### EP95 turbo conversion ###

Julian-ep91

Julian-ep91

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Jay said:
It sounds like you are looking for an answer when there is no answer - No one in the UK has broken the EP85 drivetrain yet.

Feed it the power and see what happens. If something breaks then replace it with something stronger. That would appear to be the approach our AWD owners use and their bravery is highly appreciated. :)

We currently have a 200+ bhp and a 240+ bhp in NI and neither shows signs of quitting. I would await feedback from Trevor, Ted, Gaz or Wee John as each of them has firsthand experience in EP85 territory.
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agreed, its trail and error, just uprate stuff as it breaks thats sounds wierd but will be the best way or you may end up spending money where you dont need to
 
Ted

Ted

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theres a guy on here occasionally who has glanza internals in his gearbox so some things can be changed. weejohn has launched his in the dry with 243bhp and nothing even grumbled.
 
cole

cole

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ted said:
theres a guy on here occasionally who has glanza internals in his gearbox so some things can be changed. weejohn has launched his in the dry with 243bhp and nothing even grumbled.
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if they put glanza internals into the ep95 box would this just leave the transfer box as being the weakest link ?

or is there any other parts
 
Phil

Phil

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enright82 said:
^^ agreed, a 350bhp fwd starlet would probly do 0-60 quicker than a 350bhp 4wd, due to drive train loss.
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nope, from what im told the ep85 system, uses a funny transfer box, so until the front wheels spin the back wheels arent driving,

so no extra drivetrain loss until it is necessary to combat wheelspin! best of both worlds :)

correct me if im wrong. :kiss:

Phil
 
cole

cole

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Phil said:
nope, from what im told the ep85 system, uses a funny transfer box, so until the front wheels spin the back wheels arent driving,

so no extra drivetrain loss until it is necessary to combat wheelspin! best of both worlds :)

correct me if im wrong. :kiss:

Phil
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sounds good to me does any 1 no how true this is
 
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Trevor

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Drivetrain.

There is an EP95 over here currently running 300 bhp and no problems.The owner internds to finally run around 350 to 380 bhp.He has built a custom gearbox using bits from the EP95,EP91 and EP82 and a few other Toyota's.Third gear sees well over 100mph.
 
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steve_322

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If you would like Pictures of the internals of the EP95 gearbox and transfer box send me a pm with you e-mail address. You will destroy synchro rings etc in the box before you break anything to do with the 4wd. Do not listen to rubbish about 200-250hp being the limit.
 
_GAZ_EP85_

_GAZ_EP85_

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enright82 said:
^^ agreed, a 350bhp fwd starlet would probly do 0-60 quicker than a 350bhp 4wd, due to drive train loss.
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this has to be the funniest thing i have heard in a long while:p:p
a 200 bhp ep85 will kill a 350 bhp to about 70-80

why do you want/need 350 bhp? believe me you dont need no more than 250 in a ep85,
 
Ted

Ted

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dantheman said:
the 4wd transmission is designed to handle the stock power of 75bhp.. although most things toyota are over engineered so exactly how much power one can handle is anyones guess, and luck probably plays a big part in that too :haha:

what you gotta think though is why you want a 4wd starlet.. ? to get traction.. but if its ganna run so much power that you cant launch it and drive it hard without risking the trans poppin it kinda defeats the object of going 4wd lol
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4wd starlet was 99bhp
 
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Trevor

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250

Aye agreed 250 would be more than ample.Anyone wanting more needs their head looked at.Mine has already been looked at several times :haha:
_GAZ_EP85_ said:
this has to be the funniest thing i have heard in a long while:p:p
a 200 bhp ep85 will kill a 350 bhp to about 70-80

why do you want/need 350 bhp? believe me you dont need no more than 250 in a ep85,
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_GAZ_EP85_

_GAZ_EP85_

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when i first started with mine i was the same, wanted BIG power then when i was running round with 240 bhp you quickly find out that the 4wd are completely different car's to a fwd, the ep85 are not top speed runs on the motorway they are short geared point to point country lane destroy'er's:haha:
 
TO82

TO82

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_GAZ_EP85_ said:
this has to be the funniest thing i have heard in a long while:p:p
a 200 bhp ep85 will kill a 350 bhp to about 70-80

why do you want/need 350 bhp? believe me you dont need no more than 250 in a ep85,
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Ye but your forgeting that he needs some extra power to get the fat arse EP9* shell moving! :haha: lol
 
Ted

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weejohn was put in with scoobies last drag day and won his class with 243 bhp. nuff said
 
_GAZ_EP85_

_GAZ_EP85_

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running my in on 7 psi and was ahead of a 400bhp pulsar untill 3rd gear:p

yeah dont need mad power when you have grip
 
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