One bad Lexus SC300

[armyastro]

The new setup was going to be bigger fuel system, 80mm gt4508r turbo, nos, and more seat time. I have recently sold the car with trans, minus the engine setup to the owner of signal racing and big cola drift team in bangkok thailand. He is the drag racer for goodyear, ptt and brangers performance motors. Apaspong Premanond or mr. o to everyone

[armyastro]

This is my car, this was when it was a single turbo, 2.5 liter inline 6, 1jzgte. It has been changed and swapped several times since this video. It is ranked #4 in the world for fastest stock frame/suspension lexus with just a test pass and blowing an intercooler pipe off. Ran a 9.40 at 147.9mph last year on a smaller setup single 76mm 2jzgte 3.0.

[stgunit22]

Damn! This is in Lawrenceburg?!?!?

[punchmaster123]

which is better for street racing, sc300 or 400?

[heterosapien69]

@punchmaster123 400 has a V8 and the 300 has an inline 6. you guess.

[mitsuevo8mr]

@punchmaster123 the sc300 is muchbetter, if u can find a sc300 standard for cheap get it, it like buying a cheaper supra since they share the same engine, trow a turbo in it and ur good to go, it's also faster than the sc400, the sc300 is better than the sc400 in all aspects, weight and acceleration, it's lighter and better throtlle response, get the sc300.......

[lolleroxDDg]

what mods u got ?

[phleshR2FK]

damn, i had seen these before but never knew they were rwd......how much do these run for in ok conditions???

[jesse37100]

is it twin or single turbo

[jesse37100]

is it twin or single turbo

[Nskawtea1]

this car sounds wow

[ls8240913]

beautiful car.

[bapeamania231]

Where is your shop i plan on doing mine in febuary

[kenv13]

2JZ FTW!!!

[armyastro]

@kenv13

it was a 1jz single turbo 5 speed, now it is a 2jzgte built, aem ems, all the trimmings, 76mm gt4276, 4 in exhaust, air/water cooler, caged, drag slicks, well, like i said all the trimmings, i spun a rod bearing running the 1/4 and need a new crank so it is down for the winter. the car also has a 2 speed chevy powerglide, transbrake, 7200 stall convertor and 150 shot nos. it is putting right at 1000hp to the wheels. i am looking to build something else so its for sale. just pm me

[armyastro]

@armyastro it went 9.40 at 147.9 in the 1/4 on test run, has intercooler piping problems, that is fixed now.

[Icywar]

what was the setup man!!!!! nice!

[MEMPHIZCITY300]

WHAT KIND OF PIPES AND INTAKE DO YOU HAVE

[swatsticker]

@MEMPHIZCITY300 ask armyastro

[paulmccumber]

Nice SC dood!

[sk8punk123]

silly question but what would be the difference from a 2gz-ge with aftermarket twin-turbo and the 2jz-gte?

[hemet92544]

Holy Moses my dog is howling and i just noticed the volume is not even halfway up

[FastlaneLexus]

insane SC and nice rims. got the same ones on my 97 SC300.

[armyastro]

this is my car, search armyastro and see the upgraded videos, i got rid of the 1jz single 5 speed setup and now have a 2jzgte 76mm single with built motor, fully built bradco chevy powerglide, transbrake, bradco convertor, supra tt rear diff, roll cage ect, last year with stock 2jzgte and 70mm turbo had 760hp with no nitrous, it had a 170 shot and was through a powerglide and a 6700 stall convertor, thats about 1100hp at the crank, this year will be 1000hp at the wheels no nos, tune is friday

[jkhan08]

i want one of these sooo badly...okay so there is this lexus sc400 1992 for sale. it has 196k miles on it and the person says there is somethin wrong with the alternator and its not charging. He is asking for 900$ what do you guys think? should i buy it??

[thegarbageman21]

if your plan on dropping a new engine in there go for it!

[armyastro]

@jkhan08 no

[slippinslidewayz]

@jkhan08 it has a good v8 but not the after market support of the 2jz.. however it might not be too hard for a swap i don't know.. check some forums out for a bit on that

[blairBROKEN]

@slippinslidewayz no but if you put the money into the v8 its a nasty motor, it's just alot cheaper to mod the jz

[blairBROKEN]

@jkhan08 hell yeah, i just picked one up for 6900 with 103k, i hope you ended up getting it

[noobpies137]

What are the mods on this SC?

[kobe542]

idk what to do to my sc300 first.

iright now its stock 1993 sc300. with the 2jz-ge in it. anyone wanna help me make it sick? im thinking lowering it first then exhaust

[Mp5Speed]

@kobe542 i always do intake and exhaust before everything else

[armyastro]

thanks for the comment, car was 1jz there and it is a crazy 2jz now, put down 1130hp at the crank and 760hp no nos at the wheels through a chevy powerglide

[fe3lgud007]

hoping and dreaming of a soarer, who knows christmas isnt too far away

[bassturd666]

Gotta love a Black Boosted SC300!

[MadMike1491]

fucking awesome :) gotta love soarers. I got a 1uz-fe soarer

[p2proxtheworld]

I saw fire out the back :D must have no cats :D

[03Gs430]

That sure is one bad asssc

[nyinmia]

wow i hate these debates..

the sc300 came 2jzge, 1jzgte are not sold in america. they came in the japanese version of the SC..called the soarer.

U.S mk3 only came with 7m, U.S mk4 came 2jzgte.

[lcsjhnnyblz]

sounds so sick,,,nice car

[slippinslidewayz]

@nyinmia agreed :)

[carlosr428]

@nyinmia i thought the MK3 also had the 1j



[swatsticker]

@nyinmia skool these dwarfs son!

[phatdrifter]

holy shit!!!!!!

[PlayaNeo]

man u can say waht what ever about this car i have one and i love it

[Brendonbosy]

damn check out that backfire

[Gmanx4536]

Question, is it better to get the sc300 or 400, because I have only seen 300s that really run. Ive seen a 300 in the 9s and a 400 at like 13.

[carlosr428]

well heres the problem, no one has really bothered to make turbo kits nor performance parts for the 400 idk why, the 300 has the supra engine 2jz so those parts are everywere, if you have money go with the 400, if your on a budget get a 300, the 400 has more potential but like i said parts are available but a bit more expensive compared to the 2jz parts, and if your going turbo like me you have to custom fab the tubing, and you need a custom adapter for a manual tranny,good luck hope this helped

[Legothunder]

SC300 runs on less fuel (last I checked) and is easier to get parts for. Also, they don't have 2JZ's in 'em. They're stock TT is a 1JZ. There's also the 3.0Litre Non-Turbo SC300 but noone really uses or pays for that.

[ksmin1153]

you're wrong sir.

the sc300's came with 2jz-ge's stock.

the non-turbo'd 2jzs.

1jz twin turbos are mkIII supras

2jz twin turbos are mkIV supras

[Legothunder]

yer, i thought he said twin turbo. then i noticed he hadn't. i know that the 97 and later model lexus came with the 2jz. still, i have to say, i prefer a 1jz tt. although, the 2jz wouldn't be bad for drags.

[ksmin1153]

yeah man the 1jz never came in the sc's stock though.

and 2jz-gte's are better known for drags than the 1jz-gte.

given, I'd take a 1jz-gte over a 2jz-ge, but 2jz-gte's CANNOT be beaten by 1jzs. period

[afgtballa]

i have those same exact rims

[brickslayer1978]

what kind of exhaust?

[IRONBULL777]

Nice video!!

[p2proxtheworld]

Nice turbo SC, sounds great.

[Cthrilla]

i have the same wheels I'm special only mines are gold and polished and I'm missing that wonderful(Gas sucking)Turbo. I wanted to do a single but I have an FC3s and that guy eats gas like CRAZY!

[thebard70]

Hey Dude got a twin with 2.5 inch pipes and a HKS turbo boost being fitted but I really like those rims - u know what they are - nice deep dish on the back... cheers

[tisoy27]

sweet is that ur own dyno jet

[guywithdyno]

These are customers of mine. I started videoing them so their friends can watch them.

[suprahero]

How much horsepower did you make?

[armyastro]

460hp and 425tq on a single turbo 1jz

[Topguncam3888]

why did you decide to go 1jz over 2jz?

[turbo6967]

i thought the SC300 and soarers came with 1jz's?

[Topguncam3888]

im not sure from my understanding in the US SC300 was the 2JZ (ie 3.0L) and the SC400 was the 1UZ (4.0L) V8 and the 1JZ soarer was japan only...i could be wrong tho im not sure

[gangero10]

No you got everything right topgun just the only problem is that a US spec sc300 come with a 2jz-ge which is non turbo and not as strong and reinforced as a 2jz-gte which came twin turbo(hench the t in gte which stands for turbo) from factory and its what most supras usually have in it...now the soarer engine is a -gte as well which is also twin turbo, it's an awesome engine too but just not as potent and sick as the 2jz

[juston3000]

Do you know how much WHP a 2jz-ge can handle? I've heard around 400 whp, can it handle much more than that?

[SorryYoureWrong]

The biggest thing holding back the 2jz-ge is the compression and injectors. You should be able to net 500+hp at the crank with nice injectors (550cc+) and a thicker head gasket (to lower compression). Check out suprastore, they have a cheap kit, I just finished mine. Yet to dyno though...

[Fastspoolsupra]

This is a 1jz

[SorryYoureWrong]

No... The 2jz-ge has the same block, rods, pistons, everything. It doesn't have the oil squirters for cooling though. Just so you know, Mike H's NA-T sc300 has already hit 900+rwhp...

[Fastspoolsupra]

Why does it matter?

This car isn't even a 2jz.

[talltrini10]

um, what are you talking about? The 2JZ came in both Supras and SC300s. The Supra turbo has/had the 2JZGTE, the NA Supras and SC300s both have/had the 2JZGE (non-turbo version). 2JZ is the engine code, not the chassis code

[Fastspoolsupra]

Yeah I know what the Supra has, I have 2. The Supra also had the 2jzge as option.

But yeah, I know the guy who owns this car. The dyno of this car took place at a Supra meet that I put together.

So yeah, he pulled a 1jz-gte and single turbo R154 swap.

[benarovi]

the sc300 was the first car to come with the 2jz.

[JDMAero]

Yes, but it was a 2JZ-GE, not a 2JZ-GTE. The JD Market Soarer offered only 1JZ's in their cars.

[benarovi]

theres no difference between the 2jz and 2jz gte except the factory turbocharger its da same engin

[JDMAero]

LOL who told you that? Manifold, throttle body, and even the camshaft is slightly altered.

[4G63PoWer]

and different heads, pistons, and somethin else that i cant seem to remember

[Jaymankilius]

the turbo engine has stronger internals and lower compression pistons

[Gspechybrids]

Actually the 2JZ-GE and its turbo brother the 2JZ-GTE have the exact same block, forged crank, and forged rods.......the pistons are only half a compression point from each other, and the thicker headgasket on the gte makes up the rest of the compression difference between the two....The gte's do have piston cooling oil squirters where the ge's do not...

[rb26xs14]

yea from the fisrt production year to about 94 or 95...then the 2jz came out which was in 94 i believe thats wen the sc300's started using 2jz-ge

[rb26xs14]

yup your right..before that they used 1jz..but soon after they went back to a 1jz that used vvti

[SorryYoureWrong]

No, the Sc300 got the 2jz in 1992. Check it out ;). It even says so on wikipedia, lol... I've heard the 2jz was first used on the sc300 for production cost reasons. It's ussually cheaper to mass produce something than build for one model car... In fact, the toyota aristo got the 2jz-gte before the supra...

THE MORE YOU KNOW****************

[armyastro]

man i love the sound of my car... thanks for the dyno opportunity tony

[guywithdyno]

That is one sweet car.

[755hp]

Yes indeed!!!