daniel_g Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 Yeah the old lexus has pulled through for you here. Do you get to work on starlet at your work?Defo haha glad i had a back up plan. Nah sadly not, we used to be allowed after work but folk started ripping the pish bringing in mates cars and that got a bit out of hand so they put a stop to that.Gonna start getting it stripped down soon, will start by taking the head off and go from there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevmcc90 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Defo haha glad i had a back up plan. Nah sadly not, we used to be allowed after work but folk started ripping the pish bringing in mates cars and that got a bit out of hand so they put a stop to that.Gonna start getting it stripped down soon, will start by taking the head off and go from there You got a lock up or that? Or just do it where I met you that time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 You got a lock up or that? Or just do it where I met you that time?No lockup sadly haha. Kinda aye, got it sitting in the back garden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevmcc90 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Sound mate. Hope it all goes ok! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Stripped the head off this earlier, damage was a bit worse than i thought it might be haha.Piston No.2 has had it lol, fuckin melted. The bore of 3 has a bit of melted piston stuck to it aswell. Gonna strip the sump off next chance i get, hoping the crank is ok, still duno if ive bent a rod yet On a plus not my J.D Tuning engine mounts arrived so i fitted them in my spare mounts.I also got a pair of Sabelt harnesses and a civic c pillar bar but couldnt be fucked taking pictures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevmcc90 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Jesus that's one well cooked engine man haha! Hope the rest of it save able though! The mounts are good in my opinion man, more vibration but worth it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Haha i know! Yeah me too, hopefully i get a chance soon to strip it.Ah thats good news then, ive driven starlets with the yellow poly ones and theyre pretty solid, if these are similar i'll be happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevmcc90 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Haha i know! Yeah me too, hopefully i get a chance soon to strip it.Ah thats good news then, ive driven starlets with the yellow poly ones and theyre pretty solid, if these are similar i'll be happy I've never used polybushes before so didn't have a clue what to expect. But notice a bug difference in gear changes and engine response man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 I've never used polybushes before so didn't have a clue what to expect. But notice a bug difference in gear changes and engine response man!Quality, wish i could get all 3 but dont want to mess with the 4paw rear box mount incase its a different size. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevmcc90 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Quality, wish i could get all 3 but dont want to mess with the 4paw rear box mount incase its a different size. Yeah wouldn't want to bash out the mount and then not have a bush for it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yeah wouldn't want to bash out the mount and then not have a bush for it!Aye that would be a sore one! Would have to get creative with the old tigerseal haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Wow, just wow. How did you manage that lol! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Wow, just wow. How did you manage that lol!Was kickin its cunt in pretty much flat out in 5th Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DevonGT Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Quality, wish i could get all 3 but dont want to mess with the 4paw rear box mount incase its a different size. I've got all three on mine, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 I've got all three on mine,What exact mount did you use man?Its just i seen the guy whos got Gaz's old 85 knocked the mount out and couldnt fit a poly one in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DevonGT Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 What exact mount did you use man?Its just i seen the guy whos got Gaz's old 85 knocked the mount out and couldnt fit a poly one in. I've got the powerflex set. Pic I took when they arrived - Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Alright cool, wasnt sure if it would fit. Is there a sleeve to leave in or just push the lot out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DevonGT Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 It's been a while, but I'm fairly sure the rear mount needs the sleeve in place. At the time I think it was (shorty) who I asked about it, as that's what he had to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Sooo long time no update for my EP85, got a bit fed up with it and had written out a for sale thread.. but it seems 4paws arent selling atm so i'll be keeping it for the time being As per usual ive had shit luck with this yet again and also a small oil & heatwrap related fire Anyway, so i fitted a 4EFTE a few weeks ago to find it had a bottom end knock on startup and at certain RPM, i decided it was still driveable enough to go for a MOT. I nursed it down to work, years ticket, sound. Had only covered 3k kilometers sice the last one!Couple days later i meet up with Shaun, we were going up to see Dale to whip an engine out of a n/a. A mile or so into the journey i can see quite a bit of smoke coming out the bonnet, thinking the rad cap has popped off or something. What had actually happend was the turbo oil return pipe had split, spunked some 5w40 onto the heatwrap on the manifold and caused a bit of a fire! Luckily i had a bottle of peach volvic to hand which done a decent enough job of putting it out Ended up abandoning the car for a few hours and got it picked up later on where it now sits at its most happiest, in pieces yet again.. I have a 4EFE sitting in my crashed n/a GT (another story) which i'll fire into the 85 in the next few days!Other things ive done are have the ICV deleted off the inlet. Fitted my JD tuning poly engine bushes. Fitted a c pillar brace. And fired in a set of blue ignition leads Despite fuckin hating the 85 i decided to finally get it Meisters, the new Zeta CRD+ ones.Old Vs new.Got them fitted.Pretty chuffed overall with the Meisters, still need to set the geo up at work though. Although even wirh the rears at the lowest ride height they are still not as low as id like.Got Banzai at Crail on the 1st of May, really wanna go so my aim is to have it running asap and then have a couple weeks to find / fix any issues. Just hope the 4EFE holds out!Plans for the near future,Set geometry upNankang semis for the frontFit aeromotive 255 pumpFit Sard fprAE86 poly rarb bushes (hope they fit)Get poly drop link bushes for the frontTake it back to Stainless Creations to have the exhaust modded so i can fit my farbGet better brakesThen i might start to like it again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Certainly turned out to be an eventful day! Didn't quite expect to see an engine bay on fire That's for sure! Get that gt broke and the 4paw up and running and go back to giving her death ha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Only fire damge is the oil pressure wire believe it or not haha. Yeah man will do, theres a lad interested in taking it for the efi setup so hopefully it goes soon. Could be doing with shifting the V shell too :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dale SR Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Glad the fire hasn't been to bad buddy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JamesD89 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 You do have some luck with this car man, damage doesn't sound that bad which is good to hear, laughed like fuck at the peach volvic putting the fire out tho haha, good luck up at Crail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 All hail peach volvic! Meisters look the part Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Glad the fire hasn't been to bad buddy!Yeah it coulda been worse!You do have some luck with this car man, damage doesn't sound that bad which is good to hear, laughed like fuck at the peach volvic putting the fire out tho haha, good luck up at Crail.I know man its like it hates being on the road, roughly 12 weeks total out of nearly 3 years. Yeah damage was minimal thank god. Haha its all i had to hand! Cheers, Banzai is normally a busy day at Crail so probably wont get many runs in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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