Hillclimber

Cheers guys

I'd definitely swap the skirts for a pair of Glanza ones if they came up at the right price - i picked the current ones up cheap on evilbay before any of the Glanza bits went on.

T25/28 hybrid coming soon

Dave

Cheers guys

I've always liked to do my own fabrication and paint so if you are not happy with the results you only have yourself to blame plus it also makes the modification process alot more affordable.

The skirts are made in Oz by a company call "GT Autostyle" but I'm not sure if they'll post to UK. Here's the link anyway.

Dave

Hello all, I thought I'd introduce our EP91 to the UKStarlet club community so here she is...

My wife and I have owned her for a few years now originally buying her for our daughter's first car but she decided she wanted an automatic so we kept it as a second car.

Being an Australian domestic market Starlet she came with the 4EFE which provided less than impressive performance to say the least so last year I picked up an EP82 GT front cut and over the Christmas break I removed the old motor in readiness for a new heart transplant...

The 4EFTE had done around 90k so renewed the belts etc whilst she was out plus, in view to increasing the perfomance later on, I fitted an "Extreme" full disc clutch rated at 40% firmer clamp rating...

The main trouble I had with the conversion was the ECU wiring which took me two full days to work through before I could get her running...

All went well from then on and stage 1 was complete following five days work.

The car now felt much more responsive on the road but ran out of go over 5500rpm so a few more things were planned...

Off came the standard top mount intercooler and in went a 450x300x75mm ebay special front mount complete with home built 2.5" stainless pipework...

This provided a bit healthier breathing but was more a preventative measure for things to come. Next on the list was to knock up a custom exhaust and dump pipe...

Dump and exhaust including a high flow cat convertor are all in 2.5" stainless.

It looks a little excessive with the multiple cannon style mufflers but as the wife drives it more than me she wanted it quiet and drone free.

The exhaust upgrade made a big difference to the power delivery with much more stronger hit from 2750rpm all the way to 7000rpm without dropping off but now she would hit the boost cut on cold mornings even set on the low boost setting. To fix this a HKS actuator was ordered. Next on the list to modify was the manifold and being a person who loves the satisfaction of doing things myself it was out with the welder again...

I made it from 1.25" steampipe following much research which showed this to be the most consistently used size for CT9's and the longest lasting material. I tried to keep the runners as short as possible without compromising the flow characteristics and have kept the CT9 in its standard position.

To finish it off I gave it a heat wrap due to not allowing the standard heat shield to fit back on...

Fitted up with the HKS actuator things are starting to get interesting in the torque steer department now which doesn't impress the wife too much I must say

Handling has been adressed with an EP82 GT front sway bar and strut brace, a whiteline adjustable rear bar, an adjustable panhard bar, 1.5" lower King springs and Monroe gas shocks all round plus a few neoprene bushes.

Front brakes are now EP82 GT with the rear drums to be replaced soon with EP82 GT discs as well.

We scoured around and managed to pick up some Glanza panels from various places so once they were painted it was time to get naked and ready for a facelift...

Then all back together again...

Rear spoiler and number plate garnish fitted...

Will do some small detail work like reomve the "sports" sticker that came with the car, paint the window frame black-outs and add Glanza decals next plus we're planning a turbo upgrade looking for around 200hpatw.

David

Hello all, I'm David from South Australia and I just thought I'd say hello before starting a members thread.

We own a Australian domestic Starlet that has seen some attention to the looks, performance and handling over the five years or so we have owned it.

I'm a member of the Austarlet forum and found your forum through there and I must say I find it interesting to see the differences in the way Starlets are modified between Aus and GB.

Anyway, nice to meet you all and keep an eye out for a thread in the members rides.

Cheers,

David