Bought a 82 Starlet. what to do???
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Bought a 82 Starlet. what to do???
Picked up an 1982 Toyota Starlet. It needs some work even though it runs and drives, the stck motor has to go. I am wanting to use a motor that will not cost an arm and a leg, and be reliable as my wife will sometime drive it. So far I have narrowed my choices down to a Toyota 4age or a rotary. If I go with the 4age I can use my stock transmission till it gives up then I will be starnded till a old corrola GTS (ae86) turns up in a junkyard.
If I go with a rotary I will be venturing into unknown waters with me (my rx7 has a piston swap ) , but parts and motors are easy to come by in salvage yards around here.
If I where to go with a rotor, I will probably just call rotaryshack and get a carb/intake setup to make things easy and clean. 12a's and na 13b's are pretty much everywhere in the junkyards.. what are the pros and cons of each? I will probably end up going with a mild blow-thru setup later on after getting it running if that makes a difference.
Also if anybody has any links to a Starlet with a rotary installed please post them. I am looking for more street type cars, most I have found so far are full on drag cars.
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Randy
If I go with a rotary I will be venturing into unknown waters with me (my rx7 has a piston swap ) , but parts and motors are easy to come by in salvage yards around here.
If I where to go with a rotor, I will probably just call rotaryshack and get a carb/intake setup to make things easy and clean. 12a's and na 13b's are pretty much everywhere in the junkyards.. what are the pros and cons of each? I will probably end up going with a mild blow-thru setup later on after getting it running if that makes a difference.
Also if anybody has any links to a Starlet with a rotary installed please post them. I am looking for more street type cars, most I have found so far are full on drag cars.
Thanks
Randy
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I think maybe you post this in the wrong forum. This is for 1978-85 RX-7. You should be in the "Other Rotary" forum, and you will get better response there. Maybe they will move it for you or else you ask again there.
Another thread about rotary starlet. Maybe one of the people on it can help you. https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...threadid=37422
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Another thread about rotary starlet. Maybe one of the people on it can help you. https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...threadid=37422
Here the search:
https://www.rx7club.com/search.php?s...der=descending
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