LS400 Towing discussion thread!
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LS400 Towing discussion thread!
Well, straight forward thread really. I'm surprised more people aren't using their LS's to tow more often! There is plenty of torque really. I own a Celsior and I'm hoping to have a heavy duty towbar retrofitted to it, so I can tow a caravan I hope to buy down the line. Can you say 'Hello car national car events!'. On another note, I have friends who use their LS's to tow drift cars! So it's definitely capable. Thoughts and opinions?
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Member Kansas has extensive knowledge on this subject. Read some of his views in this old thread and maybe he'll chime in on this one.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...8-trailer.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...8-trailer.html
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Well, straight forward thread really. I'm surprised more people aren't using their LS's to tow more often! There is plenty of torque really. I own a Celsior and I'm hoping to have a heavy duty towbar retrofitted to it, so I can tow a caravan I hope to buy down the line. Can you say 'Hello car national car events!'. On another note, I have friends who use their LS's to tow drift cars! So it's definitely capable. Thoughts and opinions?
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CL member Kansas has extensive knowledge on a lot of things LS400, especially the kind of stuff no one else would know - weird factory options, obscure LS400 facts, just the kind of stumper questions that no one else can answer - especially things inside the car.
Kansas has taught me a lot on this forum, and that is something you won't often hear me say about anyone!
if there was a category of "LS400" on Jeopardy, Kansas would win it.
Kansas has taught me a lot on this forum, and that is something you won't often hear me say about anyone!
if there was a category of "LS400" on Jeopardy, Kansas would win it.
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One friend tows his Rotary powered AE86 and the other tows his RB powered 180SX (240sx over there I think?) the 86 owner has a transmission cooler just because, well, he can afford to throw money around. The other is just running a standard LS. Yet they make the hour drive to the local track no worries. I'm really surprised it hasn't been done over there more!
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I'm just worried, they both run coilovers, whereas I have the factory bags. I'm hoping to find someone who can give me any info on towing with bags, will the weight ruin them? Etc
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There's not much I could add that hasn't been said in the thread sha4000 mentioned. The biggest problem I've had when towing my utility trailer - even when fully loaded - is that I tend to look back a lot to verify that it is still attached to the car.
I've spent quite a lot of time in the U.K. and Europe where towing caravans with passenger cars is very common. I find it strange how people in the U.S. have "drunk the Koolaid" and think a trailer can only be towed with a truck.
I've spent quite a lot of time in the U.K. and Europe where towing caravans with passenger cars is very common. I find it strange how people in the U.S. have "drunk the Koolaid" and think a trailer can only be towed with a truck.
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My 94 Fleetwood has the 7000 lb (3175 kg) tow package, it has much more power (low end grunt is 335 lb-ft @ 2800 rpm, and over 300 lb-ft @ 1600 rpm) and a much tougher suspension and a little more gear than the LS, but the LS has better brakes. I was wondering this myself, I want to sell my K2500 Suburban 454, but I need something to tow with occasionally. I have a GS400, but no way I am putting a hitch on it.
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