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WHAAAAAAAAATS UUUUUP!!! All you Toyota
race heads......welcome to INSIDE SCOOP once again. This weekend
of July 23, 2000, my boy Darren and I took
a trip to Maryland to try and get some inside
scoop + Pic for all you Div1 browsers. The day was beautiful.
The races were heated and the girls were HH
HHOOOOTTTT. It was a pity I ran out of film,
but not before I got some inside scoop on this wicked 98'Lexus. As
Darren and I were walking around
checking out the scene + taking some PICS ...we
noticed 2 beautiful GS400 entering the compound making a familiar whistling
sound. But what really
caught my eyes was the huge apexi intercooler
stuffed tightly behind the bumper with a cut out for air. It even
had the performance factory crew
taking notice. I pushed Darren out the way
and gave the driver of the black GS a hand sign to wait until I got a shot.
he obliged and so began the inside
scoop.
I first saw this car at English town two weeks ago beating up on a JZ with a 13.6. I took a few snaps, but couldn't find the owner to interrogate him til today.
The Owner is Mohammad
The project: A 98 GS 400 Lexus
Mohammed is one of the top dogs from the Swift Racing Camp, based in
Maryland. Mohammed told me they fabricated everything I saw on the
car,
except the re-injectors and apexi intercooler. The SC is not
theirs, but it was modified by Swiff racing in order to work with the lexus
setup. This
particular GS set cost an arm + leg. To do your LeX, like
Mohammed's ..You probably have to sell your house, dog, cats, divorce
your wife, and break
into the kids college fund in order to pay for this. Don't start
panicking just yet, because there are less expensive units and combinations
that's
available for those with little less.
STAGE 1: Kit is said to produce 80+ hp @ 4psi
STAGE 2: Kit showed a dyno chart on their site producing 376hp at the
wheels and 314FTlbs torque @7psi
STAGE 3: info not yet available
This particular one passed all stages, so you know Mohammed went all
out. Mohammed told me his motor was built to handle 2000hp, so all
the internals
were upgraded, but the specs are secrets which we at DivisionOne can
understand.
* The rods are custom built by cunningham rods.
*The Pistons are from Ross, custom of course.
*The head was port + polish, valve springs + valve upgraded + other
secrets. So far the cams are the only things that are stock in the
motor.
The SC unit is from procharger. It looked like 1/2 turbo/1/2 Sc, and
it even blow off like a turbo. The unit was modified so it could
be coupled with the
Lexus intake system, which was also modified. I couldn't get
a good shot of the crank pulley, because of some safety features on my
camera.
But....take it from me, "it look wicked." Its a huge double unit
made form aluminum. The next time Ill bring the Digital. The
tranny was modified to handle
the power and deliver it to the ground. Inside the car
you could see a black box which is most secretive. Mohammed
said, it control everything.
The rotors+Calipors were custom built for Mohammed's lexus by AP Racing
(Didn't get PICS, ran out of film).
The car made 2 runs for the day and both runs were impressive.
Since Mohammed keep missing gears and still tinkering with the fuel mixture+SC
setup.
At English town he ran a 13.6 at a mere 7psi. First run at MIR
Track- was 12.74 and 109.4 mph with boots set at 12psi, and that's after
he missed shift
and stepped on the brakes. After that run he went back
to the pitt and pulled out a box with different size SCpully and
belts to go along. He puts
on a smaller pulley on The SC and went back out and ran a 12.44
@14psi after he missed shifted again. How did I know?
I could hear the engine wail
from where I was standing and the RPM bouncing off the limitter.
Otherwise, I think this car is capable of mid to low 11s, and Mohammed
thinks so as
well. For any other info. check out www.swift-racing.com
or for cooperation responses contact Mark email: lexlife@msn.com.
