Big_T-SR

Hi guys, i've finaly decided to post up the lifeline of my car and here it is: No. 1. This is the SR without any modifications except tinted windows and stickers, and was owned by my uncle, yes, shelly's uncle aswell and also yes, before she had it... The very beggining.. No. 2. After a short while, shelly managed to get her grubby fingers on the SR and lowered it using GMax springs, painted the calipers red and also managed to find a very rare TTE splitter: No. 3. She then Decided to follow the colour code and sprayed the back lights of the SR: No. 4. After a while she got bored of the unevenly sprayed lights and ditched them, whilst my cousin started Impulse performance which is part of D2. We used the SR as a form of advertisement and IMO it made the car look sportier: On the following Christmas, it snowed! So i thought i'd share a picture that shelly took, it might have been because i shoved her outside with the camera and locked the doors . By now I was probably still learning how to drive and i soon took the SR off shelly's hands when she abandoned it and moved on to the quicker version shall we say No. 5. Now in my possession, I thought the SR was sick of having its eyeballs ripped out when shelly decided to change the colours of the lights , so I had HIDs installed: No. 6. I always like the colour coded scheme of black & red so i decided to give the spraying of the rear clusters another go, to me, this was a success. Due to an unfortunate bump of inexperienced driving, i managed to snap the exhaust pipe by reversing too quickly and 'tapping' the high raised curb this gave me the excuse to buy a new stainless steel cat back system, the HKS silent hi power exhaust, this is for a turbo car originally but i like to do things that are different... so now, due to the difference in compression ratio i beleive it is not so silent now, but it sounds nice IMO somtimes like a scooby, good thing is.. no decrease in power... not that there was much to begin with.. : No. 7. I followed the colour code scheme of Red & Black further and got my Speedline wheels painted and also got myself a brand new Bride seat for comfort and grip round the corners, i got the Ergo II model bride seat because... well... lets face it... i'm not exactly stick like You may also notice that the brakes are not standard but im not sure when the were changed, somewhere during shelly's time no doubt but they are 3G discs and Green stuff pads: No. 8. The HIDs i had installed previously started to flicker when the weather was cold and i didn't really want to be driving in pure darkness in unfamiliar territory if it chose to die out on me ... so i had them replaced by a new Econ HID system, both HIDs were said to be 6000k but due to brand differences or somthing the colours were not the same , this Econ HID system was more white: No . 9. Finally i believe i have caught up with shelly's shopping list and have aquired all the items on the list . I was informed of a new model of D2s being released soon and waited for its arrival something like the shocks being 20% softer.. The time came and i bought a set for my SR: Here is the old GMax springs i had: And here are the new D2s: No. 10. Here are a couple of pictures of what is under my bonnet, my little 4E-FE, hopefully this will give you a hint as to what will come next....... : I thought i'd better start to upload the progress so far before it becomes any longer than it already is .. I hope i haven't bored you too much.. So... you can WAKE UP NOW!! T

No no no, you dont want a plain n/a CF bonnet, because the n/a bonnet is light enough neways, i jus wanted a vented/cooling bonnet to help the engine. But yer, i think 15 is prooving to be an impossible mission afterall. What is the difference in weight neways? anyone know the specific figures? T

O NO! I was reading through the posts and i was worth the most... right untill i got to the last damn post (Rob_00) "Congratulations, your dead body is worth $5300!" ... Unfortunatly tho... "You Have a 35% Chance of Survival!" ... o dear... T

ooo, you're making me hungry... RIGHT, off to get some food now Nice find mate T

I shall ask toby in time, not really in need of one now untill septembery october time.. But thanks guys, much apprieciated T

O i c, thanks guys, so are there any bonnets for the n/a EP91? T

Hi guys, I was jus browsing for a new bonnet and having a look at what other options there were rather than repairing some damage to my standard bonnet, i was mainly looking for a cooling bonnet... but neways, to the question i wanted to ask: Are the EP91 n/a bonnets the same as the EP91 turbo bonnets as in size and shape? I'm guessing its a no, its jus that some bonnets can be done for the EP91 n/a & the turbo version, i was wondering whether they use different bonnets or its the same one somehow made to fit both... Any suggestions? Does anyone know whether there are bonnets for the EP91 n/a? T P.S. I have looked at Toby's CF bonnets and thats one of the places i've found the bonnets that are for both...

..... I'm speachless....

Yer it was good to match names to faces, hopefully tho, next time we have a meet, mine won't be the only n/a Hope to see the rest of you guys soon. T

oooo im famous! Might have seen it at JAE last year, but you can see it this year aswell... jus dont look under the bonnet Yer! do u see now sis, the CF bonnet is the way to go! u know u wanna

... looks too american for me... lets jus say its not my cup of tea.. but each to thier own.. *cough* Ugly! *cough*

My SR does on average about 280 miles, but i have gotten it up to 350 before. Just wondering tho, how many litres do we have in our cars? because the petrol pump only goes up to 35ish litres and thats really drained (good to know my petrol light still comes on , it flashes tho every so often, never stays on when your nearly out). Thing is tho, the manuel says its 45 litres.. anyone know?

Welcome to the club, hope you enjoy your stay. T

welcome to the uksc, enjoy your stay! T

Yer mate, could it be some previous people you've been in contact with? Jealous person no doubt tho.. Or have u been messing around with the mafia? ;) T

I can't believe some people would actually do that for the 'fun' of it. Such f*****s! We all feel for ya man. I hope you catch whoever did it. T

Thanks sparky, you shoud've dived onto your friend's horn and our attention probably would've turned to you instead of concentrating on not bouncing too much, that field was a killer man O yer, as for the devil horns, i think shelly got them from TOC somewhere, its some sort of gel stick on. T

Hi and welcome to the club, hope you enjoy your stay and if your nething like idress i wonder what handy work you'll be up to.. T

Welcome mate, enjoy your stay here. Looking forward to seeing what it becomes.. T

Hey Si, i must say tho, it would be pretty hard to miss mate Unfortunatly tho Geo/Enzo, i was one of the people who voted that the wheels would clash in colour , but hey each to thier own oppinion, as long as the driver likes it. T

Sounds like you have a very strange problem lol. Unfortunatly i can't help you tho as i don't know the answer, but hopefully someone else can, however, i've never heard of this before. Have you spoken to any mechanic about it? T

Haha, my car is famous! But neways, the starlet with the cosworth engine was strange and a REAL sleeper.. i mean, even the wheels were standard i think, well.. they were biscuits, so i wonder how it handles the power... When i was at the D2 stand, i did speak to one person breifly, He'd heard of toyotagtturbo forum tho, i think he ownes a silver glanza, jus got it for about 3 months.. is it anyone one here? Don't worry, you can admire shelly's car at JAE when we both drive there, whilst we drool over your car.. T

Well, from experience, i'd like to add, if you don't want a loud exhaust do NOT go for a turbo exhaust. I have a full system stainless steel HKS Hi Power SILENCER (notice the caps, i thought it'd be ok because it had this word in the name lol.) cut down to fit my SR... and well... its not so silent, i like it tho, because its silent when i'm adling but adds the nicest sound when in the high revs. Nearly made shell's ears bleed when she was in the back , however, she did manage to fall asleep.. Haven't noticed anything to do with performance, but i hear that the bigger the exhaust for a turbo the better, but the smaller for a n/a the better, anyone want to correct me? Can i ask what would happen to performance or sound or nething else if i were to get rid of the center box. It's the only thing between the car and the ground. Let us know what you decided to go with mate T

Thanks sparky, i didnt see you there tho.. Blue water meet eh, possibly, but the last time i went, wasn't really worth going all the way over there.. i went in shelly's car, might do it again lol... if she's going neways. T

I can't say i've tried it, but now that you've brought it to my attention Don't you need to like use it at least twice with full tank to flush away the normal petrol to actually start to feel the difference. I have noticed that i get most miles out of normal unleaded BP fuel than others like tescos, etc. T