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    Toyota starlet MK2 GT Turbo, Forged 5e build

    in EP80/EP82 Progress Blogs

    Posted · Edited by jiggaman_16

    17 hours ago, Chrisscfc84 said:

    Hi mate. I was reminiscing with a mate the other day and I did a google image search for starlet turbos and was shocked when one of the first pics that popped up was my old car, which led me here. I got the car imported from Japan in 2005 it was sourced by a guy in Bradford who imported cars for a living. I’d been looking for one of these for ages so I was buzzing when I finally got to pick it up and drive it the 200+ miles back to Suffolk. I had a little play with a Clio 182 on the way back but felt a bit of a tit when I hit the speed limiter at erm 71mph 😉 

    I think the car was on 56,000km at this point and it was totally standard, even had the warning flair in the passenger footwell. I got it back home and the very next day took it to a local motorsports place and had the clocks changed to mph and the speed limiter removed. I kept the car for 6 years and in all honesty I never really thrashed it... apart from the odd drag race around town. It’d embarrass most things off the lights and It never gave me any jip. In my time I lowered it 40mm, s/s exhaust, window tints, new rims a few little engine mods like an air filter, ht leads. Nothing major. Pretty sure I put a strut brace on it as well. 

    I sold the car to a guy in Cornwall he seemed as enthusiastic as I was when I first bought it. I never really wanted to sell it tbh but I needed the money for a deposit on a house and it wasn’t getting a great deal of use as I had a work van to potter about in. The guy I sold it to took all the standard parts with it... wheels, exhaust, shocks, warning flair. I think he intended on turning it back to oem. 

    I’ve definitely got pictures of it standard and from when I sold it. They’re on an old laptop that belongs to my ex but I reckon if I ask her nicely she’ll email them over 😬

    Really good to see it’s still about though, a lot of fond memories in that car. Hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as I and the countless bimbos that rode shotgun with me back in a time when things where much simpler did.

     

    Hey jwhite, must feel good to know some history on the old gal. This will be an absolute monster when finished as i see all the right ingredients so far my friend.

    This is the true definition of an 'in-house build'. Silly pun intended 🙄

    P.S - Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease don't cut the bumper. 😭😭

    5efhe cams

    in EP80/EP82 Progress Blogs

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    Think you would get gains from the cams, wouldnt really spring for the intake. Best suited for N/A purposes. It uses a vacuum canister which you would need to rig something up for that to work properly as well as figure a way to operate the butterfly valves (in terms of when they come on). Standalone & some piggyback computer can easily do this. If not, then a RPM switch will do it. 

    Patches V - Link G4+ Standalone

    in EP91 Glanza Progress Blogs

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    On 26/03/2018, 10:34:23, Patches said:

    Meant to say the voltage (at least in the ECU logs) remains a constant 14.3v while this is happening. Cheer though man, I'll give that a go if changing the fuel filter isn't fixing the issue.

    Doesnt mean that the voltage present at the fuel pump connection is the same healthy voltage that the ECU reads at whatever point it takes a voltage measurement. Wat i once did wen havin issues was to connect a voltmemter to the fuel pump connector just at the fuel pump hatch underneath the backseat & have someone observe it for me while under boost. Worthy a try. 

     

    Anyhoo, sounds like the pump is packin in tho ....... :sad:

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