Jozinobi

Another warm welcome for you Hope you enjoy the site. Will be great to see your progress on Benji throughout the year. Joz

Here's some info on aftermarket ecus from an earlier thread, its better laid out. ECU Info Joz

Its each to their own how one wants to go about tuning your 1.5cc engine. I can give you some pointers tho. First things first is finding a decent example 5efe, this is not as easy as it sounds. The majority are either high mileage or burning oil, so you will be very lucky to find a good un. Once you do that, the engine is pretty much a straight swap. You will need to retain your 4efe throttle body due to it using your 4efe loom. Other issues are small and they are the retaining a sensor or two, one by the dizzycap and the other I cant recall. You dont need to touch the brake cylinders or brake fluid reservoirs, they can stay. The exhaust manifolds mentioned by SiCaln will dramaticallly change how your car drives with the 4-2-1 design moving maximum power and torque further up the rev range so you will lose the starlet n/a's useful low end torque but great for spirited driving where you always keep the revs high. The pacesetter seems the best bet with the 5efe and can be easily bought off ebay. It will however need at least a 2" diameter custom or aftermarket exhaust system to mate up to, it wont have a hope of fitting onto the standard system and would be pointless and as its intended for the US Paseo it would still need some adjustment and modification to fit properly regardless of the fact its for the 5efe. So take in the factors that you will need an aftermarket or custom exhaust and also labour needed to make the manifold fit properly. The JDM systems such as Blitz etc you would need to make sure what diameter it is, I would go one of these ahead of a powerflow etc, Im only using powerflow as I had no choice at the time. Money would be better spent on something decent off the bat. With that sort of setup you would have a pretty responsive starlet with downshifts punchy and smooth but 110 odd bhp is still not enough to rival todays hot hatches, not one bit as well as the 5efe being the lowest revving E-Series engine out there with 5800rpm, if using 4efe ecu then 6200rpm. Do not forget that brakes and suspension will be against you if you are thinking of staying standard, it just wont work as well. Hence I left power til the end of my project with evil intentions.There are certainly other forms of engine management you could use for the N/A but they come at much expense. Notably the Dastek Unichip, and the popular Emanage piggyback series by Greddy and Apexi FC's which are all piggyback systems meaning they serve to alter your ecu's signals with certain aspects and hence are not full EMS (engine management systems). To ecu tune a stock or mild 5efe would be pointless but possible. Other more expensive engine management systems you should stay away from such as Motec, HKS PF-CON etc which are full EMS as they are only worth it for bigger engines or turbo apps and are very expensive to setup and tune as well as the units themselves. Im custom rebuilding my 5efe for performance reasons with aftermarket engine management soon but all will be revealed only when it all goes ahead which it indeed will. There is so little info as there are only a handful of serious EP n/a tuners out there who are in it for the driving experience, most who have never gone to the point of aftermarket engine management, I know Faisal Sol has the Daskek unichip in his Glanza Rep so if you want more info on that kindly ask him. Im sorry I cant be of more help Ryan but for uniqueness sake thats all the info I can give sadly until its all said and done. I will update according in my progress thread. And Riko dont suggest THEM... yet lol Joz

Sorry no one got back to you Ryan. Hopefully Graeme can find out how to sort it out. Im not needing the 5efe ecu as I will have aftermarket engine management for my new setup. Joz

Have a browse in the technical section mate, everything that has ever been done to the 4efte and all areas of the starlet and beyond has been discussed there organised in dedicated sections. Happy Reading Joz

Hope you don't mind me starting an official list mike lol I knew I forgot something Its also great to hear from JGT again, as you can see he is really up for it and Im not letting this go so expect a decent time. Great to have you on the list mate. There lots of learning you can with just reading guides off the net. Some very good ones for basic conversations are floating about, all it takes is a good google. UKSC INSIDER OFFICIAL TOKYO TRIP - DECEMBER 2008 1* JGT - Our Exclusive Man in Japan 2* Starletto_Joz - 3* Mikey B - This man is learning the lingo 4* 5* 6* 7* 8* 9* 10* Joz

Led bulbs are not too bright at all mate, better at night obviously, they just spread the light better. You would be surprised at the size of led bulb you can fit into each bulb hole, as in the number of leds in a bulb. Chrome bulbs would be a good call for the indicators, just make sure u get the right filament type. You are worrying too much bud haha Im sure you'll get them sorted the way you want Joz

You can find the lights in all of the Extreme EP progress threads, but I have a few images here. Matching Early Spec Lights ala RobBower & Black Glanza Reflet Lights ala Mc_Chu Late Spec Lights ala Carat Lights ala Nangle - Require minor bumper work to fit Hope this helps Joz

I believe whoever hosted them has them down now. We'll try to get them back up asap Craig. Joz

Now that sounds much more worthwhile heading to!!! Joz

Glad your back with a vengeance man!! Keep her safe now, she's a beauty. Joz

No way Stevie, not to your minter!!! . Hope you get her back to normal soon man. Joz

That would be awesome Elaine lol! Can't always just treat the Gt lol treat yourself!! Joz

Well earliest it can be is in December 08 but anytime in 2009 is fine as long as we organise beforehand with JGT as he will be living there permanently If you want better flight prices than booking in advance is advised, for example a few weeks ago, flight for August return were £375 odd = mucho savings!! Joz

If you really want Koni's, p-nut is selling a brand new set for well below RRP > Konis Don't forget the cost of some lowering springs and actual installation David. But for the price I wouldnt pass this up. Joz

Welcome to UKSC Mark You might have seen a Red Glanza with huge white wheels driving about lol. Geo owns it who is also this sites owner and he lives in Biggar. Enjoy the site. Joz

Amen to that Lew! Joz

Its great to see an update Liam Didnt waste any time getting the C pillar on I see! Looks well mate. Even better when the gb stuff arrives. Keep up the good work bro. Joz

typosmentary my dear Riko Amended ;) I enjoyed that beef man! Joz

Hey Ryan No probs man Hope you find the info you need in there. If not I'll happily get back to you bud. Joz

Hi mate This is a question that has been asked before, but don't worry its not tiresome, maybe you just havent been looking hard enough... I have explained in great detail what is required to change from 4efe to 5efe and what to look forward to in previous threads, most noticeably here> 5efe Info Also try using 'Search' and type in 5efe, you'd be surprised at all the other info that comes up The info is all there for you, just a matter of checking the technical section out. Happy Reading Joz

Chief's is like Toyota brochure material lol! He gets my vote! Joz

Please don't post technical car related topics in the General section in future please The Technical Discussions section is for that and caters to all your needs. Have a good look in the tech section to see if it has been covered before posting a new topic or do a search > Tyre Pressures. This saves the same topics being created over and over. All it takes is a quick search. Cheers Joz

It must be due to the jet lag, huh Shells? Joz

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