Best. Shifter. Ever. R154 Manual Swap 1JZ Soarer Review (JDM Legends Tour Pt. 17)

[@pacrat90]

1JZ sounds so amazing, great vid jay

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Thankyou

[@cubespeedequipment870]

Hi James, Great review on the Soarer and we appreciate the sincere words of praise for our CUBE Speed short shifter. Wishing you all the best of success with your KZbin channel!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Cheers guys

[@baddestburrito]

Built off the exact same platform as the A80 Supra. This is a Supra with usable back seats and a trunk.

[@robb25242322]

Baddest Burrito the Supra was actually built off the soarer platform

[@jacobwebb8818]

@@robb25242322 someone said it 🙌

[@sfsango8559]

A reach on the trunk but yes on the seats

[@baddestburrito]

@@sfsango8559 The only other sport(y) car out there with a comparable trunk, is maybe the Skyline, though. And compared to the Supra...there is no comparison. The Supra's trunk is more like an auxiliary glove box. Hahaha

[@sfsango8559]

@@baddestburrito true but my foxbody had a trunk near double the size of my sc300, ten years old as well :/

[@RyanDeClue]

Always amazes me at how overlooked the Soarer is. It’s a Supra... but for adults. It’s like the Battlefield to the Supras Call of Duty.

[@barrybritcher]

Na that's the aristo

[@barrybritcher]

This is a coupe camry on drugs

[@JayEmmOnCars]

But this is RWD, it's pretty different to the Camry

[@fernandom5150]

Lmfao bf1 vs cod infinite warfare

[@Leaptab]

@@barrybritcher wtf the Aristotle is a 4 door whale. Can't compare 2 door sports cars to a massive sedan.

[@SpachsGarage]

So good! I also have a 1jz r154 soarer is the best part of my days!

[@spainter1985]

Some amazing videos lately! Absolutely love the Soarer... with a manual gearbox they are superb!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Thankyou!

[@itsalgud1459]

Very interesting review, Jay! I guess our tastes are very different on this one, I think it’s one of the best looking things with the Toyota logo on it that I have ever seen. I wish they had it you were in the states.

[@jacobwebb8818]

Ironic that this one doesn't wear a Toyota badge 😂

[@Iorvvet]

Absolutely amazing to me how most of the car review channels show 90% of screen time the Face of the reviewer and not the car. Great ! Keep it up! Always wanted to watch some dudes face

[@JayEmmOnCars]

There's more car than me in this

[@dagnut]

You could buy these in Ireland for under 3000 euro about 10 years back...my mate ran one for bit , it was seriously tail happy but very progressive...like a big AE ...this one sounds amazing....great video...lots of variety on this channel ..keep it up and thanks

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Cheers

[@tombell7670]

When I saw her it was love at first sight and what a ride she gave me !

[@MrCarrera28]

Enjoyable video, some really excellent shots of the car driving through the countryside that make me want to go out and drive on the weekend!!

[@richiesworld1]

When it comes to inline6 sound, 1jz over everything!

[@TheTimeDetective42]

Wooohoooo that you are covering my soarer car lol!!!!! YESSSSSS! Soarers are awesome budget bentleys. Not sport cars at all, yet used for drifting! Comfort + V8. YESSSSS. Soarers are built as a more American-style 'personal luxury car', only sold in America as Lexus but everyone wanted the badge even if it's 'just a toyota'.

[@bunkaaa8726]

Your car ? :3

[@danmystro]

V8?

[@barrybritcher]

@@danmystro yup they did three engine. 2.5TT 3.0 NA and 4.0v8

[@danmystro]

@@barrybritcher Was joking, said V8 as it seems OP thinks this is a V8, oh don't forget the 2.5 Single turbo.

[@TheTimeDetective42]

@@bunkaaa8726 Yep it's mine, just called dibs, that makes it mine

[@YeahWeSmokeGood]

When I bought my soarer, the brakes were definitely an adjustment but they are still good.

[@nu_foz]

Hi JayEmm, great video as usual. This Soarer version was also sold as the first-gen Lexus SC in the US, so these Soarers were also Lexus across the pond. It has some frontal resemblance to the '93 Supra, which was developed from this Soarer platform. Always looking forward to your vids, keep it up!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Thankyou!

[@Birmingham_racing]

I do love these I remember seeing the 4 litre v8 for about 1.5k

[@richiesworld1]

Fella from 2 years ago, you'll be happy to know they're getting way more expensive now 😥

[@ianmulley2013]

That’s really nice. It’s good to see one that’s not a drift car

[@bunkaaa8726]

Drifting is not the plan, a fast road / track car is the aim. Sliding a car like this is just a shameful waste! I've just gone Hybrid turbos since this review so she is a bit more pokey now.

[@tombell7670]

There's flees in the carpet, I saw it jump.

[@heilong79]

Had a single turbo version of this engine in my Chaser, a great motor.

[@brad7957]

Nice video. Watching this while waiting for registration for my freshly imported JZX90 Chaser! :)

[@julianevans9548]

Very interesting video and sounds fantastic.

[@Super-Simo-B]

The best sounding engine to come out of Japan next to a straight piped RB20DET.

[@turbogears900]

More sc videos we need it .i love it

[@superthierry1]

Toyota at its best.. the Japanese Concorde. Sounds like it’s going to take off🏃🏽

[@VickersV]

Man that sounds the business.

[@kaungmin6137]

Beautiful brother. Thanks for the info.

[@TLCHobbies]

The doors on the Soarer/SC are actually really heavy. One of the potential issues is that the door may sag with age.

[@StephenButlerOne]

The first car that come to mind for me was the Vx Calibre.

[@spoolyz0296]

I miss when cars had that green tint around the key entry... its the little things.

[@kashman7140]

Guy you have a awesome car!++ blitz ecu is siick ;)

[@bunkaaa8726]

I wonder who this could be ;)

[@kashman7140]

Lol

[@JB-F10-M5]

If Paul Robert Potts was a car✊🏼😊 Humble how he came to the stage of BGT and made Amanda Holden cry 😢 with the sound of that Tenor 🎶then won the panel the audience the public and the show 🥇

[@ets3846]

One of my proudest moments is driving this and not stalling it 😂👍

[@barrybritcher]

There was a Soarer for sale in wroxham years ago for peanut cash. Still regret not getting it.

[@bunkaaa8726]

I regretted not getting a low mile, bone stock 1jz Soarer 4 years ago (for like 900 quid), so I bought this one 2 years ago :3

[@seanandersen5752]

@@bunkaaa8726 I thought same so I bought a 60k one for 2k other year spent about 4k collecting parts did u do the manual swap yourself? As I've got the r154 and same cube shifter. I have a feeling this were a 3 litre from factory tho? Did u cut the tunnel for the box

[@tombell7670]

Sounds amazing

[@lozz0dnb]

I have a 100% stock soarer 1JZ VVTI (proper Toyota import) if you want to do a review comparison its amazing how quiet and smooth they are stock

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Drop me a line on [e-mail]

[@Hpno]

Someone just put the Lexus badge on there because they liked it more I suppose. Everyone wants what they cant have lol but the rule of thumb is LHD = Lexus SC300/400, RHD = Toyota Soarer. They were just made for different markets. Lexus at the time meant (L)uxury (Ex)port to (U)nited (S)tates. Thats one of the reasons Lexus only came with leather interior but you could get a Soarer with cloth seats.

[@bunkaaa8726]

So someone went through a lot of effort changing all my my interior from cloth to black leather and door cards? thats mad, considering I've ripped out the leather seats..

[@Hpno]

@@bunkaaa8726 Some of the higher level trim Soarers (GT-TL) did come with leather interior and wood grain trim. The lower trim Soarers had cloth though but even the lowest trim of the SC300 had leather.

[@AutoSugar]

Nice one James!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Cheers

[@gixxercon3972]

Strait fire..well done.

[@turbogears900]

Is that the 1jzgte none vvti? And if yes how is that motor

[@lyalminchinton8825]

Strong motor, the early model had the strongest rods of all soarers produced. The twin turbos run out of boost pretty quick, but most people , swap to a single turbo setup for more boost and reliability.

[@hakaishsu3116]

@@lyalminchinton8825how early what years?

[@joetaka7620]

I like that you were wearing a Chevrolet jacket when reviewing a grey-import car from japan haha

[@JayEmmOnCars]

I am an open minded petrolhead

[@joetaka7620]

@@JayEmmOnCars I never said you weren't open minded, I can tell by the other videos you've produced!

[@ryanmoloney99]

That engine note mmmmmm

[@chappy2121]

The later model of 1jz with single turbo and vvti had 295hp

[@RyanDeClue]

The clutch is for starting and stopping Jay... should never be used otherwise.

[@cashmoneysolutionsltd]

what is wrong with you

[@patrick9761]

yep your right I have driven the nicest italian but compared to jdm against price you cant beat jdm

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

1) Minutes of exhaust pipes. 2) Miles of tarmac. 3) Extremely dodgy haircut. 4) A jacket(?) style disowned. 5) Excuses about lousy clutch control. 6) A, hitherto undeclared, foot fetish. In other words, just your typical, excellent, Cletus video. The only thing that would improve it is the inclusion of Clovis‼️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

@KZbin Acct It was ever thus, and ever more shall be so‼️🎅🎅🎅🐔

[@woodlandowl]

@@MrKeyboardCommando I make everything better

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

@@woodlandowl Indeed you do, Clovis, indeed you do‼️😇😇😇

[@cullenduncan9054]

When I imported mine, it also had the Lexus badging. Weird..

[@paulw5822]

Something different...all good! What ever happened to that BMW E92 M3 you bought? I think that car would make an interesting subject for youtube videos, worth a thought?

[@JayEmmOnCars]

It'll be appearing again soon, fear not. Just been crap weather for a RWD 600hp car on semi slicks

[@paulw5822]

@@JayEmmOnCars Good to hear, the scenario of 600bhp RWD on semi slicks in poor weather ( its fine down south) is literally content gold, imagine the views you would get ?

[@sevenine_9824]

Paul W he will crash 😂😂

[@1970boggy]

Sounds nice 👍 Looks pretty pointy too 👍🤪

[@pacrat90]

Hey Jay, you mention the MR2 a bit in this vid. Would you say the MR2 is also a drivers car? Where would you say it sits on the spectrum?

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Yeah the MR2 is a good budget drivers car but nearly all of them need a bit of work as the components are all getting a bit tired

[@dasstig5274]

@@JayEmmOnCars As an owner of an MR2 turbo which is a bit tired, would you think it better to spend money spruce up the MR2 or change to something like this? Straight 6 and some interior space is looking appealing!

[@jabeard9]

Love your Jacket! 😏

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Cheers Jason, how you doing?

[@jabeard9]

I’m lovin’ it brotha! Keep it up

[@krisrudecki9477]

Toyota made some seriously amazing cars in the 90s. Toyota, what the hell happened in the naughties ?!?!?😫😭

[@Will_M600]

meh, imo they kept making the best cars they were really able to. mr2 mk3, yaris, celica, and corolla t sports are all good cars imo

[@krisrudecki9477]

Skint14A nah, they did a Honda 😂 the same with Mitsubishi, Subaru ... where are those brands now? Those were my poster cars. I still get giddy when a mint supra flys by. Honda realised they f up their brand, finally replaced the CEO a few years back and presto. New type r s, nsx, new fireblade (finally ...), new s2k in the works. Honda is back. Every brand needs those halo products people aspire to. Lexus saves Toyota nowadays with the LFA, F series cars and the LC500 (jaw dropping car btw)

[@Will_M600]

@@krisrudecki9477 you have to look at japan's economy throughout that time. they all almost went bust.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Times changed, the market changed, they are coming back now with the GT86, new Supra and maybe a new MR2!

[@Birmingham_racing]

They started making the Prius that’s where they went wrong

[@remimarcelleroux7518]

Do you know how much this transmission change actually cost? I’ve always wanted one but have always been put off my auto trans ☹️

[@bunkaaa8726]

you can buy them factory manual, however, mine cost me about 2300 excluding labour. Totally worth it as I bought the car for 3700 and pretty much doubled its value by converting it.

[@remimarcelleroux7518]

bunk aaa that’s actually a lot less than I thought! Did you get the conversion done in the UK? Will definitely hit you up if I do go for one as I’m not massively connected to car dudes that know this kind of shizz. Just out of interest, how much was the conversion itself (labour)?

[@bunkaaa8726]

@@remimarcelleroux7518 I did yes, Carson Performance did it before they inflated their ego and charge silly prices. Its easy to do yourself personally I didnt have the time to do it back then. Yes mate Join the Toyota Soarer (main) group on Facebook link this video , loads of helpful people in the community with answers for any question you need :)

[@nicwilson89]

Oh god I want a ride in this so bad...come up north, pretty please :p

[@bunkaaa8726]

Come down south, you're welcome to have a spin

[@JayEmmOnCars]

I feel like an automotive cilla black

[@nicwilson89]

@@JayEmmOnCars I think I speak for 23,000 people when I say 'I'd totally watch that' if you were to consider making such a programme

[@A4ANT]

bunk aaa - This your car ? How much for auto to manual conversion

[@turbogears900]

What differential r u using

[@bunkaaa8726]

I have a Cusco Clutch type 2 way diff.

[@turbogears900]

Thanks 👍

[@allanlai_]

Nice haircut

[@jacobdzik6238]

Big Boy Big ToY❤

[@SickWill]

Selling an is300 wagon if you're interested ;) Do you a good deal

[@Beer_Dad1975]

After watching the more recent UZZ31 review, this popped up in my feed today - this is exactly what I was talking about in my comment on that video - most of these cars have been through bad times like this one where it's been badly modified buy a young guy with questionable taste and limited resources in a way that doesn't suit it at all, and not finished properly - so you end up with this awful Frankenstein of a car that looks bad and that isn't any good at anything and is just irritating to drive. I well remember going through this phase myself in my late teens/early 20's - for some reason I thought owning a car that scraped and banged on everything and rode like a brick and make horrific noises, was safety compromised due to me spending money on stupid stuff instead of needed maintenance, and was an actual workout to drive was cool.

[@bunkaaa8726]

How did you get any indication that it 'drove bad' from the video other then it scraping once?

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@bunkaaa8726 Because he kept complaining about how bad the suspension and handling was.

[@bunkaaa8726]

@@Beer_Dad1975 He didn't say that at all in this video, in fact he told me he quite enjoyed how it drove

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@bunkaaa8726 I don't doubt that Jay enjoyed his drive - just this car is a basket case of unfinished or inappropriate modifications for what is supposed to be a luxury GT - subjectively you understand - if you love it, then I'm just that asshole on the internet, and that's fine. Some examples of what I think are poor modifications - @3:10 noise complaints @4:00 clutch is bad, @4:40 fake lexus badging @6:44 warning messages from poor quality modifications @7:20 terrible racing after market seats in a street car, @8:18, exhaust contacting chassis, 11:20 larger brakes added without uprating master cylinder leading to poor brake feel. Again, I'm sorry to be an asshole, just I've been there and done that as an old fucker who used to "sack em on their nuts" and think that was cool. IMO, as someone who has in the distant past owned a UZZ30, an JZZ30 and a JZZ31, a Soarer, be it a JZZ30, JZZ31, UZZ30, UZZ31 or UZZ32, should be a grand tourer, and not try to be some kind of hybrid street racer.

[@bunkaaa8726]

@@Beer_Dad1975 Ok, is every car supposed to be perfect? These cars are popular because they respond so well to modification. They work great as ; Tourers, Drag cars, Track cars, Street cars etc etc etc. The platform albeit heavy works well at any with a few subtle mods. We spoke at length after the shoot how much he enjoyed driving it, and how surprised he was at how little I'd NEEDED to do to make it drive well. Compare that to the other v8 soarer vid he complained how badly it drove in stock form. In fact literally every person who has driven this car has been grinning from ear to ear. This is a classic case of 'Someone on the internet thinks they know something for a fact over the reality of the situation'. I bought this car purely to get a fast powerful car I can tune to my liking, and this is exactly what I've done. This video was shot after my first few basic mods, and is now running 400hp on hybrid twins(plus supporting mods), even bigger brakes (which work perfectly by the way), quiet diff mounts, even better suspension and tune and lightweight wheels. I bought it to tweak and tune, and now is in its best form. To you, yeah its ruined 'because iz not a tourer' but in reality, everyone in real life who has come in to contact with it loves it.

[@motogte]

1JZ vvti is the way to go legendary engine even more rev happy than 2JZ.

[@bunkaaa8726]

This is a non VVTi, more bark , less to go wrong, easier to do a belt change but more annoying to find an ECU for -_-

[@motogte]

@@bunkaaa8726 the non vvti was a twin turbo ceramic n they did blow eventually, the vvti version put out 280bhp and was a single turbo in 97 was a way more advanced engine by then and more reliable.

[@bunkaaa8726]

@@motogte I know all this buddy, just letting you know what my car in the video has :)

[@seanandersen5752]

@@motogte only the blades on the turbo were ceramic and who keeps stock turbo anyway the vvti just gave low end torque which obviously does help.

[@Chiraq312boi]

R154 is good for holding power. It isn’t great, feels like shifting a stick in a bucket of rocks.

[@bunkaaa8726]

You didn't watch the part about the Cube shifter then..

[@boostit7652]

Stop talking and driveee

[@lloydturner48]

Ewww non vvti...

[@bunkaaa8726]

clueless

[@cogitationescaecae1125]

Whatta nob

[@aeromotive2]

sorry this is terribly uninteresting