Zeldoz

INterested in the Strut Brace posted. can make a payment now..

Lewis

Can someone please shed some light as to why its costings you both next to nothing!?

I know the V is all swapping straight over, is it literally pull my sportif loom out and replace with the V and new wiper stalks ect..?

The only thing that theroetically need splicing is ignition?

H'mm an interesting subject for me ATM as I'm in the middle of converting my n/a in my personal opinion there overpriced there are bargain engines to be had you just need to be patient and wait for them to come having said that decent low mileage engines are getting harder and harder to find for the right money but they are still there. The average going rate for a decent engine is about £500.

I would imagine paying the going rates for the cost of a conversion could range between £500-1500 depending on what extent you go and how much of a bargain hunter you are.

Rob

Personally id like to budget around £800-£1000 and do it on the SEVERE cheap.

Have it running as a completely standard 4E-FTE fix any niggles and go from there..

No matter what budget you set, you WILL go over doing a conversion

Engine should be £350-£450 depending on mileage/compressions/proof.

Easiest thing to do is find a fucked Glanza so you have all the bits needed in the 1 go.

Yeah thats very true. So i should forget about the stupid ebay £800 ones?

I'd like to buy a smashed glanza, but still they hold there value becuase of the breaking value..

I was looking into buying running GT Turbo's, can pick them up for under a £1000... and there easier to convert with the looms (I've read)

Wheres the best places to find engines? I havent seen any for the kind of price range..

Basically i want to begin saving to turbo my sportif! Im looking around on eBay and most the engines are from the same braker and vary between £800-£900... They seem to be demanding there own price because there the main eBay seller of engines..

Whats your personal opinion? Do you think there overpricing and i shouldnt pay that much for the engine?

What would be my best option in buying an engine?

Only interested as im making a spreadsheet up to cover the overal costings and to give me an idea of how much i need to save!

Lewis.

Got it back from te garage today! Apparantly doing my seats were a tricky job as if was fiddly to strip them down and cut away the reclining mechanisms and leave the bare brackets in a usable sliding position!

Happy with how it turned out got a few snaps none quite do them justice I'll get a side frame shot later too!

What to you all thing? Brand spanking new seats and harnesses!

Looks awesome! Seen it quite a few times in the past lol

Thank you! Still a work in process!

Out of interest, what work have you guys done on my little beaut then?

Yeah that is bons old car, and he's a top guy! Still talk over Facebook about starlets with him!

You think the scoop would be better silver? I was kinda going for a black theme. When I put the splitter back on it will also be black as its faded from black. When it's back on I'll whack a picture up and let you guys see what you think!

I have a picture of the seats in the EG6 track car they came out of I'll post it in a minute.

Starlet's...Starlet's...Starlet's...

Where do you begin? Such a cool beefed up little car! From the minute one overtook me and completely disappeared into the distance on the M25 i wanted one! They remind me off Micra's on a heavy dosage of steriods!

I've been driving almost 2 years, and my previous cars were DUBs. I was heavily into the VDub scene and having 2 MK4 golfs (Common as muck) i loved them regardless. My previous car to the Starlet was a MK4 Golf - GT TDI. Which was suprising fun and fast! Torque in all 6 gears and being an oil burner it was cheap to run! Here's a picture;

Since spending alot of money on the golf, i decided enough is enough, Plus, everyone i knew had Jap"crap" as i used to say, so i thought lets jump on the bangwagon and be different!

I decided on the starlet and there is literally non in my town. Closest being 20 miles away. Which is a bonus, So regardless of me not having the turbo my car is the only one your see! Which to me is priceless!

So;

I bought the car from a Previous member on here in early December.

The car was located in Nottingham. Which was 223 miles from where i am based in the South East (Eastbourne). I knew the car was the "one" so it was somthing i just had to do!

I travelled up on Saturday evening and low and behold i was driving it home. 440 miles later and a severe lack of sleep i had it on my driveway the following morning!

Here's some pictures i have off the car i recieved from the previous owner!

The car is a N/A EP91 1998. It has no Electric windows or anything fancy? So i think its the Sportif model? I'm unsure regardless!

So far the car hasn't missed a beat! and to be honest the car has taken abit of a beating in the breif ownership its had with me!

I do treat my cars and so far, the cars taken shap in a short amount of time! I dont have many current pictures to date because ive been a lazy git and havent bothered cleaning it or anything recently as it's just downpour after downpour!

The current list of mods i have added are;

- Full Glanza replica

- Sticker bombed

- Custom fabricated Cobra exhaust system (Cat-Back)

- K&N air filter

- Corolla air intake manifold

- De-Wipered

- Black door frames

- Lowered 40mm (on springs)

- Laguna Splitter (Which i managed to rip off..I didn't realise how low the front really was @ 40mm)

Modification's i have personally added;

- Gloss black vinyl roof

- Gloss black wing mirrors

- Fully stripped interior

- D2 bucket seats

- Sabalt 4-point harnesses

- Momo 3 Spoke steering wheel

- LED Sidelights

- Red Radiator Hoses

- Red Silicone hoses throughout the engine bay

- Red condruit enclosing the wiring in the engine bay

- Carbon fibre wrapped centre console & door trims

Here's a picture before i begun working on her!

After i had the roof vinyl done in gloss black! - Poor quality though;

A little video i made off my friend taking her for a quick spin! This was the day after i bought it!

So far i adore the car! And the list of things i want to do and achieve carrys on and on.. Eventually im hoping to buy a Glanza or Starlet GT donor car and do a full turbo 4E-FTE conversions!

Opinions and comments are welcomed! I'd love some feedback and some pointers on where to go next with the project!

Thanks for reading!