hi guys, I just got my new ls430 from Saudi Arabia and I can see that its engine is littel bit diffrent from the US version. its a 332hp 4.3L V8 ( the US version has 290hp engine). thats about 42 horses. can anyone explane why did Lexus make this diffrence in the mideast? just imagen what 332hp can do

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh!!! :eek: I'd like to get my hands on one of those!!! right hand drive though right?

 

wow, you must be a rich guy, who can afford ls430 in Saudi Arabia.

 

332HP!?

Hard to know, is it rated SAE Net or by some other measure? Does it have catalytic converters? What does the owners manual list for compression. What is your available octane?

Enjoy the car

 

Probably Saudi Arabia doesn't have strict air pollution requirements as we do and toyota can let the v-8 really breathe peacefully .

 

thanks guys for your replays,
I think that the strict air pollution requirements in the US is behind it. because its true in Saudi Arabia thay do not have such strict requiarments. But on the other side thay have a hell of a car. I floored it yesterday with a freind of mine it scored 6.1 seconds from 0-60mph (0-100 km/h), thats using the normal ECT mode. I don't have an idea what will happen if i use the sport mode but believe me i'll try it one day and let you guys know. I hope that it gose sub 6 (mayby 5.9) but less than that i really doubt it . And for those who don't know Saudi Arabia believe me I see more lexus here than I see back home at Houston TX.


thanks again






2001 silver LS 430

 

Wow , 6.1 secs to 60 . Almost as fast as the gs 400 . Since the LS has more power in Saudi , does the GS 400 has more power as well ?

One more question , how did you time your car ?

 

I'm not sure about the GS400. but about my car it sure did it in 6.1 sec. My freind in the next seat timed it using a stop watch. I'm going to try it using the power ECT and see if there is any diffrence and let u guys know
But, do u think it will do less with the VSC off
i'm going to try it with both the power on and the VSC off. and see what happens

 

hehe.. ya know.. I think your car did sub 6 seconds.... if your friend used a stopwatch to time that thing... you have to take into consideration the average reaction time of a human being: looking at the speedo to start the watch, reacting, pushing the button, time it takes to push the button... then also time to react to push the button to stop the watch once 60 mph was reached. hehe.. in physics this is the mechanical/systematic error(dunno which one) that we always take into consideration whenever we conduct experiments... somewhere in a book, I read that the time it takes a person to react usually averages to about .2 seconds... you can be off by as much as about .5 to 1 second... One other question... was your friend with you in the car? If so, he/she added extra weight which would slow down your acceleration... also... were you at full tank? anything in the back? I'm sayin that that monster of an engine of yours is EXTREMELY capable of sub 6 second 0-60 times!!! ENJOY YOUR CAR MAN!!! I would love to get my hands on one of those!!! (I said that arleady~~~!!!)

~manny