jason_l

Well i dropped the 'Demon' off with TGT on saturday and this morning they called me back with some news. The starlet engine doesn't fit in the mini subframe by a long way! Subframe needs to be another 6 inch's wider otherwise the engine will be sitting up far to high. I have given them the go ahead to widen the rear of the buggy by 6 inch's and becasue of the extra width im lengthening the thing by 12 inch's or so. This should mean that the handling should be better also and help with space to mount the petrol tank. Also this means while i am changing this i will be shanging the suspension

Car looks great as always, love this car sooooooooo much! I know exactly what you mean with putting the 4EFTE engine in! I have sold the 998cc mini engine from my project and seeing that go was a bit weird. I have a real soft spot for the mini and now there is not many mini parts left on my project, a project that is solely based on the mini! I keep thinking 'am i doing the right thing' but every time i see that 4EFTE just sitting there i think i probably am. And the fact that this has never been done before also helps. You will really appreciate it more, at the end of the day it will be s

*** Update *** Other day i managed to get the fully adjustable rear arms on the car with. Look loads better and now mean i have a greater amount of adjustment available, plus they are rose jointed so loads better than the original ones. Well the buggy is now with ToyotaGT awaiiting fitment of the 4EFTE While i was there i got the engine rebuilt, didn't bother cleaning up too many bits as paint/powdercoat will enevitablly get chipped etc when the engine is being fitted/moved etc. Anyway here are a few more pictures.................. picking up the car Turning up at ToyotaGT Rebuilt

Looks like a keeper to me! Loving the wheels, look lush.

LOL. Been looking at that for the last few days. Still needs ALOT of work though, this is the guy that was developing this so i decided against going the motorbike engine route as one was already in production. Im pretty certain that it will be bought by someone on the freestyle forum as the Freestyle has now stopped production, so is rare as rocking horse poo! I still think the 4EFTE route is best, but i would say that Not long now and the 'Demon' is off to have the engine fitted

Just had a little look through this! Dam that car is SWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Jason

Cool. No worries, im not in a rush so whenever you get the bits.........i have plenty to do

There will be a place near you that will be able to acid bath the rocker cover for you. Other parts i can get sand blasted for you mate but can't do the rocer cover as its not a good idea mixing sand blasting with parts that come into contact with engine oil. Just in case some sand gets left somewhere......

I can easily do it for you mate if you provide the parts and pay the £7.99 for the powder, can't gaurantee it will be 100%. Might be worth getting the parts acid bathed as well so they are nice and clean also.

Not too sure about the colour mate, we have a powdercoating machine at work and just got some candy red powder through the door with it. I can always powdercoat a small piece and send it to you so you can get a colour match??? Kind of wish i did it in blue rather than red now, but i guess red is more evil Jason

Thanks for the reply's guys. Just looked at when i started the thread.....march 1'st, so maybe its not going slow...... Like to go into a bit of detail with the build threads as it shows how much work is going into this thing, most people will just look at the 'demon' (almost got that wrong then Galliano ) and won't realise how much work goes into it. anyway............ *** Update *** Got up to ToyotaGT yesterday and spent the day stripping bits off the engine to clean up and paint/powdercoat etc while i have some time. Got the rocker cover, inlet manifold and fuel rail, along with some

Sam, Think i may have to pull out of this, sorry mate! Im pretty tight for cash at the moment with building the beast and i don't want to jinks the build by booking this up before the thing is built. It should easily be ready for then but if something goes wrong during the build then things may get tight on cash and time Jason

Sounds like a plan then ;) Do we need to give registrations of cars? Reason i ask is that the buggy is not road legal (yet) and if it looks like the weather will be bad then i may bring something else! its late in the year that the weather may not be suitable for the buggy! what with no doors, windscreen, roof etc. don't want to get wet!

No rush mate ;) Good things come to those who wait, or something like that! most important thing to do is work on getting back to full health, the mods can wait............for the moment Jason

Thanks mate, they look good in the pictures but they look soooooo much better in real life! can't wait to get the full set on there Today im going to work on stripping down the engine and getting parts ready for polishing/powdercoating/painting etc. ;) Going for polished rocker cover and inlet mani and then candy red and blue powdercoated parts. Going for these colours as it will match up with the oil cooler joins that come in red/blue colour. These are going to be done over the next 2 weeks and then the Starlet is going to the scrappy.Then the engine is going to be roughly put back tog

Fine from now on i will refer to it as simply the 'demon'. Was going to buy the rears but like i have said im not 100% certain i will be using the mini hubs, and 13's won't fit on the starlet hubs if i use them! If i use starlet hubs i will be getting the same style wheels but in 14's (image wheels can make them for me ) Jason

Hi, Im very very interested in this. Just one quick question, can i bring something that technically isn't a starlet???? It has a 4EFTE engine in it (or will do) but its not a starlet. Jason

Really like the Civic coupe's, and i mean really like them ;) I was after one for about 6 months but couldn't find the right one, then found out it was cheaper to ensure a Lexus IS200 than it was one of these so i bought the lex! A bit of me still wish's i bought one of these though Looks like you got a tidy one though, looks pretty unmolested Will be watching for updates with envyous eyes Jason

*** Small Update *** Dropped the wheels and tyres off with a mate last night and then he dropped them off fitted this morning at 6:30am, legend! So on my lunch break i got them fitted, what a difference!!!!!!! :whistling: Before.......... one done......... and both on......... Completely changes the look of the car now, looks so mean! Just a shame i have to put arch's over them ;) Jason

Really? I think its going slow, well seems it to me Just really want it done, probably makes me think its dragging...................................... ;)

*** Rims and Rubber *** Well as i have been working on the front end recently i decided to buy the wheels for the front so i can start looking at making the arch mounts. The existing ones i have are buggered so i need to get some new ones made. Decided to get some slicks on the car for the moment for a few reasons, going to be doing some track days before the car is road legal and these are so much cheaper than the road tyres i will be using. Picked up 2 part worn michelin racing slicks from ebay for £40 delivered (bargain!!!!!!!). Toyo R888's are roughly £60 each but no poin

The rear subframe comes awy from the car by taking 4 bolts out. They will get it fixed to that and then connect it back up to the buggy, if it fouls on anything then the frame will get modified to allow for extra room. Im not 100% certain how its going to work out. I do know that the engine will still be mounted the same way round and looking at the buggy the turbo will sit directly behind/betwwen the seats so should be able to hear the thing spool up a treat

I was being serious, if its running i will take you for a spin in it. Luckily the setas im getting are just moulded fibreglass with no padding etc, so should just wipe clean

I knew you would have some comments Sod signing it, i will take you for a spin in the thing at JAE if your there? Just won't be able to go on any public roads Jason

*** Little update **** Well today i thought it was time to turn a little bit of my attention towards the GT, about time i actually looked over it i guess. All i have done with this car is pick it up drop it off with ToyotaGT and take a few pictures. Well when i got there the car looked like this............ Im sure there is meant to be something here but couldn't work out what it should be????? Mess................ Decided to have the car lowered..........here is the outcome They took the engine out over 2 weeks ago! They said they had a little look at it and on first impression