Ben's Lexus GS430 + Jake's Toyota Aristo 2JZ-GTE

[@BenandJonDoCars]

So much has changed! Check out the update video of these two here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHiuiqingLuIr6csi=8e3Cq68u9FZFJTfz

[@Birmingham_racing]

My brother used to have a 99 gs300. It was the first car I drove after passing my driving test. Felt huge back then but now it's like average size lol

[@robbkhalifa22]

Bro I wished I had a Toyota aristo has my favorite engine

[@BenandJonDoCars]

Us too, we'll just have to settle for this ghetto-ass GS instead :)

[@simonhill6267]

How you do 500hp on standard management and injectors on aristo? They are like 440cc right. Would be pushing fuel system to absolute limit. I wouldnt push past 420

[@BenandJonDoCars]

Go check out Jake's channel Smokey House Productions - he's doing some fairly detailed videos of the Aristo build including the manual swap etc. Update video on both cars coming soon though!

[@Landoguapo]

Nah 1000cc bro bro

[@shinjiikari5947]

What trans used on the gs430? 😮

[@turbogears900]

What clutch pedal or you using

[@BenandJonDoCars]

When this was filmed it had a bodged up BMW pedal but we've since swapped it out for a clutch pedal assembly from an IS 220d which is a nice solution and doesn't require THAT much messing around to fit and feels lovely now that it's in. Update video coming soon...

[@turbogears900]

@@BenandJonDoCars do you have the parts,# for that clutch assembly?

[@BenandJonDoCars]

@@turbogears900 no idea what it is to be honest dude but if you just go on eBay and search for lexus IS220d clutch pedal it should come up no worries. There was only one manual IS220d so should only be the one clutch assembly. Still required a bit of work to get it to fit but it's a good solution that wasn't too expensive or difficult.

[@Bullyhouse14]

What are the wheel and tire specs on the Aristo?

[@BenandJonDoCars]

They're SSR Viennas but I couldn't tell you the sizes etc - Go over to Jake's channel Smokey House Productions he's got way more info on it there. Update video coming soon, both cars have changed a lot in the last year!

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

*The 430 is rare in America. Yeah the one in the video is trash, but a clean GS430 is sought after here. The Aristo well we don't really care about it, because we learned to boost an NA-T GS300*

[@funkaydonkey]

Gte > NA-T

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

@@funkaydonkey The internals are only greater, which is the rods and pistons

[@BenandJonDoCars]

Trash is right hahaha this one's a shambles but we're slowly getting it together. Update video coming soon. A decent 430 is pretty rare here too because most (like this one) have been eaten away by rust

[@804MRMAN]

@@BenandJonDoCars What happened? Did you guys give up on the GS430?

[@BenandJonDoCars]

@@804MRMAN nope, still got it. Bens been working hard getting it mechanically sound for some drifting. Update video pending

[@smokeyhouseproductions]

Oh good I look fucking miserable 🤣🤣🤣

[@BenandJonDoCars]

😂

[@slowcars1463]

Where the drag race video

[@BenandJonDoCars]

Neither cars are in a fit state to be dragged race anywhere for the time being! Besides, they're for going sideways ;)

[@SUAAVI]

how did u get gs430 in rhd

[@BenandJonDoCars]

standard UK car, they are about just not super common

[@SUAAVI]

@@BenandJonDoCars i wish they had this for australian market

[@freestyleskyline]

Did they just honk at y'all with that little bitty ass car? Lol

[@BenandJonDoCars]

haha yeah they didn't like our artistic parking style ;)

[@samuelzarate2702]

Firee GS THE WORLDD

[@SiggyCloud]

I wanna like the 430 but man it is a shitbox....Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[@BenandJonDoCars]

shitbox is right. It's come a long way in the last 12 months but it's never going to be much more than a skid slag. Update video on both cars coming in the next month or so!

[@SiggyCloud]

@@BenandJonDoCars Picked up a 300 in October for a first car love it but just KNOW that insurance is gonna bend me over a barrel if I even look at it with a wrench in my hand. Any advice on companies to insure a modified car with? Or any cheap little known companies?

[@BenandJonDoCars]

Adriun Flux have been good to me in the past for modified stuff but I'm currently with A-Plan for the Lexus and they seem great, really understand the vibe with the car and were able to get me a better price than anyone else with everything declared. What plans do you have for the 300?

[@SiggyCloud]

@@BenandJonDoCars Thanks for the tips dude! As for plans for the car I want in the end to say full-on dirt nasty low VIP/bippu build, but on air so I can still actually USE it. But that's gonna take a good while to come together. Plus I don't really know anyone local (just north of birmingham) who's into cars or any good priced mechanics will have to do some research and asking around...BUT I got a pretty decent GS300 53 plate, bone stock with only 100k on the clock😄

[@funkaydonkey]

Goddamn the fenders/quarters or battered on that gs :(

[@626MtTrail]

It’s not a shit 💩 box 📦 dude

[@BenandJonDoCars]

it's much better now but still looks a bit rough!