Jimbobs Rolla

[reddo]

Hi, jimmy from tassie,

 

Got a bit of a project running, but it only turned serious the other day, when i picked up my first rolla;

 

Not sure what year, or model it is, but

i paid $300 and a carton of beer for it, (it was a $2000 trade in, but for $300 i had to remove it before the day ended)

176,000 on the dial,

3 speed auto :hmm:

New tires,

New carbie,

Lots of little things done

Little bit of rear quarter rust, rest is rust free

Tinted windows

Borg wanna be diff

Spotless inside, with no cracks on the dash, and or rips on the seats

8 months rego

 

Motor is a ca18det, sitting on a stand

 

Hosting pics now

 

Posting as soon as there ready.

 

Overall, i can see why these cars are so good. Tidy, clean and very quiet. Its almost as quite as my vl :) but, its heaps more fun to drive.

 

pics :D

 

 

 

Got board, and decided it was time to see how it does. wet day, and on our private rd

 

 

anyway, ill keep it updated, as it goes along

 

cheers guys

 

jimbob inc ;)

 

Running costs

car; $360

Crank Grind; $190

insurance; $147 (3rd party)

Bearing 4 bottom end $135

Pulsar with the lot $250

Paints so far $81

Filler; $25

total to date; $1186

 

Hopfully, keep this under 5 grand..........

Edited May 20, 2008 by reddo

[Kid-Ae]

ca18det in a Corolla = Fun

 

$300 and beer.. Well worth it :hmm:

[reddo]

cheers mate. should be an interesting project! Paid $250 for the whole pulsar, with gtir injectors, H-flow high mount, stuffed crank, and a whole lots of other goodies. :hmm:

 

SO, got a bit board today, so i stripped the sump down, and cleaned all the dead grass out of it (been left on the lawn in a pool of oil), so now

 

awaiting paint

 

before,

 

 

 

after,

 

 

In pink Primer

 

 

 

I was also going to roll the rear guards, however, my wheels are very narrow, and i can't see how i can use some pipe to roll it. So ill google it some more, and save that for another day.

 

Because its an auto, i need some pedels, and a master cyl. Anyone one know where i can get hold of some??

Edited May 8, 2008 by reddo

[reddo]

lucked out the other day, when i got the crank ground. all up, $190, for crack test, grind, and all the rest of the boggie

 

because these motors, have issues around oil feed (once the boost is cranked (and this one runs 20psi)), ill be running the bearing a bit looser, and also try and get hold of some race spec ones. But we shall see how we go with that.

 

crank,

 

 

 

And, also, decided to clean the block down, ready for a fresh splash of paint.

 

 

 

 

Question

 

How strong is the diff in the back of this car??

will it take 200kws?

Your suggestions?

[radrollaz]

Looking good mate, as for the diff it'll be lucky to take 100kw through it. Put in bin and get an R31 LSD Borg warner with disks and same stud pattern rear end, modded to fit your Ae71 corolla. :hmm:

[reddo]

Looking good mate, as for the diff it'll be lucky to take 100kw through it. Put in bin and get an R31 LSD Borg warner with disks and same stud pattern rear end, modded to fit your Ae71 corolla. :)

 

cheers. Is the diff out of the early (some) r31's, the same as the rear diff out of a pinny? Because as i understand that, both have the 4 studs?

 

Ah, just found the answer to the above question;

 

......if you going to the trouble of putting a pintara center in atleast change the center and axles to skyline.

would be easier to just pick up a skyline diff. pintara are 25 spline 2 pinion and weaksauce. skyline are 28spline 4 pinion and i've seen em handle 411kw's with only a minispool.

 

 

 

Will the rear diff need to be cut down?? (cutting and shutting links, hats, and arms, is easy for me) :hmm:

 

 

 

Found a s13 gearbox for a couple of hundred. Hopefully check it out on saturday, and hopefully, its all good ;)

Edited May 8, 2008 by reddo

[reddo]

mmmkay

 

 

well got a little bit more done, as i have a couple of days off

 

Painted the whole bottem end up;

 

looking noice in its jet blic

 

 

 

Stripped the cam cover down, and even though, i had a bit of a look around to see ig i could get hold of a clear cover (is that possible???) I decided to go with hammer tone, on the majority of the cover, and a small 2 pac black strip. Left it like this so i can get nissyo airbrushed into it :yes: However, No where near as much as Mr Rollabus :y: but just a small amount :P

 

Looked like this

 

 

All ready to go

 

 

Stage one

 

 

stage two

 

 

black installed

 

 

 

anyway, maybe do some more later

[RollaBus_4agze]

Very sweet man :y:

 

can't wait to see this on the road :yes:

[reddo]

well, got into a few drinks and started to think about the flair on the rear end (once again)

 

what a dissapointment!!

 

I was going to see if i could flair it with the hammer, but it tuns out these isnt a whole lot of metal left there, and whatever is missing, has actually been replaced with platic....

 

so i got agressive and smashed it all out

 

And this is as far as it has got today

 

 

Untill a mate came around and i got to try on his 17's. And this has dictated what sort of wheels is going to go onto the car.

 

 

 

unfortantly, i don't think i can go for this look

 

 

 

 

because, as soon as those wheels rub onto the guard, the bog will crack and look like chit.

 

SO, going to go down 2 inchs, and ill stick with a 17" wheel thats spaced in from the outer guard.

 

 

finished the cam cover, and its not to bad lol

 

Edited May 20, 2008 by reddo

[reddo]

hmm, bit more, and slowly working its way foward

 

Filled up the gaps on the boot lid, to stop the rattels (once the sub is put in :P) And give it some strength.

 

 

 

and also chucked down some sound deadner, to clean up the flakie paint, and to keep back the surface rust,

 

 

 

and another

 

 

 

And thats about all for this weekend.

 

Stay tuned for the new gearbox, and hopefully the turbo :yes:

 

jimbob inc. :y:

Edited May 20, 2008 by reddo

[reddo]

well, got busy on the weekend, and decided it was time to get a move on,

 

so

 

out came the motor

 

 

 

 

New loom, which i need to cut and wired in

 

 

Decided to take off the guards (help to get the wiring in, and after i took them off, i cleaned up the bay/guard areas, and i painted it all black,

 

because i can

 

all cleaned up

 

 

 

 

 

In the picture below, i have two things;

1) took out the std stezza (in the bin :D), and die grinded out a rectangle, so i can mount a flat piece of plastic over it, so i can mount 4 switchs to control fuel pump etc etc

2) My lift pump and vl turbo unit (just waiting on the surge tank) so i can mount it all up

 

 

 

Also took 2 and a half hours to drive from one end of the state, to the next, and as a result, i got my new gearbox!!!

Took some time tonight to clean it up, so i can throw some paint at it :lol:

 

dirty

 

 

cleaned up

 

 

 

so hopefully get into the loom next weekend and hopefully get the motor into the bay

Edited June 7, 2008 by reddo

[reddo]

ahh well, another weekend gone and dusted. Seams the project might come to a holt for a bit, as i head up to wa in search of a job, but ill press on till i go

 

so just a quick paint and yeeeaaassssss

 

 

 

see what next weekend brings....

[reddo]

hehe had a lasher at getting the whole lot in and seeing how it all sorta lines up, and this is what it looks like w00T w00T

 

motor shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

gear box is a ca18det box, and as you can see, its about 5cms longer so i reckon ill have to shift the handbrake back, and or go hydro. Didnt need to hit the tunnel as yet, which is wicked!!!!

 

 

under body shot

 

[reddo]

man, is everyones fingures tired or something

 

you can say something if you like. Motor is just sitting there for the moment, ill get around to attaching it. I know I'm being a bit antichrist with the motor, but hey, it was CHEEP

[madmax7]

yeah mate its looking all right what you got planned for the out side