it's fun to look at those HP wars and that's a great news.

i dont mind having 500hps daily beater in next 10 years and 1200hp-car for my weekend driver LOL

 

Will they last 10 years? More power= more wear and tear on the engine= people more than likely driving the snot outta thier cars. The weakest link is the Tranny! Can the trannies hold up with the increase in power?

 

get 2 trannies, one for the front wheel and one for the rear

 

LMAO! One of the reasons the SL65 uses a 5 speed. It can handle the torque. the 6 and 7 speed can't.
Also why the IS 300 came with a 5 speed instead of the 6-speed from the IS 200.

 

Damn shame. I would have killed for that 2.0L line 6.

 

Yeah but if they slapped the 6 speed manual into the IS 300 and rushed it in 2001 instead of doing their HW and waiting until 2002, then Lexus might have a tranny fiasco like Acura.

And the IS 200 was deemed TO CHEAP for the American market. Lexus research indicated 4 cylinders in the American market have no belonging in a luxury car maker thus they dropped the 2JZ and brought it here. Honda would try convince us otherwise.

 

Here's a novel way to keep the world's younger population in control!

 

Hmmm..... so why do the Supra TT and the Skyline GT-R both have GetRag 6-speeds?

 

Clearly a different, buffed up tranny able to handle the power. Just that particular 6-speed could not handle the 2JZ (the one for the 2.0 I-4). that was my point.

Quite frankly, 5 speed manuals were out 8 or 9 years ago.

 

I agree with you about the 5-speed manuals, but why didn't Toyota just use the 6-speed Getrag? We know that it can hold the power, and its reliable

 

I thought the IS200 was a 2.0L inline 6?

"The Lexus IS200 boasts a 2.0 litre straight six engine and is exceptionally smooth."

Engine Capacity 1988 cc
Cylinders 6
Power 153@6200 ( bhp / rpm )
Torque 144@4600 ( lb / ft )
CO2 Emissions 231 ( g /km )

Performance
0 > 62 mph Acceleration 9.5 seconds
Maximum Speed 134 mph

Damnit, just thinking about how sick a small-displacement 6 like that is makes me want to vomit hardcore.

Son of a ******** **** *****...Granted, no one would want it, but I sure as hell would...****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

toyota forgot that they have one cz they invented 6 years ago

 

yes they have both 6 cylinders IS200 and 4 cylinders IS200

 

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Altezza RS200 get 3s-ge 4 cylinders and AS200 gets 1g-fe 6 cylinders in JDM market and they both gets 6 speed MT

 

Yeh