PrecisionBoost wrote: I do remember talking about the Torque problems you were having, I agreed back then that the larger turbo was a good choice to make it more reliable.... it's just that you scratched the surface with 13.5psi of boost and did not take advantage of Point#2 about expadability.
I had allways hoped to see you take you Optra up into the 350hp+ range
I can proimse you I know lots about needing a reliable everyday car, I have such a busy business/family life that I'm hard pressed to put in more than 40 hours a year on my cars and I don't trust anyone to help me so my cars sit for months at a time between stages of build up.
That's why I bought a mitsu lancer ralliart, which it a horrible excuse for a car compared to my project vehicles.
In your case your not buying the IS300 as your daily driver to make your Optra fast, your downgrading your Optra to a daily driver so you can make your IS300 fast.
Honestly, it's the easier, less expensive way to have a fun 350hp car, but there are shitloads of modified IS300's out there, where as Canada has perhaps only a couple of Modified Optra's in the whole country.
I guess it comes down to being a little disapointed in your Optra project, I allways thought you would eventually go all in and build a beast.
Sorry to hear you are disappointed.. however the Optra isn't gone, and it is still boosted and daily driven which is alot more than can be said about almost every other Optra in Canada. I could have just completely de-modded and sold it.
As I'm getting older myself I want a little bit more luxury and class without sacrificing power for which the IS300 is a perfect fit and a little more fun with RWD. Sure there are lots of guys that have boosted IS300's, but 97% of them are in the USA. Also the other thing is that half of them don't even run properly because people don't know how to make the stock computer still run all the necessary functions while using the standalone to control the engine. So what I've seen is alot of them with tons of $$$ and time put in, and then turn into show cars because they can't even be daily driven anymore. And then what happens..... up for sale or part out.
Again theres no need for negativity, I'm not gone and neither is the Optra. I certainly appreciate your help throughout the turbo Optra project and also everyone else's help. Its been a great learning experience, lots of fun and hopefully this build thread has helped many other people to be inspired.
BTW, you are driving a Lancer now? What happened to the MS3?
