TrisK Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 So a few more bits have been sorted on this Fuel rail and injectors were fitted Then a run up on the standalone, had to adjust some vacuum lines after this: My friendly neighbourhood welder Kieran went about sorting out my power steering bottle for the Saxo Conversion Fitting machined up Then he got his weld on, his work is beautiful And here it is in place in the bay, a perfect fit: Then we got the front end back together ready for a road test, here is the car with my sidelight conversion Heres a video of it working https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlcXfmj1NJw Here is everything back together, with some serious help from Flint and Kieran as usual and just before she went out for her maiden voyage on the new turbo and ecu Kieran doing some last minute tweaks to the map, mainly idle and acceleration enrichment changes And out and about on her first spin, this was a mid drive stop to check for leaks or noises or loose bolts. everything was good! All in all the first drive went well, and she is pretty fast despite only being at 0.85 bar on a fairly worn TD04. But i am happy with it, few more tweaks and a bit more testing to find any weak points and shell be ready to come apart again for stage 2 of the journey! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Nice to see her back together bud! I could do with you lads coming to help me with mine for a few days lol! Looking forward to stage 2!!! Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 sweet some progress hows the diy mapping going some hints there ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ok time for an update, its a big one So this arrived and went on: So that went one, boy does it feel good The methanol injection kit arrived, this hasnt gone on yet, but it will be soon, but i need to plan a route through the interior, which youll see why shortly. The new wheels arived and were test fitted The rear axle came off the car and we made a ghetto spray booth for Kieran to paint my rear bea, The rear beam was attached with the new ultra RARB The final rear axle plates turned up and the final bolt together happened it all went back together with a brand new brake set up with lines, discs and pads The wheels can then go back on, with tyres and with the new shimmed fitement It was then time to start work on some special stuff for the interior, so the drill came out: and the cage started going in, this was originally a cusco 4 point, but an extra diagonal has been added with tube from customcages and joints order from cusco in japan (the joints are eye waterinly expensive, but i wanted to keep it all authentic) the harness bar was added, and it in the process of having the upright modified to work with the cage The front is currently under progress with a set of Cruise style wings being bolted on but theres where we are today, as always massive thanks to Kieran and Flint. This car wouldnt be anywhere without you guys Also thanks to my mate Jordan who is helping with the front wings as he is a panel beater by trade. Definately who you know! Next plans are to get my new clutch in, and get the methanol hooked up. Then its some mapping and sending everything off for paint Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funny onion Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 wooooooaaaaaaaah looks mint dude! I guess this is what you were up to when you were snapping me the other night haha what wheels are those? Link to the rear shim plates? did you have to get extended bolts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 wooooooaaaaaaaah looks mint dude! I guess this is what you were up to when you were snapping me the other night haha what wheels are those? Link to the rear shim plates? did you have to get extended bolts?Whistler kr1!!! Tris what are you doin lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Okay, so biggggg update WMS brakes went on: Gearbox, flywheel and clutch went in, went for a ORC 309D, the silent with the little springs, but it still rattles its twat off. Also got a new gearbox, which is a GT box with a Cusco plate LSD in it The uprights for the harness bar were fabricated by RobH (as I/the other boys were running out of time) They came out on time and on budget, so if you have any little jobs like that that need doing. Rob is definately your man! A little bit of mapping happened, just to get the car drivable. This is only at 0.8 bar, so is fairly respectable figures. Eespecially to say the timing hasnt been touched yet I had to call in some massive favours to get the wings painted at short notice! Then the reason we were in such a rush, i used the starlet as my wedding car. it drove me and my best man to the church, then my wife and I away. such an awesome memory for the car. and means I have the wife on board with letting me keep it forever! win, win! Then whilst it was together, I have driven it a few times and instagramed it a lot. Still working on a few other bits and bots, tablet headunit, extended wheel studs, more mapping at some point and paint will be happening soon Ps, also trailing some MK2 lights, not sure how i feel about them. Think i might go back to Mk1. Opinions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Great to see such a substantial update buddy! Car looks superb and liking the details around the harness bar etc! Excellent work! And getting it into the wedding??? Kudos to you young man, kudos indeed! Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maerijn Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Mk1 rear lights looked heaps better :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Keep the MK1 Rear lights Trisk. Nothing against the later lights as I think they are brilliant, but MK1's are, IMO, the best looking 4th gen Starlet made, and that's me coming from a Mk3. Other than that, chuffed about you using as a wedding car, really cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob_bower Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Great work trisk, great to see it back in one piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timmah Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, TrisK said: I love the wheels! What's the dimensions of them and did you have to pump the guards at all? I am looking at some 16x8 Rota Grid V's for mine, but sure they'll fit without issues Edited August 14, 2018 by TrisK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 19 hours ago, Nanglebadger said: Great to see such a substantial update buddy! Car looks superb and liking the details around the harness bar etc! Excellent work! And getting it into the wedding??? Kudos to you young man, kudos indeed! Phil. Cheers Phil, I try and provide enough detail for people to think about how they could use some of the ideas! 17 hours ago, maerijn said: Mk1 rear lights looked heaps better 17 hours ago, Calum122 said: Keep the MK1 Rear lights Trisk. Nothing against the later lights as I think they are brilliant, but MK1's are, IMO, the best looking 4th gen Starlet made, and that's me coming from a Mk3. Other than that, chuffed about you using as a wedding car, really cool! 11 hours ago, rob_bower said: Great work trisk, great to see it back in one piece. Cheers Rob! 6 hours ago, Timmah said: I love the wheels! What's the dimensions of them and did you have to pump the guards at all? I am looking at some 16x8 Rota Grid V's for mine, but sure they'll fit without issues They are 15x8 et20, with a 5mm spacer at the front, so effective et15 Custom rear camber, cruise wings up front and heavily rolled arches at the back. they definately didnt bolt on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SKINY Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I'm currently running the glowpanel with MK3 lights and it looks well, the only thing bothers me about it is they don't sit flush, I've mint condition MK1 rears there but can't bring myself to fit them now, I wasn't that fussed on the MK1 rears to begin with but have grown on me over time seeing them lol Congratulations on the wedding and keep the insta porn coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob H@RCH Engineering Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Now U just need to get your ass to JAE! the harnees bar supports do look well if I do say so myself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpenceGT Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Love this Mk1 GT... Is it tucked away in the Garage or what's happening too it.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 He's been busy moving and doing up his new house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 9:55 PM, SpenceGT said: Love this Mk1 GT... Is it tucked away in the Garage or what's happening too it.. Its mostly been tucked up in the garage, although as Nick said I bought a new house so have been busy with that however, there are a few updates for the GT I opened up my set of Mk2 lights With the help of one of my friends we shaped Ally backing insets to mould the back of the lights to a flat shape Then i got my fiddly solder on and we end up with something like this: I want to get some diffusion pannels to get rid of the LED dotted look and merge the colours together to make them more fluid, although i havent touched the lights in around 6 months. Also, my new wheels turned up: Custom speced work SP1's. Test fit went well Also the EP3 went and a I bought a new "sensible" daily Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpenceGT Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) Nice.. a say alot of these Starlets are tucked away in the Garages now a days.. Love the wheels,u keeping them that colour.. The lights are class lol something aye haven't seen on a starlet before lol flashing LEDs, cool Edited June 26, 2019 by SpenceGT Spelling check Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SKINY Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Lights are a good job bud, any nightime footage of them ? Are you going for a strobe direction indicator like you see on new Audi's etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Seeing as other people are updating build threads. I thought id get involved. Although its not much Moved the starlet to the Garage at my house: It got a clean: Then I went wheel-y crazy, get it Bought a set of Oz Turbos I also got tyres put on the Works and got those fitted: and then this is how she sits at the moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Happy to see it at your new home dude. Wheels look much better. Lil too gay stance for me, but its all good! Look forward to mapping update! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sam44 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Waw. Really into these. Retro proformance, updated. Keep it coming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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