clubgm Posted March 15, 2008 Report Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) 1980 Toyota Corolla KE55 4 Door Sedan (White) Cooling System: VN-VR V8 3 core Radiator, 10" electric fan (on relay & switch), short-type kingswood water pump. Engine: V8 308ci Holden VK Commodore Black Block (stock and recoed). Exhaust: Genie Extractors (slightly modified to fit in corolla engine bay, 2.25" pipe midway to two GEN III VY Commodore Mufflers. Transmission: V8 Commodore Tri-matic and stock converter, Nissan Auto Cooler. Tailshaft: V8 Kingswood Ute Single-piece tailshaft shortened to fit corolla. Differential: V8 Commodore Salisbury Limitted Slip Diff 2.6:1 Ratio (Disc-to-Disc) and shortened housing to fit corolla, VZ Commodore one-tonner axles shortened and resplined (28 spline) to fit custom housing. Front Brakes: Standard KE55 discs and calipers (for now). Rear Brakes: VN Commodore discs and calipers. Suspension: Standard KE55 corolla suspension (for now) with adjustable commodore panhard rod fitted to diff. Fuel System: KE55 Tank and Lines, Rochester 4 barrel carb with fuel reg and return line, V8 mechanical pump. Ignition: Hei competition leads and brackets, Hei Bosch coil, Hei V8 Dizzy, V8 Kingswood alternator. Extras: Bolt-in rollcage with protective foam, sports steering wheel with boss kit, standard 3 speed KE55 corolla shifter with modified linkage to suit V8 tri-matic, relays for starter motor (button on dash to start engine) and electric fan (switchable on dash), Speco engine temp guage and oil pressure (hydraulic) guage, 4" Tacho, VH commodore Spedometer guage in dash with vh commodore speedo cable and trans cog to suit diff ratio and rear wheel size for calibration, vacuum manifold pressure guage. Edited June 21, 2008 by clubgm Quote
clubgm Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Posted March 15, 2008 Good work mate. Got a 1/4 mile time ? not yet. car is just about ready to race! shall let you all know what and when it happens. thanks and keep rollin'... Quote
Raven Posted March 15, 2008 Report Posted March 15, 2008 I have one of those tacho's for my KE25....how accurate do you find yours? Quote
SLO83 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) Looks hot. Much work needed to firewall? Edited March 17, 2008 by SLO83 Quote
clubgm Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Posted March 23, 2008 I have one of those tacho's for my KE25....how accurate do you find yours? have not really tested accuracy of the tacho yet, but i did just check the speedo calibration... dead on to my surprise.... Quote
clubgm Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Posted March 23, 2008 did u need to cut the fire wall? very so slightly for the v8 trimatic bellhousing. we welded a new pice of plate in place once we got the clearance. Quote
clubgm Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Posted March 23, 2008 Skid vids?! :cool: type in clubgm in youtube for some vids, not many unfortunately, but will hopefully have some screamers soon. Quote
clubgm Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Posted March 23, 2008 Looks hot. Much work needed to firewall? very small amount of cutting out in trans tunnel for v8 trimatic bellhousing. Quote
clubgm Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Posted March 28, 2008 yep! check youtube (search clubgm). Quote
clubgm Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Posted April 21, 2008 I have one of those tacho's for my KE25....how accurate do you find yours? pretty good actually. but i haven't tested it past 4000rpm yet. still waiting for some track time and money. Quote
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