Solara Pace Car(large Pics)

by **Flipside909** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 11:22 am

Xyntax wrote:Yeah I believe Flipside but it's hard to see why they would do that rather than just modify an 02 or 03.

Because the pace cars already have the safety strobes, safety equipment, modded motors, suspension, special paint job and etc done, it would be pointless to redo that on another brand new car. All Solara pace cars are manual transmission 1MZ-FE V6 S/C and ivory interior (mostly cloth...handful of leather).

by **Yanks0114** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 11:57 am

What league do they use the pacecars for. Are they for NASCAR?

They look gorgeous btw. Flip, do you still know all the stats off the top of your head.
(When we had a thread a while ago about the old pace car, flip was able to name almost every mod off the top of his head

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by **Peter** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 1:00 pm

w00t w00t, they kept the 99-01 tail lights...hehe

by **Turbo Camry** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 9:48 pm

Those pace cars are from the CART racing series. I guess they were built when Toyota was still a major sponsor of CART...now toyotas pulled out, but they still use the Tundra support trucks and this pace car. :evil:

by **Flipside909** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:55 pm

Turbo Camry wrote:Those pace cars are from the CART racing series. I guess they were built when Toyota was still a major sponsor of CART...now toyotas pulled out, but they still use the Tundra support trucks and this pace car.

Don't forget about the Matrix. As for the pace cars...there are several of them that Toyota has. One will eventually make it to the Toyota Museum here in SoCal along with the older Celica, SC400, Supra and GS400 PPG pacecars.

by **Flipside909** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:58 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:What league do they use the pacecars for. Are they for NASCAR?

They look gorgeous btw. Flip, do you still know all the stats off the top of your head.
(When we had a thread a while ago about the old pace car, flip was able to name almost every mod off the top of his head )

Stats:

275hp 1MZ-FE S/C (upgraded pulley...not published).
100 octane race fuel
245/45/18 on 18x8.5 BBS RX (now OZ Superlegerra)
TRD exhaust
TRD springs/struts/rsb
TRD Shortshifter
Safety strobes
Safety harnesses/equipment
Special PPG paint scheme

And I forgot what else.

by **Turbo Camry** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 1:34 pm

yeah, i remember when every year that Toyota came out with a new model, whether it be a Toyota or Lexus, they would put it to Pace Car spec and run them...I have a picture of the SC430 somewhere, but i know about the gs, and the supra...im gonna find that picture of it and post it. :evil:

by **Flipside909** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 3:08 pm

Toyota used the Solara all 4 years of production. The SC430 and the IS300 were used but on a limited basis. The Matrix pace car has been most prominent lately along with the Solara.

by **JMSinMaryland** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:27 pm

Any idea what the offset on the rims are? I tried contacting them to see if they had to roll, etc but no reply. Those would look nice, difference between 205 and 225 is huge, imagine 20 more, emm. Jon.

by **Flipside909** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:22 pm

JMSinMaryland wrote:Any idea what the offset on the rims are? I tried contacting them to see if they had to roll, etc but no reply. Those would look nice, difference between 205 and 225 is huge, imagine 20 more, emm. Jon.

+40 if I recall correctly.

Website · by **Turbosolara** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:49 am

Turbo camry: do you have pictures of your set up? spec?

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