felty52

Thanks for the reply smooth. I still want to drive it on the street so I'm not looking to rip my radio out, I like my tunes. I currently run stock rotors, ebc green pads, k&n air filter, 5 speed trans. It's an 02 is with 118k, braided brake lines would be a good choice and new rotors and pads may be in store before next season. I don't plan on going with a big brake upgrade since they cost alot in comparison to how much I would use them. 1 season maybe 15 events at most 4 runs an event at 60 sec a run. I'm not 100% certian but I don't think I can strip the interior but I can strip the trunk which I have done. I have been looking and calling around I may go with hotchkis sways and h&r lowering springs.

I have been looking around and could not find any information on is300 autox setups. i currently have tokico illumina shocks/struts for the front and rear in the box. i dont know what sway bar and lowering springs to go with. does anyone run autocross or have any ideas what to run. are strut tower braces worth the money as well. i will be running in the st class so ill have street tires on it.

i get around 25.5mpg i calculate it just about every tank but i drive mostly highway and cruise around 75mph.

well after my friends stopped by today to look at my car there guess was a head gasket as well. hes been a honda mechanic for more then a few years and works on other makes as well. ive always trusted his opinion so i ordered the parts up today and hope to be running in a month again.

thanks for insight guys. i have a friend coming over today to help me take a better look at it.

i have a 2002 is 300 5 speed. i just got back from florida on sunday and the drive from the airport is about an hour and a half. on the way home the car ran just fine, i even stopped for gas and it started back up like normal. when i got home i shut the car off and unloaded the car. keep in mind i didnt "beat" the car on the way home. On Wednesday i started the car up and just backed it down the drive way maybe 80 feet and put it back in its parking spot. everything went as normal there. i went out to start the car today and it just cranked and cranked. i tried to give it a lil gas as i turned it over it stumbled as i was cranking but still nothing i did however notice a lil smoke out of the back during this process. i opened the hood and pulled the 2nd spark plug in from the firewall. before i pulled it i noticed some oil around the base of the plug. i pulled the plug and there was oil all over the plug. i took a long screw driver and put it down the hole to see how much oil was in the cylinder. it showed about an 1/8 of an inch. i use 5-30 synthetic from mobil one and i just had the timing belt changed the car has 92000 miles. if anyone has any ideas i could really use some insight.