jason12

Often spot a stock looking ke70 parked outside my place (swinburne uni) beige with white stripes up it. Anyone off here?

Its all up and running again and took it for a drive around the block and all seems well :no2: Hopefully taking it in for a roadworthy early this week so i can get some idea of what else it needs...

To answer my own question, yes you need to redo the clearances, did that this afternoon and its up and running again

Pretty sure they bolt straight in. Same family of motors so youd just have the wiring to do. To use the gearbox you just need a ca18 bellhousing on the ca20 box and it works fine. Check on r31 skyline club for more info, plenty of guys have done it

Sorry to dig up an old thread but i was wondering if you always have to redo clearances after changing the head gasket. I just did mine and havent rechecked them and now the car isnt starting. could that be the problem or should i look elsewhere?

So say I got 40 thou shaved off the head could I still use the std head bolts? And anyone have a ballpark figure on how much that'd increase compression? (Sorry for the noob qs)

Cheers I've heard that stuff is good ill have to look into it. How much would you guys reccomend getting taken off the head? Car will be stock for a while but plan to upgrade carb / cam etc to something mild in future

Thanks for that, i figured i could get the head refaced but was worried about the corrosion. Cheers

Hey guys, recently took the head off my ke55 as the oil was very milky and as suspected the head gasket was shot. Now the block appears to be fine but I'm not so sure about the head. one of the water galleries seems pretty corroded and there seems to be a kind of rough / indented spot on the head that isnt the gasket. Ive got some pictures and just wondering if this head could be fixed up or if id be better off just getting a new head

Looking good :jamie: was wondering if you could direct me to / share the info on flipping leafs? cheers

Plans are get it on the road then hopefully just do the standard exhaust / extractors combo, then eventually get a 32/32 carb and mild cam. Lower it on some 15s and put some audio in and just have a nice cruiser.

Well ive started pulling the head off this morning, got as far as i could without a socket set but been pretty easy so far :jamie: Been over the car and theres a tiny bit of surface rust near one of the wheels arches and thats all, although the front and back bars both have slight dents. Also found up all the wiring / rcas are there for a boot install and has pioneer 6x9s and clarion 4"s in the front. Anyway heres some more pics of the car / progress. Ps - Located in Hawthorn, Vic

Hey guys, just brought this off ebay 1980 toyota corolla 4k-c engine - just found out its got a suspected BHG, not too happy but apparently its not too hard to change? 4 speed manual brown interior, apart from holes in the door trims where tweeters were and a few small dash cracks its in pretty good nick Has crappy head unit / speakers which will make putting in new audio a heap easier White, has a few small dings and scrapes but havent found any rust yet :jamie: Only got it tonight so havent had a good look at it yet but looks like itll be some fun, hopefully get the head done soon then take it in for a roady and hope it doesnt need too much Anyway heres a few pics

Yeah got it off ebay, should be picking it up tomorrow so ill take some more pics and make a thread then

Heres a few, ill get some more when i get the car

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Hey I'm jason, from hawthorn and have a manual ke55

Car: 1980 ke55 sedan Motor & Driveline: 4k stock, 4 speed Suspension & Brakes: stock Wheels & Tyres: Stockies Interior: brown Body: white, seems to be in good condition Hey guys 1st post, just brought a corolla today but havent picked it up yet, ill add more info when i get the car but heres a few pics in the meantime