been 2 years since my last ancient rwd turbo car so i figured it was time for another financial mistake.

 

always liked the soarer and the 1jz has been on my engines to own tick list for ages now so when this came up under 100miles away and for less than 3k had to place a bid!

 

its been wired by a blind man and already left me stranded but its dam fun even on stock boost.

 

its a 1991 imported 1jz-gte slushbox

fuel consumption is yes it uses lots,dash is whacky too

 

 

It looks good, and I've never actually seen this body shape Soarer before, even in the mags.

2 hours ago, KenONeill said:

It looks good, and I've never actually seen this body shape Soarer before, even in the mags.

ive only ever seen one on the road

you can count the Licensed twin turbo models on one hand!

Edited 9 May, 20179 yr by TERKIN

16 hours ago, TERKIN said:

ive only ever seen one on the road

you can count the Licensed twin turbo models on one hand!

It's got to be a shoo-in for "Readers' Rides" or equivalent in Banzai and Japanese Performance then?

On 5/10/2017 at 10:21, KenONeill said:

It's got to be a shoo-in for "Readers' Rides" or equivalent in Banzai and Japanese Performance then?

i think its too rare for anyone to care

 2 days after i bought it i took it out for a run came back tried to start it and it wouldn't even turn over and was making a quiet beeping sound,it had 3 different leds around the dash and switches.

 

i assumed it had an after market immobliser fitted so i decided to take the battery off what a bad move that was! the loudest alarm ive ever heard kicked in reminded me of hammonds bmw in the e30 episode. i found the gash harness ripped the earth and live and it fired right up took me under 5 mins to defeat it and im no car thief after doing that i lost door locks boot release and the car thought the door was open when the head lights were on. 

 

set about removing it all and found a true horror story! wires literally twisted and taped into everything

 

 

 

@TERKIN Can I have the marinara sauce with that please?

trusty kode wheel making its way in to its 4th car

sorted out what was left of the radio loom and got this working,its just resting for now till my cage and trim arrive from murica

ripped this piece of crap out

took it out in the rain for the first time balding jinyu 215s on the rear are good fun

i had the lights wipers radio heaters on and all that killed off the alternator 90miles from home. i made it 75miles on the battery before the inevitable happened,2hrs later rac loaned me a battery to get home

started stripping to get the alternator off,all bumper bolts and clips

 

 

haven't actually driven this since it broke down it sat untouched for most of the summer

 

been busy the last few weekends and made some good progress!

 

just one pic for now ill updated this properly soon

 

its abit hard to remember what happened and how it happened few bits of what i can remember.

 

first thing i needed to sort after repairing the wiring and busted alternator  was the interior.It was a mass of no more nails and cracked plastic who ever installed the after market audio in the car had some issues. i managed to find a mint soarer breaking nabbed the doorcards window trims and a fully working heater panel!

 

nice new and minty completely different car

new heater panel and radio cage

 

on to engine new everything ac deleted v6 audi belt slipped straight on after

 

i then saw a picture of a 1j with twin filters and became obsessed with that idea.

no kit seemed to exist so i made my own which took a lot more time and effort than i had imagined but dam it looks and sounds dam awesome,fitted a fmic the same time.

 

had to make an adapter for the front turbo

day1

day now

 

Edited 10 December, 20178 yr by TERKIN

new wing to replace the dented rusty one it had

I've never seen a "real one", but I've seen (Japanese tooled) model kits of Soarers and Supra 4s with that sort of twin filter arrangement, which makes me think there must have been a tuner over there who did them once.

These look like a awful lot of fun and cheap to pick up, but a pain to keep running if its driven hard.

@T00mm - With that engine it's basically the same car as a UK market Toyota Supra IV, and there's lots about them in Banzai and Japanese Performance.

year has gone by since this has even moved! decided it was time to get it going again

 

just needed mot prep and interior putting back together lights finally working after the mad rewire

bought this repeater last may changed it at last

paint has taken a hammering some how

 

looking to mot in the next month spray it white and then probably sell it