The speed addiction...

I now understand it...

I have always had average cars, with no extras or anything special. Finally I have myself a little racey number, and I can fully understand why people love to speed.

Here is my Toyota Starlet GT Turbo, and I absolutely love it! Only had it 2 days now....but damn! Sooo cool.
http://www.biggie.co.nz/photos/pxt/detail.php?photo_id=5068

Anyone else find this? Once you have a car that is quick you get kinda hooked on it?

Gonna spend a few dollars on it now?

I've always had the 'need for speed' really, I think what grows on my a lot more than speed is how a car feels to drive - how the steering feels, how the seat feels, handling, etc.

Nice looking car

What made you buy it after all your denouncing of car people?

Yea man i been into since i got my licnse on my 15th B Day. Always have gone 4wd...can't get enough of it...The handling/cornering at high speeds is great...Knowing u can loose traction but still hav control!

Now hang on there....i wasnt that bad, i was just curious as to why people spent so much money on them.

As for spending money on my car, no, i wont be, as a lot has been done to it already, and it's also an asset i cant afford to waste money on. I will be selling it next year for hopefully more than I bought it for.

Ah u've discovered turbos! welcome

GT starlets are cheap as !@#$ to do up, good little sleepers, enjoy understeer in the wet assume its manual?

My first car was a Mazda Familiar GTX 1800 turbo 4wd so got into small turbo cars from the start.


Much happier with my Skyline now thou, can't beat rear wheel drive for fun

yeah it's been fun to drive today....in the wet...hehehehe.

5 speed manual....of course...but like i said i wont be spending any money on it, it already has mags, been lowered, nice stereo with amp, filter and a smaller steering wheel.

So all the unimportant stuff?

Just spend a bit on an exhaust in a couple of months

Starlet is such a girls car



Nice card dude, hope you are very happy with it ...

and get a boost controller, u only need a cheap one $100, but you'll like the difference a couple of extra psi make

Oh yeah it has an aftermarket exhaust as well....but its not a noisy one....

Blade - will that significantly improve the performance of the car? Will is save me money on petrol? If not why would i bother?

Q - thanks

Good

Sounds like you're set

Yes it will significantly improve performance, no lol it will cost you more in petrol but its all relative, how much petrol costs you in a turbo car is hugely dependant on how you drive it, driving around normally then giving it a good squirt every now and again you'll be fine, if you drive around with your foot up it the whole time it will cost you more...

Why would you bother? GT starlets like most turbo cars even lightly modifed aren't that fast, you can add a filter and an exhaust etc but while they free up the motor you dont really get a decent performance gain like you would on a rotary or V8, the only way to get a good power increase especially on a 1300 turbo is to crank the boost up a bit, I dont know what they run standard but a filter and a half decent exhaust will usually put it up 1 or 2 psi already which is nice but not quite there yet. I'd aim with your car to run 10 to 12psi

Whats very important and what you should buy regardless is a good quality boost gauge, this way you can see exactly what the engine is boosting (factory boost gauges if it has one are rubbish) and where there is room for improvement, from experience fitting a boost controller and turning it up by as little as 2psi (remember too high and you'll see a rod out the side of the block) will give you a nice smile widening performance gain that you'll be more than happy with and it wont adversly effect the car but u'll have a very quick little car

unless ya do that and are happy for a little while then decide that a couple more psi would be good... then a front mount intercooler and while im doing that i can upgrade the turbo (ps a Mazda Familiar GTX turbo is a nice upgrade for GT starlets) and if i upgrade the turbo i need bigger injectors and a bigger fuel pump and then i need an aftermarket ecu to run the lot then... where did all my money go??

But, I'm not worried about the speed of the car, at the moment it's quick enough as it is. A faster car would be nice, but unless it's going to mean I can sell the car for a little more then I won't bother.
It does have a standard boost guage...

No matter what you do you wont get more for it (unless it becomes an award winning car)

Drive it for a while, get used to it, then if u feel like a bit more go do it then.

Get an aftermarket boost gauge, I can recommend Autometer (cheap and do the trick) you can buy them from most car places like Woottons or probably Repco, any modified car wheather its slight or not NEEDS an aftermarket gauge so you can accurately see what going on with the boost and wheather its spiking or overboosting, the gauge can be a good hint at any issues you may have along the way, remember turbo cars are far less reliable than naturally aspirated ones, having said that I have had no major problems with either of the turbo cars I have owned (im one of the few lucky ones)

well my foot aint constantly on the boost so its all good...

I am saving money you see....moving to Canada next year.

fair enuff, I'd move to Canada to, its mint

I agree. I have more fun in my NA 5spd silvia than the old auto twin-turbo 300zx.

It is, I was there last year....loved it so Vancouver here we come! And then there's the skiing...

boooost is addictive, i swaer its like a drug

a car is not an asset, its a liability. unless it rare and classic
my two cents

thats coz you can change gear in the Silvia and the 300ZX's are heavy bastards, auto - manual, apples - oranges

"Theres no power like turbo power"

I love driving my mates turbo cars!

Nothing like cruising along and then feeling that boost kicking in and the sound of the induction as everything winds up

I nearly have my car paid off but im still looking around at various cars (mainly skylines heh) at what I should go for before i decide and spend the money

Unless I paid way less than the car is worth....it's my place ticket to Canada...and some...

Fully agree, thats why im gonna get one of these at the end of the year http://www.4500x.com/RX7/frontpage.htm

only 1500 limited edition R's were produced.

well i would support such an action.
they is quick as cars. good value for moolah i reckon

yeah thats what i think, awesome value for money and 0 - 100km in 4.5 seconds from factory, can't argue with that!

I want Blade's car!

and for umm $80k u can have it I'll even through in a couple of floor mats and a slightly kinked standard bonnet, bargin!

Actually I want my car, the poor thing has been holed up in the garage for far too long, so much work to do and the weekends are so short...

Wow $80k? Bargain
Do I get the radar detector with it as well???

yup I'll be happy to throw in the old 985, I got a V1 now

Wikkid

I have a white 94' example of the same car