Well tomorrow I will be taking a run at LexusRules dad's XK8 with my 2000 GS400 (With no mods).. How do you think I will fair in this 1/4 mile drag and what tips do you have for me so I don't let down my fellow Lexus brother's and sisters!

Here is the event info in case any more folks in the Toronto region want to attend:

Drag Nights

Hey a two person Canadian meet.. Oh well I think that is how the Atlanta meets started as well..

 

hehe yay my first clublexus meet! haha

yes that is how the atlanta ones started!!

you'll beat my dad cause i looked up the numbers, you should be something like .3 or .4 sec faster than the XK8, i hear that thing is REALLY heavy.

i'll bring my camera and record the race! i'll make sure to post it!

looking forward to tommorow! (actually its today )

i should get to sleep! goodnight guys, see u tommorow ken!

 

Good Luck To You Both...to bad I cant tell my friend Josh whos out there to go see this. Sasha you better send me that VID and you all better be in it lol...
PeYcE

 

Sounds like a fun race. Have a good race both of ya!

 

I used to have an xjr and when they come to launching they are crappy so the lexus will defenatly win the jump start but the jag does pickup quick so be careful from that but if you get a good enough start then all he would be seeing is your tail lights, my advice to you is try to keep your RPM between 2100-2500 it just depends each lexus is diffrent test it and see where your wheels start to spin and then go 100RPM's under that and what ever you do dont throw it in manual shift mode that will slow your launch either put it in power mode or use the shift gate if you know how to launch it from that

hope this helps alittle

 

Good luck!!!
Please post the vid of the race, that would be great.

 

You should be able to open a can of whupass on an XK8......an R might be another story, but you've got the normally aspirated car outgunned by 10 hp and about 300# less weight. Spank yourself if you lose.

 

LOL.. I'll so my best guys.. Well gonna go give the GS a quick wash before I shoot down to Cayuga.. I'll post results later today and I know LexusRules will supply the VID.. Trying to talk a buddy of mine with his GS430 to come down but he is still breaking in his car..

 

i never knew the Jag was so heavy! well good luck to you man! i'll see u in a couple hours!

 

Hey guys, I'm getting the "xk";s mixed up. Is this particular jag the one with the supercharged 370 HP? If it is, doesn't it do like 0-60 in 5.2 secs?

 

Dieselman63, I don't think he is racing the supercharged version. He told us it was an XK8, which is NA. The XKR is the supercharged version.

 

Ok just got home so I thought I would post an update:

1st Run

*** Left Lane ------------ Right Lane
**** GS400 ---------------- XK8

R/T -- 1.486 ---------------- 1.345
60' --- 2.385 --------------- 2.592
330' -- 6.482 -------------- 6.983
1/8 --- 9.814 -------------- 10.486
1000' - 12.676 ------------ 13.524
1/4 ---- 15.082 ------------ 16.285
MPH --- 93.94 -------------- 80.24

Sasha's dad had his window open and his A/C on so not a good indication of the XK8..

2nd Run

**** Left Lane -------------------- Right Lane
***** XK8 ---------------------------- GS400

R/T --- 1.218 --------------------------- 1.138
60' --- 2.477 --------------------------- 2.471
330' -- 6.831 --------------------------- 6.588
1/8 --- 10.308 -------------------------- 9.921
1000' - 13.271 ------------------------ 12.777
1/4 ---- 15.768 ------------------------ 15.161
MPH --- 89.70 -------------------------- 94.69

That was the last run against the XK8.. Just wanted to thank Sasha for the invite and I hope you know what a cool dad you have.. Please thank him for me and I hope you guys have fun tomorrow..

Most likely those times above are shitty but i've only done this a few times and it was only meant for fun.. If any of you get the chance take a 1/4 mile run please do it.. Loads of fun.. I did a few more runs by myself just to see how fast I could get the GS up to.. Best I could do was 98.21 MPH.. And I used manual mode to achieve that and folding in my mirrors..

 

Thanks for the info!!!! Very interesting!

*98* mph on 1/4 mi. - that's haulin' ***.

Sounds like you had a great time.

 

found a computer with the internet, just wanted to say great race guys! 2SAVVY we did do a third race remember? my dad turned all the stuff off and put the windows up. Anyways as always the GS is king

good racing savvy and dad.

it was fun vid soon!

 

Would love to see the video on this. I have never been much of a Jaguar fan, but the newer models are really nice. Esp the 370hp version. Alot of style. Maybe it's the whole Sting commercial bit. Either way, great run and work on that reaction time.