Production of the car ended in December 1995, but the popularity of the car is still maintained by a cult of drivers, mainly as a used import. The tail lights remained the same, but the full length center garnish was replaced by the small ones on each side. The second minor change was given in May 1994, this time with 4 round quad headlights combined with the mesh grille. At the time, acceleration times like that were only found in expensive coupe's and large cars and thus its' "affordable power" created an instant market for the car.Īs other JDM Starlets, the GT Turbo got minor change in January 1992 with new bumpers, and rear combination lamps. It was powered by a turbocharged version of a Toyota's E Engine, the 4E-FTE, and boasted power figures of 135 bhp (101 kW) 6400 rpm which, for the extremely light Starlet, was enough to propel the car from 0-100 km/h in under 7 seconds. We don't have emission testing or laws over here so I can't help with the third question.The Toyota Starlet GT Turbo was based on the 80 series of the Toyota Starlet, and was first introduced in 1990 as a successor to the 70 series' Turbo R. The engine is a direct swap minus the harness and ecu. The guys here just get a front cut, and the suspension components and bolt them onto the ep80-81 shell. On all these conversions the ep82 bars and braces were also transfered to the ep80-81 shells, making it more rigid in those areas.Īnswer: All of the parts are a direct swap with no mods needed. Over here when the 4efte engine has been put into the ep80-81 shell, there has been no issues with chassis or body weld failure. I would suspect there is a chance that the EP82 chassis may be stronger, slim as that may be. The euro1 standard says 2,72g CO per km I think.Īnswer: The only difference I think there is with the non turbo and turbo model's body is addition of anti-roll bars/braces on the body. Since Great Brittain is also an EU country I think you have to follow the same standards, but it seems you have some special MOT tests for exhaust emission that the car has to pass quiet often? Anyone how have a link to the british standard emission standard or documentation that it follows euro1? The Starlets in Denmark have to approve the Euro1 standard in emission. Does parts for EP82 bolt directly on EP80/EP81 without any mods? then it will be easy to document that I swapped the entire suspension with the one from an EP82.ģ. The body of the cars is the exact same?Ģ. The only difference in Toyota Starlet EP80, EP81 and EP82 is motorsize (EP80 = 1.0l, EP81 = 1,3l, EP82 = 1,3l Turbo.) and luxuary equipment such as air condition, power steering etc. This documentation can be done by either sending the car to Germany for emissiontesting (costs 1500£ per test, so this is not an option) OR find car which uses the same motor and some papers on what emissions standard it follows.ġ. Emission requirements - The new motor must meet the same standard as the original motor, and this need documentation. So I need to document that EP81 and EP82 bodys is the same and I used the brakes and suspension from an EP82. This has been documented before in a BMW 320->325 conversion where they documented that the 320 and 325 uses the exact same suspension, and that the brakes had been upgraded to the same size discs as the 325 uses. Technical suitablity - You have to document that the increase in bhp and topspeed can be handled by the supension and brakes. In order for them to accept the conversion from a Starlet EP81 1,3 XLi with 75bhp to a Starlet EP82 1,3 GT Turbo you have to document : I'm aiming to get all mods authorized as I don't wanna mess with the ensuarance companys. Denmark have very strict rules in tuning and lot of documentation is needed to get the mods authorized. My quest is to build a left-hand drive Starlet GT Turbo as I live in Denmark. I'm new here, and have a lot of questions regarding the Starlet EP82 GT Turbo which I hope you can answer.
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