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are those parts you already have or are you asking if those parts are suitable for a street spec setup?
you want an ecu of some sorts too as that is a limiting factor unless you are going really mildly modified.
some great advice above...especially with that starletsy said about engine health. these engines are getting old now and its always good idea to check its health over before trying to chase higher bhp figures.
i had my stock 4efte (should have forged it on hindsight) rebuilt a couple of years ago after it spun a bearing. its now producing a reliable 233bhp and runs great.
street use i prefer my ct9 blitz k1 @1bar with similar set up as above its more fun.
all depends how much you want to spend.
my personaly opinion is that a stock engine, td04 at 1.1bar is the best bang for your buck.
you can spend more, but the gains are minimal from then on. you can get a larger turbo etc etc, but then it is less usable on the street.
td04 on stock internals (as long the engine is healthy) at 1/1.1 bar (230-240bhp) is more than enough for a street driven gt in my opinion.
yeah you can never have too much power, but that sort of power in a light weight shell is a lively street car.
i often wonder how these gt owners with 300bhp+ cope with driving them on the roads.
personally now, parts are drying up becoming more expensive etc. it's better to stick closer to factory power than to chase the huge figures. i think i'm mainly worried about the gearbox and the availability of parts.
i think for street setup, ct9 180 bhp would be ideal really.
do you know what caused yours to go bang?
i think these cars get a really bad rep at times, but all the reliable ones i know of - inc. big bhp ones - have been built/tuned properly from the get go. not saying yours wasn’t, but would be interested to know what caused it.
another thing to consider, our version of huge figures in a startlet in the uk, totally differs to our overseas starlet brethren’s . many have been pushing the standard 4efte to some really impressive figures over the years.
uks member socks is doing the same at the moment with his gt.
i miss the the quick spool of the ct9 at times, but after driving a ct9, ct9 hybrid and tdo4 starlet, i’d still pick the td04. i’m still yet to drive a tf035 starlet, which many say is the best compromise between the ct9 and tdo4. however since having mine mapped, i don’t find the tdo4 laggy at all for street use. just my opinion. everyone is different i suppose.
another thing to consider, our version of huge figures in a startlet in the uk, totally differs to our overseas starlet brethren’s ;-). many have been pushing the standard 4efte to some really impressive figures over the years.
@djaniero who's mapped your starlet? dyno graph?
used ct9 and ct9b,various ct9 hybrids and now blitz k1,was tempted to go for td12.
second gt on td04 hybrid @1.4 bar is like day and night from td04 1bar.
td04 around 300bhp pointless on lacal roads...
at the moment am really enjoying the k1.
td mapped it fiz. will try and dig the dyno graph out when i have a minute.
as i said above...i do miss the quick spool of the ct9 at times....probably more to do with the nostalgia of my youth when i got my first gt and it was the fasted thing i had driven up until that point lol.
i drove a few ct9 hybrid gts in the past....one i remember the most was a kitaro hybrid which felt really quick off the mark. although the turbo didn't last very long. i think kitaro was actually jd (the guy who was ripping off members with hybrid turbos way back when iirc) but claimed to be a new kid on the block.
would have loved to have turned my td04 up to 1.4 bar (i regret not forging her when i had the engine rebuilt)....what was that like on the roads?
is the k1 similar size /spec to the tf035 ?
@djaniero 100% mate. i took the block to be cleaned and the engine builders could tell straight away that it wasn't built 100% to tolerance.
it's over my head, but the impression i got was that they could tell something wasn't right with the engine.
@calum122 - sorry to hear that cal. if i remember correctly the guys you bought yours from were dishonest with a few things weren't they?
i'm itching to build a 5e engine, but always manage to talk myself out of it. i do most of the work on mine myself and managed to rebuild my mx125 top end a few years back, but when it comes to building one of these toyota engines, i would much rather give it to someone to build who is knowledgeable of them.
luckily my engine builder is a good friend of mine and has built a good few 4e engines over the years and is meticulous at doing so.
as said it depends on the budget and the goals.
a high compression 4efte with a td04 at 200hp will be great.

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