Recent content by krisby

I sell luxury cars in NZ, mainly euro cars as well as Lexus, by far my favourite above all euro luxu barges. Anyway, have sold several GS300s now with no issues whatsoever, and for people that want them it is normally an easy sale. However, on the weekend I had some chap looking at a mint 98...

aha, that would explain it. Cos those motors are common for powerboat racing and they do tune the bejeesus out of them, and I have a mate here that is dropping in an LS400 motor to an old Supra, the ugly late 80s one.

yeah but most of us would be increasing the diameter, wouldn't we? the LS400 I have here has little 16inch, admittedly on quite a thick profile, but the wheels do not fill the arches very well, so I would want to increase the rolling diameter to fill up the arches, unless I can find a reasonable...

oh right sweet as, will get the local exhaust place to do it, will leave the cats on tho I think. I took the cat off my Legnum and its too noisy now, but was too late to put back on and buggered if I'm gonna pay for a new one.

fair enough, maybe I will only do the kandn flat panel filter and sports mufflers to start with, see if I need to do anything else (needs a great word). I just thought cos the motor was so quiet and refined that there was a whole lot of geegees waiting to be freed for very little money...

I get to drive an LS400 at work most days and once my other business sells I plan on buying this one for myself, so I'm trying to find what I can do to it to make sure it will keep me happy. Apart from driving it, I know very little about the car, or atleast the tuning capabilities. I would...

I don't necessarily want to increase bhp, but I would like to release some more Db, so people know I have a V8 under the bonnet, rather than just thinking it runs on air. If I just swapped the rear mufflers for some sports mufflers is that going to release a little noise (don't want too noisy...

do they have to be custom? can I not just get some aftermarket King springs or similar? are the fitments quite unique on the LS400? I had some new shocks put on my Legnum for only $400NZ, admittedly spring for spring not air for spring, but if there are standard shocks locally then I would...

I am hoping to get an LS400 when my business sell soon, I want to change the wheels too as the standard 16in wheels look naff. However, do 18+ wheels make the speedo inaccurate? 18s might just be ok on a lower profile, but the rolling radius on 19s must be quite a bit different. Anyone know...

so whats that then? replacing the air suspension for regular spring units? I haven't got an LS yet but when my other business sells I plan on getting a circa 97 LS400, but the handling puts me off so I need to know what I can do it. I did speak to some local bloke who is supposedly a race...