KE ping it real

And i should also mention, it sounds insanely good Soooooo happy with it I'm just running two resinators and it seriously sounds like a race car

Some more photos Unfotunately i didnt get a a picture of it when we finished cause i ran out of time but i will post one when i take one cause it looks great

Alright Well i got some good progress happening today, had the day off work so i arranged with the exhaust bloke who got me the extractors to come into his shop today and fit extractors and new 2" exhaust. It was an awesome experience doing my own exhaust, he basically got me doing everything except the welding I took manifolds off, cleane up the faces cut and bent the piping, I loved it! It was actually quite interesting too, he was showing me different ways of doing everything and explained the maths of some of it. I know its a pretty simple thing mechanical wise but i was happy to get into it and do the work myself and learn Anyway here are some pics

Lock it in Eddy i will be there, Rego Done :dance:

Ok so i finally got registration today WOOOHOOO :dance: :dance: :dance: Happy as a pig in shit, now i will definitley make Toyofest in October Ive got Monday, Tuesday off as well so will be fitting extractors and exhaust then as well as doing something about lowering tho front end (sitting way to high Haha) Also found a small water leak at the back of the thermostat housing so i will get that fixed as well Will post pics as the progress happens

Going for second attempt at blue slip tomorrow so fingers and toes crossed, this will get me to the show

Hey Mick that's looking great can't wait to se it in the flesh soon, I'm trying to get my engine bay more detailed too I'll be keeping my eye on this thread

Thanks mate, i'm going to go through the whole engine bay the same way so it should look pretty trick when its all done Everywhere i look though there is a lot of brackets to spray and screws to replace Ha Ha When the car gets sprayed down the track, the black strip will go but i may add another one or two somewhere else Ok so interior plan will be as follows Carpet will be replaced with new black carpet, Front seats will be replaced with some new sports recaro style ones and rear seat will be retrimmed to match. Also planning to have 'KE 30' Stitched into the backrest of the rear seat in blue to match the outside colour. I'm going to make new door cards that will also be retrimmed in black and re attached using exposed stainless square drive button head self tappers( should look good with the black trim behind them) I'm going to make some new stainless interior door handles, and winders and latches will be replaced with new Dash will also be re skinned black Interior plastics will also be changed to black And new parcel shelf made and black carpeted Then i have some stainless sheet to make a new surround around the gearshift, a new black gear boot then a stainless knob Another piece of the same stainless sheet will be carefully holesawed and fit around the original gauges and a small autometer tacho added to the drivers A pillar Any and all other fasteners in the cabin will be replaced with stainless So far thats whats planned for the interior :wink:

More Photos

Ok so i got a little progress happening today I'm waiting for money to get it registered which will be in about 2 weeks so i thought i would do a few things in the meantime First i installed my standard accessory , the sports steering wheel much better than the standard one and i changed the black countersunk screws you get with the boss kit for some nice stainless ones from my work, this will help with the interior theme that will be black, blue & stainless accents Anyway the next thing was to start taking off some of the cover plates in the engine bay and some brackets to take back to bare metal then respray black, this theme will carry through the whole car I then also started replacing a lot of the old rusty self tappers and replacing them with new stainless ones from work (loving my job for this reason endles fasteners all stainless) So basically bit by bit i'll go through the whole engine bay and spray black accents and replace everything with stainless fasteneres Anyway here are some pics, please let me know your thoughts

Hey Mate your car looks awesome, any more detailed specs on the engine? I'm looking at building a similar spec 4k so just wondering what has worked for you Cheers - Andrew

At this stage interior is average at best but that will change soon Got a whole bunch of gear to start detailing engine bay will be taking off a lot of little parts and respraying them to make it look better, i also have a few things to start working on the interior, a nice sheet of stainless steel so make a surround for the gear boot Plenty of progress to happen real soon so stay tuned :yes:

Ok so blue slip didn't go exactly to plan today looks like I have a few things to do Secure battery better - all I have to do is tighten one nut Drivers seat belt not retracting - it does now Key comes out of ignition while on - get new key cut, piece of piss Put factory air filter back on- 2 minute job I have the parts Small amount of rust in drivers side sub frame 20c piece - cut and weld plate And small amount of rust in passenger side guard - small weld repair So overall not to bad On a better note though ,I made an enquiry yesterday at the exhaust shop opposite my work to hunt down some new extractors for me Sure enough outside having a smoke and courier walks up to me hands me a big bag and says this is for you Exhaust bloke rang an old contact had a brand new set of k extractors still all wrapped in plastic from a job he never did 5 years ago So happy days and woohoo brand new extractors= 1 carton of beer

Ok so carby now sorted, she starts runs and idles beautifully . Got a new choke cable as well which I will fit on the weekend I need to get a new top radiator hose though adjusting the clamp did nothing so will get onto that soon too The surround around the no1 spark plug has now been sealed so no more leaky leaky My mechanic mate checked the clearances for me as well and the timing so she is now pretty much sweet Going for blue slip tomorrow so fingers crossed she needs not much work if any at all

Hey mate, the guy I bought my 2 door from has 2 more of them for sale don't know condition of them but pm me if you want some details, he is in Vic though

Hey mate your car looks HOT!!! I'm not normally a huge fan of the 20's but in that orange it just looks awesome Good luck with the build

Also i got the starting issue sorted, starts first time every time now, needed a good clean out so the carby came off, cleaned everything out and is much better. Also the choke was mounted backward so that has been rectified too, Just need to get a new choke cable which should happen tomorrow i still need to sort out the idling issue though, think there must be a small blockage in one of the jets still so carby will be coming back off tomorrow for another once over I also need to get a new hose clamp for the top radiator hose as it seems to spray the engine bay with small droplets of coolant when it gets up to temp. The other thing seems to be the spark plug surround on the 1st cylinder never seems to have been sealed properly so i am losing a little oil. The other three are ok so i'll just have to seal the 1st one The carby and these other issues should be dealt with tomorrow as well :cool:

Ok so i had today off work cause i'm sick with the flu, however i couldn't sit still knowing my rolla could be being worked on so i sucked it up and got to doing some more cleaning work mainly the outside Firstly i set up some temporary accomodation until i clear space in the garage Then i looked at the paint and relising that it was i pretty reasonable condition i decided to give her a polish Then decided that no polish is complete without a wax job so out came the wax to make her real shiny shiny :wink: After that i was stillfeeling like shit but thought oh well i'm already out here so i went up the road and picked up some of my favourite cleaning ingredients AutoSol FTW and got to work on the bumpers They came up pretty good so i moved onto the wheels. Much bigger job than i anticipated so i gave them a quick once over, theycame up pretty reasonable but will pull them off the car down the track and get right into them I used a toothbrush to get to those hard to reach places LOL but i reckon it would have been much easier if i had a 'flip top head' :laff: Anyway, let me know what you think

P'md, hope that helps mate :cool:

Hey Adam, Thanks mate I saw your doing a re-shell into a 2 door as well, thats awesome mate i can't wait to see when its done No conversion plans for this one, going to go for a hot 4k down the track after i finish interior and exterior, will keep as a stocko till then with the exception of extractors and exhaust, that will be one sooner

Sounds Good Mick, I'm down for that "Go the 2 door" And thanks Kev, The photos definitly do it justice maybe a little too much :hmm:

Hey thanks mate no 20v for this one, i have a theme in mind so 'Old Skool Cruiser' it will be Nothing that requires engineering Just cool mods that make it more awesomated :laff:

Cheers Bud, overall, I'm pretty damn happy with it she is a bit rough round the edges but i'll fix that up, i'm gonna be keeping this one for a looooooong while

Sounds good Sam, looks like ive got a cruising buddy then HaHa

And oh yes, i am soooo loving the 2 door goodness, very happy & lucky i was able to get my hands on one