Henry’s IS300 · 1.5JZ · Build history and photography
Build specification · Photo archive · Watch the IS300 film
The car that connects the chapters.
My IS300 has been part of the journey from working on my own cars to sharing them with a wider audience. Its appearance on “Sorted or Not” became an important media chapter, and the car is still part of the story I tell through Speed Culture.
IS300 build specification
A show-ready overview of the parts and custom work that make this IS300 mine. I’ll add installation stories and close-up photographs as the hub grows.
Exterior
- Custom Vertex front bumper with one-off canards
- Vertex side skirts and custom rear diffuser
- Rear side-marker delete and shaved trunk
- JDM Altezza taillights, window visors, grille and rare titanium-finish headlights
- C-West eyelids and Ganador mirrors
- Custom carbon TRD spoiler and J-Blood hood
Chassis & wheels
- Fortune Auto 510 coilovers with Swift springs
- Volk Racing TE37SL 17×9.5 +40 at all four corners
- Toyo Proxes R888R 255/40 tires at all four corners
- FIGS / RacingBrake big-brake kit with two-piece rotors
- Eibach sway bars and polyurethane bushings
- SPL traction and toe arms
Interior
- JDM Altezza digital cluster and 7-inch GPS housing
- BTI in-dash display retrofitted into the OEM-style GPS location for engine data
- Speedhunters × Renown steering wheel (69/100) with Works Bell hub
- One-off Recaro SPG Pole Position seats trimmed in Porsche fabric
- TRD shift knob, Pioneer double-DIN and Drag International mats
- Suprlife turn-signal extender
Engine & management
- 1.5JZ: new Toyota 2JZ-GTE short block and John Kaase Racing-built 1JZ VVT-i cylinder head
- BC 264 cams; GSC dual valve springs and titanium retainers; Manley +1 mm valves; port work, guides and custom seats
- ARP head studs, Tomei oil baffle and belt, Fluidampr and Real Street billet tensioner
- AEM V2 engine management and AutoCraft Engineering 1ZZ smart coil-on-plug conversion
- Billet aluminum valve covers, custom catch can, Cusco strut bar and titanium hardware; shaved and painted engine-bay openings
- PHR VVT-i cam gear, Ford IAC conversion, oil-filter relocation, power-steering AN conversion and reservoir, and ABS relocation; limited-production TRD oil cap
Turbo, fuel & cooling
- Boost Lab dual-ball-bearing 6262 turbo with T51R modification and Driftmotion manifold
- TiAL MVS open-dump wastegate and 50 mm TiAL Q blow-off valve
- Radium fuel rail and regulator with Injector Dynamics ID1300x injectors
- Walbro 525 fuel pump and custom fuel-pump controller
- Vibrant 3.5-inch intercooler and Koyorad radiator
- Chasing J’s raw-titanium radiator cap and titanium exhaust-manifold studs
Driveline & trunk
- R154 transmission, ACT six-puck clutch and TRD short shifter
- Excessive Manufacturing motor mounts and FSM pitch corrector
- 4.10 LSD final drive
- Custom battery relocation with Antigravity 51R battery
- Fuel-pump controller and coil-on-plug power-distribution block
In photographs
Road, track and workshop images from the IS300 archive. I’ll keep growing this hub with the car’s build history, parts list and stories behind the changes.
Follow along
See more in Media, read Henry’s story, or return to the Garage.