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by **escortman** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:22 pm

i just bought a 1990 starlet sport , it has a 2E motor in it, im 16 so i cant turbo it becuz im not allowed a uninsured car, im currently in a 85 fxgt which has podfilter lowered and exhaust . wat can be done to the starlet to make it beat the fx, i suggested 2 my mechainc a 4age converision but apparently they dnt fit and i cant go turbo, so wat wud u guys reccomend, bein good mates with a mechanic i wont have to pay much labour but i stil only have around $1200 2 play with, my mechanic sed plain the head port polish cams pistons extractors and bigger carb but we r still waitin for a price, but other option is to sell it and find another fx and do that up HELP !!! does any 1 have a good condition fx for sale prefrebaly AE82 cheers

by **Punter** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:12 pm

Personally I would bother trying to work the 2e not the best base to work off.

What are your goals with this car. Meaning why take a slow car and try and make it faster than your current car. Why not spend the money on your FX you'll get a far better result.

by **scotts2hot** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:45 pm

Just tow it with an XR8 or something.

by **CaM** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:54 pm

transplant a 4e/5e in there perhaps? I owuld imagine it's fairly straight forward......

by **86_rolla** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:06 pm

keep the 2E, until ure old enuff / have enuff $$ to turbo it. although there was someone on here with a 2E with CLAIMED 140Hp. from memory he did cam,exhaust,filter,carb,rebuild. i think a couple of topics have come up like this before so try search.

by **EssDub** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:55 pm

chuck a 4AGE in it :idea:

by **EssDub** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:01 pm

scotts2hot wrote:Just tow it with an XR8 or something.

Landrover towing an XR8 towing a starlet more like :roll:

by **Lloyd** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:44 pm

Sell it and start again

If you really want to keep it and go for an easyish swap then you could try and find an injected 2E (2E-E) and wire that up. Not a bad little motor if you want that little bit more go and want a cheap car to run still

Failing that try some of the other E series engines. Injected would be good but it depends if you want to go to the trouble of wiring it all up. 4E-FTE would be good, but you dont want to go turbo and if you're planning that then you might as well just buy a GT Starlet anyway

by **escortman** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:53 pm

Sell it and start again

yeh thats wat im considering now jus buy another fxgt and do that up
this is my curretn fx that im trying to sell http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/auct ... d=36702288
i have done some basic mods but i cant b bothered goin any further with the auto, i mean it goes hard lik i only jus get beaten by my mates mk5 2.0l cortina, if any 1 has or knows of some1 wantin to get rif of a fxgt PM with details

by **86_rolla** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:03 pm

there is a guy A grade auto who is a selling a AE92, black, he sez it has sounds, rebuild only a few thousand k's ago, he said he wants $2800

but you could probly get it way cheaper

by **loose_unit** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:33 pm

5E-FE or a 5E-FHE if you can find one, easy swap if you have the knowhow.

Ive been in a ep71 which had a 5efhe in it and it went bloody hard, would have given a stockish Starlet GT a run for its money.