WOW! IS-F Dyno test

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08-26-07, 12:35 PM

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Awesome stuff! Thanks for all the pics and info. BTW MI6, what leads you to guess the car will have at least 450HP?

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Drat! You missed one other important question - is there a top speed limiter like the IS350 and IS250 have? It would suck to have all that power and be limited to 142 or 155 mph....

IIRC, Bob Carter of Lexus has officially stated the car's top speed would be limited to 160mph, although I've also heard 165mph top speed from other sources. I do know the car is capable of more than 165mph.

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08-26-07, 12:36 PM

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wow, poor car has been taking a lot of abuse.

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08-26-07, 12:43 PM

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wow, poor car has been taking a lot of abuse.

That was icing on the cake. Imagine what we were doing to the car last week at Laguna Seca when they first arrived fresh from Japan.

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08-26-07, 01:14 PM

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That was icing on the cake. Imagine what we were doing to the car last week at Laguna Seca when they first arrived fresh from Japan.

flipside, is there going to be another event like the Laguna Seca one? I would LOVE to ride in the IS-F.

After driving that thing on the dyno now I am seriously thinking about trading up my IS350 for one...

that's bad, bad, bad.

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08-26-07, 01:30 PM

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That would be really cool. With Lexus' new direction in performance and outreach to us, you just never know.

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08-26-07, 01:52 PM

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That was icing on the cake. Imagine what we were doing to the car last week at Laguna Seca when they first arrived fresh from Japan.

Imagine the abuse IS-F test/prototype mules have had to endure at Fuji and the Nurburgring

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08-26-07, 10:14 PM

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Awesome stuff! Thanks for all the pics and info. BTW MI6, what leads you to guess the car will have at least 450HP?

IIRC, Bob Carter of Lexus has officially stated the car's top speed would be limited to 160mph, although I've also heard 165mph top speed from other sources. I do know the car is capable of more than 165mph.

Just a gut feeling...........

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08-27-07, 12:52 AM

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Imagine the abuse IS-F test/prototype mules have had to endure at Fuji and the Nurburgring

Exactly what they were built and designed to do, lots of testing and testing!

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08-27-07, 04:55 AM

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Track time is nothing compared to dyno time. I'd buy a car used at the track, I wouldn't buy a car with that much dyno time on it.

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08-27-07, 05:48 AM

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I've run my bike on a drag racing dyno and they are not very accurate. I ran a high 8 (1/4 mile) on the dyno and my bike is only capable of mid/high 9s.

Koz

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08-27-07, 06:16 AM

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I hope Lexus produces more than a 1,000

I imagine they will

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08-27-07, 06:31 AM

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I hope Lexus produces more than a 1,000

I imagine they will

Any idea where this thought of only 1000 being produced started ? ? I cant imagine a company producing only 1k vehicles and having to go through all those changes and modifications at the production plant and still offer it at a competitive price . . .

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08-27-07, 11:42 AM

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wow ......... not bad at all ... Wait ... is it NA or Turbo?

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08-27-07, 11:49 AM

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I wish they would just release the thing so that everyone can just get to the next stage of the debate which would be ; 1) is it enough to compete? 2) power/weight ratios ,3) magazine test debates, 4) dealer has one, no they don't ,etc.....

Frankly, there has been so much discussion at this point it is as if the car has been on the road for months and has lost it's release appeal IMO.