{"id":2201,"date":"2015-03-19T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2015-03-19T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T19:32:53","slug":"video-of-nascar-v8-powered-lexus-lfa-being-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2201","title":{"rendered":"Video Of Nascar V8 Powered Lexus LFA Being Tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=5715\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?fit=700%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,387\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lexus LFA with a Toyota Nascar V8 being tested\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lexus LFA with a Toyota Nascar V8 being tested&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?fit=700%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?resize=700%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lexus LFA with a Toyota Nascar V8 being tested\" width=\"700\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?resize=600%2C332&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lexus-LFA-with-Toyota-Nascar-V8-being-tested.jpg?resize=624%2C345&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video is not great but you do see Imamura testing his Toyota NASCAR V8 powered Lexus LFA for the first time. If you would like to see a few more images please <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2536\">view the previous article we published<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CL64oMkZi9k\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wreckedmagazine.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/18\/yoichi-imamura-drifting-and-shake-down-his-lexus-lfa-video\/\">Wrecked Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video is not great but you do see Imamura testing his Toyota NASCAR V8 powered Lexus LFA for the first time. If you would like to see a few more images please view the previous article we published. Source: Wrecked Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lfa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7910,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7910","url_meta":{"origin":2201,"position":0},"title":"Nascar V8 Powered LFA: Now With Turbo","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We have posted several articles (list at bottom of article) since Yoichi Imamura debuted his Nascar V8 powered Lexus LFA. 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There is a great mix of engine noise in this video. Our previous coverage on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LFA&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LFA","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=254"},"img":{"alt_text":"Yoichi Imamura Lexus LFA with a Nascar V8 drifting along side Tokita Masayoshi in a Toyota Crown","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Yoichi-Imamura-Lexus-LFA-with-a-Nascar-V8-drifting-along-side-Tokita-Masayoshi-in-a-Toyota-Crown-02.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Yoichi-Imamura-Lexus-LFA-with-a-Nascar-V8-drifting-along-side-Tokita-Masayoshi-in-a-Toyota-Crown-02.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Yoichi-Imamura-Lexus-LFA-with-a-Nascar-V8-drifting-along-side-Tokita-Masayoshi-in-a-Toyota-Crown-02.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Yoichi-Imamura-Lexus-LFA-with-a-Nascar-V8-drifting-along-side-Tokita-Masayoshi-in-a-Toyota-Crown-02.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6025,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6025","url_meta":{"origin":2201,"position":2},"title":"More Videos of D1GP Lexus LFA With A Nascar V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A few more videos have surfaced of D1GP driver Yoichi Imamura's Nascar powered Lexus LFA. 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