What is needed to turn my Glanza v 4wd?

[Ruddi444]

Just intrested is all, can you keep the Glanza shell as it seems to have a tunnel and just use the 4paw running gear? Any input to what you need would be great! I understand a donor car ep95

[5e colin]

cut out floor pan weld in 3door 85/95 floorpan then jobs a gudden al will be bolt on then

[daniel_g]

What you need to do is get an EP95 and swap all your turbo stuff into that.

The 4paw floor pan is totally different to a FWD starlet.

This is one of these threads where this will never progress into anything other than a question so im gonna leave it at that..

[aleximport25]

A big wallet !

But it's a lot easier to buy the ep85/95 and swap panels and engine loom and am I right in saying a custom exhaust

Edited November 9, 2015 by aleximport25

[richglanzav]

yeah main fiddly bits are the loom (a nightmare on any car lol), custom exhaust (front exit is easiest but im unsure of the laws on them), and a bit of custom work on the sump.

[daniel_g]

If anyone is looking for a bit of info into actually doing the conversion then here are the main areas..

The 4paw sump needs an oil return fitted (welded in) You cant use a normal FTE sump, it fouls the transfer box.

You cant just bolt on a starlet turbo exhaust either, as i said the floorpan is totally different. I had a 2.5" system custom made, its a very tight fit around the axle area but it can be done. Although my car is pretty high at the back..

Lowering a 4paw is a bit of a pain aswell, any normal starlet turbo coilovers will fit both front and back but it will sit face down ass up. To lower the back properly you can either mod the suspension turrets, mod coilovers or buy the 4paw specific Meisters.

With the floorpan being different you cant bolt in GT/Glanza seats either, i used the original EP85 seat rail and base and fitted a GT seat back to that, and GT cloth over the seat base.

But you can buy 4paw specific recaro rails if you want to run bucket seats.

The loom, right well all i did was swap the engine ancillary loom into the engine bay, and this plugged right into the existing bay fusebox. Fitted a GT ECU at the same time. The car would have ran at that but i wanted GT dials so i swapped in a full GT dash with loom. Also swapped the rear lights and looms too.

There is probably a bit more to it than that but thats the main things.

Lots of normal starlet parts will fit, turbo kit, intercooler, engine mods like injectors, fuel rail ect. As for handling mods, a few of the braces fit, ALK, some poly bushes etc.

Its actually more straight forward than most people think