1987 Toyota Starlet 1.3 SXL

Now that's a cool little daily, even like the softline 5 spokes.

They do suit better then they haven any right to, don't they?

Thanks!

It is, some more options put in the car and another badge at the bootlid

In the mean time, i've upgraded the brakes (227mm solid disks to 255 vented and bigger callipers):



Added a rear spoiler, because it looks nicer:



Took it out on track twice, had loads of fun:




But it was lacking power, i was on semislicks, but my mate, with the same Starlet was just as fast as i was, but he was on normal street tires.
Our cars just aren't fast enough!

So to solve that, i made a plan, which consists of a frankenstein build of 2 engines.

'big' bore 1.3 16V and a short stroke 1.0 12V engine combined, giving me a 1107cc short stroke 16V engine.
Capable of high revs, and delivering some power, i hope to be near 100hp in the end.

It's probably easier and quicker to swap in a 1.3 Turbo from a later Starlet or Glanza, but where's the fun in that?

So far no pictorial updates about the engine stuff, but i found out the 1.0 block differs in height from the 1.3 block, dus making the 1.3 pistons come 2mm out of the (bored out) 1.0 block, or 8mm shy off the deck on the 1.3 block. I'll go for a 2mm headgasket and use the 1.0 block as a base.
Then lightening the crank and flywheel, get the cams reground and uprate the valvetrain, do some port work on the head and add 40mm Weber DCOE carbs together with a nice exhaust manifold.

I hope all this makes me an engine which will go up to 10k rpm, i know the stock 1.0 engine goes upto 7,5 - 8 allready, before the valves start to bounce

It won't be the smartest choice, the engine will probably be frugal, but i just want to see if it's possible to build a stupid engine for my daily commuter

1.1 screamer oh hellz yeah
bike carbs give way more bang for buck

i'm sure it's a hoot to drive, but that is way, WAY above my skillset

Longer rods have their advantages, but just getting the 1.0 block bored out can be done by any machine shop vs finding rods that may or may not fit.

A stupid, new idea found it's way in to my head lately.
Even though my brakes where a great addition to the car, as the stock brakes are poor, i wanted a bit more silly, so i went and bought this:



Celica GT-FOUR 4 pot front brakes with 315mm discs.
Probably more then i ever need, but i just wanted to see if i can make them fit my car.

I wanted to keep the 15" wheels, as i'm not a fan of big wheels on small cars, 15 is the limit, for me, on my car.

So today i went into the barn and see if it's even remotely possible

old 255mm vs. new 315mm discs:




And the calliper goes on as well, i couldn't test the wheel on, as it hits the caliper before it's on the studs, so some spacers have to be bought to get them to fit.



So now i'm going to take a hub of my donor car to make them fit my car, i have a rough idea what i have to do to get them on.

probably, but i just want to see if i can make them fit