ke70dave

hey folks, I'm from queens land so haven't had the opportunity to cruise around this track. just curious, what is the actual posted speed limit?

haha not that i know of mate!!! might be a someone camping out in the boot....but i haven't noticed anyone lately...:P yeah i still got no idea whats goin on, i went nuts with carby cleaner, and it runs a bit better now, but still havent been able to improve efficiency. i got 70km from 10$ this week (so maybe 8L) so a lil improvement, but still annoying though :D can't wait to get the 4age in there, i wont mind if i use a bit of petrol, at least ill be goin fast ;)

hey man, ae86 panhard rod is the same as ke70, but ke70 one will be easier to find. if you intend on lowering your car, id suggest getting an adjustable one (100$ on ebay, whiteline). since you need a new one as it is... the difference is only a few mm yes, but if you get wheels that sit very close to the rear guards, a few mm can mean the difference between scraping like a bugger, or driving nice and smooth. pluss the new bushes that come with the panhard will make it a little stiffer in the rear. as for the springs, pretty much any falcon from AU down (not the uber old ones, i think its EB-AU) will fit in, as long as the spring is about 6" wide (just measure yours and make sure its the same diameter) AU falcon is the one to get though, as they are the last model that will fit, and therefore will have the newest/best condition springs. try and get springs out of one of the bigger models, is it fairmont?. the one used for limo's and stuff. they are stiffer springs than standard falcons. i got some springs from a 1989 falcon (whatever model that is) and they are waaayy to soft. <--- just some trivia hope this helps last note: before you do anything, go and buy a hydraulic jack, and some jack stands. best thing you can buy for your car :D

hey matt, thanks for the kind words! yeah i think it might have been easier if i had the proper T18 rear bumper bracket things, but ohh well, its on now, and looking shiny :D and yeah paint is next, then 4age at end of year in uni holidays!! then it should be finished bah who am i kidding, it will never be finished ;)

UPDATE!!!! lest just say the rear bumper was a MISSION!!! heres a couple of pics of what we had to make up to get it to fit on this is using the stock bumper and modifying the crap out of it ok heres some pretty pics of the mess we made... comment away! edit: that toyo sticker is worth like 5kw, and believe me...its worth it

hey thanks for the replys guys, i might hit up the wreckers for a complete 4k carby complete with ALL emissions stuff, just to make sure its not the silly 3k carby, maybe the 3k carby is stuffed... 7.3L/100....ohh man i woudl die for that:P ....hyperthetically of course interestingly enough, i used to have good fuel economy, and i havent changed anything since then (maybe 4 months ago till now) which also makes me think it might be the carby getting worse....or wearing out maybe? i dunno..

hey man thanks heaps for your offer, but I'm in Brisbane unfortunately so might be a little difficult.

yeah the reason i got a 3k carby was cause the guy before me had ripped all the emissions stuff off the 4k carby, and just blanked off all the pipes. and to cut a long story short it barely ran. i read that a 3k carby was exactly the same as a 4k carby except it had no emissions stuff. can someone confirm this? i would use a 4k carby (as i have 2 of them) but i don't have all the emissions stuff to go with it, all the pipes and little valve things. so there are vacume leaks galor, and i dunno which ones you can block off and which ones you can keep etc etc

hey thanks for the replys guys. old corolla bloke --> i must admit i drive like a grandma most of the time, barely rev over like 3.5k. (you prolly think I'm lying, but I'm not). i find the 4k to be extremely slow, and that it needs a fair bit of accelerator to get it going sometimes, even just to get into gaps in traffic. so i guess i may use a bit to much acceleration, maybe my engine is lacking power because of some problem? (I'm not trying to sound like a lil punk trying to get 400hp from his 4k, but this engine struggles to spin the wheels in the wet with 195's is completely hopeless at drifting, pretty much just bogs down as soon as you give it load..is this normal for a 4k? with my decent suspension i would have thought it would spin wheels enough to have fun, by the way all these "tests" were carried out on the skidpan) ignition components are all fine as far as i can see, i have timing set to 10deg BTDC, i havent even looked at the tapets, i checked air filter and it apperas to be ok, although i might get a new one next time I'm at the shops, the choke isnt sticking, it did a few months ago but i fixed that coln72 I'm not sure if the needle and seat are sticking open, i wouldn't really know how to check, it would involve pulling carby apart I'm assuming? I'm considering doing a minor tune up on the thing, getting some new spark plugs, air filter, and goin crazy with carburetta cleaner, reckon that would help?

ahh yeah thats a good point, ill get the compressor goin and give it a blast, i havent looked at my rubber fuel lines, but thats another option. one thing i have noticed is that if i leave the engine idling for aaagess, it does start to over fuel i think...burbles and carries in untill you give it a rev up the street. so i dunno what that means...

thanks mate! yeah its starting to look the part. thanks to beerhead i should have some 8kg springs for the front soon, that will make the ride a bit nicer, anyone wanna buy some 11kg JIC springs:P

hey mate thanks for the reply, thats one thing i havent looked at. i have noticed a slight fuel smell about my engine bay..might be something to look into

hey fellas i need some ideas on my poor little 4k. now not only does my 4k go as fast as a rock, it uses stacks of fuel!! by stacks i mean 10$ (so like 8L) gives me around 60k's before the fuel light turns on ok specs of the engine -150psi all 4 cylinders -3k carby, so no emissions stuff -new sparkplugs a few months ago along with a new coil -new fuel filter and air filter a fair while ago, could prolly do a with a new air filter the engine runs perfectly fine, but just uses so much fuel :D i have played with the mixture screw, i basically just screwed it IN till it ran like crap, and screwed it out a little (just at idle) is this a good thing to do? any help would be greatly appreciated.

hey fellas have not updated for a while, but we have shiny-ness!! front one was easy as to put on , just had to drill some new holes, havent finished mounting the rear one yet, hopefully this week, tell me what you think!

well this thread went to crap pretty fast. alomst finished a ca18det into my mates ae86, bloody thing wont start...but thats another problem for the diff he used a tarago diff, got it modified to fit in the sprinter, cost about 800 to get it to that stage. there apparently is a lsd centre that fits into the housing, do not quote me on this, but i think it was a "Detroit centre" or something, they put them in 4wd's? i think. anayway, i think hilux or torago rear end is the only way to go with these engines, although if you are content with a locker (note, lockers are baaaaddd) then I'm told that a borge warner diff is actually pretty strong. but like has been said, you will prolly have to replace it often..ish. shofter location moves back about 15cm or so, with ca18 box (rb20 box bolts up, and puts the shifter in the original position, but rb20 box is very expensive)

i don't know to much about compressing springs sorry, i guess you just take them to an engineering place or soemthign and get them to compress them, i assume they heat them up as well? as for cutting springs, it is kinda dodgy, but not as dodgy as everyone makes out as long as you have short stroke shocks to keep the springs captive. I'm not sure on your level of knowledege, but a spring being captive means that if you pick the car up by the chassis, and the wheels drop down, the springs stay "stuck" in the car, they are being held in by the shocks. uncaptive springs are particually dangerous (too long of shocks and the wheels drop down to far), as if you go over a large bump, the spring might fall off its proper spot, or even worse fall out of the car (never heard of this actually happenin, but it is possible. ive heard of springs falling off the seats a fair bit though). so if you get some shorter/stiffer springs, and you cut them a little bit, it shoudl be fine as long as you get new shocks that keep the springs captive. also note that when you cut springs the spring rate is increased slightly (ie will be stiffer ride) is this any help to you?

thats the idea :D the front lights owe me $40:P so almost as good as the genuine article, and not 500$ :lol: just took car for drive, and theres a knock in the rear somewhere, thinking my 4-link bushes might be stuffed, as theres not much else that can make a nocking noise that i havent replaced.... ahh never a dull moment with corollas! :y: anyone got any input on what colour i should paint the surrounds, as the matt black i put on is looking a bit sad, i was thinking a really dark silver?

thanks for the comment mate, umm not too much hard work, its all custom though, had to hack it a fair bit to make them fit, its all held in with srips of aluminium which are bolted. good thing is the mounting of the main bracket doesnt have to be exactly perfect as you can adjust the individual beams a fair bit heres another pic also bit of an update, thanks to Matt (little red spirit) i shoudl be getting a T18 front bumper on the weekend, i also saw some ke30 bumpers at the wreckers that looked pretty good, so might get them on wednesday, and use the ones that look the best :y:

i mostly agree with you on that one, I'm of the oppinion that most brand new springs will be jsut as good, but i think the difference comes in with age. ie will the spring still be 8kg in 2 yrs time? i have some falcon springs in my car, picked them up cheap from the wreckers, and they are completely rooted (i never thought i would find "broken" spring) but i did. they appear to be really stiff (when you push on the back of car), but whenever you hit a bump they compress like crazy, and thus make an uncomfortable ride. so yeah in the short term all springs are the same, but in the long term what will they be like... (am i talking crap?) as for shocks, i got some KYB excel g shocks brand new (they are from a commondore wagon) so they are shortstroke and quite stiff, this is for the rear, and they seem to do the job pretty well i dunno about the front sorry, as ive just got coilovers

cheers guys, and yes its just a boring old 4k at the moment, nothing special, not worth the pixels to display the pics.

thanks matt! its coming along nicely heres some pics of the front end (mostly mechanical bling:P) its got CA18 S13 brakes, you can see my stock brakes in this pic sorry if the pics are to big, i think i forgot to resize

well gday guys, i been a registered user on here for a long time, browse alot, but hardly ever post. thought id show you my lil ke70 project car/daily driver started out as a dodgy white slanty fronted ke70. current mods -flat front conversion -corona quad lights, with surrounds -garden edging lip -central locking/cd player -thermo fan (with uber temperature controller thing) -tacho dash -s13 front end conversion, with JIC coiloveres (With way to stiff springs) -holden commonodore shocks in the rear with cut falcon springs -whiteline adjustable panhard rod mods for the future obviously it needs a paint job so thats on the list, then hopefully a 4age soon after that (ive already got quite a few parts) hope you like my car guys :y: started like this

eng1000 is the crappiest subject ever, i got a 6 though!! but i got stuck with this stupid project about damascus swords....thats right swords.... I'm about to start 3rd year at UQ, its getting crazy now....need to work alot.... ohh and also start working as soon as you start uni, its very tempting to leave it to the last minute, but don't do it...ive learnt from experience uni is actually very "easy" if you do work continually through the semester good luck mate :jamie:

if only he had put that much effort into making it properly......can you imagine a 4age that had that much effort put in? *droool*

yeah ive just started me ke70 bulid up from the ground, i don't think ill be goin to the extremes like you have, but you never know... yeah i really gota learn how to weld, ive managed to weld a plate in to fill up a decent sized rust hole..but man it was dodgy:P i was using a cheapy mig welder (one when you have to clamp the thing onto the metal so that it arcs arcross and welds...) i think thats mig. is that what you use? and i really like this helmet idea, that was another thing that drives me nuts, you flick that helmet down and you can't see nothin!! can you explain this electric helmet thing a little?