ttestarlet Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) This has been a long term project for me. I've lost interest more times than enough basically due to having other more interesting cars. My initial plan was to turbo it and make it a White SR replica with the decals, TTE splitter, TTE spoiler, set of speedines, recaro interior and oem extras. Anyway here's some pictures. Glanza S front end fitted temporary to clear the intercooler. I bought one that would fit further back but it doesn't lineup with the turbo kit as nice as I'd like. Recaro rear seats and there is a Walbro fuel pump fitted in the tank underneath. Glanza oem recaro fitted along with dash, steering wheel ect. I cut off the inside rear 4x4 seat bracket and welded it too the oem recaro rails then sand blasted them and powder coated them black. I made this rad bracket, blasted and powder coated. The engine was rebuilt with forged pistons and oem gaskets, water pump ect. Vf35 fitted currently but ideally I want something like a ct9 hybrid but more reliable. I cut these out of a glanza shell I had and drilled the spot welds. The plan was to weld them into the rear struts and boot floor so I can fit a oem 3 point strut brace. Edited August 3, 2015 by ttestarlet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 not bad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Love it RyanPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hookie663 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Looking good mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 I've sold my ep85 turbo and been working more at this.I made a 2.5" stainless exhaust, it's 316l grade, mandrel bends, purged and tig welded using v clamps. Also made the intercooler piping up to the same standard. Using black samco and constant torque clamps.I've mounted a massive aluminum intercooler and full size aluminium radiator also. Just some small details to finish before it's complete and I'll upload the pics.The turbo is now a tf035h, I'm looking to get fast response and usable power. Hopefully this turbo will deliver that.Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Loving it, keep us up to date! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 nice diy tig welding love it what do you use to clean / polish the ss back so shiney ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) 3m bristle brush on a cordless drill. Air filter and front mount. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Edited October 3, 2017 by ttestarlet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Engine bay is getting there. The tf035h actuator only holds 0.5bar so I'm.fitting a apexi avcr as neatly and professionally as possible using black pneumatic 8mm air line and o-clip crimps. The radiator pipes are all done in 316 stainless, TIG welded and purged. The black samco joiners were cut on the lathe so the ends are perfect. All the clamps are mikalor. The boost pipes are all stainless also, TIG'd and purged. Same again with black samco and mikalor clamps, the same with the HKS air filter pipe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snails ep91 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 build looks good mate. very similair looking to mine although its not 4wd. wheres the intercooler from? i wanted to do a similair thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Cheers pal. I got the intercooler from rally design. I wouldn't reccomend them. They are a terrible company to deal with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adzy Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 14 hours ago, ttestarlet said: Cheers pal. I got the intercooler from rally design. I wouldn't reccomend them. They are a terrible company to deal with. I'll second this! Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snails ep91 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 thats a shame because thats the exact type of intercooler i want to shorten the route of mine and get of the stupidly heavy hdi one. why were they bad to deal with? Got any more updates on this build. really like what youre doing with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Wow! Going to town on this build! Impressive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glanzadude Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I love the stock Glanza alloys and not much 4x4 starlets i see any more Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 I've speedlines on it now. Having trouble resizing pictures to upload of my mobile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pikey009 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Love the sr idea. I had jacks ep95 before socks had it years ago and my plan was to black sr rep it. Owned it a week and found out my lass was pregnant so panicked and sold it! Look forward to seeing some updates Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 This is how the engine bay sits now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 This is how the air filter ended up. I've new foam in it since the picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 It's also white now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That was quite a unique colour before. Was that the original colour? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Dont know the name or colour code pal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 46 minutes ago, ttestarlet said: Dont know the name or colour code pal. No, but what I was saying was white is a very common colour for those Starlets and you had such a unique colour for it. Almost a shame to have changed it, even more so if that was the original colour. Looking sweet though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Yea green was original. The pics with the orange wheels was the first day I got the car, the ones that came on the car weren't legal and the orange ones were all I had. The picture with it lowered and the Renault megane wheels was getting it ready for its first track day at kirkistown in non turbo form. This was probably 7 years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttestarlet Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 I got a starlet badge of a diesel starlet a guy was selling and some pressed plates made up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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