It is not a stock Lexus V8. No parts are interchangeable. About the only thing
    they have in common is they are both V8's.

    Paul Lamar

Paul, one of the members of our EAA Chapter was, until his recent retirement, an exec at the Toyota of North America division based in Livermore. (They did
mostly parts distribution and computer records) He told us that the TBO of the Toyota aviation V8 was 300 hours! While the engine worked well they expected
exactly 0 That is ZERO sales with that TBO. The FAA wouldn't certify it for longer and I don't know why. They figured that it could be fixed and retested
which some people were eager to do but supposedly the top brass decided to pull the plug based on meager profits possible in the GA sector.
Bill Jepson

300 hours is about right for an automotive V8 with an aircraft duty cycle.

Paul Lamar

Those meager profits would become negative, after the ambulence-chaser
attacked the deep pocket Toyata after a weather-induced fatal accident
that had nothing to do with the engine. Will we ever get tort reform in
this country?

Some people flew into the Contact fly-in Bullhead City AZ from your
Livermore chapter Bill. I'm not certain what they were flying, possibly
RV or Dragonfly. I heard a lot of positive comments about your chapter
from several other people there. One from Torrance S. CA and another
from Colorado so your influence is widespread!

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Perry Mick
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