Hi all, have been browsing this forum for a while now but thought its about time i should say hello. so umm.......hello

used to own a 1996 gt which was lightly fettled, then moved on to an mr2 and a few other cars then saw sense and got a gt4 wrc last year. also got a manual (rare as ****) toyota soarer for drifting duties.

the car was virtually standard when i got her but is undergoing a little rebuild as i melted a piston playing with a 911 turbo a few months back. can post up specs if anyone is vaguely interested

Hi mate

Nope, not at all interested in a GT-4. I hate Celicas.

Post 'em up already!

Welcome, BTW.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 27, 2009 - 2:35 PM

pitchas!

hello

spec as follows. am currently building the engine in my spare time so taking a while. going to be running std manifold and stage 1 ct26 turbo till run in fully and will put on proper turbo when motec is mapped

Performance:
Wossner 86.5mm forged pistons,
stage 2 cat cams,
forged eagle conrods,
acl race bearings,
arp headstuds,
ported and polished head,
uprated valves, springs and retainers etc,
fidanza lightweight pulleys,
HKS 1.6mm head gasket,
Garret gt28r turbo,
HKS ssqv,
3" straight through custom exhaust,
HKS stainless manifold
TRD thermostat,
blitz sbc,
Motec M4 ecu,
fidanza lightweight flywheel,
clutchmasters twin plate clutch,
custom (massive!) FMIC,
air-con removal kit,
blitz 850cc injectors,
fensport 255l/hr fuel pump,
HKS fuel pressure regulator,
blitz induction kit,
custon straight pipe,
pipercross breather filter,
custom catch tank,
koyo rad,
samco rad hoses,
oil/water temp and boost gauges,
TRD oil filter,
TRD iridium plugs,
HKS SLD,
blitz turbo timer,
tarox 10pot big brake conversion,
hel braided brake lines,
bee-r rev limiter

Suspension & handling:
trd springs (modified slightly),
standard struts,
cusco strut bar front,
whiteline ARB's (front and rear),
superflex polybushes,
custom front lower strut brace,
rays engineering alloys (unsure of model)
yokohama advan tyres

Exterior:
high level rear visor,
JDM tails,
Clear repeaters

Interior:
stripped (ready for cage!),
cobra imola pro seats,
sparco harnesses,
custom console gauge holder,
momo steering wheel,
stereo removed,
parts of dash painted white

photos taken last july, has changed a little since then but no photos till completed




some of the engine parts

I used to love Toyota Soarer, I still do.

Here in New Zealand the 1992 Toyota Soarer Twin Turbo is around the same price range as various Toyota Celica SS-I and SS-IIs between 1994 and 1996, It was my favourite car before my GT-Four. The 1JZ-GTE powered Toyota Soarer was fast and affordable (initial outlay wise) however my interest faded as I learnt to drive Manual. There are a couple facelifted 1996 Toyota Soarer Single Turbo VVT-i models floating around out there with Manual trans, These seem to sell for over 2x as much as my 1996 GT-Four, Around the same price as a late spec Toyota Supra RZ Twin Turbo.

Congratulations on owning my favourite Supra powered luxury Coupe in Manual trans!!








And the GT4 is nice too

toyota only made 200 factory manuals. easy enough to swap, r154 box from a supra, clutch cylinder, clutch pedal and driveshaft. mines running hybrid turbos, fmic, hks filter, custom exhaust, welded diff, chopped springs,stripped interior, 2xcorbeau seats, nardi steering wheel, blitz bov and loads of cable ties lol

awesome skid cars tho

hi CJ

Very niceeee.....
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