objective - dedicated drift car
i bought the 70 for $600 from a little old lady in north brisbane, the car was immaculate! not a spot of rust, interior was clean motor was great. unfortunatly due to switching jobs like pairs of underpants, the car had to sit in the yard for about a year.
at times it had a p76 leyland v8 or a ca18 sitting in the engine bay, but both required wayyyy to much work. then one day i was sitting around thinking. hey wait. i have a mazda Bp 1.8 dohc sitting in my laser (did the conversion a year or 2 ago).. conversion to rwd (ding!)
so i start googling for information on people that have done a conversion like this into a ke70. NOTHING!
so i guess this will make it stand out from the crowd. the motor is originally from a 323gtx, non turbo, but to get on track I'm going to buy a bpt and build that later.
ive only really got one picture of the rolla when i first got it, silly me forgot to backup alot of stuff before the computer brokedown -_-
so lately ive installed a Cusco 5 point roll cage, half way thru the engine mounts,shaved the rear door handles, sanded the car back, pumped the guards (bog was old and didnt go off, dad redid them in fibreglass),stripped the whole car out and painted inside, under and the whole front end(enginebay, under front QTR panels) in subframe black.
iv aquired an mx5 gearbox, t3 turbo, sc12, s13 front suspension and brakes(am still to get the coilovers and tierod ends -suggestions), heavy duty exedy clutch and a bride bucket seat, I'm sure theres more but hey, I'm on the computer not in the shed.
the next move is to finish these engine mounts, deal with the exhaust manifold and intake, also how much boost is safe for a motor which is n/a? I'm thinking if i can just run a little boost itl be better than nothing. when i get a bpt itll be getting the works internals and all.
I'm open to any suggestions!
oh and this was my old corolla, that i sold recently
