{"id":75105,"date":"2021-08-03T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75105"},"modified":"2021-08-02T22:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T03:22:24","slug":"vhtracings-starlet-with-a-4a-ge-racing-trento-bondone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75105","title":{"rendered":"VHTRacing&#8217;s Starlet with a 4A-GE Racing Trento-Bondone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=75119\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75119\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=75119\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VHTRacing Engineering Toyota Starlet with a 4A-GE Inline-Four 27\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VHTRacing&amp;#8217;s Toyota Starlet with a 4A-GE Inline-Four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VHTRacing&#039;s Toyota Starlet with a 4A-GE Inline-Four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eariler this year <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=66431\">we shared<\/a> improvements made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vhtracing\/\">VHTRacing<\/a> on their 1980 Toyota Starlet race car. The team is constantly seeking to improve power production from the high-revving 1.6 L 4A-GE inline-four. The motor is paired with a Sadev six-speed sequential transmission and quick-change rear axle. Watch as they put their hard work to good use at the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trento-Bondone_Hill_Climb\">Trento-Bondone Hill Climb<\/a> in Italy. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5tVoO1JjzvY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsV8-oWt0aN4YtTirHDzNLA\">VHTRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eariler this year we shared improvements made by VHTRacing on their 1980 Toyota Starlet race car. The team is constantly seeking to improve power production from the high-revving 1.6 L 4A-GE inline-four. The motor is paired with a Sadev six-speed sequential transmission and quick-change rear axle. Watch as they put their hard work to good&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75105\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VHTRacing&#8217;s Starlet with a 4A-GE Racing Trento-Bondone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":75119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-starlet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/VHTRacing-Engineering-Toyota-Starlet-with-a-4A-GE-Inline-Four-27.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66431,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=66431","url_meta":{"origin":75105,"position":0},"title":"Starlet with a 4A-GE Inline-Four on the Dyno","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"VHTRacing has made a lot of improvements to their Toyota Starlet race car since the last time we shared it. 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