Mr. Jones

http://www.lexus.com/pursuit_archive...007/index.html

Beneath the LX 570’s stylish hood slumbers an all-new 5.7-liter V8 engine. And with approximately 400 horsepower [3], 420 lb-ft of torque [3] and a precisely tuned six-speed sequential-shift automatic transmission at your disposal, the LX performs admirably on even the most challenging road conditions.

[3]
Ratings achieved using the required premium unleaded gasoline with an octane rating of 91 or higher. If premium fuel is not used, performance will decrease.

GFerg

Good find. Well thats interesting. I thought the Press Release said 381hp like the Tundra??

Or is it 400hp because thats the rating on Premium gas?? Does the Tundra run on regular? I tohught it was premium only?

LexFather

I predicted this way back. No way the Lexus won't have a HP bump. 400 is about right.

STIG

Well, they say APPROXIMATELY, not OVER 400hps. That could be 381hps too.

spwolf

thats not how it works... it seems around 20hp and 20lbs of torque more than Tundra...

Mr. Jones

no it can rum 87 octane, all Toyota hp ratings are on 87 octane.

I believe Lexus rates all their vehicles on 91 octane.

STIG

I would prefer if it is 400hps. I mean it's wrong to just lift the motor from tundra (Toyota Truck) and drop it into LX (Lexus Flagship) without any modifications.

We will see.

newr

holly cow!

imagine a GS570.

STIG

Gx570 u mean?

newr

No, I mean put this 5.7L engine into the GS and call it GS570. The GS460 will do just fine however.

Mr. Jones

the Escalade's engine is also designed to run premium

STIG

I don't understand. Why would you want to put a truck motor into a sedan?

I think GS500 (5.0L V8 from IS-F) would be more suitable for the GS?

vraa

iTrader: (2)

Because torque rocks.

CACressida

iTrader: (1)

I'd rather have a torque rich truck motor in my Sedan

GSteg

iTrader: (15)

why not?

In the end, the engine will still be an engine. There's nothing magically special about the 5.7L that makes it a bad candidate for a car.