IS 500 F SPORT Performance Megathread

[Flagship1]

The Q50 Red Sport is another good alternative?

Turbo and block replacement for that one. Internal coolant leak that rears its ugly head, especially for a car that has a heavy tuner following is probably not a good idea.

 

[Gecko]

I moved the Mazda CX70/90 discussion to this thread: https://lexusenthusiast.com/forums/threads/mazda-cx-70.7304/

Back to the IS 500 😊

 

[Motor]

 

[ssun30]

21:14 for the first sound of the 400PS 2.0T engine being tested on an IS prototype. It almost sounds identical to the 3S-GTE.

 

[Gecko]

Hard for me to get excited about the sound of a 4cylinder, but I hope the engine itself is solid: performance, power delivery, smooth, etc.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

Hard for me to get excited about the sound of a 4cylinder, but I hope the engine itself is solid: performance, power delivery, smooth, etc.

Fuel economy too.

But yeah, I want a six and (if regulations permit) an eight.

 

[Falcon]

Is the new 4L V8 bi-turbo euro7 compliant?

 

[ssun30]

According to BestCar it has 550N.m of torque. That's even more than the M139 on the C63 and the specific torque could be the highest on a production car including diesels.

 

[mikeavelli]

@Gecko IS 500 on BBS

Lexus IS 500 | BBS CI-R Unlimited Wheels | 20x9 and 20x10 | Stock Ride Height

 

[Flagship1]

Hard for me to get excited about the sound of a 4cylinder, but I hope the engine itself is solid: performance, power delivery, smooth, etc.

With regulations coming I doubt we see anything 6 or 8 anymore from Lexus. Truthfully I see Lexus focusing on improving on existing bba designs with their Engineering previews.

 

[carguy420]

IMO doesn't sound bad for turbocharged 4 cylinder, not too muted, not farty, can clearly hear the engine note get higher pitch with increasing RPM unlike some really flat sounding modern turbo engines and thank you Toyota for not purposely tuning the ECU to get those pops and crackles that European car manufacturers and Hyundai's N division seem to be obsessed with.

 

[carguy420]

An RC prototype with 600 hp and a manual transmission

Edit: the 400 hp version of the 2.0L turbo revs to 7100 rpm.

 

[mikeavelli]

Tom’s Racing Carbon Fiber Intake

 

[Kelvin2020]

2025 IS500 will have the flare yellow exterior.

 

[Kelvin2020]

 

[carguy420]

Ultrasonic Blue is always such a stunning color

 

[Gor134]

Ooooo new wheels on that yellow one.

Very interesting that the yellow has that license plate left on it, which is generally used on their design mockups/proposals.

So I guess the rumoured facelift #3 for 2025 is going to be a MY26 instead?

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

View attachment 9515

OH MY GOD YES.

 

[Gecko]

Wouldn't buy the yellow, but love the continued focus from Lexus on special editions! Incognito, Molten Pearl, Blue Vector, and Flare Yellow is a pretty good run.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

Wouldn't buy the yellow, but love the continued focus from Lexus on special editions! Incognito, Molten Pearl, Blue Vector, and Flare Yellow is a pretty good run.

Yellow on a Lexus IS harks back to the days of the first generation IS300 though. 😍