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Old 09-14-08 | 04:13 PM
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Old 09-14-08 | 04:15 PM
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The counterpoints are good reads as well.
Old 09-14-08 | 04:19 PM
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Thank you for posting this! I like the old C&D articles. And the 1SC design remains timeless.
Old 09-14-08 | 04:21 PM
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is this the same 3.0 liter they put in the first gen RX? if it is, lexus sure reuse their engines for a long time...
Old 09-14-08 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RXSF
is this the same 3.0 liter they put in the first gen RX? if it is, lexus sure reuse their engines for a long time...
no, the 1RX uses the 3.0L 1MZ-FE V6, the SC300 employs the 3.0L 2JZ-GE I6.
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nvm, answered the question i had lol. long live the sc!

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Old 09-14-08 | 06:10 PM
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Glad the SC was getting such good reveiws then.
Old 09-14-08 | 06:17 PM
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I found a mistake in the article...it says that the V8 engine is a twin cam, when In fact we have 4 camshafts
Old 09-14-08 | 07:13 PM
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The SC rocks.
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Originally Posted by Kaydee
I found a mistake in the article...it says that the V8 engine is a twin cam, when In fact we have 4 camshafts
2 on each side would be 4
Old 09-14-08 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaydee
.it says that the V8 engine is a twin cam,
Its a twin cam. It says so right on the engine in the photograph.
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Originally Posted by pagemaster
Its a twin cam. It says so right on the engine in the photograph.
That is the photo of the 2JZ-GE, while he was talking about the 1UZ-FE
Old 09-14-08 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
The counterpoints are good reads as well.
Haha, modern day automatics are efficient. Oy, 4 whole speeds. Laughable.


I miss when you could get Lexus's in MTs. IS250, blah.
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Originally Posted by Kaydee
I found a mistake in the article...it says that the V8 engine is twin cam, when In fact we have 4 camshafts
4 cams on a V8 IS a twin cam.
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What year was this published? Good read.


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