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Soarer Central Mechanical - TT General Mechanical 1/4 mile/ 0-100 Archive through April 05, 2006

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Cam Price
Tinkerer
VIC
GTT

Posts: 8
Reg: 03-2006

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 01:23 am, by: Cam Price (Cf1jztt)

ay guys i was wandering if you know the correct specs for a stock soarer? Because i've read everything from 13.6 up2 15 flat... and 0-100 in 5.8 up2 7 flat... now i've timed my car when it was completely stock and got about high 5's low 6's 0-100 and never did 1/4 mile... later i got a custom exhaust, and i timed a 4.9 0-100 on a cold night with stock boost, just exhaust and pod, i've also beaten cars that run low 13's and i've lost count of how many FMIC'd r33s that i've beaten, are the 94 models any faster then the 91's?? and does that sound normal for a 94 or have i luckily found a nice 1?? thanks!!

Luis Ramirez
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 95
Reg: 08-2005

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 02:17 am, by: Luis Ramirez (Lui)

best 0-100 i done is 5.5 with my g-tech meter.
That's with 233hp at wheels. Was getting bout 6.5-7 when stock.

Paul Brockbank
TryHard
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 474
Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 02:30 am, by: Paul Brockbank (Brockas)

Take it down to the track.

Only way to find out for sure is to check your MPH.

If you can beat my 302rwhp car with an exhaust and filter I'd be very very impressed. It's entirely possible that your '94 motor has high compression ('fresh motor').

Jero Evans
Tinkerer
TAS
Soarer 1JZ-GTE TT

Posts: 17
Reg: 03-2006

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 08:18 am, by: Jero Evans (Doakwolf)

Cam, do you have an auto or man? Those times for a stock car are insane! I seriously need a tune!!!

Daniel Clarke
Tinkerer
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder

Posts: 35
Reg: 03-2006

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 04:50 pm, by: Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain)

From what i have read over the years, a 91-95 Manual stock 1jz is good for 13.6 1/4 mile and about 5.8 for the 0-100 dash. Automatic around 14.2 and 6.6 foir the 0-100.

These times were when cars were relativley new, so fresh motors and such. And also a driver who probably knew how to drive them. Remember your car may have more potential, its a matter of learning how to drive the limits out of it if thats what your looking for.

Daniel Czechowski
DieHard
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

Posts: 548
Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 04:57 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Some of the early reviews I've read (ie around 2001) some mag or a website test drove a manual and auto TT, both stock, and concluded that the manual soarer had a very negligible advantage over the auto one, as the auto box has been very well programmed. Whether that's true or not I'm not sure, the guy could have been a crappy driver, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case.

Aaron Mead
Tinkerer
NT
300SEL (L6, NA)

Posts: 70
Reg: 03-2006

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 05:13 pm, by: Aaron Mead (Aaron)

I dont believe that 10-15 years on, there is any real standard left. The only way to find out is to head to a drag strip (which in two of my 300+ visits have given me wrong times) and check your own car against the slip.

Or, try your G-tech, RSM etc... to get a roughish idea.

Jero Evans
Tinkerer
TAS
Soarer 1JZ-GTE TT

Posts: 18
Reg: 03-2006

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Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 08:15 am, by: Jero Evans (Doakwolf)

Aaron,

I've actually just installed an RSM so I'll be testing out my car when I get my FMIC installed and the car re-tuned.

I have a factory manual with hi-flo turbos @ ~15psi, large dumps (dyno @ 200+rwkw) and can't get under 6 seconds for a 0-100. Though I'm not the best driver (this is my first half decent car and I havn't owned it long!) and as Daniel said, I will improve my driving skills over time. I think one problem is that my gearbox is extremely stiff. It's very hard to change from first to second quickly so I think I'm losing around .3 of a second just in my gear change. I've spoken to mechanics about maybe thinning my gear oil a little to ease it up. My car seems to have insane mid-range but loses a lot in the top end (5k onwards). Compression was mentioned earlier in this thread - I think my 1jz compression is pretty good too as you can quite literally stand a coin on the rocker cover with the engine running and it will not move. The last mechanic who looked at my car just stood there watching it idle and said "that's b^llsh!t!" (meaning he couldn't believe how smoothly the engine ran!)

I've also only got 235s on the rear so I'm getting a lot of wheel spin in first gear and quite often in second gear too unless I squeeze it slow.

Can't wait to get it tuned and then do some 1/4 mile runs

Are you all launching your cars off the mark or taking off 'granny style'?

Cheers,
Jero.

Have I hi-jacked this thread

Matthew Sharpe
DieHard
North Island
3.0 GT

Posts: 614
Reg: 10-2005

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Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 10:50 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Daniel Czechowski wrote on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 03:57 pm:
Some of the early reviews I've read (ie around 2001) some mag or a website test drove a manual and auto TT, both stock, and concluded that the manual soarer had a very negligible advantage over the auto one, as the auto box has been very well programmed. Whether that's true or not I'm not sure, the guy could have been a crappy driver, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case.

I'd agree - the days are long gone when a manual would get nearly a second on 0-100 over an auto, even when driven by an experienced driver - even in the mid 70's auto transmissions were closing the gap.