Soarer motor blows at the track tonite
 

Took the Soarer to the track tonite to make a few passes
We also have Midnite Madness where its all heads up racing
you pick your race, and they dont show the times at the liteboards at the end of the track
Anyway, the car ran well for the most part, but lost some
traction mid track, bounced off the rev limiter a bit all
about the same time I was into the 75 shot.
Whammo....shut down about 3/4 track with a cloud of smoke behind me and coasted thru the traps with a 13.6 and flames
coming out my exhaust (probably pieces of melted pistons)
existing my exhaust system.
I have one vid of it, Ill try to get it up soon
and let you know when I pull the motor out to see what it looks like inside.
Its possible it leaned out somehow, but I havent checked the NX kit yet. Doubt it was detonation, since I was using 100+ octane gas. Either way, time for a new motor (or at least another good 1Jz) :D possibly go 2Jz this time not sure.:D

Re: Soarer motor blows at the track tonite
 

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The real question is how is Dayle handling the loss of a motor.:D

That is a major bummer. That car is way nice every which way you look at it.

Keith

hey, its a race car
 

I didnt expect it to last forever...
but the next motor will be more built for more boost
and more nitrous.
Ball bearing larger turbo may be in my future too :)
It was fun while it lasted !!!

Damn! That must have been a sightto see... :eek:


What kinda times would your Soarer turn in the 1/4 when it was running in top form?

-Chike

Its not a bad video, youll see soon..
my buddy who took it though focused in on the timeboards
at the end of the track
(crappy) instead of the car (duh) as smoke was billowing
from the mufflers and the car shuts off, but I still had flames
coming out of the mufflers thru the traps.
Its okay, already gave it crap for that. :)
Its run a mid to low 12 on drag radials in full street trim
at about 16psi.
I bumped it up to almost 20 last nite "just for kicks"
and a 75 shot out of the hole to decrease the turbo
lag.
New motor should put me in the 11's.....safely

Damn! That Soarer hauls some serious butt at the track... I realize they're basically Supras in a more 'cultured' body, but that's awesome! :)

Good luck with the engine swap!

-Chike

Speaking of videos, where is the vid of my SVX BURNOUT ACTION:D:D!!! Still anxiously waiting for it to come sliding through our mail slot.lol Just kidding.

Keith

all in good time
 

Svx Vid wont be ready for a week or 2
Im installing the kit hopefully if I get some
time after work this week.

As for the Soarer, already working on
Project X :eek:

Hope to have it back on the road by Oct or Nov

It wouldn't surprise me if your svx run mid twelves on street tires with that new nitrous kit.Also you may want to check out a company called DURITE CONVERTERS they sold me a torque converter a few years back,man its lighter and gives you a higher stall speed,I still have the stock one to do bicep curls with.

I had a 3500 stall
 

my trans builder made for me in my pewter car for about
6 months....it was good, but more then I wanted
and went back to stock 2000 stall

too bad ding dong taped over the soarer vid.. lol. theres about 5 seconds of the soarer at the starting line, and then the rest was taped over! :(

the building begins
 

started the new motor the last few weeks...

Re: the building begins
 

Those 2JZ motors are sweet! Good luck putting together that built motor... :)

-Chike

part 2
 

of the progress you may call it