Sunday, December 30, 2012

The plus and minus point of Isis

I do love Toyota Isis, but as everything in this world there are always 2 side of the picture. I just wanna sum up some plus and minus point for Isis that I found out after having it for 2 years.

Plus :
  • Roomy n spacious
  • Sliding door for easy access and parking in tight spaces
  • Power door!
  • Front passenger side seat can be folded up for longer leg room for 2nd row
  • 3rd row seat can be folded flat 
  • Good driving position with a nice DIN placement on the center, perfect for DVD player for kids
  • Most of the engine and transmission parts are similar to other Toyota model
  • Running cost is not bad
Minus :-
  • The gas/petrol cover not really align to the body works
  • Lack of 2nd & 3rd row air cond, except in U-Selection which feature 3rd row air cond
  • Difficult access to the 3rd room as the 2nd row seat is not user friendly
  • Not much aftermarket parts
  • JDM only model
  • Bulky on the road, not sporty
  • 1.8l model is underpower


Sunday, December 2, 2012

NOS on Isis ?

I had heard supercharger for Isis before, but NOS ? This is extreme. The picture above show an Isis installed with NOS.
What is NOS ? Full name of is Nitrous Oxide Systems. It is a system that hook up additional fuel to your injector by adding nitrous oxide to the combustion chamber for better power. Normally this kind of setup are one to sports car and it is quite rare for it to be installed on a mini-MPV such as Isis.
nyway, Japanese do love their car and this owner really does love this car so much to invest and installed this kit to Isis.
This car is a platana model 2.0 D4 engine with aftermarket piggyback ECU (Emanage Ultimate) installed.
There are a video in youtube that show the tuning/dyno process.

The video are posted this year and this is quite a new mod done. I can't get the tuner details as mostly it is in Japanese and the translator aren't very good. I will update more once I get more information.

Links to the original page in Japanese :-
http://gold.ap.teacup.com/brucem/763.html