Sideways Wagon Style

[Boost+k]

so ive been round here for a few years chucking my 2c in every now and then, so i thought i should finally post up a build thread for one of my cars, a 2dr ke70 van now sporting a sr20det

was 4k when i got it... soon became 4kturbo with vf10 and suckthro SU, learnt the lesson about rubber seals in turbos and fuel LOL

next it went to vf10 blow through SU, front mount vr4 cooler etc

then it went to 5k (O dish) with vf10, SU at first then started playing with blow throu asain carb

then rebuild it with molly rings, ported head, 272degree cam etc

blew ALOT of diffs and axels and about 8 g/boxes, ended up with hilux 1420mm rear end(standard 1400) and a t40 box, this motor got tired from my bad tuning so slammed a 4k in there with hks manifold and vf10 with smaller front mount and shorter piping and went to a drift day, it didnt last long and melted a hole in no 3

after that i wanted more power and friend had a written off s13 sitting on his lawn he had to get rid of so i gave him $1800 and sold about a $1000 worth of stuff off it and put rest in my wagon

 

i could keep writing all day but don't have the time

 

my old daily starlet \/

[cuzzo]

Dude that is a very nice rolla.

 

Your in NZ I'm guessing cause we didnt get too many of those here.

Edited May 20, 2009 by cuzzo

[LukeAE71]

Nice

 

More pics of the starlet too thanks we don't get them here and we all love them. :y:

[Boost+k]

yep in NZ... wagon came out with no rear seats from factory so it was called a van for NZ post to use and was cheaper to buy. We didnt get the ke5X series at all here as far as i know and ive always wanted one for some strange reason

 

i'll see what pics i can dig up of the bug eye starlet, you guys didnt get starlets at all??? damn you missed out hard! there like the most fun car to drive, sold that red one cause it didnt know which way forwards was :y:

[Jesseb369]

WOOP WOOP thats the shit right there. Good stuff :D

[ILLICI7]

what kinda rear suspension are you using? still the leafs?

 

Brandon

[Rich_Rolla]

Epic-win. This has to be one of the coolest wagons around.

[Boost+k]

still rocking the leafs... with overload leaf and all lol, a few little tricks to get it to do what i want. no rear sway bar yet, its on order from whiteline :D

[ILLICI7]

would you mind sharing these little tricks ? lol how does it handle sideways? i would think it would be all over the place, reason why i ask is I'm going down the route of swapping my whole ae86 rear suspenion in, and or find out what people are doing with these leafs, like your self.

 

Brandon

[Boost+k]

i'll try and dig some pics out of the rear end, I'm no expert drifter or nothing just do it for fun so i don't have really have anything to compare it to, havent tryed any high speed stuff in a ae86 etc, only downside i see to them is sideways movement which could be sorted with a panard rod, i don't have the room for a panard rod in mine because i still run the spare wheel because i like the extra weight in the rear

 

have you seen UEO's wagon? it has a 86 4 link rear end welded in it

[Paul]

Nice ride, props.

 

Did you use the S13 crossmember and re-drill the holes to fit and use the S13 suspension in the front too?

[Boost+k]

HELL NO!!!!!!!! ke70 Xmember struts etc, just welded some mounts to old crossmember

 

http://img33.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=dscf1238o.jpg

[Boost+k]

The old starlet... 2dr bug eye, shortened front strut casings with rx7 series 3 inserts, compressed springs, 10mm longer lower arms, ke70 wagon rear shocks with firm springs, 14x6 weds racing meshies 185-60's, and a MIGHTY 2k with k40 late 4-2-1 ex manifold, fun daily hack, nearly put my inj 5k in it, but i thought it wassnt safe for me so sold it on, FUN cars :dance:

 

 

 

[dbr11k]

hey mate wicked wags , good job on the conversion. should try and dial some more camber in the front end

 

 

love the starlet to :P

[Boost+k]

why do you say i need more camber? i run 3degrees at the moment, i only run street tyres so didn't see the point in running much more, if i had some slicks then maybe, however got some 8" wheels with neg offset that don't quite fit on the front so will be running about 3.6 for the next track day and try that out, i could wind it upto about 5 degrees acording to my measurements

 

cheers for the coments guys