Starlet Love

[JERX88]

I know, your probably wondering what I am talking about, but as of a few days ago, I had a car change my entire outlook on what the perfect car is.

I have always liked the older Toyotas, especially the MR2 MK1, and ST165 Celica AllTrac, MKIII supras, but have recently found a new love, The KP61 Starlet.

Stock, I believe it comes with a 1.0L engine, probably under 80hp, but what a car you can make it into.

Take a look at what got me hooked,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mowlHjh9TSg

Personally, I find this to be the best looking car I think I could imagine. As light as 1500 lbs and a 7A-GTE dropped in one of those would be INSANE. As well as incredibly fun to drive!

So what do you all think?

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

7a is cash now a days. too bad the starlet is fwd, i like them too.

 

[JERX88]

7a is cash now a days. too bad the starlet is fwd, i like them too.

2 things...

What do you mean by the 7A is cash now adays?

And, I believe the the KP61 Starlets were RWD, or at least I thought they were...

 

[mattsplat72]

They are rwd

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

7a motors are hard to come by is what i meant.

 

[x10secondzx2]

All the Mexicans/puerto ricans down here bought those up a while ago, to put rotary's in.

 

[empera]

hehe funny we raced one sunday...with a rotary in it, pretty quick...had a "small" traction issue so we lost

 

[Jeff Lange]

Stock, I believe it comes with a 1.0L engine, probably under 80hp, but what a car you can make it into.

The 4K and 4K-E in the KP61 Starlet are 1.3L engines. They have about 60-65hp.

7a is cash now a days.

Meh, depends if you can find one from someone who doesn't know any better. Though myself I'd still go with a late model 4A-GZE and turbo that, it's a much better starting platform, IMO. The 7A is nice though I suppose...

too bad the starlet is fwd, i like them too.

Starlet went FWD with the 70 series, which was never sold here. The KP61 is RWD.


PS: Starlets are cool.

Jeff

 

[garagefujimoto]

KP61 = win
Forget the 7AGTE.. go straight for a 20V 4AGE or jump to an SR20DET

 

[EdT.Mk3]

7a is SO cash.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

I love starlets.I never thought that they were good handling cars till I saw this video.I mean I saw a drift video in japan with one but I just thought it was all custom stuff.

 

[88tsupra]

I actually saw about two or three starlets in Long beach at the toyota show at veteran stadium.