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Difference is the Clio V6 are factory, shame they never sold them here :( If the V6 version is anything like the Sport version (2L engine) they are a pain in the ***** to work on. Just to change oil filters requires pulling half the fuel rail off. Classic case of big engine little car syndrome. I have also wondered how you would work on a Porsche 911 engine. Seeing the boot open with that engine makes me wonder just how hard the job must be for the mechanics, especially with its flat design. Just looks so awkward in there. Also speaking of Starlets however, has anyone noticed how far apart 1st and 2nd are apart on the stock 5 speed trans? Most of the time its not a issue but sometimes you notice that 2nd doesn't start to kick in until after 40 and doesn't really push hard until after 60 by this time 1st is already out. Of course in Toyota style the engines torque peak is not until 4300rpm which doesn't help things. Thankfully the car is light enough and the engine strong enough that ordinarally these dont become major issues.

Why would anybody bother though? It would be an absolutely stupid waste of money. I love cars and love spending money on them, but something like that is just ridiculous. As said in my post it'd certainly be ambitious, would cost a lot of money and you'd need to be pretty determined for the Starlet. Yes, common sense would dictate you simply get a car that would handle the power much better and would provide several other benefits at the same time. It is no more redeclious however than say a Renault Clio V6 which essentially loses its backseats and most of its boot space (therefore losing a main benefit of such a car). On YouTube I also saw a supercharged version, this is definately no less redeclious than the ideas I mentioned. Also you have AMG-Mercedes cars which use Twin Turbo V12 engines even though you could just as easily get as much fun and virtually as much performance out of the Supercharged V8 version. Then Brabus come along and enlarge the engine and turbos yet again. Also the post was called "Radical Starlet engine swaps" so I thought I'd just give my 2 cents. The only realistic mod I would think of is perhaps a direct injected turbocharged 1.6L i4 engine therefore providing much more performance without being necessarily radical. Of course other upgrades would also need to be done.

2zz-ge would be quite a fine engine in a ep91, how about the supercharged version? This would be a screamer. If I had all the money in the world (and I didn't want to buy another car) I'd like to see one with a rear-mid mounted 2.0L-3.0L V8 with twin turbos and of course either RWD or 4WD or perhaps settle for a natural or twin turbo v6 in the same vein as the renault clio v6. Of course everything would have to upgraded virtually to cope with the power but sure this could all be possible with enough work. Guess you'd have to pretty determined for your Starlet to do such a thing.

According to my calculations (tyre/wheel size x final gear ratio x gear ratio) at 97km/h (roughly what it is actually doing when it says on the speedo) 6th gear does 2,664rpm and fifth 2,995rpm a difference of about 330rpm. The gear ratios are as follows for reference: 1st: 3.166 2nd: 1.904 3rd: 1.310 4th: 0.969 5th: 0.815 6th: 0.725 In actual fact it could be said that theres 3 O/D gears in that case, what could be done was to either have a even higher 6th gear, perhaps in the 0.6 range or to keep the 0.725 gear, take out the 0.815 gear and have another gear between 2nd and 3rd, and make perhaps 2nd a bit steeper.

I really have to question the need for the new 6 speed trans put in the new lines of corolla. The first 5 gears have the same ratios as the previous 5 speed and the 6th gear is just a slightly higher gear than 5th that in most cases would result in a drop of a couple of hundred rpm's. I would wonder why in fact they didn't just use the old sportivo trans or a new one that provides evenly distributed ratios across the lower gears rather than simply just sticking another overdrive gear on the end.

Would just like to know if features included in the power/safety packs are still obtainable to add in a unequipped with as much Starlet, and if so how could they be obtained? Mine is a 1997 EP91 Life but is the basic one with just a radio/casette player, and 2 speaker stereo with air conditioning. The yellow needles, tacho and position of the temp and fuel gadge looks great on some used car photos i've seen, it'd be good probably to somehow get power steering, power mirrors, and extra 2 speakers at the back if possible, maybe even central locking. It would seem impossible to get the ABS and dual airbags though. Thanks in advance for any help any members can provide.

Hi all, It seems that after I have taken the hub caps off my right-hand-side wheels so that I know how to do it if I one day need to replace a flat tyre, I am unable to get them back on. The manual says they are suppose to snap into place with pressure, this does NOT happen. When I push it one side and it goes in, the other side pops out, and if i try to even out the pressure it simply doesn't go in at all. Would anyone have had an experience like this on their EP91 starlet with what are obviously factory-installed hubcaps.

What a narrow minded idea Toyota had there I would be interested to know why they wouldn't have released a manual version for their so called "performance range" vehicle. Maybe Toyota figured the car would have more control that way ... and remember, the Avalon was auto only, also. Anyway, it will probably feature some sort of manual function ... I know that's not the same as a clutch and stick, but given that most HSV's and FPV's go with autos, maybe Toyota are on the money. Personally, I do believe there should be a manual Aurion, probably the base model and the performance models should have the option. But as to this transmission, why is there two overdrive gears? maybe instead they should just have the one overdrive gear and have another gear in the lower range to help even out the shifting a bit.

Would anyone here know the max rpm for a '97 EP91 Starlet? Also, does anyone know the model name/number of the 5-speed manual trans Toyota use for it? Thanks

On a few occasions I have taken my 1997 EP91 Starlet onto gravel roads in the mountains, and the car seems to manage pretty good but I was just wondering if its "recommended" that Starlets are taken on these saught of roads for any length of time. A couple of times I could feel the car drifting a bit which had me a bit worried, and those tractor tracks had the car bumping like crazy I used some initiative though and left the manual trans in 2nd gear for most of the trip (was a hilly dirt road), didn't seem to struggle up the hills at all.

It would be good if they could diversify their range a bit. I take it theres a good reason why they haven't made a v8 model, but it would be good to have one in the range to make them more symbolically competitive with the big-two aussie cars. surely toyota could dish out one of their existing 8's for it to save a bit of money and fit it under the hood. and also, 6-speed manuals should be an option for the SX6 and ZR6 (zr8 would sound nice, but a bit too much like ford) and the AT-X. understandably at the moment they are entering a new arena and need to be a bit conseratively minded and it seems they have slipped into the big-aussie-6 game, now for the next model they just need to diversify their range more, give each model of the aurion its own character if not minor looks changes. and yes, a while ago i read some replies to a aurion road test and about 80% complained about FWD, maybe toyota could consider making the next aurion RWD (like old toyota models), or even if their game AWD, that would be a kick up the backside of the ford/holden for sure.

Hi all, I am only new to this forum (think I have posted before) and would just like to know where I can find the gear/final ratio data for my 1997 starlet? there is a page of toyota transmissions on wikipedia, but other than a few close calls it seems my trans must not be listed there. I would like the information to assist me in learning advanced stick-shift driving techniques and need to do a lot of rev matching when downshifting and although I dont have a tacho unfortunately, the trans data would help a lot thanks.

Or just use the handbrake which can at least stop you from rolling back whilst you match revs to give the engine enough power to be able to take off. To start with....its better just to give the car some revs and release the clutch slowly then once you feel the car wanting to move, release the handbrake. Overtime you'll adapt to the clutch/car and the handbrake will only become practical for starting on decent hills.

P.S. I will just get it looked at at the next service.

A photo wont be possible but I think it mentions them in the users manual so will scan that ASAP. Thanks