XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Lexus GS 300/400 (S160) 1998-2005

For a clean 0-400 metre launch, the S160 GS has one real problem to solve: it is a heavy rear-drive saloon that carries its mass high and well forward of the driven axle. The XYZ Racing Drag Racing coilover for the Lexus GS 300/400 (S160) is set up specifically for that first 60 feet, where the rear tyres have to be loaded and planted before the 2JZ-six or the V8 overwhelms them.

This is a strip tool, not a fast-road or circuit kit. The whole spring and damper strategy is built to manage longitudinal weight transfer off the line rather than to flatten body roll through a corner, which is exactly what a launch-focused S160 build needs.

What this coilover does for your 1998-2005 Lexus GS 300/400 (S160)

The pay-off you feel is at the lights. As you load the car, the setup encourages weight to shift rearward onto the driven tyres, pressing them into the surface so they bite instead of spinning. Less wheelspin means less wasted time before the car actually hooks and moves, so more of the engine’s output reaches the tarmac on the hit. Through the traps it keeps the heavy GS settled and predictable at speed rather than nervous, which matters on a long, fast S160 that is making real power. Ride height is adjustable so you can set rake and corner weights to suit your launch.

About the Drag Racing coilover

XYZ Racing engineered this series purely for 0-400 drag use, and it suits front-drive, rear-drive and four-wheel-drive cars – here applied to the rear-drive S160. The core idea is dynamic weight management: under hard, instant acceleration the coilover lets the car move its front-to-rear balance toward whichever axle is putting the power down, forcing the driven tyre into greater compression. That extra loading is what cuts the tyre’s idle and slip time off the line. The same calibration is meant to keep the car stable as speed builds, so the gains at launch are not paid back with instability further down the run.

Fitment for the Lexus GS 300/400 (S160) (1998-2005)

This kit is matched to the S160-generation Lexus GS, covering the 1998 to 2005 cars – the 2JZ-powered GS 300 and the V8 GS 400. Confirm your chassis code reads S160 and that your year falls inside that span before configuring.

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Set your ride height and spec to suit your launch, and configure your S160 kit below.