Toyota Starlet 1.4 GT Turbo 16v Review

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Toyota Starlet 1.4 GT Turbo 16v
3.7 stars
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youknowme's Review of Toyota Starlet 1.4 GT Turbo 16v

10th Nov 2008

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    18 months
  • Performance
    5 stars
  • Reliability
    2.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1995
  • Doors
    3
  • Practicality
    0.5 stars
Good Points

Perfect to start on for your first boost car...comfy and kinda reliable when stock, ok on fuel and look lovely, good to drive.


Bad Points

Torque steer and wheel spin with stock diff... horrible, with a hybrid it pulls you everywhere and just spins up, even in 3rd it torque steers, even as bad as the local chavs rs turbo!
Wheel spin is bad when coming on boost, in wet dangerous to drive even off boost
Stock ct9 turbo are awful... too small and after 1.1 bar they just die and loose power, 180bhp isn ' t enough and doesn ' t give a 'kick' like mine does
They handle shit standard, shocks and springs are perfect, coilovers ruin them
Unreliable when tuned, can be very harsh rides with coilovers and some are owned by utter idiots who talk rubbish.


General Comments

I love my 95 Gt.... bought it for a song around 18 months ago, was shit, needed work but I gave it full attention and now its mint... (Well should I say WAS as I took it off the road so I can get it ready for when I have 1 years ncb)
Did quite a lot to it, plans now are1.3 bar on gt25 hybrid, fueling mods only, then td04 at 1.3 bar on stock management and stock internals and just fueling mods, then 1.8 bar on forged and management... should be quite stupid and pretty unreliable
Handling mods too of course, and brakes maybe but I don ' t want to ditch my 14s...

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