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Chris Davey
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Re: skylines or soarers which would u pick

Sun, 05 December 2004 05:36

alliance_22 wrote on Sun, 05 December 2004 12:04

Heres my little 2 cents

Toyota soarer, while being nice and luxury, having the power and the grunt, i believe after market parts aint as popular as the Skylines... i mean if you tried looking for body kits and all, the skyline has much more different styles than the soarers. Not to mention that they are very readily available from most places.

This is a good point except I think there are a lot more performance parts for r33's than soarers as I have seen quite a few different bodykits for jzz30's.

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I kindda believe its also cheaper to maintain a skyline than a soarer, the RB series engines are exceptionally tough, while being good at that, most RB engines will fit in any skyline if not all... so you can buy a R33, then later on put in a RB26DETT, and that i believe will pull more than a soarer.

The internals of the 1jz are far superior to the rb25. It is more of a competitor to the rb26 as you mention. Also, I agree with Johal except about the spooling thing. I doubt there would be any measurable difference as the ability to spool a turbo is just about getting the air in and out of the head and into the exhaust wheel. As there is only 100cc difference between 6 cylinders and both have modern design twin cam heads I can't see much difference there. However, the longer stroke usually helps spool turbos, so does anyone know the bore and stroke of an rb26?

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IN the other hand, the soarer as said was more luxurious, a car for some rich bastard (Well to me anyways Very Happy

), it looks good at stock, and while modified, its exceptionally quick too. Body kits for a soarer? i havent heard of much, but i believe that a modded skyline R33 will look a bit better than a modded Soarer... i mean it does come down to personal taste. While Skyline have the "full on jap" feel inside and outside the car, the Soarer tends to have a more european luxury feel.

Haven't been in many Euro cars, but I felt the r33 interior to be very bland very much like standard falcadores. The Soarer is beatiful inside. Couldn't pick one thing wrong with it.

The soarer has a great engine but it is a fair bit heavier than an r33. If I was looking for a performance car I think I would choose an r33 over a jzz30 eg. if I wanted to run 12's on a moderate budget. However, if I wasn't after that much speed then the jzz30 would be my choice.

Personal opinion at the end of the day though.

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