# 08 Lexus IS F **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 6, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849 "2007-12-06T11:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/1 "2007-12-06T11:13:53Z")
> **[Autoweek.com](http://autoweek.com/?AID=/20071029/FREE/71026003)** > > Get the latest car news, car reviews, auto show updates, and racing news from Autoweek. News for the auto enthusiast. “Let’s talk about that 5.0-liter V8. Yaguchi didn’t want a turbo-charger to get power, because it lacked linearity. He laughed out loud when we asked if a V10 would fit. Yes, it would, he said, but it’s way too expensive and heavy. The engine he started with was the 4.6-liter V8 from the LS and the GS. Working with Yamaha, Yaguchi’s team stroked it a quarter-inch to get the displacement up to 5.0 liters. Adding the stroke made it less undersquare, giving it inherently better low-end torque. Improve-ments to the heads by Yamaha gave it high-end horsepower. It now produces 416 hp and more than 371 lb-ft of torque, numbers that make the old IS engine look like a weed whacker.” " Aft of the V8 is what Lexus says is the world’s first eight-speed sport direct-shift transmission. It, too, starts life as the unit from the LS. In this application, the torque converter locks in second through eighth gears in manual mode for more efficiency. The paddle-shift manual mode holds each gear to the 6800-rpm redline. Upshifts take a tenth of a second, the fastest for a production transmission, Lexus says. Downshifts come with a blip of the throttle for smoothness. The new car weighs 3780 pounds, only 250 more than the standard IS, so there is more than enough power to weight. Balance is 54/46 front/rear." ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/2 "2007-12-06T11:20:21Z")
still no manual. I dont care how fast it shifts. I want to enjoy my car and to most of us drivers that = manual. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/3 "2007-12-06T11:22:09Z")
old news buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/4 "2007-12-06T11:23:07Z")
[http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39385&highlight=isf](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39385&highlight=isf) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/5 "2007-12-06T11:32:14Z")
> **[2008 Lexus IS F | Instrumented Test | Car and Driver](https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2008-lexus-is-f-instrumented-test)** > > Fuji's Firebomb: New IS F is fast, fun, and in many ways quite familiar. Basically, :tdown: ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/6 "2007-12-06T11:44:54Z")
I love this car, except for the quad exhaust ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/7 "2007-12-06T12:09:17Z")
[quote=“Violator,post:2,topic:39849"”] still no manual. I dont care how fast it shifts. I want to enjoy my car and to most of us drivers that = manual. [/quote] :picard: ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/8 "2007-12-06T12:14:10Z")
[quote=“Violator,post:2,topic:39849"”] still no manual. I dont care how fast it shifts. I want to enjoy my car and to most of us drivers that = manual. [/quote] +1 that would probably be the only thing that would keep me from wanting to get one… that and my wallet… ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/9 "2007-12-06T12:42:38Z")
[quote=“Anonymity,post:4,topic:39849"”] [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39385&highlight=isf](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39385&highlight=isf) [/quote] damn it, i searched for “IS F” oh well. i suck ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/10 "2007-12-06T13:09:03Z")
[quote=“walter,post:7,topic:39849"”] :picard: [/quote] Just because you’re too old and frail to operate a clutch doesn’t mean the rest of us all want flappy paddle transmissions. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/11 "2007-12-06T14:24:00Z")
[quote=“JaysGreenLX,post:6,topic:39849"”] I love this car, except for the quad exhaust [/quote] dont worry, its fake ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-lexus-is-f/39849/12 "2007-12-06T14:50:55Z")
[quote=“Viper966,post:11,topic:39849"”] dont worry, its fake [/quote] Oh I know. It still doesn’t make it look better.