V8Soarer.com is constantly growing with articles, facts and photos of performance mods for V8 Soarers. If you're a V8 Soarer newbie and want to know how to fix a blinky dash or what that red button is next to the gear selector, go to soarercentral.com for general info. If you want to know how to make it go, stop and handle better this is the place. Plenty of info can be found about modifying the Twin Turbo JZZ30 Soarer and while a lot is relevant for both there isn't really any repository of info specifically for V8 owners.

Sure, V8 Soarers are comfortable, quiet, quick-ish, luxurious to a degree and full of wacky gadgetry in the UZZ31 and UZZ32, but they can be so much more. Their suspension is practically identical to the JZA80 Supra (Mark IV) so for their size and weight Soarers handle remarkably well. With the basics already there the driving experience can be made far more engaging without too much effort.

My own car is a 1991 UZZ31 which I bought in 2001 and a lot has changed since then. Over the years it's gradually transformed from a cruiser to a focused sports car which I now take to the circuit. Here I am ready to leave the pits for another session at Oran Park (Sydney, Australia). It still looks stock but that will be changing over the next few months with a heap of bodykit parts that I've been collecting.

Here's what I've been up to over the last few years. 5 speed manual conversion (W58) Torsen LSD Rush extractors & 2.25" exhaust 18x8 front & 18x9 rear Rays 57S Heat shielded Pod filter Map-ECU 4-pot Celsior front brakes & TT Soarer rear brakes Maltech braided brake lines Buddy Club coilovers Whiteline sway bars Reversing camera Tinted windows WRX STi seats Momo wheel

If drags are your thing or you just want more grunt, then how about supercharging? Here is a good friend of mine Neil Griffiths of Rush Imports who has developed a bolt-on supercharger kit for V8 Soarers. This thing has loads of torque from idle all the way to redline and makes the V8 feel as though it's way bigger than it is. Perfect for those who want to retain the auto gearbox and get better response. Neil is a guru mechanic with all types of Soarers.

Cheers,

Damien Smith

(Sydney, Australia)

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