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The '98-2000 is a VVTi motor. It has variable valve timing and variable intake track length. It's got the best stock exhaust manifolds, makes the most HP and torque of all the 400's and uses the least amount of fuel. So if your looking for a donor motor i'd definatly go for the VVTi. (so long...

Which one do I get ? By the way... I don't know how much you want to spend but I strongly urge you to pay the extra to get the '98-2000 LS I promise you, you will always be happy you did. .. ... ....

Mileage 200,000 means the engine is just run in... However it all depends how it was looked after foe those 200k, although being a Lexus, 100% of Lexus owners really look after their cars so I wouldn't worry about that. Recently their was a guy with a '90 LS400 on ebay with 750,000km on it. I...

Oil So.. you recon my oils clean just because i use cheap oil ? ... Calibre oil is made to API-SM spec which is the same spec as Mobil One or any other 'top' brands.... are you surgesting their SM spec is BS ?..... The reason your oil goes 'black' is soot, soot that if it is not filtered out...

Oil weight And just on that subject... I would like to use 0W-30 but no one sells it. I use Calibre 5W-30 full syn from Super Cheap Auto for 2 reasons. 1: It's the cheapest full synthetic on the market and has the same API-SM spec as Mobil One or any of the other 'top brands' SM is the current...

Oil weight For '98 LS400 VVTi the owners manual and workshop manual both specify 5W-30

What weight oil is specified for early model 1UZ ?

Here in Australia lower OEM ball joints are $1630 a pair and after market ones from U.S. are $180 a pair + $60 freight and aftermarket ones are $90 a pair. Has anyone used aftermarket ball joints ? Should I go the $90 a/m or pay the $240 for OEM ?

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I got a price from Lexus Australia for lower ball joints for my '98 LS400. They quoted me $814.00 each !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I emailed back to check that it wasn't $81.40 and no, it's $814 ! !! !!! !!!! bloody !! !! So i emailed a couple of Lexus dealers in...

A650e Thanks for the info... er.... what do you mean GS clock spring ?..... or are you taking the piss ? :) ....and while on the subject of paddleshifters... there are quite a few after market paddle shift kits that claim to be able to be wired into any...

Has anyone run a Unichip on a '98 LS400 VVTi ?

O-Kee-Doke-ee ... I'll do just that ...

A650e My left arm doesn't work so I can't drive a manual and basically i hate auto's. If both arms worked i would have gone to alot of trouble to fit a 5 or 6 speed manual. After driving the IS-F, i fell in love with paddle shifters and if i had the spare $$$ i would get a paddle shift...

OK use the Toyota oil... how often should i change it ?... keeping in mind i use rthe auto like a manual...

'98 LS400 Audio upgrade Well, the upgraded system was well worth the wait. It pumps, the rear view mirror vibrates and the air in the car really punches. After I replaced the 8" stock toy sub with a real one, it made the rear parcel shelf vibrate, it was very noisey, it sounded like the sub...

I'm glad I didn't try to install it. I took it to Monster car audio at Erina.. It took them a day and a half and they didn't mind me watching. Jeez, when they had the head unit out there were an unbelievable amount of wires everywhere... They re-cabled everything and the guy that did it, Mark is...

In my '98 LS400, it's done 210,000km, before i purchased it, it had a full Lexus service history so if Lexus stipulated the trans fluid had to be changed at 'x' it would have been done. Either way, i want to change it again anyway as its starting to discolour. My question is should I put a...

Odyssey PC680 No I had no problems with slow starter motor. The Odyssey seemed to turn the starter faster than the stock battery. No problems in winter either. The only problem is the battery keeps going flat. If your working on the car with the doors open, radio on, etc, the 680 doesn't...