FINALLY! Refresh 2016 GS pics
#514
Lexus Test Driver
Just drove a 2015 GS. Nice interior amenities. Putting it in sport + the acceleration is damn noisy. Choosing a long sweeping on ramp my wife hit the accelerator and I could literally hear the engine thrash and feel the transmission go through 1st gear...2nd gear, 3rd gear, 4th gear and we were at 70mph. This is Lexus? Once cruising it was quiet. I'm thinking they didn't put sound deadener on the transmission tunnel or engine fire wall. I was surprised being in the passenger seat how I could hear it. It was loud enough I asked if the engine sound was being pipped through the speakers. He said no.
By comparison our IS is a sewing machine and did not have the same oomph when it is in ECT mode which we leave on.
Drove the LS460. Didn't like the lag once you hit the accelerator and seemed it needed just a few more HP. Honestly the lag felt like a "turbo". Once it hit, then there was giddy up & go. MARVELOUS everything else. Unfortunately my wife didn't like it so big. It's a cavern inside! Love it!
Going back to drive a 2016 with a Cabernet interior
By comparison our IS is a sewing machine and did not have the same oomph when it is in ECT mode which we leave on.
Drove the LS460. Didn't like the lag once you hit the accelerator and seemed it needed just a few more HP. Honestly the lag felt like a "turbo". Once it hit, then there was giddy up & go. MARVELOUS everything else. Unfortunately my wife didn't like it so big. It's a cavern inside! Love it!
Going back to drive a 2016 with a Cabernet interior
#515
Lexus Champion
Originally Posted by rxonmymind
Just drove a 2015 GS. Nice interior amenities. Putting it in sport + the acceleration is damn noisy. Choosing a long sweeping on ramp my wife hit the accelerator and I could literally hear the engine thrash and feel the transmission go through 1st gear...2nd gear, 3rd gear, 4th gear and we were at 70mph. This is Lexus? Once cruising it was quiet. I'm thinking they didn't put sound deadener on the transmission tunnel or engine fire wall. I was surprised being in the passenger seat how I could hear it. It was loud enough I asked if the engine sound was being pipped through the speakers. He said no.
By comparison our IS is a sewing machine and did not have the same oomph when it is in ECT mode which we leave on.
Drove the LS460. Didn't like the lag once you hit the accelerator and seemed it needed just a few more HP. Honestly the lag felt like a "turbo". Once it hit, then there was giddy up & go. MARVELOUS everything else. Unfortunately my wife didn't like it so big. It's a cavern inside! Love it!
Going back to drive a 2016 with a Cabernet interior
By comparison our IS is a sewing machine and did not have the same oomph when it is in ECT mode which we leave on.
Drove the LS460. Didn't like the lag once you hit the accelerator and seemed it needed just a few more HP. Honestly the lag felt like a "turbo". Once it hit, then there was giddy up & go. MARVELOUS everything else. Unfortunately my wife didn't like it so big. It's a cavern inside! Love it!
Going back to drive a 2016 with a Cabernet interior
#516
Lexus Test Driver
The engine sound is amplified by the sound generator on the intake pipe. If u remove that then it'll be quiet.
#517
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
Just drove a 2015 GS. Nice interior amenities. Putting it in sport + the acceleration is damn noisy. Choosing a long sweeping on ramp my wife hit the accelerator and I could literally hear the engine thrash and feel the transmission go through 1st gear...2nd gear, 3rd gear, 4th gear and we were at 70mph. This is Lexus? Once cruising it was quiet. I'm thinking they didn't put sound deadener on the transmission tunnel or engine fire wall. I was surprised being in the passenger seat how I could hear it. It was loud enough I asked if the engine sound was being pipped through the speakers. He said no.
By comparison our IS is a sewing machine and did not have the same oomph when it is in ECT mode which we leave on.
Drove the LS460. Didn't like the lag once you hit the accelerator and seemed it needed just a few more HP. Honestly the lag felt like a "turbo". Once it hit, then there was giddy up & go. MARVELOUS everything else. Unfortunately my wife didn't like it so big. It's a cavern inside! Love it!
Going back to drive a 2016 with a Cabernet interior
By comparison our IS is a sewing machine and did not have the same oomph when it is in ECT mode which we leave on.
Drove the LS460. Didn't like the lag once you hit the accelerator and seemed it needed just a few more HP. Honestly the lag felt like a "turbo". Once it hit, then there was giddy up & go. MARVELOUS everything else. Unfortunately my wife didn't like it so big. It's a cavern inside! Love it!
Going back to drive a 2016 with a Cabernet interior
No cabernet on the 2016 GS unfortunately.
#518
Lexus Test Driver
#519
Lexus Test Driver
#520
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#521
Lexus Test Driver
IS/RC/GS
Turns out the 2016 RX has it too.
Turns out the 2016 RX has it too.
#522
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
The LS F Sport has it too.
#523
Lexus Test Driver
#524
Lexus Test Driver
No u can't just remove it, u need to replace the whole piping with the one that doesn't have a sound generator, like a K&N one.
It's funny how we go to K&N now for quietness and stay stock for more sound. It used to be the other way around.
It's funny how we go to K&N now for quietness and stay stock for more sound. It used to be the other way around.
#525
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
You can also use the intake tube from the 3GS.