Another Ke20 From Calipornia

[migz808]

I have been working on my Peanut for the past few months bit by bits and so far I'm %75 done. My car came with an extra rebuilt 3K motor when I purchased the car. I was going to put 4AGE in it, but decided at the meantime since money right now is pretty tight the rebuilt 3K would sufice fro now. The car came with a K40 4speed tranny, but I was lucky enough to get a K50 5speed tranny from a Starlet at a local salvage yard. The K50 bolts right in with no modifications needed. I am also putting in a dual Mikuni 40s sidedraft setup with my stock motor. I also have a K series header, but I am having clearance issues because of the steering box on the way. For now the stock exhaust has to be used. I am plannig on doing a Starlet rack and pinion conversion in the future to solve the header clearance or I might just have my dad order me a custom made header back in the Philippines. If anyone can source one to fit a KE20 with the steering box in the way please let me know. Also if anyone out there have a single side draught manifold please let me know.

 

In the beggining:

 

 

 

My old dirty engine bay:

 

 

Tear down:

 

 

The engine hoist :dance1 (my cousin, Nick, pitured here helped me yank out the motor with a solid drain pipe):

 

The old 3K (still running, I'm going to work on a 4K block and 3K head combo to have on the side)

 

Motor out:

 

 

 

Engine bay prepped. I got rid of all the grease, grime, and sanded out most of the rust:

 

 

My weapons of choice for the engine bay paint job:

 

 

Primer & Paint:

 

 

 

Tagged:

 

 

 

 

Finished engine bay ( I'm no paint expert, but the results came out better that I expected)

 

 

Fresh old stock crate 3K:

 

 

Transmission ( Left: K50 - Right: K40):

 

 

Carby ( Notice one of the carby has been hacked :bangin: :cool: to death, but I have an extra one. The header is for a K series motor, but I have clearance issues with the steering box):

 

Edited May 3, 2008 by migz808

[migz808]

Motor and tranny together:

 

 

Ready to put the motor/tranny back in:

 

 

Motor back in and test fitting the carby setup:

 

 

 

 

Carby with trumpet hitting the sensor a bit beneath the master cylinder. It night be a more tight fight when the gaskets are all mounted on the intake and the carby. I think it should be OK.

 

 

Next step is the suspension. The KE20 came with a 4x110 bolt pattern and its a real pain in the ass to llok for rims. So I'm going with a AE86 fronts with coilovers and a TE27 rear.

 

 

 

More to come!!

[zilli]

lookin very very nice man!

[PMP020]

excellent work champ.

 

engine bay came up sweet.

 

keep the picks coming.

 

cheers, scott

[13BT_KE20]

super keen to see how the coilover conversion turns out.If its easier enough i may well be a very good option for my car

[ScottKE1X]

is that a brand new 3k!!?? :cool:

[Taz_Rx]

Yeah there was a guy a couple of weeks ago on kp61.net selling NOS crate 3k's. Guess its one of those. :POSTPICS!:

 

....Looks like it might even be a big port!!

[migz808]

Cheers and thanks all for the compliments. The engine came with the car when I bought it. It is an new old stock rebuilt motor from Japan. BTW how do tell if its big port or not?? Only difference I see from my old 3K is the water outlet behind the head. The suspension setup from the AE86 is pretty simple. Just use the Ke20 tophat and a pair of TE27 steering arms. I think there might be a + or negative camber offset, but can be solved by a pair of camber plates.

[Doogs]

Nice job :dance:

 

Man i wish we could get NOS engines over here ! :POSTPICS!:

[sixsixone]

Nice job :dance:

 

Man i wish we could get NOS engines over here ! :POSTPICS!:

 

Soz for the silly question, what is a NOS engine though?

[h1_roll4]

NOS = New Old Stock

[PMP020]

whats the go with your bumpers??

are they factory?

 

they look like some sort of custom jobbys?

 

i thought your standard bumpers had huge plastic/rubber things hangin off them.

 

cheers, scott

[SLO-030]

hey man, nice 20.

 

just havin a look at the pic and whats the go with the clutch cable? it goes in the same side as the right hand drive models we have here and thats a left had drive with the pedals in the other side? just curious.

 

CHEERS

Ryan

[Taz_Rx]

The plastic plugs in the intake ports look quite large, thats why I made the big port comment!

[LittleRedSpirit]

Gday mate.

 

Welcome to Rollaclub, its always good to see what our Corolla loving cousins on other continents are up to.

 

The car looks fabulous so far, a nice starting point, and a nice motor for her. Keep up the good work and please keep us posted! How hard was the TE27 diff to get? They're a T series leaf sprung setup? I heard thats what they were and thats what it looks like to me, anyhow.

 

:POSTPICS!: