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Guys, Could do with some advice, particularly from those who have been here. I am looking to go aftermarket ECU (stand alone). Not sure what unit to use so i guess this is where the questions start. What have people tried and problems have they incurred ? I am up for changing the complete...

Guys, I live in Sydney Australia and can not find any black carpet for sn SC400. Doing an interior change to black. My SC is gold with 20% tinted windows, the black and gold looked hot so i decided on an interior change to match also something unique. Got all the dash, door trims, pillar covers...

Guys, Does anyone know how much room there is, between the manifold and the underside of the bonnet in an SC400 ? Just wondering if there is much to play with ? Regards Stephen

Can anyone assist me, please ??? Has anyone had a speed sensor or knock sensor fail ? If so what were the effects ? One minute my car is running perfect and the next not even idleing. When i say not even idleing i mean, turns over if the throttle is open more than half way. Runs rough as...

For all you FI freeks out there ! Hope this can help with your choice of BLOWER ! Found this on the Sprintex site, could be very usefull. Going by this, The Eaton M112 blower would be a little big. Maxing this blower would be using the engine @ say 7500rpm and giving ? 17psi Using this for...

High all, Is anyone able to assist me ? Is there a way of testing the oxygen sensors are working properly ? If so what is the procedure and figures ? Regards Stephen

Guys, I have heard of the BFI and read Peters page. I thought i would do a little stuffing around of my own with some rubbish i had lying around the place. I removed the air box all together, found an air intake off a 3.8ltr vn commadore ( long striaght with a 90 bend in it ) and used it...

Guys, Can you change the timing on these motors or is it all controlled by the ECU ? Regards Stephen

Guys, Can someone please assist me ? I have a 1UZ-FE in a Soarer. On the front of the manifoldis a circular object with a water line into it, a line out to the throttle body and a air line from the air intake as well as an electronic plug. I am curious what it is and what it does ? Can anyone...

Guys, Whilst the standard unit in Australia or anywhere for that matter is useless, is it just the maps or the whole unit ? So it's not feesable to make new maps, is it posible to use the unit to read something else ? Does anyone know what file types the unit will read ? Can we get the system...

Guys, I was looking at increasing the standard compression around the 14:1 mark. What would be the maximum compression advised with Australias 98ron fuel on a NA motor ? Would o-ringing the heads and aftermarket head bolts be enough ? Or would it be a lot more of a headache than i'm thinking ...

Can anyone assist ? Does anyone out there know why, when you put series 2 lights in a series 1 model the indicators blink really fast ? How can you fix this ? Regards Stephen

Guys, Could someone out there please assist me ? I had this display show on my dash but couldn't find it in the print out i have of translations. Some thing isn't right, the car is running very very rich and an irregular idle, this is the only display i got. Any assistance would be greatly...

Guys, I may sound a little uneducated, i know. A couple of years ago @ Summernats in Canberra in saw an interesting creation. I can't remember what it was called nor the best way to descirbe it so please bare with me. But it was a very basic quad throttle bodie set up, but the unique part was...

To all the American SC400 owners, Re: EGR system fitted to the American cars. I know very little of how the system works or effects the ECU ? Considering i am an Skip with a Soarer this would be expected. What i am looking to find out is how the EGR works and effects the engine, if it...

I need to get my cars air con totally regased. I have looked everywhere under the bonnet to try find a sticker to say what gas is used but nothing. Has anyone had there system done recently and knows ? Regards Stephen

Is there an American out there who can help me ? This may sound crasy but i was wondering if the American version of the Soarer being the true Lexus SC400 was speed limited ? I do understand there was a lot of differences between the Sc400 and the Soarer. I thought there may be a chance that it...

Hi all, Does anyone have the procedures fot the removal of the brake booster ? Has anyone done it and able to tell me the easiest way to get it out ? Regards Stephen

Does anyone out there have one of these units? I have one, though when i was feeding the cable to the Display under the carpet a couple of wires pulled out and i don't know which one goes to what pin hole? If someone out there had one, would they be able to give me the pin# and cable colour...

Does anyone know all the diff's between the two variants of the engine ? eg: Ecu, plenum etc Regards Stephen