Hey guys I am a big avid Lexus and Toyota lover and my neighbor loves his Infinitis and his Nissans. Well he just got his 2008 Nissan GT-R and was saying how amazing it is and said lexus has no chance of ever building a car that could hold that same matched power. So I decided to whip out the ol laptop and show him some work from Turbocharger.com . After showing him the numbers and how well it seem to handle the extra twin turbos his first question was well how reliable do you really think that is quote" that car wont last 2months with those turbo on there" So my question is how relaible is this kit and how much power can the god of lexus the IS-F really hadle on its tranny and motor and does Turbocharger.com build up the trannys and motors before finishing the cars?

Thanks,
Ryan

Oh one more thing how many IS-F are there out there with this kit and who has the most miles on it and longgest running so far?

 

ask him about how long his tranny will last... so far the ISF TT all seem to be standing strong!

the GTR is an amazing car, especially if you have had the chance to drive one. I am looking for one to add to my collection within the year (that or the R8), but at the same time there are some quirks about it...

 

well.. Brain Fox from Fox Marketing daily drives his ISF TT... and as far as I know... that thing still runs strong!

 

Yeah I have seen that the GT-R can only handle abou 700 crank horsepwoer and his car is very nice the GT-R are beautiful but its still a nissan to me and I just doesnt have the quality put into and fitment like the IS-F does in my opinion from comparing both side by side at the at show I was at.

I am hoping to add a IS-F to my new car list ehre soon seems they really droped in price after very little use I found some for 42,000 with only 5,000 miles on them there such a great car!

 

Really well thats good to know I hope these cars last and last does anyone know how many pounds of boost they are running I imagine its like 5 or 6?

 

i can't believe that used IS-F's with ~5,000 miles on them are going for 42k.....

 

Why not? I picked one up this month, a brand new 08 leftover for $49,500.

 

Apparently the Fox Marketing IS-F was driven almost across the country. Who knows though to be honest. Im sure theres more hidden details than we may know. But at the same time I think its a strong product. It may very well have the company reputation on the line with such a bold build so I dont think they'll just throw anything out there.

 

Hey chris Yeha man I am dead serious just do a search on autrader in MD or PA you would be very suprised even Lexus is hurting from the economy Hell my car I picked up for 28,000 brand new yes it was left over but still brand new!

 

His transmission will last quite a long time. Again another wrong comment made from looking at the internet.

All 2 ISF TT seem to be standing strong and unproven for the numbers it has dyno'ed at. No ISF TT has broken the 14s in the 1/4 mile yet. While a stock car is hitting 12s no problem.

Cool idea but not proven yet. A dyno queen is what it seems to be so far.

 

Yeah I think that the twinturbo concept is great! But they arent dyno queens more like a supra where there mostly good for highway pulls... which to me is fine owning a supra I know what its like to never hook up ever lol. But I think if one of these guys would throw some nice slicks on there one of 2 things will happen it will launch like a beast or it will blow the tranny or rear end and I am assuming the rear end or tranny is what most likely what will happen unfortunately But hopefully someone can figure away to get the the IS-F down the track fast and safe

 

Honestly, spoke to Brian Fox at fox marketing, as well as Kenny who is like the head of artisan, because I almost got the twin turbo kit, and I felt like it wasn't a perfected kit and only like what a handfull of people have the kit, for example like Nissan 350z, Infiniti G35's with those twin turbo kits, most likely those kits will last you a while, but this car is only out for its first year and a little more I don't know if the twin turbos will hold up especially its located in the rear... If you haven't see pictures/videos the outcome of it, don't get me wrong is unmatched and just amazing, but if you see the odometers and everything all the lights are on, i believe the engine light is on, they don't pass through many things, but thats a main reason why I personally wouldn't get it, but it does give you a lot more power than you think, but still has its flaws and outcomes, but who knows how long it will last you never know when your engine might blow, you be the judge

 

LOL yea I am a former Supra owner too so I understand what you are saying. I agree its going to take some slicks or Drag Radials on the ISF TT in order to really put some numbers down then we will see what will hold or break. My guess is like yours Trans, Diff, engine part are suspect

 

Here's the problem.

The GT-r was designed for turbo's, and almost any car designed for turbo's has a lot more flexibility, for future engine modification.

Your friend is correct, how long will it last, being that the is-f was not designed for turbos or any Forced Induction for that matter. Given the high compression ratio the is-f engine has, makes it difficult to work with.

Unless, you are going to rebuild all the internals for your turbo upgrades, its a gamble on how long it will last, at best.

The only other option, is low boost pressure, but what fun is that

Turbo is more reliable than supercharger, for sure

 

I'd say the frist failure would come in the form of a blown head gasket and streched head studs. The frist wastegate that hangs up and spikes 8-10 lbs will pop the gasket. Remember these are Turbonetics parts so they are going to fail sooner than later, LOL

I wouldn't trust my $18,000 dollar motor with a bunch of Turbonetics crap bolted to it. Just a disaster waiting to happen