Easy Engine Conversion?

[starlet SR turbo]

i have a 1.3 starlet i want abit more power not botherd about having a turbo or not but wich engine could i drop in easy without much work? thanls guys!

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For a little more power you could drop the 5EFE in, From a paseo. Could do the whole swap in a day easy. A 5EFE with port and polish/manifold/decat exhaust should see "roughly" 100 bhp,beofre you need to mess with fuelling/ecu's ect. Engines can be found for cheap cheap aswell if you look in the right places :)

[bigshark]

i've seen on one of the car mags that someone had done a 4AGE 20valve Blacktop conversion to their starlet/galanza (cant remember exactly). not sure how much work that involves tho...

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Yeah, thats was pretty 1 off. The boy had someone do it for him so his thread was a bit "vague" it did require welding and making up new mounts though.

His build thread was on a UK starlet forum ;)

[starlet SR turbo]

thanks ill go with the 5efe engine, which other models dose it !Removed! in or isit just the paseo? because i cant find one!

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Just the paseo....the sera had a 5EFHE, more power due to compression and inlet diffrences but the wiring is totally diffrent so not that easy. Theres plenty of Paseos about,just need to look ;) I'll show off now by saying i have 1 sitting in the garage for "future" plans

[starlet SR turbo]

lol thanks!

would my gearbox fit the 5efe engine or would i need the gearbox aswell?

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Your gearbox will fit ;)

[marklwhittaker]

just a warning about availabilty of paseo engines..

my sons paseo engine seized and we couldnt get one to replace it

not one breaker in scotland had one.

and a few down south didnt have one either!!!

ended up puttin a starlet engine in his car

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Theres a paseo for sale on gumtree for £220 Whole car, short MOT but still worth ripping the engine out and weighin the rest in. Also know of 2 other engines for sale on other forums.Just depends how desperate you are for an engine.Always 1 or 2 pop up.

[starlet SR turbo]

Theres a paseo for sale on gumtree for £220 Whole car, short MOT but still worth ripping the engine out and weighin the rest in. Also know of 2 other engines for sale on other forums.Just depends how desperate you are for an engine.Always 1 or 2 pop up.

cant find that one on gumtree mate :(

[Hou]

personally I dont see the point in the hassle of a 5efe for the small power gain you get, just bite the bullet and 4efte it like a man!

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LOL, theres no hassle in doing a 5E swap, honestly do it in a day. Doing the FTE swap is the hassle, been there and done that ;)

The gumtree paseo is in Edinburgh section.

[starlet SR turbo]

LOL, theres no hassle in doing a 5E swap, honestly do it in a day. Doing the FTE swap is the hassle, been there and done that ;)

The gumtree paseo is in Edinburgh section.

thanks for that but i would take me a good 4 hours just to get there so would rather wait to find one closer but thanks!

[Hou]

Got a full working paseo for sale for 950, all the bits you would need including some nice Seo dials seats etc, about 40 ish miles from Shef!

[foxmanonly1]

i have a 1.3 starlet i want abit more power not botherd about having a turbo or not but wich engine could i drop in easy without much work? thanls guys!

ive put a 4AGE silvertop into a gt turbo Shell. very involved job