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OK, I've got my flack jacket on. No one asked me, but, damn, has it come to this? These beautiful cars desecrated with these hideous wings that look so rice I could puke. They look insanely out of place on this gorgeous car. You're out of your freaking mind. Leave it alone, some of the best car designers on the planet made a masterpiece and you want to scar it up like some cheap civic. This is embarrassing. To each their own, its your car, but that's what many of us going to think if they are not laughing out loud on sight of this hidious comic book batmobile freak of a wing. Why are you having touble finding wings that fit. There is no demand as spoken by more than an hundred thousand SC owners until you come along.:chairshot:

OK, got that off my chest.

Quick now, where's my helmet?

so youve seen an sc with the spoiler i linked? yeah, thats what i thought. now !Removed!; your opinion is not wanted.

That wing looks like the FD RZ stock wing, or whatever that model is called type 0 .. <shrugs>

Personally, I think the bomex wing looks the best on our cars. Our body lines scream flat. Something that sticks up too high just doesn't look right in my opinion.

the sc isnt totally flat as say an evo or early 90s honda; id say that it has hints of round with flat like the rsx or new subi's. btw, i found the spoiler im getting:

(best pic i could find, which isnt all that great.) ive seen these on a few mk4 supras and thought that they looked good but maybe a little too flat for the supras round body, which makes it a pretty ideal fit in my eye. opinions?

I can see the resemblance to the R33 spoiler, but around here the RXs have some wild stuff for spoilers

so how do you guys think the spoiler would look, assuming its the correct width?

A good spoiler is D1 Takahiro's dry carbon one.  it looks pretty bad on his soarer except it costs about 1300 from GTP.  Theres another one that i was thinkin of where the sides of it start off lower than the center , but the back is at the same level.  does anyone know what im talking aboot?

Might you be talking about this wing?

you got any pics of your car with the supra spoiler?

I think he was talking about the SC Spoiler.

you can always get a look-alike for $200 though: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=2461880390

how bout this spoiler:

^that spoiler looks familiar to me. did it come on the skyline and/or rx7?

which one do you dislike? the 92-96 are the drag spoilers which i love and have

the other one is okay....but i'd pick the drag one of the other any day.

you got any pics of your car with the supra spoiler?

the sc is based on the supra platform, so how would the supra wing look on it?

i dislike the stock wing/spoiler of the sc400. what spoilers flow well with the body lines and/or use the mounting holes that the oem spoiler does?

ditch the borla. go to the local muffler shop and get a custom exhaust. will be much more cheaper in the long run.

you cant say that an sc is better than a civic, nor vice versa. no single person sets the standard and it all depends on what the driver wants. now honestly, would you rather have a stock sc300 or a stock civic type r on very twisty track. you can also factor in a whole load of other crap such as what the owner has done to the car, cause i have seen quite a few civics that are worth a whole hell of a lot more than any sc i have ever seen. if you want a lexus, get a lexus; if you want a honda, get a honda. simple as that.

I like these 2 kits..

And especially the front bumper on this one..

holy negative camber batman!

ive got a 92 sc400 and im wondering how much vvtli heads and sc400 10.5:1 pistons can be had for. also, what all would need to be done to make the vvtli heads compatible? are there any other parts in the toyota parts bin that i should be aware of?

there are absolutely ZERO shops that could tune my car. the apexi safc is probably the best bang/buck piggyback, and i personally think the most user friendly.

i was thinkin about looking for a wideband o2 sensor (the sc400 doesnt come stock with a wideband, right?), af gauge, and an apexi safc to squeeze a scant few extra hp out and also improve gas mileage. but after buying all that, ill probably be in the hole over $300 which would defeat the whole purpose of pinching pennies (isnt this like the same problem with hybrid vehicles currently? they cost too much to justify their efficient gas mileage?). guess ill get that eram thingamabob to overcompensate for the richness at wot.

do our sc400s usually run richer or leaner than the stoichiometric 14.7:1 air/fuel ratio?

im just planning on doing boltons and i just found out through the magnaflow website that the local exhaust shop is an authorized magnaflow dealer.  im probably just going to have 2.25" piping (recommended by planetsoarer.com) that eliminate the cat because the custom headers that im looking to group buy from lextreme.com are made for a 98+ and they dont bolt directly into the cats.  all im going to do is probably wheels, tires, exhaust, headers, intake, and maybe get some eibach springs.

of course, theres a local radio station having a contest where they have $200k that theyre just giving away for pretty much anything and i asked for $40k for an sc430 and they would get my current car, although the chances are VERY slim.

Good size. Don't forget to add some pictures for us to look at.

Good luck

will do!

im just planning on doing boltons and i just found out through the magnaflow website that the local exhaust shop is an authorized magnaflow dealer. im probably just going to have 2.25" piping (recommended by planetsoarer.com) that eliminate the cat because the custom headers that im looking to group buy from lextreme.com are made for a 98+ and they dont bolt directly into the cats. all im going to do is probably wheels, tires, exhaust, headers, intake, and maybe get some eibach springs.

of course, theres a local radio station having a contest where they have $200k that theyre just giving away for pretty much anything and i asked for $40k for an sc430 and they would get my current car, although the chances are VERY slim.

is the rod millen exhaust (http://www.rodmillenstore.com/sc_400/exhaust.htm) an axleback or a catback?  ive emailed them numerous times but theyve never responded.

It looks like they're just the mufflers. So I'm guessing it's an axleback <_< . I've never hear it called that before, until now.

honestly, for the $700 for them, i could get a custom stainless steel exhaust; what a rip off. any suggested mufflers? what dimensions should i be looking for?

is the rod millen exhaust (http://www.rodmillenstore.com/sc_400/exhaust.htm) an axleback or a catback? ive emailed them numerous times but theyve never responded.

wait a sec, do you have the 2jz, 4.0 or ??? on my 1jz the intake pipe has a 3" inside diameter, so i just got a 3" outside diameter pipe and stuck it into there and got a filter that mounts on 3"

whoops; forgot to mention its a 4.0. not looking to get ANY piping, just removal of airbox.

im not looking for a cai. do i even need an adaptor plate to put a cone on? or is it already circular because it has a maf?

where can i get an intake adaptor plate so i can have a cone intake and eliminate the airbox?

there is no mass-produced form of forced induction specifically for the sc400.

^i doubt anyone would disagree with that unless they want to debate the meaning of mass-produced, but thats just stupid and i dont have the time. well, id just been searching around for various performance parts for the sc400 with pretty much little success in all places; then i found this:

its a 75 shot nozzle which is decent for a stock 1uzfe, to my knowledge. heres what im wanting to know:

what nitrous accessories i should be looking for?

should i stick with a complete zex lineup for compatibility?

would i need a fuel management system such as the apexi safc?

how would this run with 93 octane?

i only plan on possibly using this 1 or 2 times a month, so whats the smallest zex bottle?

what are all of the hazards of a 75 shot on a bolt on (i/h/e) 1uzfe?

what else should i know?

hope you guys can help me out because im a nitrous newb :P.

im looking for performance parts for the lexus sc400 and as many of you already know, they are near non-existant. i have a few things that id like to know and hopefully this could be stickied to the top to help other new comers. im wanting to know of companies that sell the parts i am asking for, but im also going to include a suggestion(s) of a custom alternative that i would like your opinions on; here:

EXHAUST: 3" custom piping eliminating the cat and resonator splitting into 2.5" piping with either 2.5" straight through mufflers or just chromed/polished stainless steel tips.

HEADER: some skilled exhaust shop maybe? i dont know *shrugs*.

INTAKE: ram air; custom tubing that routes the intake to where the stock airbox would be, with a k&n cone on the end.

SUSPENSION: just something to lower it 1"; definitely dont want to cut springs.

STRUT BARS: is it even possible?

CARBON FIBER HOOD: no way in hell would i even attemp a diy cf hood, so where can i find one if they even exist which i doubt?

WHEELS & TIRES: just go to tirerack.com; got that covered :P.

these are some that i would personally like to know:

what (other than the above specified items) would need to be done to achieve 300 hp (not whp) and/or 300 lb/ft tq? would 11:1 forged pistons and slightly more aggressive cams do it?

what spoiler looks good on a sc300/400? im looking for something more aggressive looking, yet flows with the body lines very well.