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Original asking price was $13.9 Sat on the lot, so they lowered it to $12.9. I made a semi-lowball offer of $11.2 and they countered with a weaksauce $11.5 which is where it landed. :)


good advice, but this ain't my first rodeo ;)

If I DO decide to go HMT on the stock motor (it'll get boosted one way or another dont worry), I dont expect to invest more than $1.5k for ~300 reliable whp.

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---- ya, sounds like a good deal. 7 psi on stock compression=fun. I have heard that 10 psi is max without putting in a thicker head gasket. I have seen many dyno sheets of guys running 300-320 to the wheel on only 6-7 psi. Is it auto or manual? Supposedly the autos are stronger but I have yet to verify this.

I figured you would be working on it youself, seems lke many is300 owners dont even change there own oil. I want to seem more solid hmt setups on this car, not prefabed turbo kits costing 5 grand. You have the miata with the AEM f/ic right? I have read that the AEM piggy works real good on this car.

Get some more pics!!!

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yeah I am not one of those guys that lets other ppl change his oil. Only reason I'd take my car to a shop is if it's a)under warranty or 2)in need of an alignment.

Yep I've got the miata with the F/IC and figured it'd work pretty good on the IS. It's a pretty kick-ass piggyback.

Short list of ---- to do:
1. figure out the electrical problem

2. get a driver floor mat

3. detail, claybar, wax

4. flush/fill ATF, oil, oil filter, diff fluid, air filter if needed.

5. wait until this SOB is paid off :(


my payments is like $360 but im gonna try and do $500 every month to pay it off quicker = boost it quicker.

edit: I've heard from several ppl that the autos are a bit stronger than the manuals.

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aww shiet, another is300? I can say i was the first one, nice choice in color. My buddy dynoed at like 340whp @ 7 lbs with a t4/sc61. He pretty much pieced up his whole kit and is running the aem f i/c. I was going to boost my car right now, but decided to wait off till i paid this bitch off. i'm going to do the r154 swap, gte internals and roll with it lol. And i do change my own oil, just not in the winter time.

edit: hit up my.is or isfanatics.com or clublexus.com if you haven't already. my.is is pretty much the honda-tech for IS car's.

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That's the color I want to hide the y49 on my CRX with.

Nice car.

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also about the same color as my car. i pretty much paid a little extra since they are hard to come by in the color(they only made the car in that color the last year) good choice

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graphite gray pearl is the color.

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Its a hot color. I have seen His^ in person a couple times. Much classier than rolling your project Civic everywhere.

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illmatic.

ac calls it anthracite metallic but looks to be exact

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4295/aoooooqk9.jpg

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Very nice indeed