Turbo_rolla's Ke70

[LittleRedSpirit]

Max respect for finding the loophole after no-one else was able to.

 

 

 

Your the man, ah yeah.

 

:)

[smeetsy1]

Hah thats great man, so i guess

a big no on the sell now? hah!

Good luck with future mods.

 

Will

[turbo_rolla]

Yeah, most definately a BIG NO on the sale of the old girl now. Gonna enjoy it now without having to worry about having an accident and not being covered. Again though, will beleive it when i see it in writing early next week.

 

Dunno if i found a "loop hole" or not LRS, but i just put it in a way that basically explained how "simple" the conversion was so to speak. Plus i think the guy that got my "folder" was pretty good too! Will be bringing most of the rest of the car back to close to stock (maybe some 14x6.5 tyres anda few other things. Gotta do the following over the next few weeks or so:

 

get reverse lights working (think the plug that connects to the output on the gearbox is gone/stuffed)

get rear demister working

fix doors so light doesnt glow when you push against them on the inside

slap some 14x6.5 rims (or even stock ones) on there to replace the 14x7 that JUST sit inside the guards

fill, primer and paint the front guards where they were flared

possibly put some standard height springs in the front cause the king low springs i've got arent captive (cable tied)

slap either a smaller muffler or stock exhaust on it so its not too loud (might drop a bit with the cat converter - will see)

fit the intank fuel pump and plug the holes in the boot where the existing lines go through (probably do some new carpet too)

 

Think that's about it, but there will no doubt be other things that will come to mind when I'm playing around with it. Not in a huge rush though cause all the stuff i do will make the car better anyway, so will do what i can when i can :)

[Raven]

I give this conversion 5 thumbs up.....I'm rick james, bitch! :)

 

I find that interesting too. Means my KE25 can go on TE27 specs :(

Edited February 8, 2008 by Raven

[turbo_rolla]

I give this conversion 5 thumbs up.....I'm rick james, bitch! :)

 

I find that interesting too. Means my KE25 can go on TE27 specs :bash:

Yeah, i thought that they only took into account models that were available locally, but maybe thats just for when you update just your engine number??? Who knows, but will see what the letter says when i get it early next week. I'm just waiting for something to happen and they say "oh, actually, it will have to be engineered" :)

 

Adelaide Spec Motorfix KE70 on the way now baby yeah :(

[Teddy]

hahah thats awesome, it would of been sad to part this thing, even tho the bars would of looked good in my garage lol. Ah, I'm really happy that its turned out this good for you mate :)

 

Sick !

[turbo_rolla]

Thanks teddy - i agree that the bumpers would've been awesome in your shed, but i think they're even more awesome on my car :) Looking forward to tidying it up so its all schmick for the inspection - just gotta get some time, but should be on the road legally within about a month i reckon :(

[turbo_rolla]

Not tooooooooo much to comment on re progress, but am slowly getting the fuel setup re-done - am relocating all of the junk that was in the boot with the surge tanks etc and just going to the intank lifter with external VL pump. Its all wired up and working, but have been trying to work out the best spot to put the vl pump. Decided I'm going to chop the metal line just after the chassis rail at the rear and mount it up in there as there wasnt enough room near the fuel tank to mount it without having hard bends in the hose or the pump on an angle. Hopefully get that sorted over this weekend. Then it'll be the catalytic convertor, standard springs put in the front, and other minor stuff.

 

BUT, there will be a major step taken very shortly in moving towards my goal of "adelaide spec motorfix ke70" - hoping to get this part of the puzzle sorted out within a week or so. Stay tuned :cool:

[turbo_rolla]

Thought i'd put up an update cause I'm a bit bored at the moment :)

 

Slooooooooowly getting there on the road to regency to make it legal. Got the fuel pump setup in and working, just gotta mount it properly now (was touching on the diff and shorting the fuse we installed in the drivers side kick panel when we ran the wiring for the fuel pump :)). Easy fixed though. Also got some details from regency re the standard heights etc and other requirements:

 

Front squeezes in with about 8mm to spare, so will be alright on the kind springs (just gotta secure them in case they jack the vehicle cause the springs arent captive). COnfirmed i don't have to run my inner guards on the front, so they can come back off. That just leaves me with the following to do:

get reverse lights working/hooked up

swap rims to some skinny stockies

Install Catalytic converter

Weld a plate in the engine bay where the old clutch "bit" used to poke through

Secure the pod filter in the engine bay

Install a ULP fuel filler neck

 

Thought i'd tidy up a couple of "little" rust patches that had been on there for a while to a few weekends ago. Got a screw driver to "rough up" the surface to put some treatment on it, and ended up with this:

 

Went straight through :S WOOPS! So that'll have to be added to the "things to do" list. Looks like its been repaired before, so will try to do it properly this time and get it all sorted. Was going to have to paint the front guards where they've been flared, and now will have to paint the rust fix up, and also wanted to give the bonnet and boot a spray, so decided I'm just gonna run a couple of coats over the whole car while we're at it and get it looking all nice and new.

 

Also considering a new "toy" to add to the old girl - diff is a little leaky, and my mate has been trying to convince me to do motorkana with him, so probably gonna grab one of these while I'm at it. Hmmmmm, cusco ;) 1.5 way will be the choice i think!

 

So hopefully there's some more updates over the next few weeks or so! :yes:

[greenmac80]

awesome work man!

i love seeing this conversion done!

i hope that i won't need engineering with my ke55 20v motor!

hey the wiring? i'm gonna need help when the time comes! anyone wanna put their hand up?

[turbo_rolla]

awesome work man!

i love seeing this conversion done!

i hope that i won't need engineering with my ke55 20v motor!

hey the wiring? i'm gonna need help when the time comes! anyone wanna put their hand up?

Thanks mate! Got a feeling you'll need engineering with the 20v in a ke55 (to make it legal atleast), as i only just squeezed the 96kw through on mine. Would give you a hand with the wiring, but a mate of a mates did mine for me - wont be too hard though if you get a pretty clean loom though! I was lucky as we only really had to work out where about 6 or 7 wires go, and wasnt too hard with all the wiring diagrams :S

[Doogs]

I can't beleive I have missed this thread !!!!

 

Looking good man, congrats on getting it through without an engineers :S

[turbo_rolla]

I can't beleive I have missed this thread !!!!

 

Looking good man, congrats on getting it through without an engineers :S

Yeah, been neglecting the thread (and the car - been ages since i've driven it :) ), but with stuff getting done now i'll keep updating the thread! Should be at the point that i want it within about 2-3 months hopefully!

[Medicine_Man]

Love that rust spot in the roof, Couldn't be more typical ke70 rust :S

 

Mine has bubbled back up in that exact same spot (Not bad considering it is the only rust spot in the car and it was repaired over 8 years ago)..

[turbo_rolla]

Love that rust spot in the roof, Couldn't be more typical ke70 rust :)

 

Mine has bubbled back up in that exact same spot (Not bad considering it is the only rust spot in the car and it was repaired over 8 years ago)..

Yeah, atleast its one of the "typical" spots that i don't have to be too concerned about. Couple of other very small spots around the petrol cap, and near one of the taillights, so will clean them up before the re-spray. I'd be happy for a rust repair to last 8 years. Sucks though - didnt see anything when i bought it a couple of years ago or so, but it just bubbles up slowly until BAM, theres a big patch :S the fact that i have put it off and put it off some more doesnt have anything to do with it though :)