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How’s that dedication and passion? And just to
continue a bit more let us allow the man himself
to speak for a bit yes? Cue the emotive violin
music and here we go:
“After a couple years, I moved out the San
Diego, California for new orders. The moment I
moved out here I noticed the car scene was huge
and fell in love with the car culture immediately.
After a couple of month, I was recruited by
Team Hybrid and knew that I had to step up
my game. After a year of heavily modifying my
ISF, I earned the right to brag, winning multiple
car show trophies and breaking lots of necks
along the way. To date, the ISF has won over 20
trophies on the West Coast in California, Nevada,
Arizona, and North Carolina. I enjoy competing
in shows like Hot Import Nights, Import Face-off,
Spocom, and Extreme Autofest. All the awards
and accomplishments mean nothing to me as I
have always been about creating a unique build
to share with others.”
GT continues, “I have lived in San Diego for about
2 years or so and always been big on cars since I
moved here. My build has been both show and go.
My build has been based on the panda concept. It
being Lexus’s Ultra white and majority of Carbon
Fiber. As well as incorporating the F brand into
the interior aspects. When I bought the car you
think luxury and performance. I have modied it
to the point that it is more t for the race track
than the streets.”
For an entrée the bog standard IS F feeds off a
vintage brute of an engine – a 5 liter 32 valve V8
rated at 416 hp and 371 lb. ft of torque. These
numbers while doesn’t exactly set the world
alight in this days of mammoth power outputs
from outrageously modded forced induction
motor, is well enough to take the svelte sedan
from naught to 60 in a breezy 4.6 seconds.
Now GT kept things pretty straightforward in
the engine bay – nothing excessive except for
a Takeda Performance Intake and Mishimoto
Carbon Fiber Catch Can Installed, while waste
gases gets dumped via a trick Meisterscraft
Exhaust system. Of course, even then there’s
bound to be some manner of extra reworks at
play thereafter. Improvements as per the 5 liter
V8’s accelerations comes courtesy of an APEXi
Acceleration Controller