Swift Racing Technologies Lexus GS 400
05-31-2004, 11:00 PM
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Swift Racing Technologies Lexus GS 400
Swift Racing Technologies Lexus GS 400 - - By RICHARD CHANG - - Source: Autoweek
Part of the article below:
SWIFT RACING TECHNOLOGIES LEXUS GS 400
ON SALE: Now
BASE PRICE: $70,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 4.0-liter, 500-hp, 515-lb-ft twin-turbocharged V8; rwd, five-speed automatic
CURB WEIGHT: 4000 pounds (est.)
0 to 60 MPH: 4.25 seconds (mfr.)
“THERE AREN’T MANY GS 400s THAT ARE twin-turbo,” bragged Mitch Gordon, a small- business owner from Ellicott City, Maryland, as he slid his sedan into traffic for my firsthand lesson in Lexus turbo tuning.
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“For the horsepower and money, right out of the box this car was the most bang for the buck,” says Gordon. “And having Swift Racing in my backyard—initially, I was going to go supercharger, but SRT said it could do a custom twin-turbo. And my eyes lit up.”
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“I’m still running the mass [airflow] sensor,” he explained, “so I’m only able to run at 14 psi [of boost]. I usually drive around on 10 to 12, but 14 gives me a little over 500 hp at the rear and 515 [lb-ft of] torque. Right around 14 psi, [the mass airflow sensor] starts to lean everything out. It just can’t handle it.”
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The setup in Gordon’s car is an SRT Stage IV kit, a custom formula with no limit. It includes turbo manifolds for each bank, Spearco front-mounted intercooler, Blitz blow-off valve and boost controller, and GReddy e-manage engine ECU. In other words, the whole ball of wax.
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Part of the article below:
SWIFT RACING TECHNOLOGIES LEXUS GS 400
ON SALE: Now
BASE PRICE: $70,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 4.0-liter, 500-hp, 515-lb-ft twin-turbocharged V8; rwd, five-speed automatic
CURB WEIGHT: 4000 pounds (est.)
0 to 60 MPH: 4.25 seconds (mfr.)
“THERE AREN’T MANY GS 400s THAT ARE twin-turbo,” bragged Mitch Gordon, a small- business owner from Ellicott City, Maryland, as he slid his sedan into traffic for my firsthand lesson in Lexus turbo tuning.
...
“For the horsepower and money, right out of the box this car was the most bang for the buck,” says Gordon. “And having Swift Racing in my backyard—initially, I was going to go supercharger, but SRT said it could do a custom twin-turbo. And my eyes lit up.”
...
“I’m still running the mass [airflow] sensor,” he explained, “so I’m only able to run at 14 psi [of boost]. I usually drive around on 10 to 12, but 14 gives me a little over 500 hp at the rear and 515 [lb-ft of] torque. Right around 14 psi, [the mass airflow sensor] starts to lean everything out. It just can’t handle it.”
...
The setup in Gordon’s car is an SRT Stage IV kit, a custom formula with no limit. It includes turbo manifolds for each bank, Spearco front-mounted intercooler, Blitz blow-off valve and boost controller, and GReddy e-manage engine ECU. In other words, the whole ball of wax.
...
06-01-2004, 10:56 AM
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still a Masshole
Nice...70g is not all that bad considering that this car is as lux as the M5 with similar performance (maybe better). That and the fact that the car from Lex is mid-50+.
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