Hello isf owners. I'm about to jump on ISF. How reliable on this v8 engine? I'm thinking about get 08 isf with 100k on it.. can I drive this car another 100k? Any high mileage issue? Please post your thoughts or feedback please!!! Thanks alot..

 

i think there's only been 1 blown one to date, and that's because they took the rev limiter to 8k ....

its bullet proof as long as you do your scheduled maintenance, there was one recently sold with 300K miles ...

 

Like gravesg^^^^^^^said above one was just recently sold with 333k miles on it and the engine runs fine!

Engines are bullet proof as long as your not trying to feed it a 200 shot of NOS

100k isn't anything to wory about

 

My car 2008,
350K .. 4 years had the car.in abudhabi - dubai .. 45'C degree..
All day night pushing the car hard.
24/7 in sport/M mode ..
Steel 👌👌
Normal service and ur all good 😁

 

Extremely reliable. If you look at their displacement vs. horsepower you'll see the motor is extremely undertuned. European cars are typically a 1:1 ratio for Litre to HP. By that idea the ISF should be at 500 instead of 416. The motor is made to last for sure.

 

The ISF 5.0l V8 is reliable...very reliable.

 

I'm wondering the same. especially with higher miles and unknown prior owner abuse. carafe can only tell so much.

does any one know if the ifs v8 is the same as the SC convertible V8. or noticeable differences in internals/ build? just a thought i had.

 

the motors in question share nothing.

they are completely different.

 

AND THAT ANSWERS THAT. Thank you...

 

^^^^^Click on the two links here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_V8

Lou

 

The engine itself is reliable... as far as the components, that is another thing
On older models the water pump has issues. on all models you have the valley plate and various oil leaks as well as the cracking exhaust manifold issue.

 

compared to other high performance vehicles out there, I would say this motor is pretty reliable for the power it is making/can make