{"id":2536,"date":"2015-01-16T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2015-01-19T22:27:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T02:27:41","slug":"lexus-lfa-rumored-to-have-a-nascar-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2536","title":{"rendered":"Lexus LFA Rumored To Have A NASCAR V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Update<\/strong> (1\/19\/14): Wrecked Magazine posted an updated photo showing the V8 engine installed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speedhunters reports a rumor<\/del> this LFA will soon be running a TRD NASCAR V8 while Wrecked Magazine reports on another rumor<\/del> it already has one. Either way it probably means when the D1 season starts, professional drifter Yoichi Imamura will be sporting the first ever V8 powered Lexus LFA. The car was built by OTG Motor Sports via Osaka Toyopet Group which owns many Toyota dealerships in Japan. This explains the ability to source one of these rare cars and the deep pockets needed to race one.<\/p>\n

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Source: Speedhunters<\/a> and Wrecked Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update (1\/19\/14): Wrecked Magazine posted an updated photo showing the V8 engine installed. Speedhunters reports a rumor this LFA will soon be running a TRD NASCAR V8 while Wrecked Magazine reports on another rumor it already has one. Either way it probably means when the D1 season starts, professional drifter Yoichi Imamura will be sporting… Read More »Lexus LFA Rumored To Have A NASCAR V8<\/span><\/a><\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lfa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2775,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2775","url_meta":{"origin":2536,"position":0},"title":"Video of V8 Powered Lexus LFA and Toyota Crown Drifting","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Professional D1GP driver Yoichi Imamura took his 690 horsepower 5.8 L Nascar V8 powered Lexus LFA drifting along side Tokita Masayoshi in a Toyota Crown up a mountain road and filmed the whole thing. 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