Rory introduced me to a mate of his, Anthony at the last Harry’s Diner meet. I’d seen Anthony’s car many times at previous meets, and having had an EP82 Toyota Starlet GT previously, I always took notice of the car with Top Secret gold paint covering a genuine TRD bodykit and massively concave satin black Grids. After a few meets, I eventually got to see under the hood, and my oh my, this has to be the cleanest, most comprehensively modified Starlet GT in the state, if not the country.
JE forged pistons, shot peened rods, port & polish, TRD metal head gasket, 100mm throttle body, HKS fuel goodies, Sard regulator, Blitz turbo, wastegate, manifold, it is a Willie Wonka’s Wonderland of tasty bits! Even the parts you can’t see are all quality pieces, with names like ORC for the clutch and lots of Cusco for the suspension (even door bars!).
Doing the paint justice on a chilly, cloudless night with a very average location wasn’t the easiest of jobs, but with the wonder of photoshop, a couple of flashes turned into a light source that I could use to illuminate the whole car.
Actually I was loving everything about this car, and by the sounds of Anthony’s kill stories, he was enjoying it quite a lot too. Not susprising with 300hp at the front treads on high boost! His friend was so excited that he split his brand new $200 jeans straight down the front at the crotch area, his junk hanging out everywhere.. Fortunately, no pictures of this will be forthcoming!
The interior was a lovely place to be, with a padded half cage, black leather seats with red stitching, Momo steering wheel and Apexi EL gauges complementing the Haltech dash.
Anthony had just taken a deposit on the car too, so by the time this makes it to your screens, he will be on his next project. What will that be, you ask? I’ll reply with a quote: “2JZ engine, no shit!”. Can’t wait.
Engine
4E-FTE
JE forged pistons
TRD metal head gasket
Shot peened rods
Port & polished head
Polished crank
Custom plenum
100mm throttle body
All connected with Speed-Flow fittings and braided lines
Haltech Platinum Sport 1000 ECU
Haltech IQ3 RacePak dash
M&W Ignitions independent coil packs
HKS fuel rail
HKS injectors
Hi-flow Walbro fuel pump
Peterson fuel filter
SARD adjustable fuel regulator
Apexi pod filter
Oil catch can with braided lines
Stainless coolant overflow can
Custom water cooled front mount intercooler
Greddy oil cooler and filter removal kit
Turbo & Exhaust
Blitz K26 turbo
Blitz wastegate
Blitz manifold
Blitz 3″ dump pipe
Full turbo-back 3″ stainless with hi-flow cat
Gearbox & Clutch
Cusco LSD
Ogura twin plate clutch
TRD short shifter
Suspension
Cusco P Zero 2 coilovers
Cusco rear strut brace
Cusco front strut brace
Cusco underbody braces
Cusco brake master cylinder brace
Cusco adjustable panhard rod
Cusco door bars
Wheels & External
16×8″ +10 Rota Grids
Original Tom’s body kit
Nissan GTi-R bonnet vents
Full respray in Top Secret gold
Internal
Full leather re-trim
Apexi EL gauges
Greddy Profec B spec II
Momo steering wheel
Momo gearknob
Kenwood CD player
Kenwood splits
Power: 240whp on 16psi (low boost) 300whp on 20psi (high boost)