mas12555 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) Been on this forum a fair while. Already had two projects on here. Well its best to say failed projects... This is the car which made me break the starlet and stop the project all together! This car is not going! Main reason I am on here is because you lot really are a great bunch, alot of you really know your stuff and my club/forum hardly post or give input to builds. The car is a 1997 daihatsu avanzato trxx r4. 660cc turbo and 4WD!I really got one aim for this year and thats to get over 120bhp. This is an old photo now but hey ho! Got a mate who welded the barbed fitting onto the magnesium rocker! Here is the oil catch tank set up. I got a hose going from the bottom of the tank to the underneath of the car to create a vacuum to suck all the crap out. Following spec so far HKS dx30 turbo. HKS dynographs show 126bhp at 1.2 bar. Although you can run more pressure. custom tubular manifold (not fitted yet)Front mount intercooler (its a wepr core )starlet injectors apexi SAFC2turbosmart FCD2ghetto uprated engine mountsPCV delete on rocker cover, barbed fitting welded on in its place with a oil catch canAEM widebandDefi adance ZD (fake) engine monitor alloy radiator lower springscustom stainless 2" exhaust system with shotgun exhaustbolt on archs13x7 extreme offset wheels. no idea if I will be running 175/50/13 or 225/45/13 tyres yet. Thats about all the stuff which matters!But this is the spec wihich will be happening over the next year! This should get the car to about 140bhp fingers crossed. I am going into untouched territory really. First person to push one of these over the 120ish BHP mark in the UK. Everyone from the top except the apexi SAFC2 and turbo smart FCD2emanage blue with ignition harness, injector harness and 3 bar map sensorAEM water meth injection kitIntercooler spray kit custom inletThicker metal head gasketUprated timing chain kitcoilovers £1200 without postage from japan!!!Custom uprated front brakes. No idea who I am going to yet. Probably WMS. issue is I am running 13" wheelsBraided brake linesuprated rear brake shoesstrip the car out with two bucket seats and harness's all the ultra racing bracespossibly areo parts if my pockets are deep enough to import it all from japan. One major issue I got at the moment is finding a mapper who will touch the car! Already asked a few companies (wont name any of them) who are unwilling to touch the car because its 660cc pushing that much power. Over this week I am replacing all the bolts in the engine bay with stainless steel units, wrinkle paint the rocker and do a few other little things. Edited March 28, 2016 by mas12555 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Love a Kei car build!Spec is impressive and plans sound great aswell buddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Love a Kei car build!Spec is impressive and plans sound great aswell buddy I love them. Good friend of me bought superspats (hes an old UKSO member) old one and I love it. Its 110bhp and FWD. Even that beats corsa vxr's and its only 110bhp. Already spent a small fortune on it! The turbo is made for my engine by HKS and its £1200 brand new! I got is used off a mate and still payed silly money for it. Also planning to go external wastegate once i get the tubular manifold on. At the same time I will send the turbo off to get rebuild and a billet compressor wheel made. Here is the manifoldIf only i had about 4k I could by a storia X4 take the engine and running gear out of it. Would mean i would have 713cc, easy 220bhp, uprated drivetrain and lsd front and rear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thats pretty damn cool, look forward to seeing how you get on with it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Have you tried Ed at fusion? He mapped yasers 250hp gtti which is alot of power from a 3 pot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
starletezy Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Looks so sweet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 fecking sweet if its anything like a capucino engine then theres loads of tuning potential and revs increase cant wait to see a hard boost onboard vid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Have you tried Ed at fusion? He mapped yasers 250hp gtti which is alot of power from a 3 pot!not yet mate! I know he does amazing work and he has mapped a few friends car. He really knows his stuff. Only issue is I got told by a few people that he doesnt go near emanage blue. He will only do ulitmate which doesnt work with my ECU without serious modification to the circuit board. fecking sweet if its anything like a capucino engine then theres loads of tuning potential and revs increase cant wait to see a hard boost onboard vid Over in Malaysia they love these things! highest power daihatsu is a 3 cylinder with a 1L block running 400bhp. Theres a few 4 cylinders running 250bhp mark. Standard engine a fair few of the Malaysians have run them at 150-160bhp without any water meth or thicker head gaskets so my targets are fairly realistic. The turbo I got is amazing. full boost at 2500 and holds it all the way to 8500. the rev limiter is at about 9500. HKS advise to only rev the car to 8000 with this turbo. Dont really know why. Edited March 29, 2016 by mas12555 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 He does do blue. Yasers is on a blue and he said hed do mine. Ultimate doesnt work with the gttis either Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 He does do blue. Yasers is on a blue and he said hed do mine. Ultimate doesnt work with the gttis eitherAhh sweet! I cant remember what you have to do now but its something to do with the ignition timing. Few people have ran them in Malaysia and just not wired in the ignition part of emanage. There is a company out there who will mod you ecu and wire in the emanage for you. I will be going Ed then. Hes local and knows his stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Paint came today I spent the evening on the rocker!The rocker was already preped but I deicded to cut off the ugly OEM intercooler brackets. Just used a hacksaw to cut them off, bench grinder to grind them down then I used a file to give it a nice finish. I thought I did a good job of it.I then painted the rocked. I used VTH black wrinkle paint. Wasnt too sure on the stuff but the good reviews made me want to give it a try. Gave the rocker three thick coats. Then left to dry for about an hour. The more eagle eyed guys on here will spot the paint from the starlet on my "painting board". Do miss the starlet. I then baked the rocker in the over for 25 minutes at around 100 degrees C. My mum really wasnt happy with this but it gives the best results! So here is the rocker all done. Should look abit better after its fully dry. Takes about a week! Looks good with the red spark plug cover! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 The rocker cover is all dry now and looks amazing! My mass loads of stainless steel bolts/hardware came and my oil filler cap. The filler cap was for a starlet and I was hoping it would fit being that toyota own daihatsu. I had to modify it for it fit but its worth it! Looks epic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dazzariley69 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 This is such a cool little motor, just had a read through and i can't wait to see how you go with it, that 2.5k spool and the figures your looking to make will be very impressive. I will be keeping an eye on this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) This is such a cool little motor, just had a read through and i can't wait to see how you go with it, that 2.5k spool and the figures your looking to make will be very impressive. I will be keeping an eye on this thread.I'm amazed with the turbo. Really is magic but then it is made by HKS specially for my engine.No idea what I plan to do this weekend but I got new discs/pads,wishbones with balls joints, track rod ends and anti roll bar bushes. Should make the car drive really nice.Anyone know any company which make custom braided brake lines? Need some for my car. Also got a master cylinder stop coming from japan. Edited April 1, 2016 by mas12555 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Hosetechnik do, local to me. I used my starlet ones on the gtti fitted the same Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Hosetechnik do, local to me. I used my starlet ones on the gtti fitted the same Sweet cheers mate. Will give them a ring. Will need to send them all my house etc. I could make my own using the venhill system but venhill is expensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Anyone know a company who can make custom brakes? Will be looking at keeping the standard disc size which is 234mm and just uprating the a 4 pot caliper. The discs cant get much bigger than a 234mm otherwise they would never fit under 13" wheels. Half tempted to just run with standard discs and just get some 4 pot callipers made to fit on. If I get warping issue will get some custom discs made up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) Theres a guy on here that deals brakes but for the life of me i cant find him lol If someone finds him he may be able to help you JamesEdit: WSM brakes ..... his name is keri Edited April 2, 2016 by jimmymac101 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Theres a guy on here that deals brakes but for the life of me i cant find him lol If someone finds him he may be able to help you JamesEdit: WSM brakes ..... his name is keriSweet cheers mate working today so can't really get any work done to her which is annoying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt1878 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Man this thing is so damn cool! I would love something like this as a daily! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Man this thing is so damn cool! I would love something like this as a daily! they make awesome daily drivers. The car was meant to be my daily while I built the starlet but I just fell in love with it.They are great in fuel, full tank of shell V power is £20 and that got me about 250miles of town driving. Not very relaxed driving as well. I found on the motorway it's even better. I got from reading to Bristol on £5 of fuel with a starlet engine in the boot.They are nice to be in as well. Seats are comfy, all of then have air con as standard and some have crazy options on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 More work done today! I fitted my stainless steel manifold today. Looks epic! Although its a very tight fit which may be an issue. The car is going off in a few weeks to get a tial external wastegate fitted, standard wastegate welded up on the turbo, turbo back exhaust fitted, wideband, lambda and EGT bungs fitted. Main issue with the tight room is that I can only run the screamer out of the bonnet. I would prefer it to be going under the car but that isnt possible. Bonnet exit it is! I am hoping to see better results with a decent external wastegate than the internal wastegate. Right here are the pics! You can see how tight it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Does anyone know the best place to get a 38mm wastegate from? Dont really know what the best are either. I was just thinking good old tial or turbosmart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Alot of you guys got me on good old bookface so you will know that I did abit of an impulse buy last night. Mint condition kevlar border bucket seat. In large as well, which means I can fit my ghetto booty in it. Does anyone know the best way and the best product to use for cleaning the seat? I also fitted my braided oil feed and return on the turbo. I drilled out the factory oil return hole in the block from 17mm to 18.5mm then I tapped it to m20 1.5 so I can screw in the AN10 fitting. I magnetised the drill bit, used loads of grease and I am dropping the sump next weekend just to make sure there is no metal fillings anywhere. I cant risk it. I am pretty happy with myself and the end result! I also got loads of braided line and AN fittings to do every fuel line, water line, oil line in my car. Also got an oil filter relocation kit coming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mas12555 Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 I am about 3 months behind my deadline. Car was meant to be done and on the road for japfest! Whoops. after hours of research and speaking to people I have come up with some coilovers which will be good spec and wont cost a bomb. Front coiloversI already know that corsa b front coilovers fit my car as I made some cheapy ebay ones fit. Getting a set of gaz ultra low front coilovers. Need the ultra low because the normal coilovers sit very high and dont give much travel once its lowered. Adjustable height, damping and will be getting some cusco avanzato camber plates so I got adjustable camber. Rear coiloversThe rear suspension on my car is seperate spring and shock. Spring sits on the axle, shocks are separate and sit at a 25 degree angle. Rear end of the car weights naff all. Only the weight of the shell and the rear axle. The fuel tank is in the middle of the car which makes things ideal. I weighted the rear end and it near enough weights the same as a classic mini. Well just by luck classic mini rear coilovers measure up to be a perfect fit. Protech do a lovely set of rear coilovers for the mini. 14" long will be fine, adjustable height and damping. Spring ratesAfter speaking to a fair few people in the know. We have come to a rough conclusion that 200lb on the front and 100lb on the rear will be a good starting point. The front is simple enough 200lb spring with a 4lb helper spring to keep the spring located. The rear is a little more complicated. Because of the 25ish degree angle the coilover will be sitting we need to do some maths to get the right spring rate. A 125lb spring will be near enough 100lb when its at a 25 degree angle. Once again will be running a 4lb helper spring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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