Soarer Central: My run at Calder Park last night

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Danny Dinh
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Friday, October 20, 2006 - 05:38 pm, by: Danny Dinh (Xtc)

very true about the transfer case. My mate has a r32 GTR and he's running low 14s with PowerFC exhaust 16psi. Turns out his transfer case is stuffed.

Maurice Diggler
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Friday, October 20, 2006 - 05:48 pm, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

Jeff Wilkins wrote on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:14 am:
These vehicles were given supercar status for a reason, find one in good nick and you'll find a weapon.

Good luck, it'd be fair to say that 90%+ of GTR's in this country have had their ass thrashed off.

Sam Koek
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Friday, October 20, 2006 - 05:57 pm, by: Sam Koek (Samkoek)

when i win i don't learn any lesson. I just want to know how fast is those 'GTR' R-32 to R-34 or other fast car out there, like M3, M6, FPV, 911 or ferreri. I like challenge. So anyone can tell me that can i choose the car to drag in calder park?

Maurice Diggler
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Friday, October 20, 2006 - 08:29 pm, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

Sort of Sam, but not really.

At Calder park you line up down the pit lane waiting to drag in two long lines.

If you have a friend that is behind you or 1-2 cars away, you can get out of your car and ask the offical if he will send through other cars so you can race a certain person. Although, don't expect you can line up, and say "I want to race tha GTR that is 100 cars down the queue"

Do you get me?

Alen Sadikovic
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Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 06:11 pm, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

i am new to this club, but all i wanted to say to Sam Koek is i have raced a 2003 M3, and with my probs on the car such as leaking turbo dump pipe, Exhaust manifold and much more i munched it by half a bonet length, if the car just was in its original condition he would have no chance.

Peter Abdelmessih
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Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 08:49 pm, by: Peter Abdelmessih (Peter_1jz)

Hi Alen, good for you mate.
What exactly have you done to your car??

Ben Daniel
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Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 03:36 am, by: Ben Daniel (Lexustt)

I dragged an R32 GTR on the freeway tonight. 3 roll ons from 100km and I beat him, not once, not twice, but all 3 times

wasn't a slaughtering tho, we'd get on the gas and I would just be crawling past him. Altho I will credit him on the fact his car was standard and had 2 passengers

Luke Nieuwhof
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Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 01:49 pm, by: Luke Nieuwhof (Luke_nieuwhof)

Err....that's nice Ben. The GTR will slaughter you off the line however.

Daniel Clarke
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Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 04:00 pm, by: Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain)

The Gtr i ran, pulled a 1/89 60 footer to my 1.917... Not much difference off the line. And he ran 13.3 to my 13.0 and my car was 4mph quicker in the top end.

Unless they know how to drive em off the line, they cant pull quick 60 footers, as they will bog down badly. Even if they do, the fastest 60 footer they will get is low 1.8's and maybe dip inot the 1.7's, but thats a quick one at that.

Sam Koek
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Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 06:58 pm, by: Sam Koek (Samkoek)

ok, sound very interesting, i really want to try drag at calder park one day. Next time i will go with your guys.

Maurice Diggler
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 09:44 am, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

Alen, did you buy your car from NSW? From a guy called Mustafa?

The car looks VERY familiar! Mods, rims, badging, tint... I'm certain that is/was Muzzy's car.

Cihan Aday
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 12:21 pm, by: Cihan Aday (Cihan)

Maurice, Muzzy did'nt have a haltek. And i'm sure he did'nt have an adjustable pressure reg. Also his car was a GTTL.

Lew Radbourn
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 02:07 pm, by: Lew Radbourn (Marlew)

If it is all yellow under the bonnet then it could be Muzz's car
BUT Muss is a long time member of the soarer family and would not sell a car that has any faults with it to another member.
He also took pride in his car and by the sounds of what Alen is saying i would say NO to that being muzz's car

Maurice Diggler
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 03:20 pm, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

I agree with Lew, an underbonnet shot will prove if it's his car or not, remember, he had a modded VS Commodore airbox and the whole bay was painted yellow.

Alen Sadikovic
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 05:57 pm, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

nah guys a i bought it from a guy called Andy Earl in melbourne. he works for cadbury schweppes i think. its just that i cant find the recipts of the changed turbos as he claims, all i found was installation of F/mount intercooler (which you can see),2.5" Twin exhaust, Aijustable Reg, Sound Sytem, Haltech Interceptors, and removed turbos and associated components what ever that means. but no sign of new trubos, maybe thats what he meant by upgraded turbos. and all so 18pis boost, but not sure off that too, buying a boost gauge tomorrow just to prove my self wrong. but i am getting the car checked out on wensday by a roadworthy superviser, and of he approves and the mech. who conducted the original roadworthy refuses to fix the car, i am taling leagal actions on him. soo yeh hope it doest come to that, because i really want to have the car fixed before the cruse on 18th Nov.

Lew Radbourn
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 06:02 pm, by: Lew Radbourn (Marlew)

Alen;
I am about 99% sure Andy did get some turbo work done at ATS when Max was open then.
I can remember talking about turbos to Max and i am sure we had spoken about Andy's turbo work

Maurice Diggler
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Monday, October 23, 2006 - 09:05 pm, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

Thanks for clearing that up Alen.

Good luck with the car.

Alen Sadikovic
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 12:06 am, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

ohh really, he looks like a nice guy. just i was really disappointed about the roadworthy, i dont know if he was involed, coz that mechanic did fair bit of work with his car or that guy didnt have a clue what he was doing, but a boggie roadworthy was done. but i really like the car, anyways i will find out on wensday whats gona happen.

Alen Sadikovic
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 05:03 pm, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

i took the car today for a check up by the road worthy supervisers. the car is now defected and some mods have to be removed

, ahh well. good news the mech. that conducted the original road worthy has to fix it all, engine oil leak, auto-trans mount, engine emmission (he said its a mod, not too happy about that been changed). although i have to fix the rear axle seal, does anyone have a clue if that costs alot to fix? and aslo is it true that when u slam the brakes on a soarer, the back of the car lifts and the trans. lifts as well?

Luke Nieuwhof
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 05:26 pm, by: Luke Nieuwhof (Luke_nieuwhof)

Alen Sadikovic wrote on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 05:03 pm:
and aslo is it true that when u slam the brakes on a soarer, the back of the car lifts and the trans. lifts as well?

Only on non-spoiler models.

Peter Nitschke
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 06:39 pm, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

Weight transfer and suspension will decide how the car reacts under braking. The spoiler is designed to reduce drag, it's not like a huge sprint car wing and won't make any significant difference to the cars behaviour under braking.

Peter Nitschke
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 06:41 pm, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

Alen, what do you mean by "trans. lifts"?
And please avoid SMS-speak.

Alen Sadikovic
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 11:59 pm, by: Alen Sadikovic (Alen87)

thats what the guy told me that did the fake road worthy, i dont really know what he was on about my self. he tryed to convince me that its not his fault, that these cars come in •••• condition to australia, that they dont build them properly in japan. i guess he used that example, like i listend though. all i cared about is him fixing the damn defects

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Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 01:00 am, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

I think he is a certified wanker. Or should be.

Untold millions of dollars went into design/research on these cars and the build quality is exceptionally good. Keep in mind that the Soarer was designed to be Toyota's entrant into the US luxury sports car market, competing against the best on offer made in the USA and Europe. It succeeded in spectacular fashion.

From the Lexus History - which will give you a better understanding of the quality of these cars. You don't get these results with lousy build quality.

Matthew Sharpe
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 05:35 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Alen Sadikovic wrote on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 11:59 pm:
thats what the guy told me that did the fake road worthy, i dont really know what he was on about my self. he tryed to convince me that its not his fault, that these cars come in •••• condition to australia, that they dont build them properly in japan. i guess he used that example, like i listend though. all i cared about is him fixing the damn defects

Personally I wouldnt let someone who said something as clueless as that touch my car ever again. Most Jap imports are well maintained by their Jap owners, and unless they have been wound back or very high milage are usually in pretty good condition, and Toyota's especially are very good at dealing with years of even abusive ownership. The Soarer is no exception - of course imported modded cars have often had hard lives, perhaps that is what he was on about.