They do have audio, too.

These videos are from Friday, October 20, 2006 at Pista Tlalnepantla in Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico. This is just a little north from downtown Mexico City.

Let's take a look at the conditions first.

Temperature 18.4 C (about 65.1 F)
Air Pressure: 29.77 (this is awful and was the lowest I have seen until Sat.)
Humidity: 55%

A solo warmup run,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqC6nY_aEKk

Racing a VW Caribe (like an 80s Golf) modified with a postmarket Turbo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYXztadrCj4

I have a few more from Saturday I will post in my next reply in a few minutes.

Saturday night, October 21, 2006. This time, those downpipes are now installed.

More bad weather.

Temperature: 22.0C (about 71.6F)
Air Pressure: 29.76 (worst I have ever recorded here)
Humidity: 52%

A typical warm up run taken from a vertical profile,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYpgkZqolLE

A good solo warm up run with very good km/h,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0ytF27Al4

Against a Dodge Stratus Turbo,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWpXS2Ip5yY

A victory against a fast off the line, but bad high RPM VW Beetle,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c10pwDywDZk

Taken Friday night, My last run, a solo one with my father as the co-pilot. No ticket was printed on this run.

This is literally what I see when I run.

Notice how I leave just before the green light, about between the second and third lights. This is roughly a .500 to .600 reaction time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-V0pMhzk8

Notice the temperature says 61 on the dash.

We are supposed to have some day racing on the last Sunday of every month as I want to take some day pictures.

The lighting at the track is kind of difficult for shooting night shots regardless of camera used. Notice when my father and I do the solo run in the last video the lack of lightning downrange.

I hope some of you noticed my lack of headlights and no DRLs. A true thrill ride without lights.

Hey Nice Clips, I like the one where your father was the co-pilot because I thought ur engine sound pretty cool. I like your the way how it sounds.

Thanks,

I want to get some day shots (hopefully no rain Sunday for bracket competition) and also some highway shots, including what happens at the 112 mph fuel cutoff.

Oh yea a daytime shot would be nice. The 112 fuel cut off would be interesting. I always wondered what would happen. Thou i never driven my car pass 90mph but i like see what a fuel cut off is like. I thought a fuel just off is just that when you reach 112, no more fuel is injected into the engine right?

I notice you had your Radio, fan, Daytime Running Lights, headlights and everything off. Does having all the accessories off direct the electrical power towards the engine? Does it make a diffrence. Everyone knows that if you have your a/c on then that would effect your performance but just wondering why you had all your electrical stuff off?

Have someone shoot some videos from the inside of your car while you drive. That would be nice, i'd like to see those

What actually happens is not a true fuel cutoff, as that would throw a lean error with more air than gas, it just gets reduced (just as some fuel always flows at idle).

What occurs at the 112 mph limit is generally when you hit 110 mph it seems like an eternity and then there is just a very smooth downshifting for about 3 to 5 second max and then you can accelerate again.

Yes, the electrical items get turned off to throw power to the engine. A/C can kill up to 10 hps and even headlights can kill a few. I dim the interior lights, turn off the radio, basically every last thing I can find.

I have a nighttime highway video (I am uploading it to youtube. I am going to put up to show the speed. Again, remember I am in Mexico and I don't do this in the U.S. (a nice, pleasant place to enjoy the drive) Several people on this very same stretch of road have hit over 160 mph (A guy with an S4 at our track).

The place where I plan to do the 112 mph is a nice toll highway with plenty of room and not a lot of traffic. (same one that I did this shot on). Plus, one of my cousins is a Federale (or a Federal Highway Patrol officer) that sometimes rolls on this road.

Nice reactin time. From what I understand a .500 is perfect. I liked your video cause it can prepare me for next year when I try the strip.

It is a great feeling. Sometimes both the red and green will light up and somtimes they won't when you hit the .500 on the sportsman tree, which are the lights we use at Tlane (as we call the track at Tlalnepantla).

I encourage every single Lexus owner to give running the 1/4 mile a try, it really is a lot of fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iStkeBfSb10

This will give you an idea of the sound while on the highway.

As far as speeding, there are no posted limits on this road...none...zero...zip. This is Mexico.

These videos were in .avi format (off of my camera) so they don't have the best clarity during the night, but we will get some day shots.

Nice Video, I like it. Your engine sounds diffrent from mine. But thats what i like bout your video because of ur engine sounds. By the way, does your RX300 have the PWR button? I have a 2000 RX300 and it has the PWR and SNOW Button, but i notice my uncle's 2002 RX300 doesn't have the PWR button but just only SNOW. Do you know anything bout that?

Thanks.

Yep, mine has the PWR button and I do put it on to PWR and takeoff the overdrive on the runs. 99-00 have it and the 01-03 does not. Partly related to the latter models having VSC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eBh1zeRm54

This was taken last night, October 30, 2006 after the end of bracket races.

I basically got blown out by a supercharged Mach 1 (he clocked about 14.1 or so with my time about 18.25x or so). I never got the offical ticket (though my friend Mario mentioned the times to me later) due to the following event. I hit the record button late so we don't see the reaction lights.

A crash occurred in the return lane about 15 seconds into the video barely on the left side. Reason, I did net get a second run.

It was none other than my good friend and rival Carlos from this thread here.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=219107

If you notice toward the end of my video I hit the brights briefly to tell that Mach 1 way in front of me at the end to hold on so he does not go into the return lane (he was very thankful).

Notice at the bare bottom of the photo below how the tire had come off the vehicle. I had already felt bad for him as he has lost in the semifinals of the lower division to a Mazda MX-6 (a nationalized one) who went on to win the finals. His son and good friend Amadeo had to disqualified in the semifinals of the upper division with his VW Beetle after the clutch got busted.

Why didn't I compete? My lil RX still is not consistent enough on its times after the recent modifications (which is an important aspect of bracket racing), even if my reaction times are a solid .500 to .600 most of the time. Remember the deviations in time on Saturday night?

At about the time I ran in the previous video, 25.9C (78.62 F), 25% humidity and 29.81 air pressure. My RX had sat for about 4 hours or so, thus it was cool. However, when I got to the track, I had the intention of running about 30 minutes after arriving (never happened with the amount of cars that came crashing through the gates).

However, one thing I do by tradition and need every time is a pour 2 bottles of water over the radiator to let it cool down. I also pour a little water on top of the tranny and the throttle body. I generally need at least 30 minutes even at night and then the RX is ready. You then need about 4 minutes after you start it up and everything is good to go.

My cousin Rodrigo was in the passenger seat and tried (as he always does) to give the finger to me...didn't quite work