jibbby
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Hello to all my old friends first off!!!
I am no longer am an active member on this forum as I just don't have the time anymore to post and read daily to be honest. No reflection on this wonderful website!!!!
I must say this website has brought me many years of joy, friendships and an abundance of Lexus Sc400 knowledge and understanding in past years.. THANK YOU FELLAS!!!
My history if anyone cares to read - Day one -
Went from a very stock and strong running 1992 SC400 that I bought from a Doctor with low miles. Ran like new as it was Dealer Maintained and babied.. Clean and slow as I enjoyed the quality of the ride at the time only..
After a few months I got beat racing stock older mustangs and struggled mightily off the line racing a bus practically..
Then I I FOUND LEXTREME on the internet..
Thank you Jesus :biggrin:
I thought a V8 engine and lets see what mods money can buy?.. So I went for it as I was making good money at the time..
1) I first started off with the intake upgrades which did nothing
2) Then I went for the expensive Dragon Torque converter change. That made a huge difference!!!! I said maybe this luxury car can move after all..
3) Then I got silly and went for the Nitrous package which included the tune management system, electric Walbro fuel pump, etc...Fully knowing the stock engine and internals could take the beef of a 100 shot of Nitrous Oxide now I couldn't stop.. The only problem is the stock tranny could not take anymore juice as I stepped up to 150 shot.. I went thru a couple of them before finally realizing to cool them off with a tranny cooler.. My bad!!!..
4) Then the lust for more N/A power got me upgrading the exhaust system from pipe to block.. Started with the straight thru mufflers (too loud), then the high flowing resonators to compensate and high flowing X middle cat.. The noise mellowed. Then the S&S Headers came and I made custom down pipes and installed the pair.. Topend flowed and made me smile.. All the exhaust upgrades really got this SC400 peppy just running N/A... I could finally spin the rears off the line on every launch which was a first..
5) Then I didn't have traction upgrade, 1st gear was all wheel spin and wheel hop.. 2nd gear was the same.. 3rd gear things started to settle down under the dry NOS system shots.. I then got the Supra Torsen LSD to try and ground her, no dice.. Still spun like crazy..
6) Then I got the Eibach lowering 2" suspension package and shocks.. Wow!! The car looked cooler and could handle a bit which was a first.. Still had a bit of wheel hop and not enough traction.. Then got the fat rear custom made rims and grippy tires next.. Car still spun in the first 2 gears like crazy under the full shot.. I then became very skilled at working this car to move fast in the end with timing of launch and button pushing.. It moved hard 0-60 and still could today..
7) Lastly were the looks - New interior and paint and they were very quality and expensive jobs.. This car was ready for show now in performance and looks no lie.. I would get called out alot when driving at the time to race mainly..
8) The stock braking now was dangerous in this car.. Went drilled and slotted rotors and the problem was solved over night.. Tried the Supra big brakes just for giggles and kicks and they were highly overrated and caused steering and clearance issues mostly.. The upgraded Brembo D/S rotors made all the difference even with the 2 piston stock calipers.. Too this day the car stops hard with those rotors..
That's the story of my 1992 SC400 and about 20 grand later in upgrades later over the years....
Today this car is still dent free and the leather is still very good condition, Paint is very good too, engine still purs, tranny is solid, and the nitrous system is still intact even though I don't use it anymore.. Still this car is peppy as crap for an SC400 with or without the Nitrous running, and it still looks good under the hood..
I am now selling for $2500. I can't get it threw smog anymore because of the headers and the upper cat deletes so the tags are expired.. It needs new shocks and tires as it sat for a while, Tires have good tread but they are slightly warped just a bit..So it does make a little road noise when driving from 10-40mph. The driver side door needs guts as nothing works, the window is up and frozen.. A/C has a leak and does not blow cold, the custom dash lights are blackened on the instrument cluster and they are almost completely blackened to go along with the climate control..
Other then that the car is still a good ride and I sometimes still get complements or a thumbs up today.. 200K miles..
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With all that being said I just want to give a BIG HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DAVID (Lextreme) AND ALL THE BRILLIANT MODERATORS on this forum that gave me the courage to build up this SC of mine.. Thank you so much as it was fun !!!
I am no longer am an active member on this forum as I just don't have the time anymore to post and read daily to be honest. No reflection on this wonderful website!!!!
I must say this website has brought me many years of joy, friendships and an abundance of Lexus Sc400 knowledge and understanding in past years.. THANK YOU FELLAS!!!
My history if anyone cares to read - Day one -
Went from a very stock and strong running 1992 SC400 that I bought from a Doctor with low miles. Ran like new as it was Dealer Maintained and babied.. Clean and slow as I enjoyed the quality of the ride at the time only..
After a few months I got beat racing stock older mustangs and struggled mightily off the line racing a bus practically..
Then I I FOUND LEXTREME on the internet..
Thank you Jesus :biggrin:
I thought a V8 engine and lets see what mods money can buy?.. So I went for it as I was making good money at the time..
1) I first started off with the intake upgrades which did nothing
2) Then I went for the expensive Dragon Torque converter change. That made a huge difference!!!! I said maybe this luxury car can move after all..
3) Then I got silly and went for the Nitrous package which included the tune management system, electric Walbro fuel pump, etc...Fully knowing the stock engine and internals could take the beef of a 100 shot of Nitrous Oxide now I couldn't stop.. The only problem is the stock tranny could not take anymore juice as I stepped up to 150 shot.. I went thru a couple of them before finally realizing to cool them off with a tranny cooler.. My bad!!!..
4) Then the lust for more N/A power got me upgrading the exhaust system from pipe to block.. Started with the straight thru mufflers (too loud), then the high flowing resonators to compensate and high flowing X middle cat.. The noise mellowed. Then the S&S Headers came and I made custom down pipes and installed the pair.. Topend flowed and made me smile.. All the exhaust upgrades really got this SC400 peppy just running N/A... I could finally spin the rears off the line on every launch which was a first..
5) Then I didn't have traction upgrade, 1st gear was all wheel spin and wheel hop.. 2nd gear was the same.. 3rd gear things started to settle down under the dry NOS system shots.. I then got the Supra Torsen LSD to try and ground her, no dice.. Still spun like crazy..
6) Then I got the Eibach lowering 2" suspension package and shocks.. Wow!! The car looked cooler and could handle a bit which was a first.. Still had a bit of wheel hop and not enough traction..
Then got the fat rear custom made rims and grippy tires next.. Car still spun in the first 2 gears like crazy under the full shot.. I then became very skilled at working this car to move fast in the end with timing of launch and button pushing.. It moved hard 0-60 and still could today..7) Lastly were the looks - New interior and paint and they were very quality and expensive jobs.. This car was ready for show now in performance and looks no lie.. I would get called out alot when driving at the time to race mainly..
8) The stock braking now was dangerous in this car.. Went drilled and slotted rotors and the problem was solved over night.. Tried the Supra big brakes just for giggles and kicks and they were highly overrated and caused steering and clearance issues mostly.. The upgraded Brembo D/S rotors made all the difference even with the 2 piston stock calipers.. Too this day the car stops hard with those rotors..
That's the story of my 1992 SC400 and about 20 grand later in upgrades later over the years....
Today this car is still dent free and the leather is still very good condition, Paint is very good too, engine still purs, tranny is solid, and the nitrous system is still intact even though I don't use it anymore.. Still this car is peppy as crap for an SC400 with or without the Nitrous running, and it still looks good under the hood..
I am now selling for $2500. I can't get it threw smog anymore because of the headers and the upper cat deletes so the tags are expired.. It needs new shocks and tires as it sat for a while, Tires have good tread but they are slightly warped just a bit..So it does make a little road noise when driving from 10-40mph. The driver side door needs guts as nothing works, the window is up and frozen.. A/C has a leak and does not blow cold, the custom dash lights are blackened on the instrument cluster and they are almost completely blackened to go along with the climate control..
Other then that the car is still a good ride and I sometimes still get complements or a thumbs up today.. 200K miles..
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With all that being said I just want to give a BIG HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DAVID (Lextreme) AND ALL THE BRILLIANT MODERATORS on this forum that gave me the courage to build up this SC of mine.. Thank you so much as it was fun !!!
