this much for rebuild why not replace engine and gear box, my dream has always been my car as a manual, so i thought why not replace engine and auto with a engine and manual gearbox and do the engine swap and the conversion at the same time. so talking to a wreckers i have found an engine and manual gearbox for 2g's and now i am wondering if its goin to cost me through the roof to do the conversion from auto to manual, plus i would like to no wat parts i am after to hopefully not have to ask the wrecker for anything else so the transition can be as easy as rip the engine and geabox out put the new gear box in clutch cables manual ecu and engine. as i am not a mechanic i jus have and interest in cars i would like as much info as possible its not that its worth it, is it goin to cost me heaps in labour to do the job?? cheers

so would u recomend me doin the engine swap and gettin the auto box instead of the manual gearbox?? i am aranging to get everything i need from a wrecker to do the manual conversion. do u reccomend going through with the manual conversion or sticking with the auto??

how difficult is doing the conversion from auto to manual is it as simple as getting all the parts and bolting them on or is there other more difficult things to consider. a mechanic wil b doin the work i just would like to no wat sort of work would b involved in doing this that all.

well im actually puttin another 1g-fe as i dont really have the money to do a conversion atm so another 1g with 89xxxk's that comes with a manual g/box so i am doin my conversion from auto to manual and replacing engine all at the same time.

also another factor could be that wen they were telling me how much it would cost they were adding in things like rego and mod plate pricing as well im not sure but could be a possibility?????

i agree but people no that people wll pay more for more power and it is tru that 2jz will produce more power the 1j

Hmmm I actually bought this question up on the facebook group lexusownersclub and they were say due to customizing the tail shaft and mount and other things like that it's gonna be up around the 7-8k for 1jz as this is wat I was interested in doin then I mention 2jz and the said 10-15k this was about a month ago but yes ur rite I have found half cuts alot cheap and I think 4Gs could b a bit much for install....

No it's 7-8 grand to buy engine and install it if u havent got mechanics back round and 10-15 for 2jz engine and install..............

gday nico im dan i also own an is200 welcome to the forum....i mite take u up on that offer at som point ha

hi everyone i own an is200 an as the k's are getting high on my engine and the gear box is about to die i am gettin another 1g-fe installed into my car with a manual instead of an auto box. does anyone have a round about figure of how much the installation would cost. i believe it would be a pretty simple job as it is the same engine that was already in the car. cheers

hi everyone, i was wanting to get som feed back on an engine swap i wanna do. i want to do the 1jz engine swap. i was wondering as i am not a mechanic if anyone new of anywhere that would do this sort of transplant in QLD. also another downside to the situation is i am not able to have a turbo just yet. if i was to get a 1jz N/A and get that fitted and at a later date put a turbo kit on it wat problems will i run into???? Cheers FLEXUS

its all about bang for you buck, 1jz will cost around 7-8k for engine and fit and will get u 300kw easy, 2jz 10-15k for engine and fit and will get u much more power 500kw somthin like that. i have been lookin at the same sort of thing i want to go the 1jz option because its more cost effective. but if u want mass amounts of power then yes the 2jz option is the way to go.

3sge engine swap or 1jz or 2jz engine swap which would b more cost effective for power and for money???? the 3sge is a very good starting point with the 210bhp but a 1jz or 2jz has the internals that wil withstand the turbo an unless i did som serious mods the internals could wait until i looked at get som seriously high numbers in bhp. but can anyone give me a price difference between doin a 1jz a 2jz or a 3sge engine swap???? Cheers FLEXUS