Alistair's 2nd EP70 Sleeper

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Alistair
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Alistair's 2nd EP70 Sleeper

Post by Alistair » Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:33 am

As some of you may know I bought Matt (1e-pwr's) starlet, so I thought I'd do an update of where it's up to at the moment. If you're on Toyspeed, too bad, you can read it again :P

Here's some pictures of it, specs below that.

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Body is pretty arse compared to my old one but add's to the sleeper/pos effect.

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Same Corolla steels that I had on mine, albeit powder coated silver this time.

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Pea shooter exhaust....

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Which does nothing as you can see, the real exhaust is tucked up underneath next to it.

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Pretty tidy interior, few seat rips so would like to try and find some better condition ones.

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Turbo dash with digital boost gauge that works! Dash dimmer to the right is now boost control between 6-16psi.

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It has some of these for handling assistance.

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And this is what makes it tick, 5EFTE motor, details below. (Copy paste from the previous owner)

Engine & Box
Engine rebuilt ~22k kms ago, bottom end assembled by Paeroa Engine Reconditioners .
5EFHE rebored block, 5EFHE rods, 4EFTE Ross forged pistons and rings .
Uprated head bolts, new OEM rod and main bolts, bearings .
Ported 4EFTE head and ‘Streetfighter’ spec cams (done by Kelfords), OEM 4EFTE headgasket .
Rods, bearings, head bolts and all bottom end hardware cryo treated .
Custom mild steel manifold with wastegate port.
Motorsport Engineering hybrid Mitsi TD05H, Evo III comp wheel and smallest exhaust housing (VR4 6cm^2) for fast spool, rebuilt same time as engine.
Genuine Tial 38mm wastegate (plumb-back).
Full 2.5” mandrel exhaust, turbo to concealed tip (with straight through muffler). Dummy 1.5” pea-shooter exhaust tip .
Aluminium Civic radiator and 'Zirgo' 4000cfm electric fan.
Modified 5EFHE ACIS intake manifold with VR4 60mm throttle body.
SARD 550cc injectors.
Nissan R32 in-tank fuel pump.
Modified Legacy RS water > air intercooler and pump, VF750 motorbike radiator and fan for cooling IC (painted black for stealth).
Custom mandrel 2.5” aluminum intercooler piping.
Simota pod off turbo that sits in front bumper (painted black for stealth).
Mitsi VR4 coils and wasted spark setup.
Oil catch can (with custom enlarged cam cover breather).
Urethane engine mounts.
C52 5-speed box with TRD LSD (LSD new at time of engine rebuild), Redline oil.
1900lb pressure plate and 6-puck clutch.

Brakes, Suspension, Wheels
EP82 hubs and shafts, new CVs (less than 22k kms ago).
EP82 calipers, new rotors and OEM rear brake shoes (22k kms ago).
EP82 Cusco Zero coilovers and camber plates.
EP71 Si front swaybar.
Whiteline EP82 adjustable rear swaybar (frame-rails modified to suit).
Whiteline antilift kit.
EP71 Turbo-R front strut brace.
Nylon spacers on steering rack ends (wider wheels = no rub).
Corolla 15” steel wheels powder coated in ‘XL spec’ grey (to look like factory 13”s).
4x near new 195/50/15 Hankook Ventus directional tyres.

Brain/electronics
Link V5, road tune by KPR (Kris).
Boost adjust on dash (disguised as dash dimmer knob), 6-16 psi.
ACIS switched at 5k rpm.
Link also runs water to air IC pump (switches when manifold sees 1psi and runs for 30s, pump also has manual override switch).

Future plans include:
Getting semi-slicks for track/aiding in general traction (ordered).
Tidying up the paint further down the track.
Buying an innovate LC-1 or similar to wire into the link and try and learn my way around this tuning thing some more.
Possibly swapping to a 20g cover and comp wheel on the TD05.

Alistair
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
Posts: 152
Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:19 pm
Location: Auckland

Re: Alistair's 2nd EP70 Sleeper

Post by Alistair » Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:35 am

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Got the semi slicks I wanted.

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Helped out with traction a bit.

Also bought an Innovate LC-1 and with some stuffing around got it wired in and working.

Alistair
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
Posts: 152
Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:19 pm
Location: Auckland

Re: Alistair's 2nd EP70 Sleeper

Post by Alistair » Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:37 am

New rotors courtesy of Nick at North Shore Toyota!Also put some mintex M1155 pads.

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Also chucked some DOT 5.1 in at the same time, had a bit of a hairy moment on the motorway when I was trying to bed the new brakes in and the rear cylinder gave up and decided to let the fluid out of the system :lol:

Alistair
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
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Location: Auckland

Re: Alistair's 2nd EP70 Sleeper

Post by Alistair » Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:40 am

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Changed to evo injectors then had Speedtech dyno it, very happy with the result from the little 1.5! The head gasket gave up so I have another on the way from Nick @ NST and have some ARP head bolts coming from TMD in the UK since I couldn't find any here. Was supposed to do a track day on the 19th but unlikely that my headbolts will be here in time and I didn't want to do a quick fix with torque to yield bolts.

No doubt be plenty of track days in the future that I can surprise some cars at anyway!

Alistair
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
16 psi - No more fuel cut.
Posts: 152
Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:19 pm
Location: Auckland

Re: Alistair's 2nd EP70 Sleeper

Post by Alistair » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:04 pm

Wow that was a while ago.

Got this stz sorted again after a few issues. Namely a boost leak which was rectified with a new steel body OEM Evo 9 BOV.

Sussed new wof/reg for it and got the road test/niggles sorted by Speedtech so I'm ready for summer track beating!

Also, biffed on fender mirrors that were an option on the first 85' models complete with blanking plates where door mirrors where.

Quite like them...

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Stu. Mirror envy. :lol:

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