That Car Guy

Hi there, I was wondering what the 4E-FTE's maximum power is on stock internals? I'm planning to put a TD04 in one.

I love the decals on this, great car!

On 1/12/2019 at 12:20 PM, Robbie Hardy said:

Anyone able to put my mind (well the wife's mind) at rest and comment about reliability of a 21 year old car. It's only done 60,000 miles and appears in good nic... 

 

I'm wanting to buy it as a cheap car to travel to work and do 160 mile trip to visit family on motorway regularly... 

Thoughts? And thanks in advance. 

That car won't let you down if it's been looked after well. The Starlet is a really reliable little car.

Will be cool to see an EP95 on the roads 

Ok, sad news. Turns out my Pistons rings failed on me. So the engine part of the project will be set aside for a while, and I'm gonna focus on suspension stuff. What's gonna happen now is an attempt at a 4E-FTE swap project. 

In other news though, I've sourced out an anti roll bar to swap in. (Yes, I'm aware of the Glanza drop links you have to swap in too. )

I'm also wanting to make more power but also wanting to keep the car N/A. I'm just thinking I could just take a few parts from the 4E-FTE, Port the intake and *attempt* to find performance cams. I've already got a corolla intake manifold and a Japspeed De-cat exhaust system waiting to be put in. The Japspeed in theory should sound like a constipated hippo but surprisingly makes a decent noise and helps at the high end a bit.

On 5/17/2018 at 11:53 PM, Ryan.Truesdale said:

I have a glanza anti roll bar for sale 

Will it fit on a normal NA Starlet? I'm interested.

Would definitely recommend Meister R Coilovers suspension-wise. Reasonably priced and excellent to drive.

Bought mine from Leven!

This is my 1997 Toyota Starlet Sportif! I bought this quite a while back, only recently have I thought of what to do with it. Make it into a track car! First thing's first, I've already stripped the rear interior into bare metal (aside from the roof) for weight reduction, next thing on the list is a Corolla intake manifold.

Absolutley epic build! Just one question, where did you get that cone filter that bolts on directly to the intake mani? One of them would do wonders for my engine.

Welcome to the forum! by the way a suggestion I would make is to look around for a corolla G6 intake mani, they're cheap and give you a little more hp + torque. I have a 1997 too, and I've recently found one in a breakers yard not too far away.

The G6 Corolla manifold swap is really for people with the N/A Starlets. It gives them more torque and power.

Hey, all. I'm looking for someone to help me find a good exhaust system that has a nice sound to it, and delivers good engine efficiency. I've already located a nice G6 Corolla intake manifold, now all I need is a nice exhaust. Any help would be much appreciated. 

Welcome to The Forum! 

Welcome to the forum! Just asking, do you know where you got that splitter? It looks nice on the EP91, I've been looking around :/

Welcome to the forum!

Oh yeah, Hey!

Welcome to the forum! Very clean SR you have.

Do NOT do what I done and take the two bolts that connect the filter to the little bit of metal out first. I done this by mistake and ended up (in my case) snapping one bolt and having to use 7 cable ties... So beware. Take the top bolt for the line out and the bottom screw out first before you take out those ones, or else you'll have trouble...

How much were the wheels? I'm thinking of getting some for my own car.

(also you're Glanza is looking good!)

That is a very clean Starlet, especially since it's been left for some time and has only done 33K miles. Lucky... 

They are great first cars compared to others in its class. the 1.3 DOHC is a great engine to drive and to work on. I would definitley go for one.

Beautiful Glanza, welcome to the club!

A Toyota Starlet SR EP91 was found by me in Dunfermline. Was on the bus when I spotted you, it looks really nice. Nice to see a fellow Starlet owner once in a while.