Jozinobi

Hey Petr ;) The seats and subs are looking great. I've just noticed you have a passenger airbag too, interesting as UK starlets don't have that. I know its difficult but you're doing a nice job. Some lowering springs and bumper would be really nice. Keep up the good work man Joz

Update will be next week now chaps. The wait is agonising lol. Joz

I thought u had no cat mate? Or was it just the cover left over. Hope u get them little bits sorted. I've gotta wait til next week now for my work to be done on the car. Joz p.s your last post could not have been worded more extreme lol

Now if I can get that Sunday Off!!!! ;) I'll really be interested in some track time too once my car is sorted. Will really put everything on the car to work. Stupid question but do the ferrys run on sundays? Also do you need your own helmet lol. Joz

No worries man. Just wanted to make sure you got it. In your own time. Joz

Did you get my email in the end Ady? Never heard back from you lol. I hope you got it. Talk soon Joz

I say go for it mate as long as you can afford the conversion and insure it properly ;) You're all set with the Dubman sorting the wiring loom out also. Joz

Its not just about horsepower guys, its how the rest of your cars system goes too. Joz

How could the Bushmaster get done over???? Joz

Excuse me??? :lol: J z

I'll send it to you on msn next time I see ya bro! Joz

Sweet progress Rick. Your new additions really make an impact as well as being practical. Project EP82 is really coming on well now. I look forward to more of the same bro. Joz

If you're having trouble with photobucket try this miniguide mate >>Photobucket Guide Its a bit tricky at the start but you'll soon get the hang of it. The bebo link doesnt work mate and Im a registered member on it. Joz

I would like to know too Wings Is there a chance any of those other needles can be re-calibrated in any way or form? Joz

Coilovers are not progressive like lowering springs so they will be pretty hard all the time mate, not matter what setting you have them on. They also have nothing to rebound on so will recoil and make the car bounce a little rather than taking the bump/force into the damper like on a normal shock, worse so on uneven roads. They will be a nightmare on a road full of potholes as well as stony lanes. People say they are harsh because they are bumpy and uncomfortable, if you want suspension that you can take advantage of and take to the limit then coilovers are for you as well being able to adjust all you want. They do take bumps much harder tho and you get more feedback from the road, can be a good and bad thing. They are bearable Keirz, some harsher than others mainly due to higher spring rates more suited to the track, most people go for 4kg Front 4Kg Rear, mine are 4kg Front and 6kg Rear but everybody's tolerance are different People with demand for the track want even harder spring rates, trust me... There is hardly any body roll mate unless you corner very very hard that you oversteer or really push it, much much better than the standard suspension where you can roll or slip either the front or the rear, body roll is what you want to get rid of in the first place. Coilovers are made to take shit and really come into their own when abused round corners (mine do anyway) Thats the whole point of them. With additional suspension mods, you will not have any body roll unless cornering more than 90mph or in the wet, may depend on your driving style too. Uprated/additional front and rear anti roll bars will help eliminate the body roll further, What you want to do is kindly ask a fellow starlet owner with coilovers near you that you know to get a spin in their car Hope that helps coming from an n/a perspective bud. Joz

Hi Wings A second hand glanza rear bumper one should fit straight on. Mine did and it was off a breaker so there is a good indication that you won't need those toyota parts as mine didnt come with any additional parts/brackets/nuts etc, I used what was holding my old one. It was simply wax on, wax off for me. Hope this helps Joz

LMAO!!!!!! :D Quality!!!!!! lol :P Deserves Geeky Kudos that! I can see the Wheel Barrowbots Inc. Transformer Team at JAE now fighting against the evil TOCticons and Vtakticons ... B) I can feel the DTM exhaust gravity blasters already... Robots in Spandexguise, who would have thought....... Joz

Everything sounds good Mark. Will we get to see the results of the initial map? J o z

On answering your question Ryan, not many people on here with the 4efe have ever found out there actual bhp before or after mods. The only way to find that out is on a rolling road/dyno or a gtech or similar gadget. Mark Edwards on the site has just had a motec mapped on his 4efe with just the corolla manifold and is awaiting a power figure. Just to let you know that even if you have a 100bhp 4efe, it doesnt mean an awful lot besides possibly better economy and slightly more pulling power where its needed although you would be much nippier than standard 4efe starlets. If you want to get near 90 or thereabouts I would recommend the corolla tubular manifold, removable decat or high flow sports cat, possibly a full ss exhaust from cat back, iridium spark plugs and performance leads and a BMC CDA Carbon Airbox or similar with cold air feed pipe. If you wanted to take it a step further then a piggyback ecu or full ems would easily take you further with these mods. The lightweight crank pulleys that we will get made will make the engine not work as hard at the crank so although it won't make a huge difference in power it will surely help because the less effort the engine has to make, the more power it can deliver. If you are thinking of a performance exhaust manifold then the only way is custom as there wasnt one made for the 4efe, but your low end power will ultimately suffer, so driving at low revs in town and on uphill or long stretch motorways will be a pain unless you open the throttle more. Just to let you know that even with the performance exhaust manifold, it might not make much difference as there needs to be some power in the first place for the manifold to take advantage of at higher revs. To be honest I would stick with the stock exhaust manifold and get the new exhaust system done. Talk to Dave (nordonian) as his current ss system is doing very well for him with stock mani (as it was designed to be restrictive to give consistent low down torque) one centrebox and removable decat, he seems to be very pleased with the results. A 100% freeflow exhaust is not what you want as you will lose some backpressure and ultimately have next to no low end torque. To get the extra power you would have to sacrifice a few things without turboing and even then it won't be enough as the 4efe is a small low power rev happy engine. So you can see there are only so little gains for the money that you might be spending. I speak from experience. J o z

Welcome to the site mate. Nice and clean Glanza you got there Upgrades sound good too Keep up the good work. Joz

I've sent you a message regarding the pulleys mate. Talk soon Joz

Just been listening to 26 mins of it Minted bro! Gave me some inspiration for the 'you know what' lol Its looking minted. Talk soon Joz

I think you'll be sticking to this plan Makes good sense. Joz

Give the guy a break lol He is suffering from Blondism Highly mind altering Joz

Ah so you finally made your decision Snaps! Sounds good! All the best with the fund (Im a poor student Im afraid so count me out, saving for uber noodles in Tokyo!!!) Joz