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Old 13-04-2009 | 01:21 PM
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Default my toyota starlet project

i`ve been signed up on pf for sometime but i`ve never really posted so i thought i`d get stuck in, right well heres my new little project i used to have a zetec s now i`ve got something different i`ve had it for nearly a year now, the car currently has black diamond brakes, tien adustable coilovers decat pipecraft exhaust system, fmic strut braces all round and the air filter relocated to th front of the grill heres a couple of pic hope you like






i will put a couple more pics up when i get time
Old 13-04-2009 | 01:23 PM
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i was thinking of having one of them my mate had one the same colour as yours
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i was thinking of having one of them my mate had one the same colour as yours
they aint bad cars touchwood i havent had any major problems so far, i thought i`d be different and get oen you dont see many around my area
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jap crap gezza they suffer from oil leaks lmao lol haha
Old 13-04-2009 | 01:26 PM
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jap crap gezza they suffer from oil leaks lmao lol haha

oi none of that and yea ok that one pipe that keeps breaking lol when u wanna come and have a look at that for me
Old 13-04-2009 | 01:29 PM
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oi none of that and yea ok that one pipe that keeps breaking lol when u wanna come and have a look at that for me
30 mins? lol only joking nice car gezza
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yea ok, you know you love it clarkey boi lol
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yea ok, you know you love it clarkey boi lol
Old 13-04-2009 | 01:34 PM
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Nice clean car mate , my girlfriend has a ep82!
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Nice clean car mate , my girlfriend has a ep82!

kool they are fun little cars, is it a heavily modded one?
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Originally Posted by el_man
they aint bad cars touchwood i havent had any major problems so far, i thought i`d be different and get oen you dont see many around my area
they are so common round my way, not the glanza one's, the other one's...
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i`ve seen a couple of the old ones around but not my shape really
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Looks nice mate
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Looks nice mate

cheers bud, just need moneys to do more things lol never seem to have any spare cash to do anything these days

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kool they are fun little cars, is it a heavily modded one?
forged engine TD04 etc' hoping for 250/270hp once mapped
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Originally Posted by miller3
forged engine TD04 etc' hoping for 250/270hp once mapped

nice! thats my future plans too
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what management you going for?
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only on a unichip at the moment but they seem to make the power' but will prob go for somthing else at a later stage
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Originally Posted by miller3
only on a unichip at the moment but they seem to make the power' but will prob go for somthing else at a later stage

i was thinking greddy ulitmate but jamsport said they will supply fit and map my car for 881quid which i thought was good
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Is that on go-tec?

A lad on tgtt.com is selling a Vipec v44 for Ł745.. looks like a good bit of kit
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Is that on go-tec?

A lad on tgtt.com is selling a Vipec v44 for Ł745.. looks like a good bit of kit

yea i dont think i`ve seen a starlet with a go-tech ecu someone proberly has git one on, just in two minds if i should go for it
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They seem to be good ecu's mate and Jamie will sort you out, Id say go for it
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That vipec is now Ł600 if your intrested http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vipec-v44-stan...1%7C240%3A1318
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why on earth do people with jap crap keep postin on a ford site?
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why on earth do people with jap crap keep postin on a ford site?

Why not!!! We are all in the same game ... Do you not appreciate performance car's???


Think you need to take off the blinkers pal
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Originally Posted by miller3
Why not!!! We are all in the same game ... Do you not appreciate performance car's???


Think you need to take off the blinkers pal
oh i do an im not sayin its a bad car but if that was my interest id be on a toyota site or somethin or maybe even ph, im just confused i thought this site was for ford enthusiasts
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coz we got jap car's dont mean we cant be into ford's as well
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well there is plenty of rooms for specific cars so i think its good to have something thats not the norm
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not being funny mate but im not the only jap person here i`ve had a couple of fords and wont be my last just coz my cars jap does mean im not aloud to be on a ford site, i am on a toyota site but i also like this site i`ve been signed up for abit but just not posted till the other day, its nice to see views on my car and also get help when needed as this site is far more popular than the toyota one but everyone is aloud to say what they think
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Originally Posted by miller3
well there is plenty of rooms for specific cars so i think its good to have something thats not the norm
in that case why call it passionford? an rs200 would be somethin thats not the norm, im not slatin the fellas car as im sure its very nice just his choice of places to post it,
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Originally Posted by miller3
That vipec is now Ł600 if your intrested http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vipec-v44-stan...1%7C240%3A1318

looks interesting, think i might give go-tech ago
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Looks a nice car mate, I attended the Toyota Sprint Series meet at Rockingham a few weeks ago and some of those Starlets were flying !

A mate of mine owns one of the older rwd ones.



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Originally Posted by miller3
That vipec is now Ł600 if your intrested http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vipec-v44-stan...1%7C240%3A1318
Isn't that the ecu that Mark Shead is using ?
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Isn't that the ecu that Mark Shead is using ?

Yes it was brought from him too
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Originally Posted by turbocabessex
why on earth do people with jap crap keep postin on a ford site?
mate im not going to lye but i would say 75% of ford owners i speak to agree that fords are crap as well as i do but yet there is sumink about them
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a little update i`vw had some work done on the starlet the front bumper bonnet and rear bumper have been sprayed here some pics

here it is at the start


after




and the braided oil feed/return pipe fitted as u can see from the 1st picture the standard toyota one broke so heres the new and improved


hope u like
Old 02-05-2009 | 01:00 AM
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nice work mate out of intrest who fitted the pipe for you?
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looking good
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Heres my new cooler being fitted by clarke5700 done a top job! BIG THANKS TO HIM!
right the cooler is now on! fits lovely soo big and the chatter is mad!! we made a few custom brackets to lower it so it sits more flush and the crash bar doesnt block the cooler so heres a couple pics!

old and new


the old fan


the brackets that come with the kit



and the finished product



the top bracket







all done
thats it for now but will be doing more bits to the car soon will keep this updated
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arrrrrrrrrrrrrr thanks mate but ive gota say them brackets are noooooooo way near finished i wanna cut them about a bet en get em powder coated ect ect



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