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After the sudden death of my T18 last year, I was left with a void in my life and a brown spot in my lawn that could only be filled by another corolla. I wanted a car to compete in khanacross events that could make use of our stockpile of surplus ae86 and te72 parts. Then this showed up. Perfect! It started life as an "S" spec auto ke70 and was converted to 5 speed manual at some stage. It had lain dormant for a while after its duties as a daily driver ended. It was rudely reawakened late last year when a temporary rego permit was slapped on the windscreen and Mr Yoda drove it on one last epic road trip from Brisbane to Cairns. It was revolting, but it made it! Its days on the road now officially over, I set about getting it race ready. Virtually all of the interior went in the bin and we put in some cheap seats, plywood door trim and Italian leather (and electrical tape) steering wheel. A 12v fan on the dash is the only concession to driver comfort. The stock ke70 suspension all went in the bin too. Up front it now has sigma lower control arms and t18 front struts with rebuilt brakes (larger than ke70 ones). Rear end is a t18 t-series with TRD 2 way lsd, gas struts, TRD ae86 lowering springs and no swaybar. For off road grip, we used some studded ice tyres on the front and some normal snow tyres on the rear. We then took it racing and did a bit of this and the exhaust did a bit of this and we did some more of this and this and the car came back looking like this It handled really well. Brakes were savage, steering was sharp and the rear slid very predictably. However, it was pathetically slow. We soon found the problem A filthy 4k! No worries, that's easily fixed. Now, on the front verandah, we had a car containing much of the driveline out of this So we set about removing all the useful parts and as of this evening, our ke70 is now looking like this Just the wiring and fuel tank left to complete. Shouldn't have any problems spinning the tyres on dirt now.
