andy87

My names Andy and i have just joined (18-01-2012) i thought i would make a garage to show my cars progress since i bought it.

The starlet is only my third vechicle but its staying for good. Before the starlet i had a 00 nissian vanette 2.3 d van it was an absolute pig on fuel and it cost 2300 euro to insure it so i sold that and then bought a 96 opel astra 1.4 with 72,000 miles it was a wee cracker of a car never gave any bother the whole time i owned it.

I never intended to buy a starlet its only by chance that i ended up with one :haha:

I was looking for a 95-99 BMW 318is coupe but could not find any clean enough that wasnt damaged and repaired badly etc so the lad that i used to take with me to look at cars told me to take a drive in his womans car a 94 gt turbo it was my first time in a turbo car and i will never forget it i was addicted to boost :drive: :)

That drive made my mind up very quickly i had to have one just the feel of the car and power delivery and the overall look of the car so i ended up buying his womans car 2-3 weeks later and i never looked back since

This is the way she stood when i bought it in october 2008

spec was small

14'' bbs wheels

blitz dump valve

yellow tinted windows

performane filter

turbo timer

78km

service history

running standard boost on ct9

first thing i did was give the car a good service with the help of johnny c of the site great lad

pics of the parts

next was remove window tint and sunband. added a set of 15'' ice alloys in white

next was a set of tein 40mm springs which i got from camskill.co.uk

next traded in the ice alloys for a set of 15'' rota grids

i took the car to smoke signals 09 while the donegal rally was on some pics below

next i tinted the back 3 windows and attended a tgtt meet in belfast for a rolling road day 29/aug/09

http://www.toyotagtt...sport-(29-08-09)

pic of graph

next the aircon was de-gased and removed in the usual castlefinn manor :cool:

the car stayed like that for a right while just small bits and pieces as well as servicing

greddy boost gauge

cusco rear strut brace (bought of jay good man)

kenwood radio

went to another couple of tggt meets

http://www.toyotagtt...kenny-aftermath

http://www.toyotagtt...d-Afterthoughts.

http://www.toyotagtt...len-Drag-racing!

on the way to the drag racing this happened

the back box snapped off :mad: but i still got to the racing and back and it gave me a perfect excuse for an upgrade :haha:

so i bought this of camskill japspeed full system

pics of it fitted

and 2 quick vids of how it sounds on a ct9

http://www.youtube.c...u/0/IGQcFgk9e4c

http://www.youtube.c...u/1/WrimPpwcAzU

a great exhaust system for the money and fitted very well

added a set of trd adjustable dampers to go along with the 40mm tein springs (i purchased of dantheman of the site great to deal with) this was a big improvement to the handling of the car

after this the car didnt change much on the outside but it was time for more power so i went td04 again with the help of johnny c of the site

weper td04 decat

k&n filter

blitz electronic boost controller

some pics of the work

first start up on td04:)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLdPG_quohY

the car is runing .6 bar on standard ecu

pics of how the car is looking now

in the snow 2010

so thats it for now in 2010

plans for 2011 are get nct again, get some small bits sorted and get the car to ccm to get my emu mapped to enjoy the td04 fully

hopefully if i still have work the outside of the car will be having a big change :cool: but we will see what happens

car spec now

engine

standard 4efte

weper external gated mild steel mani

weper td04 decat

turbosmart wastegate + screamer pipe

tdo4 turbo

weper frontmount

polybush engine/gearbox mounts

trd diff

blitz dump valve

aircon removed

ecc clutch

full japspeed exhaust system

relocated filter k&n

chassis

rays wheel nuts

15'' str in gunmetal

meister r coilovers

adjustable panhard rod (to be fitted)

electrics

greddy boost gauge

blitz boost controller

kenwood radio

uprated fuel pump

so far a before and after pic

before

after

25/04/2011

fitted my new d1 wheel nuts today and took a few pics of them

cleaned my alloys aswell as they were rotten especially front pas side as the cv boot had ripped a while back

some pics

wheels before pics

after

on the car with new wheel nuts

wee update got the car mapped with chris carson 10/09/2011 and its a great job car drives totally different now

td04 @ 1 bar is plenty for me for daily driving etc

and just bought this bad boy 11/09/2011

big thanks to johnny_c for all his help throughout this project great man to work with

thanks for looking

some night pics not too long ago

favourite pic of the car so far

update 15/01/2012

new wheels/tyres/nuts

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sorry about the length of this first post

let me know what you think

all questions and comments welcome

thanks for reading

Andy

Yes Lads

My name is Andy and I drive a black 94 ep82

I am a member on TGTT.com and TOCIRL

some pics below of how the car is looking at the minute

and I will start a members garage to show how my car has changed since I first got my hands on it

This looks like a great site and cant wait to get a good look around it and meet more people that have an interest in these addictive wee cars

Thank you

Andy