ranko_87 Posted December 31, 2009 Report Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Hi, I have been reading Rollaclub threads and buying off the forum for a few years now, so I thought I'd see what you guys thought of my little weekend toy. It is a 74 Ke20 sedan. I bought it with a crap load of rust, no motor or box but set up as a motorkhana car. I have had it scince 05/06. I bought it with the intention of building a street weapon with a 4age turbo 300hp ish. The body work took untill 2008 with it spending plenty of time untouched. Motervation was hard to come by when you know how much you still have to spend and with the "ecconomis crisis, I could have bought a completed car for less then I still need to spend to finish mine. I got as far as doing all the body work, mounting a dummy motor, having a shorterend R31 skyline diff fitted when I decided the car had sat undriven for to long. This was in September 09 after watching a historic event at lakeside. My goal was to have it on the road by new years. I bought a 3k-b off here, a couple of standard diffs, and gearboxes and got to work piecing it together. This is 06 I think, when I first started stripping it Painted with dummy fitted motor, box and shorterened diff Std diff fitted, note the 4x110 wheel fitted, sorry to loose the 15s Registered!! I still am waiting to get my roll cage back and want a new race seat. I havn't tuned to motor yet, I bought it off here and it runs quite rich. Edited April 23, 2010 by ranko_87 Quote
altezzaclub Posted December 31, 2009 Report Posted December 31, 2009 Now it looks much to smart to use in motokhanas! Well done! Quote
Redwarf Posted December 31, 2009 Report Posted December 31, 2009 Is that Peter Moll's old car? If it is, there's probably still odd bits of my cars in that. :) Quote
ranko_87 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Is that Peter Moll's old car? If it is, there's probably still odd bits of my cars in that. :) Yeah, it is. I bought a drivers door off you back in 05-06 and you said you knew the car. It still had his name sign written on the window when I got it. The foam-a-fill in the rear quarter to "seal it off" for the cams log book caused alot of rust. Lots of cutting and welding. Pretty much only the drivers seat, cage and front coil overs is all that remains from when I first bought it. I full rebuilt a 4.222 diff and had it "professionally welded." Fitted on reset with reversed eye leaf springs with a half rebound leaf and Koni rear shocks. The tail shaft, gearbox, x memebers are all from a donner car I bought. The motor is a 3k-b which is supposed to have a cam and head shaved. Front brakes are KE70 calipars and slotted rotors. I am going to build a new set of coil overs because the ones in the car take a Tercel insert and I can't find a koni or bilstein small enough in body diameter to fit in the leg. It has a Pajaro 11/16th master cylinder, but it has a relativly low pedal even with the handbrake on (so it isn't rear shoes out of adjutment) The rear wheel cylinders are 3/4. Any suggestions on a master cylinder a little bigger to give a better feel?? I appreciate any suggestions. Cheers Andrew Edited April 23, 2010 by ranko_87 Quote
Redwarf Posted December 31, 2009 Report Posted December 31, 2009 Gday Andrew. I remember, you got the orange doors off me. I've got a 13/16th GD gallant master in mine now, but I can't tell you what it's like, as I haven't used it in anger yet. Oooh, I have a Mazda 323 item down stairs, twin system that should do the job. I couldn't use it as I've got the Levin pedals in mine, and it moved the master across to the strut tower and I lost clearance. It would be good in the original position though. I'll find out the size for it if you like. Quote
Doogs Posted January 1, 2010 Report Posted January 1, 2010 Paint looks good mate, well done. Keep us up to date as you progress. Quote
dale72ke20 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Posted January 18, 2010 " This was in september 09, when i watched a historic event at lakeside. " Hi Andrew, When you were at lakeside did you see a white and blue ke20 group c car there ? This is my uncles old car. He drove it in the 70's. Now owned by someone else and has just been restored, but I got the impression he still has a bit to do with it last time I spoke to him. It's a very neat resto job. Seeing photo's of it restored has finally got me motivated to start the rebuild of my ke20. Cheers Dale Quote
ranko_87 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) No, I didn't see it and I search the pits high and low for any sign of a race bred corolla, only to be disapointed. The event I was watching was run by the Historic Car Club of Qld. They had hired the track for what I think was the first time for a members only run. The only corolla there was a granny spec ke10 in the spectators car park. I wish my KE20 was pre 1972 so I could have build it as an Nc car. (This is why you shouldn't rush into buying a race car when your 18) Looking forward to seeing more corollas on the track. Cheers Andrew Edited April 23, 2010 by ranko_87 Quote
ranko_87 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) UPDATE... I finally got it to the track. I had to build a trailer to transport it to a HRCC Try, Train and Test day at Morgan Park. I knew the suspension would be to soft, so I changed the front coils to 225lb and fiddled around with the rear springs. The car was too low, so I went back to non reversed eyes and an extra leaf on the rear. I also removed the half rebound leaf as the Konis are so much stiffer in both bump and rebound then the origionals. I also really wanted to change my race seat to something that fit me better. I went down to my local RPM Racegear and without looking at the price tags, sat in every seat. Luck was on my side because the most comfortable, best fitting seat was an Imola S. While more expensive then a Sparco Sprint, a whole lot cheaper then some that I had tried. I fitted the seat without rails to get it mounted as low as possilbe. I would still like it another 30mm lower, but I would have to cut the origional seat mounts off the floor to get it any lower. I also changed my 4 point RMP harness to a 5 point RMP harness. I found the 4 point lap sash would ride up while driving. Unfortuantly I still don't have the money for semi slicks so had to run on my street tyres. Which are Pirelli P5s on the front and some no name crap on the rear. I had major over steer in the first sessions with quality Westlake tyres on the rear. Was told any more oversteer in the next session would result in the end of my weekend. Swapped the tyres front to rear with the Pirelli's. From over steer to understeer in one move. Went out for session 2 and was running much faster untill breakage... I lost 3rd gear in the shifter. I pulled the shifter out to reveal the selector shaft laying in the bottom of the box. Loaded her on the trailer and watched the rest of the sessions. Edited April 23, 2010 by ranko_87 Quote
ranko_87 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Posted February 28, 2010 Just checked out in the shed and i have a k40 but with the wrong shifter position, so if anyone has a ke20 k40 they want to get rid off, I will pay freight. Quote
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