wakeabby14

I'm looking to put in a glanza 98 spec interior into it along with a leather steering wheel. Also a corolla inlet manifold wouldn't go amiss!

Trying to keep the exterior mods as subtle as possible.

Hope you get it to how you want! put a built thread up and get started and show us all how it progresses! looking forward to seeing an update

Welcome! Clean looking car bud what are your plans?

Getting rid of the evaporator isnt as bad as you think, you can buy the blanking bungs from NA starlets too. I got mine off eBay for 4 quid or so! Looking good!

Small but busy update from today, Been using my day off to get stuff done.

Painted front strut brace, power steering cap, break fluid cap, battery supports, centre supporting bracket near injectors and radiator support clamp. I also removed a load of old air conditioning junk and cleaned it up a bit still need to remove the aircon intercooler in the cab but thats for another day not in the mood for swearing my guts out on a day off.

Also a big smile on my face as my WEPR kit arrived 2 days earlier than it should have and my desk is starting to pile up with bits. Just a few pics for you but been a productive day non the less!

Latest update!

So that was a long evening for me updating this build thread im glad i have come to the end so i can have a breather before work tomorrow haha!

Right here we go BIG EXCITING NEWS I noticed 2-3 weeks ago WEPR was having a big sale on manifold kits and bits and bobs and having for so long now craving and wanting to go external wastegate and screamer pipe i took the plunge and ordered a TD04 ramhorn kit from sacha.

I have also purchased a TIAL external wastegate off a fellow member on here that is 100% genuine as we confirmed with TIAL via email as i would not take the risk with fakes as there are too many about.
When i got it i stripped it down checked what springs were in it and luckily it had 2 springs in it adding to 0.8bar so that saves me buying new ones as im getting a little skint with all these upgrades, And i also stripped the old custom paint job off it and polished it up back to its original glory or close enough!

So here are a few picks of the external wastegate before and after and also my completed WEPR kit that sacha sent me a photo of!

I will be updating the thread as soon as the kit is installed, keeping this thread up to date for all of you guys to read!

If you got to this stage thank you for having a browse and i hope you are looking forward to more content coming in the future. For now i will say good bye! and i hope you all enjoy!

Cheers Josh!











 

Update...

We are getting very close now to being up to date so getting to the final bits...

I have now changed to a 98 spec bumper as i think they look miles better and it will be going for paint when i get around to it but bigger stuff to do first.

I drove to a fellow UKSO members address and we swapped bumpers as he was looking for a 96 spec and i wanted a 98. our colours were a little off though haha as my friend paul (username:ryncewind)who i did the swap with has a yellow glanza so i looked slightly strange driving home and got a few funny looks after wards. Due to this fact and because i hated the yellow on silver look i popped into wilko's and picked up a grey/blue spray paint can and went to work on the bumper. While the bumper was off while i was spraying it i decided to clean my intercooler and all the bits underneath as there was 18 years of mud and crap under the bumper so sorted that.

That morning i cut the bumper as best as i could ready for the body work guys and painted it so it was not as in your face different it will do the job for now anyway here are a few pics!

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I have been thinking for a little while now and i have come to the decision im going to be going TD04L as in the future more than likely i will be forging and going for bigger power plus i want to experience the hype of the top end of the TD04 kicking in.

Due to me going to a lot of local meets in hull and getting to know a lot of people. there are many benefits and this is one of them! My friend simon from the Hull scoobs & co facebook group sorted me out with a TD04L that came off his 50K miles impreza with little to no shaft play for £50. So big shout out to simon for that one. As soon as i got it off him i took it home and decided to clean the turbo up as big plans are coming and i want everything as shiny and clean as possible. here are some before and after photos of the TD04 all that was needed is a dremel, metal polish and a bit of elbow grease.

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So i was also getting tired of my dial cluster being very dim and also flickering all the time, so i invested in some moman plasma dials got them fitted easy as pie, the only difficult part was getting all the dial needles re-adjusted afterwards.

Also installed some footwell LED lights and new floor mats and the OEM ones were very worn and shabby. I also painted some of the interior bits white just to spice it up a bit! will probably have them carbon dipped in the

future!

I also got around to adding a horn button on the dash and wiring it up due to not having a horn for the past 9 months after changing the steering wheel as MOT is due in a little while.

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So got sick and tired on my old exhaust knocking on the body work all the time it was a cheap mashed together ebay job from the previous owner and needed to go before it drove me mad! Managed to get a Jap speed cat back full system for a bargain £105 posted. Once it arrived i cleaned it up, wrapped it in heat wrap all the way down and realised the hanger would not work and i did not have a grinder or welding gear to solve the problem. luckily a fellow member off UKSO was very happy with giving me a hand of getting it sorted and fitted! Big shout out to Funny onion (Charlotte) who we all know on here for helping me out top lass! no more knocking or problems and im loving the 5.5 inch tip and 3 inch all the way back to the decat sounds fantastic.

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Decided it was time to get the coilovers on the rear sorted as one was leaking and knocking badly, had a look around and found a pair of D2 rear coilovers for £150 so snapped them up and fitted them. No kidding its a stiff ride on d2's haha but im used to it now and feels better to drive

Rolling shot from static royals meet in Scarborough the turn out was fantastic, but only one other glanza showed up but never saw the owner of the car would of been nice to have a chat! ah well maybe next time! fantastic day non the less! Gave the car a good wash before hand came up nice considering her age ;)

After a few more days of stressing out i saw 5e colin was selling a TF035 turbo kit with manifold De-cat and turbo with braided oil lines, i messaged him and we came to a deal we was both happy with and a new turbo and kit was ordered!
The kit arrived in a few days and i was mega pleased with it and was described perfectly by colin and his service was brilliant could not ask for an easier purchase he answered all my questions and i was over the moon my car would be back on the road.

Got the kit fitted and the response i had from the TF035HM was amazing the torque was miles better the pull was much harder and it felt like a whole different car. From that point i decided i would never return to a CT9. I also decided it was time to ditch the crappy oil stained white rocker cover and polish it all up and go for the bare metal look and it looks miles better. Here are a few pictures

My door handle also snapped off while shopping what a bummer

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I decided it was time to change my manifold as i hated the look of the toyosports one and it was terrible quality anyway. After looking for a while i found someone selling a zisco ramhorn manifold and i have wanted one of these for such a long time i thought they was beautiful it had no cracks and was in decent condition so i purchased it spent a few hours with the dremel cleaning it up and painted it with high temp manifold paint. Was mega happy with the outcome of the manifold.

So a few days later I had a day off and so did my brother so we decided it was time to change the manifold... Everything was going fine until i inspected the CT9 and it had a 3 cracks in the wastegate, one of the cracks was so large it went behind the penny and half way down the exhaust exit so i decided we would not try and fit a bad condition turbo and take the car off the road again and find a new turbo. At this point i thought it was a good idea to try and find a CT9 hybrid but after looking around for a few days no one had one and no CT9's were available for sale and i really needed my car back on the road.

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After all the problems with the sandwich plate i decided to leave it for now and maybe do it again in the future when i could be bothered. after a few weeks i started noticing a very small leak of oil coming from my cam belt side, a few days later it got to the point where the leak was too bad so i had to take the glanza off the road. I did some research and people was saying it could be the sump, crank seal, cracked oil pump or the rocker cover it was leaking from.
So i replaced the rocker cover gasket and it carried on leaking. at this point i was going through 3-4L of oil every 5 days and every time i parked up there was a large oil puddle under the car.
At this point i just purchased a new cam belt, waster pump, oil pump and crank seal.
I had not done a cam belt before and it was a big job so i just took it to my local garage to do the job and check where the leak was coming from.
I was now thinking yes my problems are about to be fixed and i can start driving the glanza again and stop using  public transport. The garage called me on the day of the job to notify me they could not see where the leak was coming from as there was too much oil and it needed to be steam cleaned i said ok no problem give me an update, few hours later they called again to say they found it and it was the crank seal that had gone, but said that the crank seal i provided was wrong, I checked my email where i ordered it from (ID workz) and they accidentally sent me the wrong side they sent gear box side not cam pully side, so the garage said they would have to store my car at the garage until the part came in.
I called Id workz and they said sorry for the problem and sent me the right seal and also refunded me for the inconvenience. SO BIG SHOUT OUT FOR ID WORKZ! Part arrived, problem solved the garage got my car done and i had a tasty £180 labour charge to pay but i was just glad it was over.
so after all that the glanza was off the road for 10 days and cost me around £500 over all, thats including parts labour and also train fares haha. so not the best time.

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This is where it went down hill a bit and caused me a lot of stress and money... So here we go...

After wanting one for a while and been very very excited about it, i decided to get a triple pillar pod for the glanza, Purchased it all fine arrived.Then ordered my self to go with it an oil pressure gauge and also oil temp gauge. did all the wiring and got everything put in ready for the oil sandwich plate. So i ordered an oil sandwich plate and this is where it started.

I knew they were a bit of a pain to fit in the first place due to it catching on the power steering bracket and would need sanding down with a dremel. So to start the painful process the bolt that held the power steering on was seized and would not move so i was like no problem i will remove the oil filter, plug it up with kitchen roll and sand it from underneath. started off ok get it sanded down a bit progression slowed down but got there in the end and the sandwich plate fitted fine.

This part is kind of my bad but also the manufactures fault also as the quality of the plate sucked dick to put it nicely. So i managed to get the pressure sensor and also the temp sensor in fine but still needed to block off one of the holes so the oil would not spill out everywhere.

While putting in the bolt that came with it due to the plate and the bolt being soft alloy the bolt cross threaded the hole and got stuck in i tried pulling it out and also unscrewing it but did not budge, so i was like if i cant get it out it should be fine and wont leak...
After driving it for a little while i arrived home it started leaking very slightly so i put rubber cement around it and that fixed it for about 2 days, so in the morning before work the next day i started the car and the pressure of the oil pump caused the bolt to fly out of the oil sandwich plate housing and spat 3-4L of oil all over the road out side my house and caused a huge mess, i had no sand to clean it up so i had to use about £35 worth of protein powder to soak it up so i could clean it.

This photo was about 2 meters across and my neighbours was not to happy about it as it rained on the same night and there was a huge oil slick road out side my house..

decided to give the car a good wash and service ect, Changed the oil and oil filter and also turned the boost up on the HKS actuator to 1.00 bar as was getting bored of power again. Nice difference but did not feel as big as the jump from 0.6 bar to 0.8bar probs just because of the CT9 running out of puff a bit. Gave the car a good vac and clean all the windows just quality of life bits.

Went to a few car meets and im always the only glanza there so would always get some attention just because we all know starlets are awesome and because they are pretty rare in my area so i loved getting that treatment of like "oh you seen that glanza" or " not seen a glanza in ages nice to see one locally and turning up to meets" Added a few stickers of course as we all do.

Here are a few shots

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So this is the point i really started getting into serious interest in wanting more power and also putting a lot of time into research on the forum. At this time the job i was in (call centre) we went through a quiet few months and some of the bonuses of the job included us running dual screen monitor set ups on every desk and not having filters on the majority of websites as you can all imagine i was on UKSO all day long reading everything that came up getting my self clued up on starlets and what people have experienced. Youtube was also not blocked at work so i would watch Glanza/gt turbo videos and Mightycarmods video's all day long just having a great old time... Anyway im getting slightly off topic here sorry haha.

Due to having so much time to read i could see the stock manifold was very restrictive and could cause engine problems running too much boost through it, So i got my self a cheap toyosports manifold and me and my brother fitted it one afternoon.  It was great to be honest felt the power difference and had piece of mind that i could run a bit more boost without risking any damage to my engine.

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After doing a bit of research and reading loads of info on many different forums i decided to take the plunge and get a new ECU. At the time i decided to go for a JAM ecu as it had good reviews from people and i had wanted this mod for a while due to the limitations of the stock ECU.. Top speed, fuel cut ect ect..

Saw fellow user Glanzanut22 was selling one at the perfect time i was looking for one and snapped it off his hands straight away.



Got the ecu fitted and made a nice difference straight away with a more aggressive map.

After a few weeks i was starting to get bored of the power and i became hungry for more, I started to look around for a HKS actuator but before i was going to bid on one on ebay i decided just to make sure i checked my current one before i wasted £50. I looked on the car and to my surprise i already had one so that put a smile on my face! I upped the boost to 0.8 Bar and noticed a large difference in power and left it at 0.8 bar for a while..

Next update was to remove the old top mounted intercooler mounts and stuff on top to make a little more room in the bay. Also at this point i thought to my self it would be a good time to change the rocker cover gasket as im guessing it had not been changed for a while and i got on with that. While the rocker cover was off i decided to spend many man hours with a drill and wire brush attachment, wet and dry sandpaper you name it to clean up the horrendious rocker cover and give it a fresh coat of paint in white. As you can see an Oil catch can was also installed around this time frame as well.

Turned out pretty well and looked a lot better than what it did before so thumbs up for a productive day on that note.

So after almost a year i am doing a very very overdue update. 

Im going to lead you through the progress of my build over the last 10-11 months since purchase of my glanza, I have taken quite a few photos i hope you all enjoy this build thread i will be keeping it more frequent from now on as photo bucket has kind of screwed over so many build threads,  you all need something to read and look at when you get bored haha!

I am going to do multiple posts to make the thread look more full due to the time frame since my last update.



So first of all carrying on...

Even since i have been into cars I always thought front mounted intercoolers made such a more attractive appearance to the looks of the car in general, Not to mention the performance benefits of course so i got my self on ebay and got my self a cheap but decent intercooler kit i got around to fitting it and here is a snap shot. 



Straight after the intercooler was fitted i could tell it had made a difference and it was also making those sexual flutter noises

6mm silicone hose

What size do you all use i need some for my tial ready for next week not run EWG before need everything ready to go. what inner diameter and outer diameter?

Cheers josh

Need a magnacore ht lead for cylinder 2 in blue and clip type, snapped off this morning on top of my spark plug let me know, id workz dont have stock. Cheefs josh

ya ill try the weld option hopefully it works

Hope you get sorted man snapped bolts are a nightmare haha!