ROFL - just re-found this post again - now it's been 3 years instead of just 1.5. I still have our sera - it's now been 13 years of ownership and I did the turbo conversion. Woo hoo. :) This is a recommended mod in a big way, especially on an automatic. Why did it take me so long? Power is up about 20% but it's 200% more fun to drive. I'll admit, lag is very noticeable with the auto so getting the car moving is slow, but as soon as you reach 10kph, boost starts to build and acceleration is smooth and firm. I did spring an air leak on the manifold which caused the car to idle at almost 2,000rpm. This eliminated the lag issue and even chirped wheels on take off :) As for performance statistics, I haven't measured it on the drag strip, but it has enough power to spin the wheels (while cornering) and my guess at 1/4 mile times is an improvement from 20 seconds to 16. Traffic light grand prix shows this auto 1.3 turbo to be as fast as a 1.6L manual Satria GTI. My conversion method - I was lucky to find a wrecked Sera at a wholesaler auction - it already had the conversion with an EP82 4EFTE and the whole car was cheaper than a front cut. I found someone to swap the engine over, keeping the Sera's auto and we also had to change the plug on the knock sensor wiring, extended the wiring on the intake temp sensor, fitted the exhaust and plugged in the 4EFTE manual ECU. I may have made that sound easy - I didn't do much of the heavy work, the great mechanic did all of the hard stuff and I just helped as much as I could. Onto the road it went and then I found out the seals in the turbo were blown :( Luckily it was simple to replace, I even did it myself :) Last things were engineering certificate, convert top mount to front mount and now the job is done. I got lots of help & info from the people over at AuStarletClub.com so recommend them for specific Starlet or 4E/5E engine related info. If you want to see my (wife's) car, check it out at Toyotafest October 6th 2013 at Castle Hill. (The website hasn't yet been updated, but stay tuned if you're interested, or look for threads on Toymods forums: http://www.toyotafest.org.au/) Cheers!