New Zealand Starlet Club

While I'm here - thought I'd update this thread. Still have this bucket, still 260kw atw. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJMWrneSyg Need to change throttle body and retune for more power as above - just not sure if there's much point as it kinda works better in real world terms around the 200-230kw...

Well my driving still sucks - drags last Fiday netted a best of 14.085 @176.24 km/h @ 20psi. (Lost to EVL S on that run too - hahahah, small world eh!) A bit quicker than last time but still couldn't get it off the line (2.5 sec 60fts) though the RE11s seemed better than the R888s from 3rd gear onwa...

Spun the rollers to 259.3fwkw on 25ish psi boost at Torque Performance yesterday. Will post the graph when I can scan it. Interesting that it continued that linear scale of 30fwkw per 5psi of boost. I take that to mean we're not running into any major flow restrictions. So not sure where to from her...

Second round of the PCC Sprints last Wed was wet. Really, really wet. The last time I drove Puke in the wet was about 7 years ago in a VL Commodore Turbo so I was kinda nervous. The nerves didn't settle much when I found out I was in the same group as Steve Millen in his Targa spec GT40 and a bunch ...

No major updates, just been out having fun in the car. Hit a track day at HD on the 2nd of Jan and warped the disks, fixed that and a few other minor niggles and the next outing was a fantastic afternoon at the Puke Car Club Sprints on the 3rd of Feb. Never really got a chance to settle into the Puk...

Assemble with turbo kit from USA - but oops flash downpipe does not clear brake booster on RHD cars http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/turbo_phil/Dubshack%20Project%2009/th_DSC02847.jpg Make own system (we'll be redoing this whole lot next time the engine is out actually as we're not entirely ha...

Rear window shape looks wrong, soooo make custom window frame http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/turbo_phil/Dubshack%20Project%2009/th_DSC02056.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/turbo_phil/Dubshack%20Project%2009/th_DSC02076.jpg Then we decided a track theme and roll cage would be a goo...

Kind of a spin off from the current Nightspeed thread for anyone interested. I'll try and make this an epic and glamorous tale while trying to steal all the glory - when the reality is it's a bucket load of hard work and largely the genious of my friend John with sometimes helpful input from me alon...

A couple more from Monday arvo with Shams behind the wheel. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/turbo_phil/3Ps%20Starlet/StarletHD11-01-20102.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/turbo_phil/3Ps%20Starlet/StarletHD11-01-20103.jpg HD is awesome - makes me realise I can't drive for sh#t though!

Shams behind the wheel at HD yesterday. 1:24s ish on street 185s. I think he's turned in a little early here

NAME : Phil MODEL : EP82 YEAR : 1994 ENGINE : 4EFTE Well after many years I got motivated today, gave her a wash and took a few pics. So figured I'd throw 'em up here to actually contribute something beyond my normal piss take comments. Showing my age when I say I've been in and out of Starlets sinc...