My Starlet - White Ep91

[Asad]

Roll on the 4EFE!!! im keeping mine till it dies on me....

[ste91]

Here are a couple of shots from last month but didn't bother to post as only these two came out half decent:

I quite like this shot

And I like this one of the back end

And today... got my air filter on:

If you look closely I've got the air sensor in the pipe, drilled a hole in there and stuck the rubber bit from the standard airbox in there.

And the filter is tucked under there nicely, also making use of the standard airfeed pipe.

And last but not least an engine bay shot that came out shit but I was trying to be quick, you can't really tell from here but my engine bay is actually filthy. ;)

I love it, it's nice and quiet as it was before when you're at low revs just tootling around, but gets rather loud when you boot it, and I still have the standard exhaust and backbox. Has made a decent increase to accelleration, and it gets to 90 really easy.

[Galliano]

looking good buddy

[ste91]

looking good buddy

cheers mate

[Asad]

Looks like Postman pat decided to get off his arse, finally!

looks rather nice mate....whats on the cards next?

[ste91]

Next is just a bit of maintenence, cam belt and alternator belt change, new brake pads and shoes, everything else save up.

And yeah postman pat came at last, was definately worth the wait, much more fun driving with it. Only thing is, my dad thinks he's 17 again.

[RobSR]

is that one of them filter kits off egay?

[Asad]

Ha ha.....

closed filter = ;)

[ste91]

Nah, I bought the reducer/pipe/filter all seperate.

It's an Apiro filter. I was going to move the rad accross and have the filter behind the bumper but didn't want long piping. So I've put it as low as I could get it behind the battery, so it's getting a decent amount of air from "underneath" aswell as the standard plastic pipe thing is pretty much on top of it. It's given a decent gain, the only thing is I think it will be good for winter while it's cold, but it's probably going to be shit in the summer when it's warm.

At the end of the day you can't complain at less than £50 for a noticeable gain in accelleration and a nice roar. ;)

Plus the fun to be had with it being quiet at low revs and then roars loud as fuck when you boot it.

I've considered making some sort of heat shield but I'm happy as it is for now.

[Jozinobi]

Nice work Ste, you did a nice job.

Glad you are enjoying the new setup.

Keep it up.

Joz

[ste91]

Thanks Joz, it has made driving it more fun.

Having the filter in that location definately works well. ;)

[ste91]

Also could a mod edit the topic description please, where it says "with pics at last" could you change it do "update on page 2" or something like that?

Thanks

[SiCaln]

edited mate

[ste91]

nice one cheers si

[SiCaln]

no probs

[ste91]

Cam belt and alternator belt will be ordered soon, just a bit of maintenence as it has just passed 72k on the clock.

After that it will be the brakes (replacement of pads & shoes) and then the rest of my earnings from now until I have enough money will be saved, and sometime early next year (hopefully) I will be buying another Starlet, swapping the parts over, and selling this one.

[ste91]

Little update nothing special:

Cam belt and alternator belt have been ordered from ToyTuning.

Brake pads and shoes will be replaced soonish.

I'm considering a rev gauge - I was looking at 52mm ones but decided it would be too small, so I think I'm going to go for this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Gauge-Rev-Coun...%3A1|240%3A1318

Good choice or should I look at something else?

[Sparky]

Thats bit of a beast for £30!!

Looks pretty good bud

[ste91]

Aslong as it works though, but it does seem to be the best one there for the price.

[ste91]

I want to get the Sportif stickers off, but how do I get them off without going out with a hairdryer to warm them up looking like a plonker?

[SiCaln]

u cant

[ste91]

fuck

The only hairdryer we have is pink/purple... that's what happens when you have 3 sisters.

[Sparky]

lolol ^^

Do it you big puff ;)

[ste91]

And if someone walks past and gives me funny looks?

"Hi I'm just drying my car" ?

[Galliano]

kettle...