Lexus IS200 - why not VVT-iL ?

[George]

Wouldn't it be nice if Lexus offered the 2-liter VVT-i inline-6 engine with VVT-iL ! That is Varable Valve Timing - intelligent with Lift.

It did wonders for the originally 145bhp Celica which later got valve Lift technology and boosted bhp to a respectable 192.

It can certainly be done for the 1G-FE engine. It would give around 210 bhp and a very very sweet push.

Now even the new Corolla T-Sport comes with 192 bhp VVT-iL.

[KM Guy]

Hi

Actually there is a existing RS 200 available which deliver 200 bhp with VVTI intelligent. I believe you cannot purchase in your country. It can only be imported from Japan like what I am ordering now.

[SuperChargedL]

Corolla T-Sport 192HP feels crappy...

It may product 192HP when RPMs are 8200, but the torque seem to be very poor with this 1.8 VVT-iL engine.

I did not feel this engine any more powerful than my is200's 153HP inline-6.

[George]

The Corolla T-sport may be of a lower grade but it shames the IS200 in performance.

And the Celica T-sport will do 0-62 km/h in 7.2 sek.

Performance isn't everything though there is much more to a car.

If I would have wanted more power I could have bought a Volvo S40 T-4 with 200 bhp turbo engine or a Saab 9-3 Aero with 225 bhp turbo all for less than my IS here in Sweden.

But these cars are ******* except their engines and they are front wheel drive which gives you so much torques steer when accelerating hard that you think the steering wheel will tear itself from your hands. Front wheel drive is not for a true sports car (...Celica...Corolla).