Yes yes, finally i have got round to doing something major on the EP82 which would offer substantial performance gains. As for those who have read the previous posts you will know i had made several purchases of engine and electronic tuning products from all over the world. On Monday the 25th Feb i booked the car in at the garage to have a new clutch installed then for the rest of the week i would be using the garage to install all the tuning parts i have bought. It took me just over 3 days to install all the parts which is quite quick considering i had never done anything like this before. It was a great learning curve for me though and luckily the 4E-FTE is quite a simple engine to work on.

I have to say after working on the car all day on my birthday its been well worth it, just the aesthetic of the parts in the engine bay along with the cam cover i painted look amazing. I never managed to take many progression shots whilst i was working on the car as i was really busy fitting all the parts so its more a before and after style set of shots but still worth looking at.

On the ramp


Getting somewhere near



The finished article



I've talked about installing and how the parts look but now for the performance, i must say that it is awesomely fast now, with the new clutch and many other new replaced worn out parts the whole car feels like new and the torque is also greatly improved. The thing i love the most has to be the noise, it makes so many different sounds that just makes you want to push it hard every time you sit behind the wheel. The turbo spooling with the short intake, the bov fluttering and the exhaust popping at high rpm's, i have recorded a few video's whilst driving around so i'll upload those in a few days time once i've edited them. I have also booked the car in the for a power run on Saturday 8th March so i'll know exactly what i have gained from all the parts. I have an absolute shit load to type but i'll leave it for the next time i post. Cheers for looking.