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It was no doubt ahead of its time. The world had never seen anything like it back in 08. Was also the first ever 8 speed in any production car I believe

For the contenttt hahaha

Yeah we have them way cheaper here in NZ. Wouldn’t be surprised if they started gaining traction like they did in the U.S and Aus

Head cam from Temu man hahahah

@@EnjinTale hell yea

Yeah man

Only just starting to have a slightly squeaky belt on cold start which should be an easy fix, otherwise nothing mechanical.

@EnjinTale how many kms have you put on it, I'm keen to pick one up, do you give yours heaps

@@loopernz I’ve put on 10,000ks in 6 months. I give it the beans every single time I drive it. This car rarely doesn’t see redline

@@EnjinTale your a crack up

Worth it!!

Hey man, cool to hear! I do love mine a lot, it’s so much fun to take out for a blast. Which generation M3 did you drive?

I was about to buy one of those too before buying the F! Found the DCT + N55 combo fascinating

@@EnjinTale Yea really is, once they are tuned they are a completely different car. I'm current putting a bigger turbo on mine. You got a insta I can follow, so I can follow ur build if u end up doing one?

@@FLWBYA_135 Sounds sick bro, I’d love to own an N55 M2 or E92 M3 for my next car when I feel it’s time to move on from the ISF! I’m currently inactive on Instagram unfortunately for personal reasons, but will likely be active again in the future. Instagram is @enjintale

We’ll see! Might go for some Swift springs in the future

Say what now 😳

NZ

Copy that

@@EnjinTale thanks man, I really appreciate you making these. My car is on recall and they are taking Ages for no reason. Anyways these videos help clear the mind, nothing beats the sound of that 5.0 v8

It’s worth it man!

Have thought about it! Just need to find the right time to go as it’s a long while from where I live

Thanks man!

Interesting! 60,000 mile examples go for around US$18,000 here. That is pre 2010

@@EnjinTale I think because mine is a 13 and it’s towards the end of the production line 14s are pretty hard to find…

I get looks, but that’s only because mine is loud! You can’t miss it hahaha. Awesome car mate! How do the Swift springs perform? We’re considering those for mine

@@EnjinTale they seem to be pretty good. I’ve only owned the car for four months now bought it off my mate…..

Like a real man 🤣

Thank you man!!

@@EnjinTaleyou are welcome, need more of these night runs without commentary just engine sound

Maybe I’ll give that a go next

They have been for decades now!

@@EnjinTale yea i didn’t knew as someone living in Australia

Surprisingly it does!

I will keep having a look around for sure. Would be a lot cheaper as you say. Maybe if there’s a wrecked one someday.

shut up

I choose to do this when there is no one around. At any corner or straight where there were other cars (which didn’t make the video) I would choose to drive responsibly. The only endangered person is myself. I hope you understand

Currently I have Maxxis Victra Sport 5’s on the back, and Potenza Sport’s on the front

In Mexico too! Who would’ve thought

Traction control is completely off my friend. I wonder if an IS200 diff is plug and play with an ISF?

@@EnjinTale its never completely off in a Toyota or Mercedes, its obvious in the vid. its plug and play for a 250 so probably

@@keponen331 It’s a Performance car, ofcourse it can. This is true for the IS350 I had, you couldn’t turn off traction control completely, and it would always kick in to save you. But you can in the ISF. What you’re referring to as “traction control” is me taking my foot off the throttle, to allow the wheels to grip up again. You can see that in all the clips in the video. Had I kept applying throttle, I would be in the wall, and this video wouldn’t be on CZcams

@@EnjinTale wouldnt be sure about that but it looks terrible, jerkin like a guy that never used a clutch

@@keponen331 And you’re entitled to your opinion ofcourse sir.

This was the Whangamoa stretch!

I hear ya! But I’m not sure I trust letting go of the wheel in this car specifically, I’ve found it likes to grip up and go straight at the most random times, and milliseconds truly do count when it comes to correcting a slide / preventing a crash

I’ve found the DFR7 very good so far. No complaints tbh. Hasn’t let me down yet. Has even detected cops from 1-2km away.

Thank you man!!!

Depends. If I want to keep it long term, then ofcourse I’d like to have the best model available. Life is full of surprises though, so we’ll see what happens

I had an 08 and now have an 11, definitely worth it for the LSD, better suspension and better gauge cluster

@@dill6078 That’s great to hear, thanks for your reply!

@dill6078 imo I do I think its worth the extra 10-15k for the lsd

@@kennyjohnson4515 And the 2011+ does tend to hold its value a lot better than pre 2010’s do.

TC and VSC is fully off as mentioned at 1:56. These are the 2 yellow lights in the bottom rights of the cluster

On some specific older models of IS you have to do a "pedal dance" to fully turn off traction control. Not sure about IsF's though.

@@EnjinTale oh okay, just checking. I was jsut wondering becuase they lights arent supposed to flash when TC and VSC are off. But if the ISF does that then I am wrong

@@aviandooley3466On the ISF the flashing will just be an indication that you are losing traction, but it is still fully off and won’t turn traction control back on at any time until you manually do it yourself

@@EnjinTale oh ok makes sense. Thanks for letting me know. Definitely different from other Toyota vehicles

Very hard to locate where I live unfortunately!

@@EnjinTale top end motorsports sells the ATS Carbon limited slip differential, i'm getting one for my SC430

It’s a bit tough, and definitely more dangerous, but it still does a much better job than my IS350 ever did!

It’s so much fun and very intimidating the first few times! I still get that adrenaline rush every time

That’s still pretty cheap! Luckily it’s not a worry, even with those kms! Unlike many other vehicles.

Definitely too quiet for my liking. I prefer my cars to be quite loud, but not stupidly obnoxious

@@EnjinTale thanks for the reply looking for an exhaust ,but they are generally more expensive than what I'm used too and I only want to do this once.

@@qnunyuh8417 Unfortunately there isn’t so much room for testing with what I had done, it’s more of a “slap it in and hope it sounds good”, but it came out exactly how I wanted it! Still 95% as loud as the full muffler delete, but not raspy and tinny anymore. Just a little 12” hotdog bullet did the trick.

So the car already came with the X-Force when I purchased it. I still have the X-Force mufflers, incase me or any future owner would like to change back for whatever reason.

if you don’t mind me asking, how much was the price? (Just the tips) I’m looking for the same sort of thing and they look like they have a good selection

@@JongaNationRacing Tips were $50 NZD each. Mufflers were around 200-300 each too.

In the wet it works pretty good, although in the dry I do struggle to get it how I want it. I have done one wheel peels too, so it’s very iffy but I do agree. You don’t technically need the LSD unless doing track days, it becomes a want and not a need. Next video I’ll be posting will be in the wet!

Thank you man!! Welcome! 🙏

Appreciate it! In my experience, you need to feel some sort of passion for it, so it’s more of a hobby rather than a chore, and then you naturally get into a flow of it!

@@EnjinTale DEFS come up to auckland some time more so hampton downs

This is in NZ yes!