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265PH IS300 Pace Car to Debut at the CART FedEx Marlboro 500

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#9 ·
hmm, this is kind of off topic, but you think anyone out there will attempt to drop a Champ Car TRD engine into the IS? 900+ hp at the shaft!
The engine is actually smaller than the one in the IS right now and weights probably 100 or so lb lighter, the only problem is that the turbocharger is huge (T06 turbo means nothing when put next to these beast) so there may not be a place to fit them.
Anyone want to take on this project?
 
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Specifications IS 300 Pace Car

VEHICLE TYPE 4-seat, 4-door RWD compact sport sedan
ENGINE TYPE 24-valve, in-line 6 TRD supercharged
DISPLACEMENT 2997 cc
HORSEPOWER 265@5800 rpm
TORQUE (lb-ft) 245 lb-ft
TRANSMISSION 5-speed manual
WHEELBASE 105.1 in.
FRONT SUSPENSION Double wishbone Eibach racing coil springs
REAR SUSPENSION Double wishbone Eibach racing coil springs
SHOCK ABSORBERS Bilstein
WHEELS BBS Front - 18" x 8" Rear - 19" x 8 1/2 "
TIRES Bridgestone Potenzza SO-2 Pole Position
Front - 225/35ZR/18
Rear - 245/35ZR/19
BRAKES Front - Brembo four piston caliper w/12.9"
floating ventilated discs
Rear - single piston caliper w/12" rotor
PAINT PPG Automotive Finishes
GRAPHICS Molly Designs

SOURCE Lexus
 
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The supercharger they slapped on the "pace car" is unlikely to be production ready for street use.

L-tuned says close to a year before we can expect to see a street legal TRD S/C for the IS300.

By the way - for whatever reason - that IS300 pace car didn't pace the race...
 
#18 ·
Hmm, doesn't that just sound familiar. TRD blowing up motors? Wow, what a surprise.
You guys should ask CART teams what they called the Toyota motors before the 2000 season. They really need to buy out Yamaha, and have all their engine people do the tuning.
 
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