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On 8/9/2021 at 10:50 AM, Sam44 said:

There not. I've measured them my self the 4efte and 5efe are the same but the UK ep91 has a different intake cam around 1mm lower lift on the 4efte and 5efe. I'm yet to measure the gen1 4efe out of the ae101 and ep80. 

Trust me it's true anuff. Measure them, don't just read specs and believe them. 

Time to embrace the truth.

There are quite a few specs on that sheet that is incorrect. 

From power out, to injector size to cam profile. 

Hi sam yea I have a pair of 4efte camshafts in the garage I got for cheap and yes their is a difference in lift, just abit less than 1mm I measured. So they will be going in soon hopefully as I think theres a small leak from camshaft seal.

Hi guys haven't been on here in a while, the starlet is still going strong but been so busy with other cars. Speaking of which my most recent buy is another starlet which is having a very unique engine swap which hasnt been done yet. Will have a blog eventually.

As for the sr in this time it has had abit of work, mainly engine as it was burning too much oil so I fully rebuilt a spare engine with the addition of :

Skimmed head, fully ported and polished, lightened flywheel, full rotating assembly balance ie crank, pistons, conrods, flywheel, clutch, front pulley.

Apart from this I've put some recaro seats and built a full stainless exhaust system including header which was all made by myself. Once the car was back on the road I was very impressed with the work I did as the car pulled alot nicer not too mention it makes the engine bay look 10x better with the golden runners. after making the first manifold tho I made a couple more designs with the materials I had left over see which one I prefered. Next thing is too get the management wired in properly once i get abit of time.

Sounds good I use imgur mate 

Right the next thing I have started is taking the spare engine out and started stripping it down. I have had the head on the work bench for the last few months porting and polishing and going rebuild this and swap the head over. I have also been collecting parts for the exhaust manifold which is on the to do list next. The head was a pain to get off managed to round a few of the bolts unfortunately anyway heres where I'm at now.

And here's what 25+ hours of work  and having no social life for a few months will get you. It's not perfect but I am happy with the way it is.

I also port matched the exhaust to the inside of the runner tubes

I also done the chambers and smoothed out the step under the valve seats.

Yeah I have also fitted them before but too high for me aswell but wonna have another go with trying to get them to sit lower.

Ah ok cheers that makes sense now are the shims easy to come across in various sizes

Why do you have to change the shims when using the higher lift cams I can understand changing them when using regrinds.

I am planning on using them with the throttle bodies instead of a manifold.

And yeah I was looking into getting valve springs aswell I will have a look at that site later on.

I have been looking to get some cams for my na build. Was looking into getting oe cams sent to be reground which means new shims will be needed but for a little extra cost the there is the billet cams by speedvision. Other than that I'm not sure where to get any other cams. Does anyone have any experience with the speedvision cams are they any good and do they require reshimming? 

Me two gonna keep my eye on this one. 

So not much of an update but I do have a few parts coming together, I made a little spacer ring for the gauge to fit the larger hole in the pod. And I finally decided to go with a ecumaster det3, seems like a few people have had good experiences with using it so I thought I'd give it a go.

Not bad:

21 minutes ago, *Pete* said:

Cars been off road over a year now :'( finding it hard to put money into this as on a lowish income doesn't help too and with some debts to pay :/

Oh has it and yeah i know what you mean :(

Progress is top mate gonna be doing the head on mine aswell thought it cant hurt. wish mine was coming together as quick as yours tho :(

Oh right ok 

Thanks for the replies,

Dragged home another starlet a while back and i am now taking the head off it to give it a port and polish.

As i took the rocker cover off it shocked me with the amound of chips off the cam lobes i dont have any pictures at the moment

But my sr has a few but not as much as what i just seen is this common with these engines or has this engine been ragged too much.

16 hours ago, atlex said:

Also really lovely to see someone turning their own parts. Awesome.

Cheers it's amazing the parts you can bang out when you have a lathe on your side.

Found another short video.

On 11/28/2017, 8:39:45, Rich-k said:

fantastic mate

Cheers 

I did notice it got up in the revs a lot quicker but I think it could be a lot better with a few other supporting mods.

2 hours ago, Mxdsnny said:

2 hours ago, Mxdsnny said:

Very impressed with your build so far. I have a few probably stupid questions. Are you running this on the standard ECU? If so how?? I have a set k2 throttle bodies sat in my garage and may ha e to ha e a go. I can see your using your standard TPS good mod. And the vacuum line  are you running that to the ecu? Thanks Dan

 

Hi mate I was running it on the stock ecu yes for a few weeks but I had to take them off as the fuelling was terrible and it needed adjusting to suit the itb's with a aftermarket ecu but it did run and drive on the standard ECU no problem. With the vacuum I took it off the 4 runners into a vacuum block and then ran the map sensor line and brake booster vacuum to it and also the fuel regulator vacuum. Nothing to the ecu. But yeah have a go it's a good project :)

Hi guys as some of you probably know i am putting throttle bodies on my 4efe and I'm going to try and eliminate all the restrictions to get the most out of them. So starting with the intake I have got the tt600 throttle bodies obviously  with ram filters on a custom manifold then going into the engine the cylinder head is going to get ported and polished and also uprated valve sprints eventually. Then coming out the engine I am going to make a stainless 4-2-1 manifold and then carry on with the rest of the exhaust. I am just wondering what people's opinions are on what exhaust diameter to go for on a 4efe with itbs.

Cold start 

Thanks mate the easy part is over

Cheers they have definately come in handy with this project

Hi all few updates to share on my progress with the thottest bodies. Well I hAve got round to fitting them on my car and had them on for 1 or 2 weeks now and I have had to take them back off as the fuel consumption is just terrible. Don't worry I am not giving up. I have got a wideband that I am going to fit and I am going to need some sort of management. Any way here is where I am now and I included a few machining shots. Thought It would be different.

I drilled and tapped holes in them for grub screws to lock them on the bodies.

I also installed the fpr and made some p clips for the fuel line going across to give it a clean and tidy look.

Whilst the throttle bodies are off I'm going to build a stainless exhaust manifold and then a exhaust all the way back but I'm not sure on what size to go for any ideas. plus any opinions on the build so far would be great. Got a few more vids 2