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Hello, when I start my starlet it begins to backfire lightly on idle. It starts fine and idles fine. The old engine was damaged, and now we have put in a 5e with 4efte pistons and. I have also wired in a AEM fic it starts fine but also backfires on idle. I plugged in the jumper harness I...

Hi, We have an EP85 tranny and something is broken in it so we opened it up to see what the problem could be. We also have a Glanza V tranny that's damaged from the outside. Both trannys are open right now. The EP85 first gear is very short..., So We want to change it, is this possible...

I've bought a new AEM FIC controller very cheap from a friend. I've read the installation manual and a few questions in the installation manual confuse me. Here are the question: Does your vehicle have a mag or Hall style Crank Sensor? (which one does the Ep82 have and how can I find it on...

Hi. I blew the engine a while ago, and when split the gearbox from the engine I saw a crack inside of the bellhousing where the flywheel sits, and I could see a little oil coming from it. my engine is no good anymore, the block is torn, a rod doesn't exist anymore,the rest of the rods are...

Whatzz up everyone, I Blew up my engine, a 4EFTE, and now I want to try out a 5E Turbo, I have a 5EFHE block complete (I put in 4EFTE pistons) but the crank that I have is damaged,. The problem is in my Country (Suriname) we have machine shops but they don't have equipment to Balance...

Hello, I'm busy with my 5E engine , but my crank is damaged and has to go to the machine shop. The guy from the machine shop says to use 0.002''rod and main bearing clearance it doesn't sound right. I have read that the mains have to be a little tighter than the rod bearings. I have bought 1st...

Hi, i have a 5e crank that has to be oversized. i brought it to a machine shop and they measured a clearance of 0.003''. my question is if you bring a crank to 1st oversize do you have to balance the crank if it's done?

Hi, i've bought a 5e engine from a friend, but the crank is damaged... I'd like to know if it's a good idea to machine the crank for oversized crank and rod bearings...

Hi all, so i have a EP85 with a 4Efte stock engine. Not long ago my brother blew up the engine. Yesterday pulled off the oil pan to check the damage...., here are some pics:

hi all, my friend has a glanza V and came to me today cause the car is sputtering when you mash the pedal and also kinda misfires on idle. it is full stock, with a/t gearbox. i checked for codes but got nothing... he bought a new set of sparkplugs i gapped and changed them but didn't change...

hey all, my brother bought a turbo kit for his AWD starlet with stok ECU and no FCD and the guy who installed it set the AFPR at 80Psi so my brother went to a friend who has a wideband to set the AFR but his friend also cranked up the boost with a manual boost controller so the first time he...

hi all,my brother's gonna forge his engine and likes to know how much horsepower the AWD gearbox and it's components can handle? can the awd starlet guys help me out please?

hey my car is idling high..., so i changed all of the vacuum hose, cleaned the throttlebody, ICV and Iacv, still idles high. i asked a friend to lend the spare he has to see if it;s my ICV valve and he told me it's not necessary it can be checked... we removed the solenoid started the car and...

hello i was wondering what will happen if you remove the shaft coming from the gearbox connecting the rear driveshavt on an awd caldina with a/t gearbox. cause the car consumes a lot of fuel the engine has no problem, so i was thinking of making it lighter for the engine if i remove the...

hi, i'm really confused, i have an external wastegate and the guy who installed the kit used the intercooler piping like a vacuum for the wastegate, but my friend who has a turbo honda used his intake as vacuum for the wastegate. i searched and searched and couldn't find the right answer..., a...

hi all, so i took my brother's EP85 for a drive today and tried to shift fast, so i was driving on a straight road and tried shift fast from 3 to 4 but it accidently went into 2nd i didn't leave it in 2nd when i felt that it isn't right i put in Neutral quickly. could i have damaged...

hi my brother's gt starlet 4WD gets really uncontroleable, when boost comes in the car pulls to the right and when you pull back it goes to much to the left. my suspension is all good, went to the shop to align the car they told me it's good. except i 've noticed that the car doesn't have a...

hi my starlet has a high idle problem, in the beginning it would idle 1800rpm, one night i started her i don't drive her everyday(i have free flow the cops are a pain in the a$#), and the car started idling 2200rpm. - i checked the vacuum lines all are good(changed the ones that looked old)...

i bought a apexi turbo timer but cant find the harness. so i want to install the turbo timer without a harness (hardwire). who knows the colour of the wires of ignition 1 and ignition 2 of the toyota satrlet EP82. - i already have a autometer afr gauge(not wideband) do i have to install...

hello, i have a stock ECU, i've read that on 1 bar of boost the afpr has to be on 45psi or something like that. what i like to know is how much can i set the afpr at if i am boosting 12 PSI? now i'm boosting 10 PSI the problem is the guy who set up the afpr adjusted it on 80psi, when i ask...