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Update time (with pictures:)



At this moment i'm still waiting for parts for the engine like the timing belt and seals. I expect to receive them tomorrow so i can refresh the engine.



In the meanwhile i did some things.



Fitted the radiator fan of the paseo to the radiator of the starlet so i can get better cooling and have a cleaner bay (with the tank on the fan itself).



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Made the Paseo fuelpump fit in the Starlet tank.



Before:



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After:



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Glued a extra part on the seal to help seal under the part that is higher then the rest (excuse my horrible English in this sentence).



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Here you can see the pick up on the right spot in the tank.



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I then moved to the fuel lines. As i said before i was not sure if i could use the line of the Paseo. It ended up breaking so i used the line of the Starlet. I cutted the one of the Paseo and made it fit to the existing line of the Starlet.



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For the other end i used a fuel hose of a Kia Sportage Festival (1999 or something like that). I was able to use this hose to convert the excisting line to a AN fitting that would fit a filter that would fit the fuel hose to the fuel rail. Like this:



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To make the filter fit i changed some clamps for the brakelines. Worked out perfectly!



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After that i soldered the Paseo ignition switch to the Starlet switch.



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All done.



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For those interested, i made this for the connector of the Paseo.



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A buddy of mine welded up the exhaust. I had the flange of the Starlet fitted to the Paseo exhaust.



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I figured out why the engine was leaking coolant. A fitting below the throttlebody broke.



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Here you can see the nasty coolant that leaked on the bay of the Paseo:



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I had some Loctite and Qbond laying around so i fixed the fitting. Before:



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After:



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Then i decided so clean the engine. I started by painting the valvecover and cleaning the bolts.



Before:



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During:



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Continued by cleaning the beltcovers.



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Next up was the intake.



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Back together with the gearbox and block cleaned aswell:



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Fixed the bolt that was stripped by tapping new threads.



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A while back i bought some Polo 6n coilovers. I made them fit the Starlet by drilling a new hole and making the excisting hole bigger.



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Installed on the car.



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The coilovers are used and the collars on the front coilovers are frozen. I was able to brake the collars on one side lose. I will do my ultimate best tomorrow to break the other side loose to.



Once i receive the parts i can drop the engine in!



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Sweet! Nice interior of the car. What did you use to make the intake and were did u place the wasserfluid tank?

Thanks!

I made the intake from some 2.5inch stainless tube and the washer bottle is bolted to the strut tower just behind the fuse box.

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Update time!

Engine is not in yet :( decided i want to go with the Corolla intake so i bought one but it did not come yet.

In the meanwhile...

Made the rear coilover fit:

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Used the Paseo topmounts and gave them a little cut:

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Installed:

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I deleted the little springs today.

Received the parts so i replaced the seals and timingbelt.

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All done

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I love how much better it looks after a little cleaning and paint.

One coilover ring is to stubborn, cant get it loose, hopefully the rideheight will be alright. Otherwise i will have to buy a new ring and cut the old one off:(.

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Removed the brakes from the Paseo.

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Does anybody know a nice 14 inch rim for the Starlet? Unfortunally my ATS Classics do not clear the calipers :(

While i was waiting for the Corolla intake i decided to switch the master cilinder and brake lines of the Paseo to the Starlet since they are in mint condition and it will (hopefully) improve Braking.

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Old situation (excuse the blurry pic. you get the point)

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New:

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Bought a 'new' throttle body so i could propperly fix the idle control thingy.

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Done

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Last thing i did was paint the enginebay. I used some simple grey primer to match the rest of the paint in the bay.

Forgot to take a good before picture so here is the result!

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This is how she sits right now.

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Overall i am happy that i have to wait for the Corolla intake. Made me do more things before dropping the engine in. Those things wouldnt be possible with the engine in.

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Kinda annoyed right now lol. Tried to paint the grill gloss black but it turned out half gloss half matt.

Then applied some clearcoat, and that resulted in a horrible finish. Great waste of time.

Primer:

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All good.

First layer:

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Not bad still.

After one clearcoat it turned grey in some spots...

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Decided to go all in and threy a thick (to thick, got some runners)... Still no good.

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Has anybody done this before with better results?

I guess i will sand it down to the primer once it dries and apply Just a few layers black, maybd the clearcoat screwed it up.

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ive done it in total i think 5 or 6 times


a few without the primer and the last few i did with primer


those with the primer i sanded inbetween layers


so first... after i sprayed the primer....i wetsanded it


than applied the first gloss black coat


then sanded it again..... light sand


than the 2 last coats without sanding


make sure u warm up the spray can( i boiled sum water first.....threw it in a big bucket of water and than put the spraycans in it...gives a better spray flow apparently)


make sure u shake it alot also....... like ..... ALOT!



and i never used clearcoat ^_^


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ive done it in total i think 5 or 6 times

a few without the primer and the last few i did with primer

those with the primer i sanded inbetween layers

so first... after i sprayed the primer....i wetsanded it

than applied the first gloss black coat

then sanded it again..... light sand

than the 2 last coats without sanding

make sure u warm up the spray can( i boiled sum water first.....threw it in a big bucket of water and than put the spraycans in it...gives a better spray flow apparently)

make sure u shake it alot also....... like ..... ALOT!

and i never used clearcoat ^_^

Warming up the bottles works great indeed. I guess i shouldnt use the clear then... I was hoping for more shine.

I will try sanding it down and only using black.

-edit, i can always polish it ofcorse.

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Once i sanded and polished the grill it started to look much better:

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One thing i saw when i was browsing for ideas is to remove the lower grill. I figured that it would help for cooling and i like the look so:

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I still have to refit the license plate with a smaller surrounding and fit it higher so it doenst block the air flow.

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