I never even thought about racing them at first...I thought they was some fastwhipyo, but as I soon found out, they cant hang with the GTS I guess its that teptronic transmition or that phat ass. They are still quick but a GTS 6 speed can takem out. (does lexus even make a manual trans?) ive never seen a manual is300 before, those would be a good race with a Man. GTS

 

IS300 now has 5 speed manual. I saw them at the LA autoshow.

 

can that take out a gt-s?

 

Truthfully, Now that I think about it the 5 speed auto that lexus had in the car before was pretty good, wheel loss was pretty low for a RWD auto and the old auto was also a 5 speed. My guess is that the auto dropped 1/4 mile times by about .5 seconds, puting it right at or a tit under 15 flat, So ya, It would be a tight race between one of those and a manual GTS, GTS would win with ex/in though, that little bit would probably give it the small edge it would need. I know the 300 has 215 hp and a bunch more torque than we do, but it needs it to lug its big butt around, power/weight ratio should be pretty close

 

I believe I've read that the manual IS300 is about equal with the GTS 6 speed as you said. Of course the IS300 has more potential since it has the N/A Supra engine. I would assume you could do just about anything with it.

I wish I had an IS300

 

I think the IS300 could take 6 Speed GT-S. Given it's RWD, the hp/weight is almost the same as the GT-S. The 0-60 should be faster than the GT-S, and 1/4 should be a tad faster on the IS300. Beyond 1/4 mile, I think the IS300 should be able to creep up and take a bigger lead.

 

I wouldnt bet on the IS300 but thats just me. I know torque helps a **** load off the launch, but after that the torque is overriden by high end horses on both engine. So the IS300 would launch better and get maybe a car length off the start, but then the top end power on the GTS would come into play for the rest of the race allowing for lots of make up time. A celica W/ CAI/EX... which almost everyone on this site has, dyno's only a few less peak HP to the wheels than the IS300 (rwd hurts him there a lil), and the IS300 weighs more than 500lbs more, I would go GTS all the way even with the IS's car length lead after launch, but thats just my opinion based on facts.

is300
HP: 215
TQ:216
weight: 3200lbs ( Im pretty sure might wanna check)
auto 5 speed tranny
celica has better aerodynamics

 

fastwhipyo, we're talking about 5 speed manual, not the auto. We all know the 5 speed auto will get beaten by GT-S.

 

My Co-Worker just bought an IS300 5 speed manual. Those things are sweet! But anyway, I told him that I wanted to race him as soon as he breaks his car in so, I'll let you guys know how close the race is.

Oh, btw I only have an Injen CAI.

Peace.

 

here we go again...

I have a japanese racing vid of 2 professional drivers. 1 in a celica gt-s 6speed and one in the altezza 6speed?? (it cant be slower than the US version. At least i wouldnt think so). The gt-s comes out on top in the 1/4 mile by about 2 car lengths.

i dont think 215hp and 218lb-ft of torque is quite enough to push a 3,255 lb car faster than the celica pulls. But thats just my opinion. I raced an auto is300 before and just killed him.

 

Re: here we go again...

I have a japanese racing vid of 2 professional drivers. 1 in a celica gt-s 6speed and one in the altezza 6speed?? (it cant be slower than the US version. At least i wouldnt think so). The gt-s comes out on top in the 1/4 mile by about 2 car lengths.

i dont think 215hp and 218lb-ft of torque is quite enough to push a 3,255 lb car faster than the celica pulls. But thats just my opinion. I raced an auto is300 before and just killed him.

they're a 2 litre 4 cytlinder in japan

 

I believe I've read that the manual IS300 is about equal with the GTS 6 speed as you said. Of course the IS300 has more potential since it has the N/A Supra engine. I would assume you could do just about anything with it.

I wish I had an IS300

actually you can only put arond 320 to 400 hp in a NA supra engine like the IS300 i should know my bro owned a NA supra *96 * before he bought his 97 twin turbo limited edition Supra

 

i beat an IS300 stock (5-spd) w/ my stock GT-S

was a pretty easy kill

 

about the IS300 having better aerodynamics.... youre wrong. i thought it too, but it surprised me. Is300 have better coefficient of drag than NSX.... a measly .28 or .29 depending on the source. (NSX has .30, celica .31, IS: .29 or 2.8) they called it "one of the slippiest cars out there." not sh*tting you... i was like wtf too. not that it would make that much of a difference... but felt like dispensing accurate info. not to sound like a prick or anything.. just educatin'

 

about the IS300 having better aerodynamics.... youre wrong. i thought it too, but it surprised me. Is300 have better coefficient of drag than NSX.... a measly .28 or .29 depending on the source. (NSX has .30, celica .31, IS: .29 or 2.8) they called it "one of the slippiest cars out there." not sh*tting you... i was like wtf too. not that it would make that much of a difference... but felt like dispensing accurate info. not to sound like a prick or anything.. just educatin'

That's great, but it's area cutting through the air is bigger than the Celica's, so, since the Celica's frontal area is smaller, there is less drag. Now, I am just assuming the Celica's area is smaller, but look at the cars, I think that is a safe assumption. BTW, frontal area times drag coeff (plus other crap) determines over all drag.