1982 Ke70 - 4agte Conversion Project

[kra55]

Hey all I am new to the forums figured I would post my latest project :y:

 

Not that anyone would probably care but I have had a 1979 2door mk2 escort for about 4 years spent way to much money on it and have had a 4agze with lots of JDM bits converted to turbo with a disco potato and a lt10s sitting my garage for about a year now waiting to go in.....

 

Ive recently realized I can do a conversion on a KE70 for a lot cheaper and in the end I will have a lot more fun :y:

 

pics up....

 

EDIT/UPDATE: Due to me not being organised i will not be sitting the engine on the weekend starting 27/09 (as i don't have an engine crane) - due to this i will be hunting a tailshaft/pedalbox and front panel over the weekend and i guess will clean her up a little and take some more pics :)

Edited September 27, 2008 by kra55

[kra55]

Oh and another thing Hammers are the best tool ever for stripping a 4k - if you can't unbolt it bash it off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kra55]

I HAVE PICS ;)

 

First off are the engine pics :D:D

 

Engine = bigport 4agze/t50 - standard rockers to mess with peoples minds ;)

 

 

 

 

The pics of the KE are crappy as they are from the post i bought it from. Have basically taken out the engine/gearbox/tailshaft since then and put in a 4a crossmember. Also fixed a bit of rust in the engine bay dodgy styles :D

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and lastly sorry to all those ford haters - this is the car my engine WAS going to go into :dance: pics are pretty old has since been lowerd and has new bumpers and a few other little things :yes:

 

 

 

 

 

and the airbrushing in the escort ;)

 

[HIGH ROLLER]

Mate, i'm keen to see this thing run...that's a beastly looking setup! any specs?

Nice escort too, looks well built.

What's ur aim for the car? drag/power/drift/show?

 

Keep us posted,

MM

[Palmy]

probly the nicest lookin escort i have seen in a while, nice work mate.

[RollaBus_4agze]

Love the Ekky Thunder dude :dance:

 

Very clean example!

[duggy]

hey mate engine looks sick i was just wondering what manifold that is?

[HIGH ROLLER]

looks custom...i love the top-mount look, its tuff...

[joeschmo_57]

that motor looks dope!

 

have you found any issues regarding the dizzy and turbo manifold clearance? or is theis the gze that has a CAS?

 

what are ya plans for the ke shell?

 

joe

[Jono]

thats a CAS in the pic. loving the esky.

[kra55]

I am bit of a car noob so sorry for my stupid responses in advance :dance:

 

Thinking a tough street car and might look at drift another time just keen to get it all in as cheap as possible as I have had the engine for way to long :yes: - don’t really plan on making the car look good at all….

 

The turbo manifold is a custom one that came with the engine - I forget the description I was given as to how it was made but its obviously a lot better then the Chinese crap you get off eBay......

 

As far as the dizzie and turbo IF I can get my hands on a engine crane for the weekend I will be sitting the engine and gearbox - I am sort of expecting clearance issues with the turbo but I wont know till I sit it all - As far as the dizzie in concerned I have no clue at this point in time lol - Does the engine have a dizzie?

 

I plan on doing most of the ground work like sitting the engine/gearbox/tailshaft(once I get one) and getting the hydraulic clutch sorted then taking it to one of my mechanics to have it all plumbed and the wiring done as once again I'm a fair car noob :D I don't intend on making the car look good tho I have a bit of a hook up as far as painting is concerned so I might get the exterior of the car spray rather then doing a full strip down/sand/repaint ;)

 

I really wish I had more info on the engine as I know it has lots of JDM bits but I don’t have the list any more. Overall I am exspecting a pretty angry little engine tho ;)

 

part list is at follows(may be things missing):

 

4agze converted to turbo - from memory had less then 100 000 km's on it but never know lol

t50 gearbox

Custom Turbo manifold

gt28rs Disco potato - NEVER USED

Adjustable cams - unsure of what brand - HKS cam belt ;)

Microtech Lt10s with ignition booster

Microtech Coilpacks

currently 365cc 4agze injectors - changing these to 550cc rotary injectors

Have the clutch slave and master :D

Some crappy front mount with crappy pipping for an AE86

Probly missing other bits :D

 

Parts Currently needed:

AE71 tailshaft

AE71 Manual pedal box - minus the clutch master/slave

rx7 550cc injectors

some front panel lol……

Edited September 25, 2008 by kra55

[kra55]

BTW Thanks for the comments on the escort I kind of didn't exspect such a nice greeting to it lol :dance:

 

I must say tho it is a bit of a 50m car - Looks AWESOME from a distance then when you get close you see the little in perfections :yes:

[4agzerola]

There's more bro, don't forget!

 

Turbo Smart Pro Street Fuel Regulator.

Front Mount Intercooler With Piping.

Exedy Heavy Duty Clutch & Lightened flywheel.

3 inch Dump pipe heat wrapped.

Turbo Smart Oil Cap.

The throttle body is off a ford, Forget the dimension but? Its big!

 

God Kra55 get it together!

[greenmac80]

Love the escort mate!

 

clean engine! will be watchin this one!

[HIGH ROLLER]

Gday KRA55, if you're looking 550cc rx7 injectors just join up ausrotary.com....you can pick some up for $40each!

i just got mine off there the other week..

 

Cheers,

MM