Bye bye Prelude!

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Sold my Prelude the other week and have just picked up this beauty.

1992 Toyota Soarer 2.5 twin turbo. It's an auto but is pretty nippy, stock they are 280 bhp. Not much to look at but i'm having a great time scaring the crap out of boy racers in it :)

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It's only done 40k as well! Apparently it's got a pretty similar setup to Supra turbos, but a slightly longer wheelbase.
 
Only paid £2k :) I'm just getting a bit bored with in your face Jap cars that look fast. This looks quite bland, but it's a got a lot of power in the hood :)

It's also got 4 usable seats (fronts are fully electric!) Beautiful digidash too.
 
6thElement said:
/Google Translate: Your engine is overheating and will reach critical mass in 14...13....12... :D
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heh! That particular warning light means rear light bulb is out. Got a whole page here of the different codes you can have!

The only issues I have with it are that the LCD display for climate control is bleeding, so it's a bit hard to read what setting it's on and also the CD changer is missing a cassette. I'm sure I can source a replacement, but coupled with the fact that the radio is only tunable to Jap frequencies it means I currently have no audio!!
 
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It's the same engine as the JDM MK3 Supra (1JZ-GTE) 2.5 straight six.
The Soarer was sold as a Lexus in the US (Luxury EXport to the United States) but in Japan still retains Toyota branding.

It might not be the quickest not prettiest coupe, but for £2K i'm not complaining!!
 
thedazman67 said:
I am sure i just saw your car when i was driving home, dont live in warrington do you.

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Helsby near Warrington, so if I was on the M56 you may well have seen me!
 
vanpeebles said:
how well does the auto go with the 2.5 turbo engine? :)
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They work in parallel and are lethal if you accidentally go into kickdown :D

The rear tyres are useless despite being P6000s as they're spinning in every gear :|
 
vanpeebles said:
could go you into more detail, a like a road test. wouldnt mind one of these but unsure about the auto :)
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I'm still getting used to it, it's really not all that bad really. Automatics in small engine cars are horrible but it really suits this one. Because the turbos spool up in parallel theres an enormous surge in power and if you combine that with accidentally pressing the pedal enough to go into kickdown the back end goes out HARD. It drives very much like a 4 seater Supra to be honest.

It's by far the most powerful car i've ever driven and I suspect 280 bhp is actually a bit conservative as I think it's rated at that power to satisfy that weird Jap regulation where a lot of cars are rated at 280 ps.

It has electronic suspension which stiffens up as you go round a corner so there is little or no body roll. My one doesn't have an LSD which is a shame, but there are a few out there with them. There is also a 4.0 V8 version which is not as powerful but meant to be one of the best / most reliable engines ever made. I'm going to get mine serviced this week, will try and do a proper review after that :D

Parts are basically identical to Supra bits so it's not hard to source service items.
 
Well if you're driving civilised (which is easy in an auto) I suspect it's close to 30mpg. On boost though it's quite bad, probably low 10s.
 
Yep, N/A twin rotor so about 150 bhp. Nice fun little car but a bit gutless at low revs and it had a serious petrol consumption problem :D
 
I haven't driven it enough to be sure but my problem with the Rx was that it would just drink petrol no matter what speed I was doing. I think this'll be better if i'm just cruising at 70 but if i'm tonking it probably worse :D
 
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