4age Ke25

[godlovesugly]

well my KE25 is getting close to rego so I figure I should start a thread.

 

I bought this KE25 about 15 months ago from a mate who had crashed it into the back of a hilux. I was after a KE25 (I had a KE20 at the time) and his insurance company didnt want to fix his car (wasnt written off) so I originally planned to just buy the car and swap the engine, tranny and diff into my 20... but when I seen the damage and realised it was easily repairable I decided id fix the KE25 because ive always prefered the shape.

 

this was the damage, you can't see it too well but the radiator support panel was caved in:

 

 

it took me a while to find a replacement support panel, I ended up finding one on this site and I can't remember the name of the user (sorry!!!) but I owe him big time because he cut it out for me and posted it all for next to nothing.

 

I then decided I wanted it to look like a TE27, so far ive only got the fender mirrors installed but ive also got a front lip ready to be painted and some TE27 flares hopefully being made. ive also got a TE27 tacho dash that will be installed in the next week or two.

 

but without the right wheels its never going to look JDM... challengers just wont cut it in this case. so everyday for a few months I would search ebay for mazda wheels and then one day I found these:

 

 

13x7.5 & 13x8.5 SSR MK2s..... they need a good polish and the centres painted but these wheels are going to make the car, and I dare say I will be the only person pimping MK2s on a xE2x (definitley in 4x110 PCD anyway) in Aus

 

engine-wise its still the same as when I bought it from my mate. Bigport 4age, haltech, cams, not sure what else

 

 

I don't have massive plans for the engine yet. id like to piss off the battery and clean up the engine bay a little bit but for now I'm happy enough with the power and unless there is a turbo being botled to it I'm not going to waste any cash on little mods to the engine.

 

and this is how it looks as of today:

 

 

once the window is back in ill get it picked up and towed to my mates workshop so we can have a look at the gearbox and see if it needs to be replaced.... and once that is sorted it will get registered. I'm hoping to have it registered by this weekend, but I think next week sometime is more realistic.

 

Once it is registered I'll get the MK2s polished etc and some tyres and then I can start to look at how low it can go with those wheels, the flares and front lip all installed.... the plan is to end up with something that looks like a TE27 and goes like the clappers

[parrot]

Why don't you just relocate the battery over to the passenger side as per TE27?

 

Less dramas with voltage drop etc.

[godlovesugly]

Why don't you just relocate the battery over to the passenger side as per TE27?

 

Less dramas with voltage drop etc.

 

 

dunno lol... hadnt really thought about it too much, my mate who's workshop its going to is an auto electrician and he owes me a few favours so he can figure out the details.

 

one thing ive just realised I am missing is a bonnect lock and cable (its used to have pins), if anyone has one they want to sell send us a PM

[godlovesugly]

well the car is back together now and it looks sick, ill get some pics when its in the sun, I'm really impressed with the job my painter did and the price he charged me. I also got to drive it around the block a couple of times to clear out the cobwebs and even though I couldnt get out of first gear it still put a massive smile on my face and reminded me why ive been f@$king around with this car for the last 15 months.

 

TE27 tacho dash is being installed right now, ill put up some pics when it is completed.

 

pulled the clutch and gearbox out.... the clutch is fine but the gearbox wont select gears so ive left it with a mate who is good with that sort of shit and hopefully he can fix that gearbox otherwise it will be replaced. I was hoping to have the car registered by the Anzac day long weekend but I think this gearbox is going to waste some time so the start of May is a more realistic ETA now.

 

Does anyone have a contact in Sydney for repairing and polishing wheels?? id even be willing to travel to wollongong/newcastle if the price was right.

[godlovesugly]

pic with the windscreen installed and most of the shit cleaned off it:

 

 

 

TE27 dash is now installed :laff: will get a picture this weekend hopefully

 

still not too sure about the future of the gearbox, but ive got a spare so thats not a biggie

 

ETA of late April is looking to be on schedule.

[PMP020]

tastey..

 

cheers, scott

[godlovesugly]

new tailshaft and gearbox are in and they feel so much better than the old worn out pieca. engine has a bit of a flat spot which hopefully we'll get sorted today, then i just need to take a look at the brakes because they feel spongy and if I can sort that shit out it will be going in for a blueslip this arvo :)

 

we ended up taking the tacho dash out for now because the speedo was playing up a little but that will definitley be installed as soon as the car is registered. ive got some TE27 flares currently in the post that I should get tomorrow and they'll be put asap and then it will be lowered, and driven as much as possible..... i don't plan on driving my camry for at least a fortnight once the corolla is registered

 

this is how she looked after a good clean last night:

 

 

the cream 20 on the left is my old corolla that is now my mates, his boss (the workshop owner) is going to turn it into a 2 litre race car, ive already bet him a case of jonnhy walkers that I can lap it faster than he can so I know ill get at least one run in it lol

 

[Tally]

Looks overrated man! Love it! Just need some KE25 corner garnishes :)

[godlovesugly]

i always thought they were KE25 garnishes. ive seen the other styles and I like the ones ive got the most so they are staying, I'm not trying to build something thats got every perfect part (although that would be sweet) I just want a cool corolla to drive on the weekends and take on the occasional cruise. speaking of cool, I just got some TE27 flares delivered :-D and the 25 is at the blue slip man right now being inspected

[robj]

Nice KE25! Good to see a rust free straight one.

 

The Fender mirrors do look the part, must say.....

[te27]

[ I just got some TE27 flares delivered :-D and the 25 is at the blue slip man right now being inspected

 

where did you get your front lip from and flares, i was looking at the ones on ebay, if you got yours from there let me know what you think of the quality of them, and how snugg they fit,

car looks hot gr8 work

[godlovesugly]

hey mate i got the flares off a guy on this site (.T.) and the lip off ebay. I havent even test fitted any of them yet so I'm not sure how the quality is, but ill have my car back tonight so ill test fit them this weekend and let you know how it goes.

 

so yeah ive finally got my blue slip done, it was a pain in the arse and i vow to never let a car get to the blue slip stage again.

 

hopefully ill be picking up some 14x7 minilites this weekend and finishing off the TE27 dash install.

[godlovesugly]

ok i went and picked up the minilites and the stud pattern was wrong so cross minilites off the list, oh well ive still got a set of SSR MK2s sitting here :)

 

me and a mate finished put in the TE27 dash tonight, i didnt get any pics during the install but ive got to put in better backing lights so ill get some pics of the back because one plug was a bitch and seeing what my mate did will help anyone who does this in the future

 

this is the front of it anyway, its missing one light cover but besides that everything works

 

 

edit: damn it i only just noticed the little black thing in the middle of the covers is missing!!

Edited July 6, 2010 by godlovesugly

[SLO-030]

Lookin good man.

 

Got the other 3 guages that make up the TE27 dash?

[Raven]

I've got two complete sets of the above gauges. :)

 

Lookin' good!