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1998 Toyota Aristo V300 Twin Turbo (BPU) MINT! Lots of Toys


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Hi guys,

 

Well I have decided I fancy a change so I am now looking to sell my BPU Toyota Aristo V300.

 

Well since I have had it, I have spent an absolute fortune on it! I will break down what has been done:

 

FIX EXISTING FAULTS:

 

Fix Yellowed headlights

Replace Tie-Rods

Replace rear suspension arms with genuine new parts (cost £1000! :( :o)

Replace crap standard brakes

 

 

BRAKES

 

TRD Basic Big Brake Kit (4-pot Supra calipers)

3G/Brembo 20-R Supra sized Brake Discs all round

Hawk 'Brembo Spec' Brake pads imported from the US

Custom-made Goodridge Stainless Steel Brake hoses

Motul Dot 5.1 Brake Fluid

Red paint :p

 

 

SUSPENSION

 

TRD AntiRoll Bars

TOMS ARS Cancellor Bar

Tein Flex Coilovers with car lowered all round.

Tein Spring sleeves

Tein EDFC Controller fitted neatly below drivers side vent

Tein Front Strut Brace

Rear Strut Brace

Front Underchasis Brace

 

EXTERIOR

 

18" TTE Sport wheels (8.5J front and 10J wide rear)

Verdestein Ultrac Sessanta tyres (brilliant!)

TTE Front Lip

TTE Sports Grill

Roof spoiler (brick)

Rear LED lights (provided by Prolex)

LED Sidelight bulbs (ones that AztecBandit recommended)

Personal Plate with Lexus design

Square Rear Plate

Clear Side Repeaters with silver bulbs

 

POWER AND PERFORMANCE

 

Greddy FCD Defender

HKS EVC 5 Boost Controller with two settings (1 bar, 1.2 bar and 30sec 1.25 scramble mod setting)

Decat

Stainless Steel 3" Exhaust system, with two 4.5" mufflers

3bar Racing Hybrid Manual Boost Controller

HKS CAMP 2

HKS Boost Sensor

Denso IK24 Spark Plugs

Silkolene 10W-50W Performance Oil

SMIC condition check up (works great)

Motul Diff Fluds

 

Approx around the 400bhp mark.

 

 

INCAR ENTERTAINMENT

 

Digital TV

Phone powered entertainment system with Sat Nav, Internet, videos and music from Nokia phone

 

 

INTERIOR

 

Hard wired phone charger

Leather phone holder

Genuine TRD Gearkob

Chrome shifter suround

Lexus Sports Pedals

HKS Camp 2

Tein EDFC Controller fitted below drivers vent

HKS EVC 5 Boost Controller fitted into modified ashtray

 

As you can see a HELL of a lot of work has gone into my car over the past year. It pulls like an absolute monster now. I would go as far as saying it is scary fast top end.

 

I was with a mate in his Evo 8 FQ400 a few weeks back and off the line you have no chance of beating him, but we tried on a quiet private road with a rolling start from 50mph and his car just could not pull away! The Evo FEELS so much quicker, but the Aristo really now is stupidly quick at motorway speeds - only trouble is you don't realise that you are tearing up the tarmac because it doesn't shout about it!! BALLISTIC CAR!

 

Also because my car has a SMIC in very good condtion, it operates more efficently then a poorly ducted FMIC and my in-take temps are very good.

 

The HKS Camp 2 I decided to use instead of sticking guages etc on the car because the Aristo I don't think looks right with bits stuck all over the dash! I wanted the car to retain a stock like look so the boost controller can be hidden by closing the ash tray and the EDFC is neatly installed and easy to adjust in its location under the drivers vent - it looks like it belongs! The HKS Camp 2 does give the car a skyline GT-R kind of feel to it - its really cool and links direct to the ODB2 port on the car so I can view loads of diagnostic info and also connects to additional HKS sensors I bought to monitor boost, temps etc.

 

Got a lot of pictures to follow and got some youtube vidoes of my car exhaust and the phone-powered system too

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/1a.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/1.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/2a.jpg

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/2.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/S1031625.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/3.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/4.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/5.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/6.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/7.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/9.JPG http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/8.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/10.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/11.JPG

 

MOT - August 2009

Road Tax - August 2009

Mileage - 72300

Arch Lever file full of History (including Jap History

 

BARGAIN PRICE: £7500

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A few mod specific pictures :)

 

EDFC Controller

 

Expertly placed after a discussion with Steve from Charlesworth Motors in what I think is the perfect place for it!

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/edfc.JPG

 

I have the following settings

 

P1 = Front 14 Rear 14 (Soft)

P2 = Front 10 Rear 12 (Medium Hard)

p3 = Front 03 Rear 04 (Hard)

 

The Tein suspension totally transforms the beast!

 

 

Exhaust Sytem

 

T304 Full 3" Stainless Steel system and decat with Dual 4.5" Tailpipes. Sounds wonderful outside the car, yet really quiet inside. Also has some baffles that can be used to quieten it down further so it sounds almost exactly like stock (but I have never felt the need!)

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/exhaust.jpg

 

You tube Video:

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Boost Controller

 

Very good boost controller that holds a strong and constant 1.2bar. Can be hidden by closing the ashtray too :)

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hksevc5.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hksevc52.JPG

 

 

HKS Camp 2

 

Full car monitoring system. Looks wonderful on factory screen.

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hkscamp1.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hkscamp2.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hkscamp3.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hkscamp4.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/hkscamp5.JPG

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Nokia N95/N96 Powered Car Entertainment System and Sat Nav

 

Used the TV feature of my handset and Garmin Mobile XT to provide Sat Nav. The Sat Nav works well and I can change music tracks too while it is on.

 

Made a very quick Youtube video too:

 

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http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/carpc1.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/carpc2.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/carpc3.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/carpc4.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/carpc5.JPG

 

Interior

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/interior1.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/interior2.JPG

 

http://www.ranatech.co.uk/aristo/lpedals.JPG

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Ditto.

 

Nice Aristo. :)

 

Thanks for the comments people :D

 

I'm unfortunetly not after a Supra to replace the Aristo. This is my second car so will stick with one car when its sold for a bit, however I do fancy an Evo at some point ;) LOL

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Oh my, like that a lot, some serious work gone into that :)

 

Don't fancy a RX-8 do you LOL

 

Actually I do quite like the RX-8 but the fuel economy (considering the performance) does put me off!

 

Slightly off-topic but how do you find it? My sister is after one actually........ :)

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Lovely car. I wish I could afford it.

 

If I thought I'd get anything for my NA to put towards it then I think I'd go for it. Unfortunately my mrs thinks a vectra would be more suitable for some reason. Probably because of the nipper.

 

Still...

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