Johnny A Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hi guys, non jap owner here.Got this site recommended to me by a mate down the road who owns a starlet 1.3 turbo (bloody quick for a 1.3!!)Anyways I am a vauxhall man myself, had varies novas (1.0, 1.2, 1.6, 2.0 8v, 2.0 16v, 2.0 16v Turbo (280bhp)), calibras and more recently an ex-police 3.0 24v senator and my supercharged 2.0 project carlton.Reason I am here is because the senator is being sold as it drinks fuel.... a lot!!! The carlton is the weekend toy and I need a small daily driver. I did consider a starlet but they seem to hold their value for a decent manual .I do have a 1.3 8v Vauxhall Nova engine here (single cam, multi point injection) that I bought with a T2 turbo bolted to the front, the previous owner did the most horrific bodge to pump in more fuel for the turbo - this was binned and I need a cheap way of fuelling this engine - it will go into a little nova for work.Had loads of ideas of extra fuelling but seeing my mates starlet engine I had the idea of buying the management and all sensors off a 1.3 turbo starlet engine and retrofitting them onto my engine. The only two fiddly bits I can see are fabricating an adaptor to drive the distributer (that also houses the cam sensor) and the engine loom itself - can anyone confirm the starlet's engine loom is integral with the cars general loom??Anyways I will be asking a few technical questions on the starlets management and sensor requirements, also trying to source some parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 hey mate welcome to the club, the loom does not have an obd port so i think theres is a possebility but im not sure why you would use a starlet loom on your nova tbh just sounds alot more hastle than its worth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Welcome along dude and good luck with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Welcome to UKSC Can pick up a square light GT for cheap enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny A Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 how cheap is cheap though? You could say you have seen one for lets say £500, but you know it will need money pumping into it to make it viable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny A Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 hey mate welcome to the club, the loom does not have an obd port so i think theres is a possebility but im not sure why you would use a starlet loom on your nova tbh just sounds alot more hastle than its worthOn vauxhalls the engine loom is totally independant of the cars loom, they only meet via a large multiplug for power and sensor outputs for the dashboard dials etc...My friend is pretty sure that the starlet's engine loom and car loom are interconnected, I just wanted to know whether this was true or false. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1998glanzav Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Welcome to UKSC. Happy posting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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