Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Haha :-)

I don't understand the euphoria that soarers don't handle...

Like any car, coilovers, swaybars and you're all set :) stock soarer suspension is soft and luxurious obviously but yeah, to say they don't handle well aka "like a boat" is a bit far :-p

  • Replies 72
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Since posting this ive seen a lot of soarers around and love the look of them. But because im still a student and my bank isnt huge, im thinking of maybe a non turbo silvia, for the sheer entry-levelness of them. Manual of course. My mate used to have one and even though it wasnt the fastest thing in a straight line it handled on rails, it was setup for drift had everything but a turbo pretty much.

Since posting this ive seen a lot of soarers around and love the look of them. But because im still a student and my bank isnt huge, im thinking of maybe a non turbo silvia, for the sheer entry-levelness of them. Manual of course. My mate used to have one and even though it wasnt the fastest thing in a straight line it handled on rails, it was setup for drift had everything but a turbo pretty much.

Fact:

If it looks cool and sounds cool

Who cares?

It's drive ability will come down the track

I got my yellow sticker off my soarer yesterday and today I lowered it

40mm ground clearance. Shit is driveable as fuuck now man.

Why?? Because I know it looks baller. That's why.

Haha :-)

I don't understand the euphoria that soarers don't handle...

Like any car, coilovers, swaybars and you're all set :) stock soarer suspension is soft and luxurious obviously but yeah, to say they don't handle well aka "like a boat" is a bit far :-p

it does feel a little boatish... didn't like winton very much.

or maybe its just those worn front lower control arm bushes and rack ends.. just maybe. my supra control arms will arrive some time mid next week...

Yeah i'd love like a 97/98 vvti soarer but theyre just out of my reach at this point. The black interiors look so much better than grey/blue i think. I know a guy with a series 1 TT and hes having troubles getting it to handle properly without having it sitting on the ground

It's real easy to be honest,

Teach your friend about the art of the magical camber bolts.

Teach your friend about magical damper adjustment. Supra bushing and supra sway bars :-)

Win :)

And if you buy from over east for 10k series three is not out of your budget at all.

But here out west series 3 is a rarity

People here prefer to get A 1991 TT one and spend 10k doing

Kustom airbrushing with joker clowns and wolves and thunderstorms n shit yo

And yes, soarers come standard with magical camber bolts. :)

But yeah. WA soarers are 99% driven by jerks and assholes who don't lower their cars and don't go bigger wheels than 17s because they're worried that it will "ruin the handling" (translate, too stingy to buy decent shit so just get cheap)

I'll try and tell him about it all but hes not the sharpest tool in the shed so he might not understand or have heard about this before. Anyway back to me, what are peoples thoughts on a non turbo manual S13?(despite the fact im on skylines australia) Any reviews i could watch from the early 90's or something?

This is more a community for JDM rather than a community for skylines specifically (as far as I've seen).

I'm very keen on the JZX80/90 but I like the people here, so I stay here.

As far as what you should do.. Go for whatever your heart desires. I'd personally jump straight into the turbo man S13, but that's me.

Yeah i'd love to go straight to a turbo car but being a student with not a massive income kind of restricts me for price and fuel consumption. I suppose it depends more on how you drive than what you drive though.

This is true, if not obvious hah. What kind of money would a bog stock turbo manual s13 bring? given i could find one in the first place

Should be easily under 10k.

But I'm not the most knowledgable here. I'm fairly noob myself.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • @Haggerty you still haven't answered my question.  Many things you are saying do not make sense for someone who can tune, yet I would not expect someone who cannot tune to be playing with the things in the ECU that you are.  This process would be a lot quicker to figure out if we can remove user error from the equation. 
    • If as it's stalling, the fuel pressure rises, it's saying there's less vacuum in the intake manifold. This is pretty typical of an engine that is slowing down.   While typically is agree it sounds fuel related, it really sounds fuel/air mixture related. Since the whole system has been refurbished, including injectors, pump, etc, it's likely we've altered how well the system is delivering fuel. If someone before you has messed with the IACV because it needed fiddling with as the fuel system was dieing out, we need to readjust it back. Getting things back to factory spec everywhere, is what's going to help the entire system. So if it idles at 400rpm with no IACV, that needs raising. Getting factory air flow back to normal will help us get everything back in spec, and likely help chase down any other issues. Back on IACV, if the base idle (no IACV plugged in) is too far out, it's a lot harder for the ECU to control idle. The IACV duty cycle causes non linear variations in reality. When I've tuned the idle valves in the past, you need to keep it in a relatively narrow window on aftermarket ecus to stop them doing wild dances. It also means if your base idle is too low, the valve needs to open too much, and then the smallest % change ends up being a huge variation.
    • I guess one thing that might be wrong is the manifold pressure.  It is a constant -5.9 and never moves even under 100% throttle and load.  I would expect it to atleast go to 0 correct?  It's doing this with the OEM MAP as well as the ECU vacuum sensor. When trying to tune the base map under load the crosshairs only climb vertically with RPM, but always in the -5.9 column.
    • AHHHH gotchaa, I'll do that once I am home again. I tried doing the harness with the multimeter but it seems the car needed a jump, there was no power when it was in the "ON" position. Not sure if I should use car battery jump starter or if its because the stuff that has been disconnect the car just does send power.
    • As far as I can tell I have everything properly set in the Haltech software for engine size, injector data, all sensors seem to be reporting proper numbers.  If I change any injector details it doesnt run right.    Changing the base map is having the biggest change in response, im not sure how people are saying it doesnt really matter.  I'm guessing under normal conditions the ECU is able to self adjust and keep everything smooth.   Right now my best performance is happening by lowering the base map just enough to where the ECU us doing short term cut of about 45% to reach the target Lambda of 14.7.  That way when I start putting load on it still has high enough fuel map to not be so lean.  After 2500 rpm I raised the base map to what would be really rich at no load, but still helps with the lean spots on load.  I figure I don't have much reason to be above 2500rpm with no load.  When watching other videos it seems their target is reached much faster than mine.  Mine takes forever to adjust and reach the target. My next few days will be spent making sure timing is good, it was running fine before doing the ECU and DBW swap, but want to verify.  I'll also probably swap in the new injectors I bought as well as a walbro 255 pump.  
×
×
  • Create New...