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Adrian Solah
Newbie NSW TT
Posts: 2 Reg: 05-2008
| Well I saw Gary from Tokage has his awesome drift car on here so thought I would add mine as well. Have had it about a month now and bought as a uncomplied race only import. Came with 1JZ (75000kms), Manual and LSD for the princely sum of $3500. have only had one outing at Wakefield so far and unfortunately a tyre barrier jumped out in front of me. Only panel damage which ive since tidied up a bit. Headed out to Oran Park for some more serious tyre frying.
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Joshua Rao
DieHard WA JZZ30 vvti GT-L
Posts: 874 Reg: 09-2006
| Nice Adrian. Like the bucket seat. Have you posted my items by the way? |
Adrain Parsons
DieHard Qld JZZ30 tt
Posts: 819 Reg: 08-2005
| me wants one to!! |
Stuart Smith
Tinkerer NEW SOUTH WALES SC400 V8 GT LIMITED
Posts: 68 Reg: 06-2008
| OUCH!!, Here`s your chance to flare the rear guards. |
Adrian Solah
Newbie NSW TT
Posts: 3 Reg: 05-2008
| will probally get a few more scrapes along the way in the new year will look at some new panels |
Kyle Wathen
DieHard Vic GTTL
Posts: 573 Reg: 02-2007
| Drift pig, love it! How did you manage to come across the car? Was it already in Oz or did you import it personally? |
Adrian Solah
Newbie NSW TT
Posts: 4 Reg: 05-2008
| yeh was already in oz. Imported as a race only import. Bit harder to come by now as they are pretty old by comparison. Most of them just get chopped up and sent as front cuts. |
Kyle Wathen
DieHard Vic GTTL
Posts: 575 Reg: 02-2007
| Still a bargain! Let me know if you find any others like that What are the plans for suspension & power mods? |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo New Zealand Soarer Limited UZZ31 & Soarer 3.0GT JZZ31
Posts: 2255 Reg: 11-2005
| Adrian, Looks very smart with the black wheels! Would be a good deal of fun on a track with the weight lightened I would imagine... Shame about the rear side panel damage - hope you get it fixed with out too much of a hole in the pocket! |
Alen Sadikovic
DieHard VIC Soarer GTT
Posts: 540 Reg: 10-2006
| sorry Adrian, but did you do to the car???? you turned a nice car into.....sheets of metal on wheels. poor soarer |
Adrian Solah
Newbie NSW TT
Posts: 5 Reg: 05-2008
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Kyle Wathen wrote on Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 07:05 pm:What are the plans for suspension & power mods?
Just put brand new HSD HR coilovers in all round. Strut brace is on the way. power wise, new exhaust (straight thru no mufflers, cat etc), intercooler and some more boost. new clutch as well
Alen Sadikovic wrote on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 06:20 am:sorry Adrian, but did you do to the car???? you turned a nice car into.....sheets of metal on wheels. poor soarer
What have I done ? other than strip the interior its the same as any other soarer. Keep in mind this is a race only import so the body can never ever be rego so most of the value is in the mechanical and so on. |
Ben Lipman
DieHard NSW Soarer TT manual
Posts: 846 Reg: 04-2006
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Alen Sadikovic wrote on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 06:20 am:sorry Adrian, but did you do to the car???? you turned a nice car into.....sheets of metal on wheels. poor soarer
Ahhhh, another precious Soarer owner. How cute.... It's a car. It's being driven on a race track. If it were a cattle dog it would be in cattle dog heaven. |
Adrian Solah
Tinkerer NSW TT
Posts: 6 Reg: 05-2008
| Soarers are cool cars and would be an awesome street car. The reality is this one was imported for the purpose of racing so keeping it immaculate is less of a priority then making and steer and drive well. |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo New Zealand Soarer Limited UZZ31 & Soarer 3.0GT JZZ31
Posts: 2274 Reg: 11-2005
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Adrian Solah wrote on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 08:02 pm:The reality is this one was imported for the purpose of racing so keeping it immaculate is less of a priority then making and steer and drive well.
Indeed, Makes sense! |
David Henderson
Tinkerer Nsw TT
Posts: 57 Reg: 08-2007
| f##kin spot on bevan! you bought a whole car for less then the cost of a similar half cut, removed lots of it's main disadvantage (weight) and personally i can't wait to see what to see what you can do with it! I want loads of footage! |
Vanessa Espinosa
Newbie NSW Soarer 1JZ
Posts: 3 Reg: 05-2008
| wow, nice! Was it hard finding a factory manual? I thought they were pretty rare!! |
Vinh Bui
Goo Roo NSW 94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT) / 97 JZA80 (TT)
Posts: 2564 Reg: 07-2005
| They were rare Vanessa, however I've seen much more spring up recently. Could be due to the crappy market for these cars nowadays. |
Vanessa Espinosa
Newbie NSW Soarer 1JZ
Posts: 4 Reg: 05-2008
| mmm, interesting to know - thanks! yeah pretty amazing how much their value has dropped in the last year. Its good in that they are affordable as track/drift cars now! |
Tim Ross
Tinkerer Qld V8 - http://unique-rides.net
Posts: 60 Reg: 09-2007
| Welcome to the site adrian Has that steering wheel bent sent yet mate? Thanks |
Adrian Solah
Tinkerer NSW TT
Posts: 8 Reg: 05-2008
| Did some backyard panel beating, looks better than before and will do for the momet. Also had a chance to give it a wash and take some better pics. Oran Park next week......
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Adrian Solah
Tinkerer NSW TT
Posts: 9 Reg: 05-2008
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Tim Ross wrote on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 09:31 pm:Has that steering wheel bent sent yet mate?
Hi Tim, Its on its way.... |
Tim Ross
Tinkerer Qld V8 - http://unique-rides.net
Posts: 63 Reg: 09-2007
| thanks mate... good luck at oran park |