Hi everybody!
I'd like to introduce myself; my name is Alex, I'm 25 y/o and I live in the Netherlands, in the Rotterdam area.
I'm on my second EP71 now. I got my first one, which was my first car, in 2005. It looked pretty cool, lowered -80mm in the front, and -70mm in the rear on yellow Koni struts with a full body kit and a nice audi/vw blue colour. It also had the 2E-E fuel injected engine. The previous owner was getting ready to fit it with the 4E-FTE engine when money troubles struck
Sadly, it didn't pass it's MOT in 2006. To get the 17 (!) failure points fixed (I didn't realise at that time that I could have done a LOT of maintanence/repairs myself) would have cost me at least double of what a regular second-hand EP71 cost around that time, and seeing as I wanted to get a fresh paint job done anyway, I went ahaid and got me a P7 1.3XL Soleil, grey, took al the 'valuable' parts of off my old one and started from scratch.
Well everything went according to plan, be it a bit slower than I had wanted but maybe I'm just a bit too laid back
In the meantime I came across a good offer on JDM Turbo S bodyparts, frontbumper, bonnet and grille, and fitted them. I had my hands on, and quickly sold the matching skirts, as I don't think they get close enough to the ground
I think it looks really sweet (as in bad-ass) and started agreeing more and more with other Starlet enthusiasts that it needed a little more OOMPF under the bonnet, to match the way it looks, or at least to make to scoop on the bonnet usefull. I never felt quite much for the idea of putting a 4E-FTE in as one would've had to **** around with the carb/injection conversion..
Just recently people pointed out to me a once in a lifetime ... This guy in Holland who does a lot of engine/frontcut importing had a 1988 EP71 Turbo S frontcut with the 110HP 2E-TELU engine coming our way. Nice. But what convinced me to get it was that it included the original fuel tank, which has the built-in fuel pump. So no messing around with fuel lines and swirl pots and what not! When I started to disassemble the frontcut I found that it also included the complete wiring harnass, which makes it pretty much plug-and-play!
Now I'm just taking my time taking the frontcut apart, and labeling all plugs on the harnass. I'm in absolutely no rush to swap engines/harnasses/fuel tanks, I just want to be sure to do everything right in one go on this one.
So here I am, just trying to stay in the loop of everything Starlet that goes PSSSHT !!
Some pictures will shollow fortly!
Alex
I'd like to introduce myself; my name is Alex, I'm 25 y/o and I live in the Netherlands, in the Rotterdam area.
I'm on my second EP71 now. I got my first one, which was my first car, in 2005. It looked pretty cool, lowered -80mm in the front, and -70mm in the rear on yellow Koni struts with a full body kit and a nice audi/vw blue colour. It also had the 2E-E fuel injected engine. The previous owner was getting ready to fit it with the 4E-FTE engine when money troubles struck
Sadly, it didn't pass it's MOT in 2006. To get the 17 (!) failure points fixed (I didn't realise at that time that I could have done a LOT of maintanence/repairs myself) would have cost me at least double of what a regular second-hand EP71 cost around that time, and seeing as I wanted to get a fresh paint job done anyway, I went ahaid and got me a P7 1.3XL Soleil, grey, took al the 'valuable' parts of off my old one and started from scratch.
Well everything went according to plan, be it a bit slower than I had wanted but maybe I'm just a bit too laid back
In the meantime I came across a good offer on JDM Turbo S bodyparts, frontbumper, bonnet and grille, and fitted them. I had my hands on, and quickly sold the matching skirts, as I don't think they get close enough to the ground
I think it looks really sweet (as in bad-ass) and started agreeing more and more with other Starlet enthusiasts that it needed a little more OOMPF under the bonnet, to match the way it looks, or at least to make to scoop on the bonnet usefull. I never felt quite much for the idea of putting a 4E-FTE in as one would've had to **** around with the carb/injection conversion..
Just recently people pointed out to me a once in a lifetime ... This guy in Holland who does a lot of engine/frontcut importing had a 1988 EP71 Turbo S frontcut with the 110HP 2E-TELU engine coming our way. Nice. But what convinced me to get it was that it included the original fuel tank, which has the built-in fuel pump. So no messing around with fuel lines and swirl pots and what not!
When I started to disassemble the frontcut I found that it also included the complete wiring harnass, which makes it pretty much plug-and-play!Now I'm just taking my time taking the frontcut apart, and labeling all plugs on the harnass. I'm in absolutely no rush to swap engines/harnasses/fuel tanks, I just want to be sure to do everything right in one go on this one.
So here I am, just trying to stay in the loop of everything Starlet that goes PSSSHT !!
Some pictures will shollow fortly!
Alex
