jason_l

I also have one! To be honest its a lovely car to drive and comes with loads of luxury stuff as standard, compared to the BMW's where you have to buy everything as an extra! The only let down as discussed is the low power!!!! Its completely different to driving a starlet where its just power. I do alot of motorway miles so mine gets a good use, its ok on cost as well!!! not really bad, the fuel consumption is not great but about 30ish MPG if your carefull and insurance is about £400 fully comp protected for me (im just about to turn 26 in 2 days). The parts are quite expensive but there are deals about and the prices have dropped loads recently as well. here is a few pics of mine........... Jason

Thats funny you should say that, its sort of been given the name 'project deathtrap/deathwish' by me and my mates :surrender: Looking at about 150-160bhp to start with and within the next year up this to about 200+ if i think it can handle it. The problem i have is that its such a short wheel base and there is NO weight at the front, i can pick the front of the car up by myself and move it around its that light! We have talked about extending the length but i love the size of the thing so may leave it. it will all come down to how the car handles on the road, forgot to mention that it WILL be road legal as well! The problem is that the rear constantly will want to overtake the front, if nothing else it will be an expensive smoke machine Im relatively new to the 4EFTE engine so forgive my stupid questions while i build this thing. When its done i will bring it along to JAE, japfest etc end give people rides if they want a scare! I will be doing a full build diary on here as well as about 5 other websites, this will begin next weekend when im over at ToyotaGT working on the car and can take some proper good pics! Jason

Hi All, Now i hope you guys and girls don't mind me joining up??? I don't have a Starlet and nor do i intend to ever own one (a fully working one anyway )!!!! This may at first sound a bit crazy, i mean what is the point in joining up here when im not going to get a starlet. I will shortly explain. I currently drive a modified Lexus IS200 and im very much into lexus and toyota's for that matter. My bro had a really nice starlet that he imported form Japan and i almost bought it before he eventually sold it, that was some 5-6 years ago. I recently bought an ABS Freestyle, i hear most of you now saying WTF???? Its basically a extremely light/small kit car that it mainly bassed on the mk1 mini. Im currently building it up and i know James at Toyota GT quite well, as im sure alot of you do? Anyway, he has been talking with me about the car and i have decided to go crazy with the thing and drop a 4EFTE engine into it, now you can probably see why i joined! Over the next few months im going to be after either a damaged starlet or....engine, gearbox, turbo, manifolds, ecu, wiring loom, driveshafts etc etc. I will when she is fully built bring it along to a few meets if i can and i hope you guys don't mind me joining??? I will keep a full build diary on here and update regularly with pictures, text etc when i can but its going to be absolutely crazy!!!! Its RWD, is a third lighter than a MK1 mini but the same wheel base, and has no roof, sides, doors, windscreen etc its basically two seats a roll cage and an engine. here is a few pics of what it currently looks like, but not for long :surrender: Bit of a mess at the moment but you get an idea of size! yep its really that small! Jason :drunk2: