nic1.3

While I haven't done a conversion, its been playing on my mind for a while now. My reasoning is that if you enjoy your n/a and have an attachment to it fair enough but if you want power then by all means do the conversion. some people will list pros for doing it such as; owning a sleeper, completing a conversion to really learn about there car and its engine. increasing the car's power. getting over the inferiority complex of not having a front mount.... Some cons are as follows; the expense of the conversion parts themselves Increased cost of insurance. time and effort involved in doing t

Hey mate nice build mate, Are you by any chance based in cork in Ireland??, It's just I remember seeing an ep70 like this in cork a while back, this looks like the same car and rims?? What are your plans for the engine side of things?? Nic

Well I went about fitting the brace yesterday. Happy to say its 90% on now, must just tighten up the bulkhead bolt when my bro gives me my sockets and stuff back Unfortunately it wasn't an easy fit or a direct fit. the metal of the end links was a little high and was catching on the frame of the bonnet when closing the bonnet. The Solution?? I got the my trusty persuader (the hammer) and beat a half golf ball size part of the frame in, in order to close the bonnet. Thankfully it doesn't appear to have damaged the profile of the bonnet so it's all gud. Results It does seem to turn in a sha

Yeah it seems to be making a difference already. Yes they are expensive but until you've held one then you don't appreciate it properly, the welding is stunning and it's light as a feather. That was the plan for yesterday, but I ran out of time so I stioll have a little left to do. thanx Cheers boss

Thanx mate, I got it at a gud price from Nath with the front ARB

Well its been a while since I did any work to the starlet other than driving the bollocks out of it, so with that in mind I though that it was long overdue sum TLC and mods more importantly. A few weeks back Starlet Nath started selling off the parts from his build, while I had always liked keeping track of his build I was suprised to see his build come to an end, But every cloud has a silver lining.....Nath was selling sum parts that I've always wanted namely a okuyama Carbing 3 point Aluminum strur brace. The brace in question is to my knowledge not very common, in fact correct me if im

My Carbing 3 point brace & front 22mm ARB arrived today just as described and in flawless condition. Nath was very helpful and easy to deal with and patient also after I f**ked up the paypal... Shipping took a mere 3 days from his place to mine in the south of Ireland a new record....usually a week... In general im delighted with the service and parts, I would buy off Nath again in a shot if I needed anything else. Nic

Nice one mate, Ya cant wait for boost myself, Its been quiet for me on here lately as I've been up the wall with work, Getting back into the swing of it now, got sum suspension bits nd pieces on the way soon... Will check back later in the week so mate. Nic

Really a stock fuel rail ??? thats an immense amount of polishing, Fair dues to him, Ya man if you could take sum more pics of it that would be great... by the way build is coming along well.....Bet you cant wait for turbo??

Im so JDM i convert my car part's prices into yen..... I'm so JDM I check out the Yen exchange rate before Sterling. Im so JDM before I order parts I check out jap websites

Hey Phil, Thats a sweet looking fuel rail where did jay source that from? is it much difference between it and stock or is it a cosmetic mod?? Nic

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Well I just thought that I\\\\\\\'d do a little update of my ep exploits of late. Firstly I had my NCT (Irish version of the UK mot) earlier in the month, so I serviced the car ....changed the sard oil filter, chucked in sum castrol oil, changed the iridium plugs, cleaned the TRD airfilter and fitted a new rotor arm and dizzy cap. Also had the headlights aligned. Lovely result running smooth and cool, So off I went to the test and guess what IT FAILED......apparently play in the rear drivers wheel bearing, went and bought a new bearing and me and my bro went to fit if (He does all my moddi

Hey mate Looks well and different imo, Tell me whats the quality of those wings like, are they flared wider or standard and how strong do they feel?? Sorry for all the Qusetions but im interested in a set Nic

HMMMMM makes me want milk................ Really beautiful GTT man, and what a brilliantly location for photos... She's a credit to ya Nic

hey mate if your after a near complete list of whats needed for the 5e conversion the pop over to tgtt in the engine technical section there is a whole thread to it and its fairly comprehensive looking. nic

Hey flipside, front end looks good so far, BUT bring on the side photos........ Keep it up dude. Nic

ya that helps abit, there's alink to a guide of sorts about the rpm switch conrtol and what you kinda need to do. http://www.tercelclub.com/index.php?option...7&Itemid=52

Hey mate Firstly Dave Burwash was selling one before xmas, maybe you could source one from him or give him a shout him to track one down, Yes you need a variable rpm switch with to use to activate the solenoid I believe. it gets confusing to explain. I know of a thread that explains it better Give me a few minutes to find it..... As for porting, thats definitely sumthing worthdoing....... BUT I wouldn't touch an acis intake system until I felt confident, Buy a dremel and a few porting and polishing kits of the net and practice on a different intake and your chosen Throttle body when you fe

Same here man, bring it on whenever it happens

hey mate lovely Mc Chu parts. its good news that the qearbox issue was discovered before any damage was done, better then having to rip it all out to do repair work, Nic

Thanx for all your help guys This has left me in a bind......I know that I need a new battery but I can't decide which one I want...... Typical me I guess..

Ok these sound interesting, now Ive heard of the bosch but never heard of the other 2, how well do they perform & what price range are they in (more or less then the halfords)

Thanx lads Ya I've been looking into getting a yellow top battery alrite but they're big money so I may hold off till the end of the month (the OE battery should make it that far) when Ive to put the EP through its NCT (Irish MOT) as I need to done a few odds and ends to it first for that. On a side note I checked my toyota battery and it has a CCA of 330, this does seem kinda low when compared to the batteries I was looking in halfords.

I think that there's a place up the model farm road called barry's motorsport call they mite be able to give you sum local places that mite set them up if they wont touch em also there's a place in waterford that mite set them up, forgot their names tho.