IS300 Sportcross

[Viper_199]

I don't have a Viper yet but I do have something about as cool. An IS300 Sportcross. It's a wagon version of an IS300 only around 3100 of these funky little long roofs were sold in the good old USA.
I need to fix some rust on it. At 18 a 2JZ powered wagon is cool.
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[13COBRA]

That is interesting.

[Viper_199]

The car is a blast to drive but is easy to control at wide open. It only has 215 HP but is not horribly slow. 0-60 is low 7s so not fast but controllable power.

[usmcfieldmp]

Funny that soon after you posted this, I saw one for the first time driving on the highway.

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How often do you get asked when you're going to turbo it? 😂

[Viper_199]

Funny that soon after you posted this, I saw one for the first time driving on the highway.

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How often do you get asked when you're going to turbo it? ������

I got it 4/30/2021 and probably 4 times. I am not going turbo yet for a few reasons.
1 fuel economy
2 reliability
3 money
4 daily driving
5 contact patch

1.I don't get good milage as it is. When I brought it back the 200 mile drive I killed half a tank the average was 13.6 MPG. I was going slow around 55 then had to run up to 70 then up and down around 30 times and on throttle... GOOD BYE MPG. I have gotten around 20-30 when I have taken it out and drove it to school. With a turbo I may get 8 to 10 on boost.
2. Its a 2J so its strong but I don't want chance it, the car has 187600 miles. I don't want to risk hurting the engine with boost.
3. I have other things like locks, sway bars links, lights, a mirror, rust repair, body work.
4. Its my daily driver, I may go turbo when its not the only car I own. Its not fast enough to set the world on fire but it is fun to drive. I plan on addressing the issue with my air box being cracked and my exhaust leak... Its very predictable on a pull or just a 0-60 run. I think its low to mid 7s with me in the car. Its not boring for a first car.
5. I have 225s in the front and 215s in the rear so I don't have the contact patch for anything over 450ish HP.

[Arizona Vipers]

Cool!

[usmcfieldmp]

Turbocharging the car shouldn't affect the MPG too much. People expect a drop, but there typically isn't one, maybe even an improvement - outside of you not being able to keep your foot out of it, that is.

But I definitely understand all the others. That kind of horsepower is a painful addiction, lol. I like that I can DD my Cobalt right now when the Viper needs something... but I've also been eyeballing 1000cc injectors and 25-28 psi - a recipe for disaster.

[Viper_199]

I may put a very small turbo in it with like 10LBS. it is a 2J so head gaskets are not that big of an issue.

[usmcfieldmp]

That'd probably be good. Something in the mid-50 mm range would make for a terrific daily driver with quick response and torque.

I had a friend with a MKIII Supra; the 7M. He had a 3076R with a 0.48 A/R hotside. It made the car ridiculously fun. He could hit full boost in the low-2000 rpm range.

You won't break any horsepower records, but you'll have a ton of fun.

And the sweet spot would likely be 15-20 psi. You can obviously run more if you wanted, but 15-20 psi would be the golden zone on a smaller turbo.

[Viper_199]

I have some issues with locks and doors I need to fix first.

[Viper_199]

instagram for the car is @longroof_lex_04

[Viper_199]

I was driving my SportCross and I got a check engine light.
1.Evaporative Emission System Vent Control Circuit P0446
"History"
2. Evaporative Emission System Vent Control Circuit P0446
"Current"
3. Evaporative Emission System Vent Control Circuit P0446
"Confirmed"
4. Evaporative Emission System Incorrect Purge Flow P0441
"Pending"
5. Evaporative Emission System Leak Detected (Small Leak)P0442
"Pending"
6. Evaporative Emission System Vent Control Circuit P0446
"pending"

[Viper_199]

Came out to check again yesterday morning and CEL was gone, I think the gas cap was loose.

[usmcfieldmp]

Yeah, that sounds like a gas cap issue.

[Viper_199]

Its funny I was thinking people are crazy for saying it's a gas cap.


EDIT kinda starting a blog and kind of a chain in any interesting things that happen.

mods feel free to message me if it becomes a problem.

[Viper_199]

I cleared the code and was driving to a car show it came back so I cleared it. Lexus cars shut off traction control when you get a CEL, almost like they are going to be drift cars.

[Viper_199]

usmcfieldmp I will change my reply on turning the car. If I can get a Turbo Supra MAF to work so it does not throw a code I may work on putting a STOCK TT GTE Supra turbo kit so it is low boost and OEM parts.

[usmcfieldmp]

What do most people use to tune those ECU's?

[Viper_199]

I am not sure

[Viper_199]

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I want to find how to get lights like that!

[Viper_199]

soon it will be down for rust repair