{"id":80635,"date":"2021-12-20T17:16:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80635"},"modified":"2021-12-20T17:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:18:27","slug":"lexus-is200-with-a-turbo-1uz-v8-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80635","title":{"rendered":"Lexus IS200 with a Turbo 1UZ V8 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=80639\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80639\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"80639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=80639\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?fit=1616%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1616,1080\" 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 IS200 with a Turbo 1UZ V8 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lexus IS200 with a Turbo 1UZ V8 built by FUBAR Racing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?fit=1200%2C802&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lexus IS200 with a Turbo 1UZ V8 built by FUBAR Racing\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?resize=1200%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?resize=1536%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?w=1616&amp;ssl=1 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>S\u00f8ren Heyer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/furbarracing\/\">FUBAR Racing<\/a> spent 200+ hours upgrading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bendorffdrifting\">Nikolaj Rasmussen&#8217;s<\/a> Lexus IS200 for drifting. S\u00f8ren received the car with a 4.0 L Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 however Nikolaj wants 500-600 horsepower. So he upgraded the connecting rods, fabricated a custom turbocharger system, and installed a lot of support mods. Listen to S\u00f8ren explain how he built the car below and view photos in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=furbarracing&#038;set=a.4239020049487833\">FB build album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/djJFYB_REhI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5nZpaaDgGKw6Nd_z5Xx1FQ\">FUBAR Racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00f8ren Heyer at FUBAR Racing spent 200+ hours upgrading Nikolaj Rasmussen&#8217;s Lexus IS200 for drifting. S\u00f8ren received the car with a 4.0 L Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 however Nikolaj wants 500-600 horsepower. So he upgraded the connecting rods, fabricated a custom turbocharger system, and installed a lot of support mods. Listen to S\u00f8ren explain how he&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80635\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lexus IS200 with a Turbo 1UZ V8 Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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":[451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-is200"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lexus-IS200-with-a-Turbo-1UZ-V8-07.jpg?fit=1616%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111622,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111622","url_meta":{"origin":80635,"position":0},"title":"Lexus IS200 with a Turbo 1UZ V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Toyota built the first-generation Lexus IS200 with a 2.0 L 1G-FE inline-six. 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The car was already powered by a 4.0 L 1UZ-FE V8 and FUBAR Racing is rebuilding it for forced induction. 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