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Mar 1, 2008 | 08:17 AM

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Wait, so the exhaust just sort of ends before the actual exhaust outlets?

Mar 1, 2008 | 09:29 AM

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Yea. I guess Lexus figures, Lexus owner complain about dirty exhaust tips so...... There you have it!

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Mar 1, 2008 | 12:08 PM

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first mod, take out gay exhaust tips .. Horrible looking

. Nice car tho

Mar 1, 2008 | 03:15 PM

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^^^What he said.
Why in the world would you wanna put fake exhaust tips anyway.
How about increasing the redline a couple hundred rpm also.
I couldn't understand why Lexus has commisioned Yamaha to work on the head and limit the redline at 6700rpm.
Maybe a rear LSD?
Just a few suggestions.
Very nice car none the less.

Mar 1, 2008 | 03:52 PM

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wow thats exciting... my friend's parents are 11th on the list in vegas for the lexus-f.. lucky bastards.. might have to tell them about u guys lol his parents are loaded... they have the sc, and the acura nsx...

Mar 1, 2008 | 04:00 PM

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I was up at the local lexus dealership checking it out today. I have friends that are techs there and the ones that have driven it are impressed with what it can do but all agree the price tag is a bit high. But thats what you have to do if you want that big L on your car. People have already traded such cars as a C6 corvette and a porsche gt2. I wouldnt go that far though.

Mar 1, 2008 | 04:14 PM

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im sure you've driven it. how is the transmission with the torque converter lockup
in 2nd and higher gears and the rev matching on down shifts? work pretty well or not? i don't know if you've ever driven a sequential MR2 or not but

i know they are 2 completely different things but.....

Mar 1, 2008 | 05:24 PM

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THe tranny is good. We got the second one in Cali, almost the first but...... The car is proper M3 killer. I am sure we can get 50-70 more out of it. IF we do, we will call it a day.

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Mar 1, 2008 | 10:33 PM

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yes but this car competes with the m5

Mar 2, 2008 | 09:28 AM

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OK. M5 killer, even better.

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Mar 2, 2008 | 09:54 AM

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Check KBB.com, the car has $7500 of room between invoice and sticker.

Way overpriced.

Mar 2, 2008 | 10:41 AM

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If you guys want to mod it the right way you should do a 6-speed conversion. Lose that 8-speed auto, and strap a T-88 on it. Now that would be sweet...

Mar 2, 2008 | 08:03 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grillpt

If you guys want to mod it the right way you should do a 6-speed conversion. Lose that 8-speed auto, and strap a T-88 on it. Now that would be sweet...

PRolly true but the gearbox really works well. One of the best features of the car!

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Mar 4, 2008 | 04:48 PM

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Gonna start on making more power as soon as our SX4 turbo and Lancer turbos are done. They are both up and running.

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Mar 15, 2008 | 12:21 PM

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Been busy but we expect to dig into it this week finally.

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