Lexus LF-A Engine Code: 1LR-GUE
July 14, 2009 by Justin Karow
Filed under Japanese News, Latest Articles
In the build up to this year’s Tokyo Motor Show it seems there is an abundance of information surrounding just what will and what won’t (and maybe!) make an appearance in October. One of those is the Lexus LF-A and ahead of the show we’re given another little piece of news.
Apparently the new Lexus 4.8L V10 will be designated “1LR-GUE” according the Japan’s Best Car magazine and although we’ve read it all before, they once again reiterate that the V10 will produce 550PS. With a new snippet of news surfacing on the Lexus LF-A literally coming out every fortnight, it’s quite understandable that Best Car chose to keep this update short and sweet.
Words: Justin Karow
Image: techon.nikkei.co.jp
I Know al toyota engine code’s, but i don’t know what the U stands for. And it looks like it won’t have direct injection, the tuners will be happy!
That… Would look great in my Soarer
STJ: The U just means it has a japanese spec cat for emissions, or somthing like that.
And is the chassis code for this gonna be like “LRA90″?
Dude that thing is pure art, it would make a great coffee table to.
i think a twin turbo kit on this will blow the GT-R into the weeds! lf-a will be Japans new hero car.
STJ, the ‘U’ in a Toyota engine code denotes that it is equipped with low-emissions equipment. Depending on the vintage of the Toyota engine this equipment varies.
Also, from the look of the engine I’d bet that it’s getting direct injection. The throttle bodies don’t have much (if any) space for fuel rails or injector ports along the center of the engine. Placing the rails on either side of the throttle bodies would result in poor injector alignment with the intake ports, which would hinder just about everything.
Port injection used to be a mystery for tuners too.. direct injection will get figured out and the performance will be better than ever!
Wreckless: I agree, it doesn’t look like there’s much room there but that picture is of the concept engine on display at the Tokyo Motor Show so there’s a chance some changes could’ve been made. BC are revving up to give us a run down of the LF-A production specs next month.
I think Toyota is the only Japanese company to ever make a wide variety of engines with different cylinder counts that were in production. H2, I4, I6, V6, V8, V10, and V12 engines.