BIG TURBO Lexus IS300 Review! Four Door Supra on a Budget?

[@ThatDudeinBlue]

What’s your favorite four door sleeper?!

[@Xoxo92q]

Bmw E36 sedan as of right now

[@carcaineaddicts4820]

R36 Passat

[@usernamealreadytaken770]

Taurus SHO

[@Dr.Eggman537]

Volvo 650 R

[@thekalashkid9518]

Someone... SOMEONE IS GONNA SAY TESLA PLAID

[@jdmnic1]

Evan is one of my favorite KZbinrs because he goes through so much but he stays so strong about all of it. I definitely look up to him and love his advice at the end of his videos it really helps me out a lot!

[@TheSwedishCarGuy]

I agree :)

[@sesh3508]

He has adhd and is bound to be depressed more easily/more often than people without it. Also bound to feel like he doesn’t belong in almost any situation or crowd.

[@sesh3508]

11:34 for example. Even though he is extremely knowledgeable about the build he struggles to articulate the list in such a way that is quick and concise

[@Eirik_Bloodaxe]

I miss my IS300 so bad. It was bone stock and automatic, but I still loved it. It was my first car lol.

[@raymondguzman5083]

For me it was my second car it was stock and auto as well i sold it about a month ago. It was my first car that i took to the canyons and had a blast.

[@trevorsanchez2470]

They are very nice good looking and fun cars to drive even stock.

[@jason_650]

got one 6-7 months ago 🤠

[@JCE10NYC]

It was my first car as well ,2005 Millennium Silver metallic

[@Tgy22]

It was also my first as well lol. 2001 imperial jade mica, definitely miss it.

[@Trav._.876]

Let's be honest Evan did a great job on this car.And that Evo 3 in the background

[@coreysprings5892]

I was just gonna comment about evans evo leakin in the back 🤣

[@Trav._.876]

Yeah bro it's 🔥🔥

[@yomido4018]

@@coreysprings5892 u r a 🐕

[@irianamora9354]

Gotta love the turbo flutter. Crazy his transmission is holding at 400whp. My w55 blew up on my stock 1jz vvti so I installed a t56 magnum

[@Brother2Jis_27s4]

Wrecking yard pull t56 or a new built one? I'm probably going that route too, what bellhousing you using? A quick time?

[@Brother2Jis_27s4]

Mines close to 500 and it hasn't grenade yet, don't know if the short shifter is helpful but it still feels super crisp like new. Before the short shifter it felt like driving a semi, long slow shifts...

[@irianamora9354]

@@Brother2Jis_27s4 new t56 magnum F kit from grannas racing. My is300 was factory w55 and it has 215k on the odometer so I’m not surprised it went out on me

[@Brother2Jis_27s4]

@@irianamora9354 I hear ya, mine has 73k on it. I bought the car 14 yrs ago with just shy of 50k. I was looking at that t56 swap in particular, how close does the shifter land compared to stock location? Did you keep the stock 3.73 rear gear? And the t56 you got, is the gearing similar to the stock w55? Was it a direct swap or a lot cutting, banging,, and fanagling?

[@Brother2Jis_27s4]

@@irianamora9354 my bad on the questions...

[@redporschekilla]

Evan is a very thoughtful car guy, love it that you and he are colabing!

[@ThunderBuddy01]

This generation of IS300 is one of my many dream cars!!

[@supermariokyle100]

Hope you find yourself in one soon! They're getting up in price. I love mine despite how stock it is.

[@user-hb2ib1je7j]

@@supermariokyle100 I have one, here in Aus they went from $4500 to 12.5 k during pandemic because all cars did, but now they have dropped again and there are some for like $6k, it depends where you are I guess.

[@fevans2366]

stick shift too

[@n3rfb0yzMC]

i remember when evan just had the sc300 and the evo x, appreciate the representation for us is300 drivers, much respect

[@AustinLeo11294]

I love how Evan is just geeking out in the passenger seat 😆

[@jayzway420si]

Evan has lots of toys…I’m glad you guys know each other…he is a solid dude. How about a drive in the amg he has? Great content thanks for posting!

[@ClayWong]

The IS300 is just GODLY👌🏻👌🏻

[@ramonesaenz6944]

“feel free to go for it i know theres a bridge” love that so much 😭😭

[@terrancecollins2696]

Just 2 of the nicest KZbinrs … great video

[@bostoncelticsrock97]

Finally After 7 years of waiting David finally reviews one of the best JDM project cars!!!

[@9AMaC8]

Makes me miss my IS300 that got wrote off. But replaced it with an Altezza RS200 Z edition. Has the beams in it but miss the 2jz still

[@obscurevisuals]

the ge vvti has little dinky rods it will not hold too long unless its very well tuned on low boost or ethanol. the non vvti blocks are the ones who mostly share all the parts except the turbo blocks have oil squirters. on the other hands vvti heads flow way better. so the ideal setup for NAT is a non vvti block with a vvti head.

[@ScrappyDew22]

I wonder if that’s what he’s running because he mentions “unopened ge”

[@jakub1995]

I had one of these in stick miss it everyday 😭

[@JustcallmeGnarly22]

Stick IS300s and SC300s are rare.

[@Smithy350]

This is making me miss my stage 2 330e so much. It was Melbourne red with the mst induction kit and made around 400hp. She was a beast

[@bigcheddar9768]

Is300 is actually the lightest platform that came with a 2jz stock

[@VelaNovaBlaze]

Idk lol they kinda heavy

[@bigcheddar9768]

@@VelaNovaBlaze yeah they are but what I said still stands as facts maybe some jdm car might be lighter w a jz but sold in America the is300 holds that throne.. I would say for the heavy ass motor they have and 5 seats they aren’t bad.. weigh as much as a 2 seater 350z lol but after 3000lbs a cars pretty much in boat territory but that’s majority cars

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

@@bigcheddar9768 I think you right. Not sure if you meant "JZ" or "2jz" because there are other lighter cars with 1.5 JZ's like a Cressida, Mark IV 2jz.

[@bigcheddar9768]

@@MRMAN-wb1tv a car with a 1.5jz stock?

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

@@bigcheddar9768 Yeah I just told you a Cressida. Late 80's early 90's.

[@garrettchapman8170]

Yo these two would make a hell of a channel

[@Swermie]

hey david, fyi there's some major loud squeaking coming from the camera mount when the car goes over bumps. it's been happening the last few videos, and I'm not sure you're aware of it.

[@trevorsanchez2470]

Wow that thing does sound pretty wicked! I like it!! Nice built man!!

[@Brother2Jis_27s4]

I think you'd like my is300 a little bit more, more drivable, it's not slammed that hard.. it's on tein super streets at the right recommended tein ride height.. Mines a na-t vvti what came withthe car, I was running the stock 10.5:1 pistons for a while on 93 with vp octanium. Eagle rods, arp head and main studs, 20psi, no problems... I've got the w55 no problems yet either but I know it's coming... Mines on a microsquirt with the stock ecu for all the other fun stuff I still need. New pistons should be here in a few weeks, I have a biggins gt45 I'm trying for ish and giggles then, and im currently building the surge tank for it. Hopefully by the end of May I'll be able to rip it. Trust me I'll try n bother you to drive it

[@ianhairston5258]

Dave you should review this man's car! Sounds lit!

[@financeandoctane]

Please review this I’d like to see one you can get on without rubbing

[@imnota]

Gt45 and more driveable in the same comment lol

[@Brother2Jis_27s4]

@@imnota it's not installed yet, it's a ish and giggles turbo. Just curious where everything will cap out at. I'm mainly talking about suspension not being slammed and where the power is right now, not where I'm going with it. I currently have a precision 62-62 on it now so basically anything over 55-5800 falls off and gets kinda choked out. It's crazy responsive tho, 80 mm throttle body, modified port matched "greddy"style forward facing intake manifold, it's instant power. Boost controller hits 15-20psi by 3000 and holds until 5500ish...

[@mnnlit]

Dope! Thank you for breaking the build down

[@Xoxo92q]

Love your videos man

[@ThatDudeinBlue]

Thank you!

[@TattedTommysTv]

Gotta driveway full is300 king of Dallas IS300 fo life

[@oruisuu9131]

I been following evans build for a minute I love this car 🔥

[@TheSwedishCarGuy]

He's got a HKS D1 kit ;)

[@stefenlisenby3638]

This is weird. I just bought an 01 is300 ge about 2 hrs ago. Come home and see this. Nice 👌

[@kevkev8167]

Congrats great car keep up maintenance🤘🏼

[@yajsemi671]

Omg this dude in love with every car he drives

[@infadelakainf]

Great video. Those wheels look amazing

[@vehemenceyt]

Truly a Gentlemen’s Supra

[@jeast417]

That is300 is why I subscribed to Evan. I either want a manual is300 or want a altezza with the 3sge and manual when they are legal next year

[@kristianodegaard6682]

Just picked up my 1JZGTE is300 5 speed :D this build convinced me to jump into the chassis

[@midlifeparty]

W58 draws the line at 400hp and that line lowers a few points for every burnout or launch you do with that 2J

[@mrthangowme]

evan knows what he’s doing don’t worry bout em

[@9AMaC8]

Idk if he put the 58 in that but the IS300’s only came with W55’s for the manual. Even worse than W58’s

[@midlifeparty]

@@9AMaC8 good lord that horrid thing. Even the 6 speed J160 is stronger. It's from the altezza with the beams 3sge

[@9AMaC8]

@@midlifeparty it definitely is. I used to have a manual IS300 and the transmission felt clunky and had a whine to it. And it only had 50k miles on it. I have an altezza now and the j160 feels much better to drive

[@jyudat4433]

Yeah, my w55 is300 makes a loud thump going into 1st gear and feels like my fkn ford ranger in the shifting department. Won’t even mention about how annoying it can be with an unsynchronized reverse. I’ll take it any day over an auto slush box tho

[@Junkeiz]

My grandma had an IS300 charcoal grey, navigation, the bells and whistles. It had about 110k miles on it. I actually took it to prom. My grandma instead of selling it to me... traded it into the dealer for 3500$ trade in value. We still give her shit about it lol.

[@jasiantheasian8894]

why? 3500 is reasonable a few years ago, if it was an auto

[@Junkeiz]

3500 for a mint condition IS300? I don't think so lol.

[@jasiantheasian8894]

@@Junkeiz how long ago did she sell it? I mean miatas and others cars used to sell for 1-2k but now 5k+ so it depends

[@Junkeiz]

Years ago. Like 6 years ago.

[@Malice_doll]

@@Junkeiz That’s essentially how much my auto was. 3500 for near mint body and interior. only thing was that it had an oil leak and the engine had 160k miles back in 2017. the guy who sold it said it got hit in the back right passenger door but they replaced the door with a new OEM one and repainted the car. and it came slammed with a set of vordoven wheels also

[@danielsartstudio]

Awesome car show ThatDudeinBlue

[@freespace303]

Tien lowering springs, stock shocks, IS350 wheels, my Sportcross rubs like crazy too, I know the feeling.

[@Stayfresh_neal]

Gotta collab w Mike Myke and Freshkiicks 🔥 those will be for the ages

[@daledog16]

Man I miss my old altezza with the hks body kit mine was supercharged

[@laszlo_kovacs]

I would link the videos here but I hardly doubt anyone would understand the language. We got a guy in my country, in europe a rather well known engine builder, (by now he only take jobs that he likes and are challenges for him) guy is a fucking wizard with the 2jz (900-1200 whp on pumpgas kind of wizard). And so he held a lecture at an engineering university explaining how the 2J is the undistractable piece of Japanese engineering that it is, and he elaborated in high detail that, for most applications it doesn't matter to the slightest whether you got a GE or a GTE and where it starts to matter the GE block is even better cause it has less failure points in the oil system.

[@jokesonu9108]

Just got a 03. Super clean. Quick for a poor man Supra. Still kick myself for selling my 86 1/2 7mgte.

[@LSDdreams808]

I love his set up that car its amazing. An i think the GTE block has extra oil squirters in the block.

[@AmericanAristo]

Funny how getting a Lexus over a Toyota is considered being on a budget

[@jyudat4433]

Lol yeah. Budget + is300 don’t go in the same sentence sadly. I can speak from experience

[@supershadow230]

Fr lol

[@jyudat4433]

That thing is so sick and inspiring but it’s honestly a ticking time bomb with both the w55 trans or throwing a rod or some bs

[@LifeOfPres]

Nah

[@jyudat4433]

@@LifeOfPres coming back to this comment after finding out it blew up

[@ichigouzumaki7986]

@@jyudat4433 lmao yeah no such thing as a cheap ge build. gotta open that bottom end up! im tryin to build my ge

[@WeisserAudi]

I’m too lazy to look but did David ever do a boosted D Series Civic review?

[@MoonRammer]

would you consider bringing back the vlogs? just the random driving and talking?

[@WildBillJr]

Nicely done engine. I just don’t get into the stance thing.

[@Takenski]

evan didnt intend to make it one stancy boi, he just wanted to fit some meaty bois on there

[@AlexSchwartzATV]

the urge to turbo my automatic is300

[@weekendmechanic1]

Don’t forget to say about the different type of rods, pistons between GE and GTE

[@TheVulcan]

Bro I live in Georgia and I’m so mad you’re having this event while I’m deployed 😂😂😂

[@jyudat4433]

Aye thank you for serving brother. As a Canadian, I send heavy respect to you

[@slideguys4008]

@thatdudeinblue the 2jz-ge vvti motors have thinner rods than the non vvti motors so they can't hold nearly as much boost. Most people usually swap non vvti rods into the vvti motors

[@NA-uv9hs]

i love the is300 i just picked up a stock clean 2002 for 3400

[@brandonswepston1745]

I saw one of these a few years ago running in the ARA rally and couldn’t believe it! I always wondered what it was😆

[@eric.ross.art1]

Also, the GE are 10:1 vs the GTE's 8.5:1. Don't forget that. Kind of important.

[@franciscoramos2690]

What does that mean?

[@ryanbrown4334]

@@franciscoramos2690 pretty sure he’s referencing compression ratios in the engine

[@utagzmotoring]

What brand is the front bumper? Fitment looks good.

[@hyper8545]

Hard to find a good untouched is300 these days.

[@branleesan]

When he found this one it was bone stock untouched

[@sosaltyy5626]

Evans Is300s 2 step is NASTYYY

[@morpheus_9]

I have a 2002 IS300 and i love it, except that its an auto. Im gonna put a CD009 or R154, does anyone have any tips to make it fit in the transmission tunnel and the shifter fit into the stock shifter hole? Also at 4:00 the VVTi GE engines have much thinner con rods and weaker ringlands. Stock GE bottom end can hold ~350-380hp depending on condition of engine and tune. However the non VVTi bottom end can hold 500-550hp because it has much stronger rods than the VVTi

[@supershadow230]

Do not do cd009

[@mercedescherokee6853]

You can run the link g4 standalone and it will work with the bcm, it has to be a manual or auto converted to manual

[@mazdaspeedg2380]

just got a is300 really want to boost it but eh so much money to get it done idk if its worth it ima have to swap out the motor also im on the fence is it worth it or just swap the motor keep it n/a and have fun drifting it and beating on it cuz i know it wont cause any issues stock

[@donsterr]

looks beautiful and sounds great but as a wheel racist, i cant get down with those....probably one of the nicest is300 ive seen and the white bumpers actually make it fire !

[@tdlaustralia7791]

Doing the you tuber car collection's can be a good series.

[@6z0]

My boy Evan!

[@Notasheepleandneverwillbe]

The reason you can put so much power through a 2J or 1j is because of the forged crank and pistons . 99% of other cars use cast parts instead .

[@negativeindustrial]

None of them had forged pistons from the factory. Not even the 2JZ-GTE.

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

Lol. The actually reason is the engine block itself, not so much the internals.

[@lomon3877]

@@negativeindustrialthe pistons are cast hypereutectic which are sort of in between forged and cast , while you aren’t wrong, the pistons are definitely made stronger than any cast pistons

[@negativeindustrial]

@@lomon3877 I know, I probably should have mentioned that the crank and the rods are forged and are of extremely high quality and durability. I own several 3S-GTEs, a 1UZ-FE, a 1JZ-GTE TT and a 2JZ-GTE TT - all forged bottom ends aside from hypereutectic pistons and over the years I’ve only ever cracked two ringlands. One decades ago on a 3S and the other on the 1J. At the time I made that comment I had just broken the ringland on the 1J and wasn’t super happy about it 😂

[@josephkhouri8015]

Can't believe I'm early for once

[@josephdilley4623]

Commenting on an old video would it be easier to 1jz or 1uz swap or build the ge

[@desiii6650]

Can’t wait till my is is running

[@briantatejr6465]

hey David have you ever thought about going down to Florida and trying to drive in the Freedom 500

[@alexjaybrady]

that is a beautiful engine bay!

[@Samuel1337]

great content

[@tommy_kaira733]

Saw motion Auto did a 2jz turbo is300-aka lexus altezza..

[@02lucy666]

I'm pretty sure, havent been up to speed in a while, but Evan probably talked about KFD, and they still ship apparently!

[@shanetyler9391]

You might be able to put a 350z trans in or a 370z trans in Mazworx might have a kit for it?

[@shalonharris8833]

According to the engine you don’t need two ecu’s..my 1jz swapped altezza uses the 1j ecu only..ac etc works fine 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Cwrigh25]

Random but if you were to have someone build an SR20 in ATL who would you choose? I got a notch top I need to get built.

[@kasoe2221]

If you do not feel scared in an is300. You need to drive mine. Its very rx7 no f*cks given style on 25lbs. And some meat tires and sweet suspension

[@area50view]

Next go review the boostedboiz Compound cars🌪️

[@snowfreak207]

I remember watching the video where he got that thing. So hard to find a 5 speed

[@vladthegladiator]

Underrated car for sure

[@caydenstout6326]

What is the squeak from at 8:30 very cartoonish sound

[@klaspeppar5619]

Before you go and buy Raycons, go watch “Dankpods” video/review. Raycons are supposedly very “average” (not bad, but not the best, even for the money) when it comes to sound quality.

[@aliabdi6094]

We know they're bad. Let David get the bag.

[@Chad.D]

sound is the VVTI on the NA-t

[@rkstewart9585]

Love these things, still bring big money if they're not clapped out

[@drippinjuice3343]

I’m trying to get a is300 for 180kmiles for 6k do you think it’s a good deal

[@ibarretero98]

Can you review an isf or is350 already

[@cossiedrifter]

The Supra and the IS300 2JZGE is NOT the same! The N/A Supra has the same bottom end as the GTE but with different pistons but all other N/A 2JZ has weaker rods. If I'm not misinformed 😬

[@gotgoldgt]

2JZ-GE NON-VVTI Bottom end Same as 2JZ-GTE VVTI Bottom end, 2JZ-GE VVTI Have weak Rods and pistons same crank and block 2JZ-GTE NON-VVTI Strongest Bottom end good for upwards of 800-900whp 100% stock ALL GTE have Oil Squirters GEs Do Not GE Heads are completely different from GTE for both VVTI and NON-VVTI

[@holeshot1721]

Hes saying the na-t and 2jzgte have different sounds after evan was just telling him that the engines are basicly the same lmao!!

[@azdrippin5432]

dudeeeeeeee hell yea ive been waiting for another is300 build i have my own is300 and have a kit sitting in my room this gives me motivation to go ahead and slap that super snail in :)

[@trentcrompton9527]

So after the “big turbo “ thumbnail, what size was the turbo 🤷‍♂️

[@Paranoid-loser]

I thought the VVTI 2JZ-GE's connecting rods could only hold about 350whp before they bend?

[@gotgoldgt]

More like 450whp most of the times

[@Paranoid-loser]

@@gotgoldgt interesting 🤔

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

@@Paranoid-loser That's on the reliable end 350-400. But they'll hold up to the 600hp area but they won't last over 50k miles.

[@RockX_Chris]

His tuner wants to be safe so nothing blows up…2JZ survives nuclear explosion 😅

[@indigoxproduction5594]

Aye is300 owners check in

[@markeldamgaard]

Just needs to make it so the tires don't rub.

[@Shaggnanigans]

This makes me want to spend money I don't have on my bone stock manual 02 is300

[@traevon776]

whats up with the camera quality?

[@ARIZONABUILT]

I have a 2002 5speed metallic blue. All stock. Interior is falling apart though

[@byn.ludeee]

What year is it?

[@edwined82]

Noti gang on deck

[@TB3hnz]

I KNEW IT!