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front suspension No the LS is a pig of a thing to remount into another car SC400 is same as soarer also components shared Supra 80 series all mounts are of the alloy X member so all thats needed is a strut tower and sway bar mounts

intercooler Intercooler worked fine one the road but arround town and waiting in the heat at the drag strip it increased the temp for a short time have changed to a water/air cooler which i run a ice tank for drags or a rad and fan for the road the shorter piping makes the biggest diff not...

Turbo set up Photos of engine turbo Turbo goes where alternator was alternator remounted in front of engine

front suspension Used the chassis rails and strut towers from the soarer and grafted it into the PT uses front alloy x beam a arms engine mounts just used some Supra platforms to get ride hight lower rear done the same grafted rear towers and chassis rails uses diff and standard toyota subframe...

more photos some more long nites

photos Soarer is a Lexus coupe Have photos here is some more

whats happened to my photos? Hi sprintV8 there was a whole build up photos one my thread but for some reason do not show any more have asked how to get them back but no reply as yet do not appair to be able to edit any more

Back to the drags Youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0FxjK-lFYI Very Hot day best 12.2 118MPH still having traction problems will try some DOT drag radials hope to get back down next month

Sorted axles Standard soarer axle 26.7 the same as non turbo Supra MK IV and Aristo Twin turbo Supra MK IV or Turbo Aristo are 29.3 so 20% more steel Now has less traction as no axle wind up shocks tyres loose quicker Bigger tyres are now required does it never end

Fitted some bigger axles MK IV TT Supra or Turbo Aristo axles are 29.3 standard Soarer or non turbo supra are 26.7 so 20% more material So no wind up on take off so now get less traction as shocks the tyres more best et 12.0 on easy start drops down to 12.2 if we get to aggressive on the start...

axle no tramp just 10lb launch and clean break in middle I new wind up was happening as the paint was peeling from the axle shaft MK 111 is that ma70? has different inner joint than soarer dont they? Thanks Tim

rear end Has a soarer rear subframe with a Supra housing and TRD 2 way locker running at 450Hp at engine 525ftlbs torque 10lbs at moment been told mk4 turbo supra axles are stronger but not a easy thing to get hold off buy the look of it

Just back from the dragstrip with a broken axle in the V8 PT cruiser runs 1Uz single turbo R154 box and 91 soarer rear subframe with supra diff housing and TRD 2 way locker have been told the Supra MK 4 turbo axles are stronger does anyone no if this is correct? Thanks did 12.001 at 115mph...

Broken Axle Just back from our local dragstrip after ditching the air/ air intercooler and fitting a water/air cooler with a ice tank for the drags 12.2 112mph first run then a 12.001 115mph so whent for the 11s but all we got was a broken axle Bugger will need to upgrade axles

My Job Not at the moment Have been involved with cars for a long time and Built my first car a VW beach buggy at 15 am a mechanic by trade and ran a specialized Turbo shop in the 80s but have been building trailers for the last 20 years