Soarer Source - The Home of the Toyota Soarer and Lexus SC300, SC400

Here are the luxury options that were available on the V8 Soarers:

DAT tape headunit
Reversing camera
Heated seats
Memory seats
Rear wash/wipe
Spoiler F/R
BBS alloys
Parking sensors
Parking aid
Air purifier
CD changer
CD/ tape headunit
Phone in central armrest
Steering wheel phone remote/mic
Wood dash around EMV/Gearlever
LSD
Traction control
High level brake light
Sunroof

Well you may or may not know but there is a common problem when dyno’ing an automatic Soarer. Typically the dyno run should be made in the 1:1 gear ratio which is the 3rd gear, but the problem is that the gearbox cannot be locked in 3rd as it shifts down to 2nd when the dyno operator hits the accelerator pedal. It can be locked into 2nd gear, but that is too low and won’t give an accurate power figure.

The method to fix this is disconnecting the electronics plug from the gearbox. This then gives the driver manual control of 1st, 3rd, and overdrive, without automatic changes.

1) Disconnect the ECU from the gearbox (this will prevent the gearbox from dropping back into 2nd gear)
2) Put it in 3rd with the gear shift
3) Lock the torque converter with a switch
4) Dyno it like you would in a manual