TURBO SPECS
The idea for a turbo charged Toyota Starlet wasn't a new one. Back in the early eighties power crazed Toyota fans found that adding forced-induction to the popular 4A-GE engine and shoving it into the lighter Starlet body, then rear wheel driven, a potent package was created.
Built to deal
with the 'hot hatch' craze the Starlet Turbo (EP71) was
introduced sporting a 1.5 12valve engine with a power output of
115hp. No much by today's standards but a lot in what was a
flyweight body. By the time Toyota got around to having a factory
turbo-charged Starlet front wheel drive was the standard for all
small cars and they took the flack for it, but eventually its
dynamics made it a success. In 1990 the Starlet GT Turbo
(EP82) was revamped with a dual mode turbo, a smaller engine
boasting more horsepower than its predecessor, and a more
aggressive look that screamed boy racer.
The new turbo-charged 1300cc DOHC 16valve four-cylinder engine came equipped with a dual mode turbo system. Dual mode simply enabled the driver to select between what were basically two boost levels. On low mode only 115hp was available cutting down on gas consumption while normal mode unleashed a healthy 135hp for spirited performance. As it was turbo-charged the GT was easily as class leader. During its production run the GT underwent the typical Japanese facelifts maturing with each.
In 1995 Toyota's focus changed. Following the Levin/Sprinter/Trueno formula Toyota spun off the performance oriented Starlets into their own body styles and names. In came the Glanza name. More up market than previous models, the Toyota Starlet Glanza (EP91) appeared with the aim of keeping the aging performance crowd. Like the GT and GT Turbo the Glanza is available in two flavors, S and V. The Glanza S has the 115hp 1500cc 16valve engine. Mechanically the Glanza V shares a lot with the EP82T as it keeps the same 4E-FTE engine and the antiquated trailing arm rear suspension. It loses two horsepower but sheds some weight.
Displacement:
| 1331cc | |
| Compression Ratio: | 8.2:1 |
| Bore & Stroke: | 74 x 77.4 |
| Power Output: | 133hp(100kw)@6400rpm |
| Torque: | 16kg/cm@4800rpm |
| Injectors: | 4 x 295cc/min |
| Turbo Model: | CT-9 |
| Factory Boost: | 0.40bar(5psi)Lo 0.65bar(9psi)Hi |
| The above is the standard spec (EP91, Glanza) produced by the tOYOTA mOTOR |
EP82 & EP91 - jUST a cOMPARISON
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| EP91's CT9(B) | EP82's CT9(A) |
| CT9(B) IN brade is bigger than CT9(A). | |
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| EP91's CT9(B) | EP82's CT9(A) |
| CT9(A) has 8 EX brade but
CT9(B) has 9 EX brade. CT9(B) TUBO is good respons. |
MODIFICATION - ENGINE
We also made a drastic modification to our machine. Besides the 2e & 4e-fte engine, some of starlet fans in Malaysia converted their eps with the following engine. Eventhough, the size and capacity of the engine seemed to be impossible to do so, but with the creativity and also racing spirit the job could be done as requested.
Black Top - 4 throtlle
This is what we called "black top" 4 throtlle, the output power estimated around 160 bhp. The original engine for the Levin. Come with 2.0 engine, and the above is special edition tuned by TRD.