LS430 Top Speed? (merged threads)
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LS430 Top Speed? (merged threads)
This car really gets up and go between 100 and 140. I am thinking that the transmission is geared for higher top speed than low end zip. Can an car buff tell me?
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LS430 has a speed limiter at 130 or 131mph. The car can go much faster but its limited cause they went wil all season tires. The LS400 are supposedly limited at 149mph but some of us have gone faster. I have personally seen 153mph on my speedo. The car was still pulling, slowly but pulling. I let off the gas because got scared. The car pulls extreamly strong to about 135-140mph then slows down some. If I remember right someone here hit 160+ with and older LS400 but that may have been in europe.
Do a search for my name and you may still find my 153mph story and the ticket I got..
Jerry
PS This weekend driving back with the wife from a quick vacation in Naples, Florida I got smoked by a minivan. I had the cruise at 82mph. That will not do. So I let him get way ahead went over a small hill and I could see Nada for miles, punched and within seconds I was doing 120mph. By 125mph the wife said enough. It was fun while it lasted...
Do a search for my name and you may still find my 153mph story and the ticket I got..
Jerry
PS This weekend driving back with the wife from a quick vacation in Naples, Florida I got smoked by a minivan. I had the cruise at 82mph. That will not do. So I let him get way ahead went over a small hill and I could see Nada for miles, punched and within seconds I was doing 120mph. By 125mph the wife said enough. It was fun while it lasted...
Do any of you guys think the 98-00 pull harder than the 01-03s? I think the 98-00 get up and go faster than the newer ones. It could be just me. Oh Horta funny story, at time don't you wish you were alone in your car? lol jk bro.
Originally Posted by TJW98LS
Do any of you guys think the 98-00 pull harder than the 01-03s? I think the 98-00 get up and go faster than the newer ones. It could be just me. Oh Horta funny story, at time don't you wish you were alone in your car? lol jk bro.
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I wish the 05 ls had the throttle of my 98 gs. The feel is so there. The top speed I have obtained was about 125 because every time I get there I have thoughts of death and slow down. I can't even imagine getting a ticket at that speed. They would throw me in jail I think.
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Originally Posted by rominl
i thought i read that the ls430 tops out at 130mph?
if you talk about pull, that's about the v8. larger engine they have better pull on high end
if you talk about pull, that's about the v8. larger engine they have better pull on high end
Actually- it;s reverse. Larger engines have more low-end torque in general. Also depends on tuning.
Take Honda 4 cylinders for example- very low- low end torque but wind them up and WOW. lot's of horsey's.
If it was tuned exactly the same, the 430 would have more low ed torque than the 400. Do to technology and tuning differences, the 400 feels torquier. The drive by wire pays a huge part, too.
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Originally Posted by bigDlexus
Actually- it;s reverse. Larger engines have more low-end torque in general. Also depends on tuning.
Take Honda 4 cylinders for example- very low- low end torque but wind them up and WOW. lot's of horsey's.
If it was tuned exactly the same, the 430 would have more low ed torque than the 400. Do to technology and tuning differences, the 400 feels torquier. The drive by wire pays a huge part, too.
Take Honda 4 cylinders for example- very low- low end torque but wind them up and WOW. lot's of horsey's.
If it was tuned exactly the same, the 430 would have more low ed torque than the 400. Do to technology and tuning differences, the 400 feels torquier. The drive by wire pays a huge part, too.
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Originally Posted by TJW98LS
Do any of you guys think the 98-00 pull harder than the 01-03s? I think the 98-00 get up and go faster than the newer ones. It could be just me.
Care to race? For lots of money?
Originally Posted by Horta
Very very easy. Hit the gas and hold it down for about 35 seconds. You will hit the limiter. Nothing happend just the Speed needle bounces.
the best I got from my LS430 is about 129ish...
I got nervous about the tires cause they are not built for high speed....
weried enough.. the fastest I ever gone was on my first boosted Accord at 155MPH 5 yrs ago....
Well, never try to break the speed limiter on my lexuses...
I got nervous about the tires cause they are not built for high speed....
weried enough.. the fastest I ever gone was on my first boosted Accord at 155MPH 5 yrs ago....
Well, never try to break the speed limiter on my lexuses...
Originally Posted by jflynn
My understanding was that the LS430 was much quicker.
Care to race? For lots of money?
Care to race? For lots of money?
EDIT: And yes $10,000 or pinks. 2 Mile drag
Last edited by TJW98LS; Jul 1, 2005 at 10:13 AM.