TURBOROLLA (4efe to 4efte ep91) SWAP
OFFICIAL (working) TURBOROLLA Project
Hi guys. I made my dream come true. I swapped a 1.3 4efe Toyota with a Starlet Glanza V 4efte engine on my 1998 Corolla Hatchback.
The project started researching for months and thanks to passionate people on forums like this one I could gather enough information to understand that I could make it happen. The main issue was that nobody had the experience of doing this before. The few people I spoke to that on the Corolla with the turbo engin
From memory to access the turbo to manifold nuts I needed to use offset spanners:
Most people remove the manifold with the turbo still attached to it because the bolts are hard to access.
In my experience the Toyota EP91 4efe/4efte thermostat (90916-03046) is stamped as 82 deg C which is what I removed from my engine. The Toyota epc states 82-95 (I assume this is starts to open at 82, fully open at 95).
Found the euro Paseo 5efe 95-97 thermostat (90916-03082) rated at