New Zealand Starlet Club

NAME : Garreth
MODEL : Ep82 GT
YEAR: 1991
ENGINE : 5E-FTE

Engine Mods:

Turbonetics T3/T4 Billet BallBearing turbo
With genuine K&N Pod filter
Ross Oversized forged pistons
Pauter Rods
ACL Bearings
BLock stripped, cleaned, honed before assembly
Head port and polished
4age valve springs
ARP Head Bolts
272 Degree cams from Franklin Cams
Adjstable cam gear
New oil pump, water pump, seals, gaskets etc
Custom steam pipe manifold
Custom Dumpipe
Custom aluminium intake plenum
EJ20 Throttle Body
38mm TurboSmart Streetgate
Malpassi rrfpr
Walbro 500hp fuel pump
G3 Link engine management
Evo 550cc injectors
2ZZGE Electronic coils
Mocal oil cooler
Remote oil filter relocator
Electronic Boost Controller thru Link
4 Puk clutch with upgraded pressure plate
Streetbitz front mount intercooler
Aluminium intercooler piping
Custom Aluminium Radiator
Oil catch can
Short Shifter
whiteline anti-lift kit
cusco lsd
C56 Gearbox Final Drive
adjustable panhard rod
BC Gold adjustable Suspension
whiteline rear swaybar
HKS BOV

Exterior:

Toms Replica Front
Chaos sideskirts
Buddyclub Rear lip
Quad light connversion
15" CP035 with Toyo tyres

Interior:

Smoke Series Boost/Oil Pressure/Oil Temp guages
Momo Limited edition steering wheel & Gearknob
Stripped for track racing
Racepro Bucket Seats

Thought it's about time i update this. What started off as a stock standard gt starlet i bought back in 2004 from a elderly couple. Iv'e been through a few different looks with different style bodykits, different turbo setups, a few engines and even had a phase where i painted everything on my dash blue as i thought it looked super kool haha. Since the 3rd engine died, the car sat in the driveway for almost a year before i got a bit more serious and decided to do things right this time round. I acquired a very mint low km 4efte and slowly pieced everything back together. The starlet hasnt seen much road use, prob 10,000km in the last 3 years. About a month ago my stock 4e put out a decent 174kw on the dyno but since my new engine is ready to go in, the car is off the road again while i paint the engine bay and prep it for the new engine and hopefully have it back up and running by the 2010/2011 season.

When i first got it:


Engine No1 gone:



Afew mods later and some very heavy chromes:




1st T25 turbo setup:

Engine Blown, sat like this for about a year while i collected some new bits:







New Engine and bits all reassembled:

off to the paint shop:



Fresh New Paint:





New Wheels, chromes had to go. Sitting lower to on the Teins:

Latest photo's, actually about 2 months old now.



New 5efte:

5EFTE Getting Assembled and put in the car this weekend. Will need a oil filter relocator to fit the turbo.

almost done, another week or two and should be running so fingers crossed i'll have it down at nightspeed.

Managed to finish off almost everything, just need slight modification to the dumppipe to fit properly and waiting on GREDDY oil filter relocator kit and thats it, should be up and running. Will run it in with the vr4 coils and then i'll get Glen to change it to the electronic coils. Will have it down at nitespeed, prob the 2nd or the 3rd event tho.

Been a while since i updated this. Not much happened for almost a year after the 2012 4 n Rota nationals failure lol. Manifold stud snapping off, blowing the turbo to manifold gasket, nuts kept coming loose on the manifold and the constant issue of losing all power when driven hard.
I then moved to Perth and the car just sat but now its getting some loving with some new bits getting added thanks to Stu.

- 2zzge electronic coils all setup
- New manifold getting made for new Turbonetics turbo
- New Downpipe and 3 inch exaust on the cards
- New Plenum installed (still got throttle cable issue to sort)
- Mocal oil cooler on its way
- GOODBYE to the Evo front as new Toms front on its way
- Quad light conversion on the cards too

Few Teaser pics for now:

New Turbo:



Electronic Coils & Plenum:


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more to come.....

my yearly update. A Little closer to completion. Keep adding a few extra bits and changed to new alloy radiator as well.

The Angry Smurf returns. Its angry, and its not slow.