Toyota Corolla Ke70

[Tomas_90]

Righto, joining the KE70 club as of tonight :D Just bough myself a bone stock KE70 Sedan that's in very good condition but a few things that need to be attended too. Is meant to be a project car and I'm also gonna drive it during wintertime this year when its snowy and slippery, so the 4K-C should keep up :P

Might end up putting a 4A-GE into it cause that would be a lot of fun but I'm not sure i can handle all the technical stuff that comes with that yet.

 

[altezzaclub]

Well done- there are a couple of members who can give you a hand up in "that part of the world"... they're proably thousands of km from you! :laff:

 

I expect to see videos of it flying over yumps in Jyvaskyla!

[Tomas_90]

Heheh, we'll see :D

[Tomas_90]

Having a 1st lookaround of the car today as i bought it late last night and it was a bit dark :D

 

Tried to fix the driver door alignment but it didn't really go all the way. Got slightly better but i think i have to remove some more stuff to get to a few more screws. Also been polishing up the + and - battery connectors now since they were quite corroded. All better now tho :)

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Just realised its a 2 door. I hate you. :lolcry:

 

Nice score!

[Tomas_90]

Yes indeed it's a 2 door :) With a black/white interior! Been searching quite a while to find one. I wanted exactly this red color too.

[Tomas_90]

Got some more pictures for ya!

 

There had only been 2 owners on the car since it was new and that was an old man and his wife and they've apparently had the car in a warm garage pretty much it's entire life. Tho it has 'rolled quite a distance. Indicated 248.000 km atm.

 

 

 

 

 

And yes it's just dirt on it so it should look better when cleaned. The engine was ticking a bit tho so ill have a look at that someday to adjust the valves unless its worn down so bad it wouldn't make a difference. And the clutch was also at max tension already and it gripped quite high up on the pedal but it didn't slip any from what i could gather, but it'll probably need changing sooner or later.

 

If i could just find a garage to keep it in so i could work on it properly i would be a happy man. A mate of mine has the same problem so we were thinking if we found a place to keep 2 or more cars in we would rent it.He's into old Opel's tho (Vauxhall/Holden, whatever you call them :D )

Edited July 28, 2011 by Tomas_90

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Loving the duct tape weather seal. :y:

[RocksRolla]

Very nice

[20v4agteEL31]

I'm pretty jealous man, good find.

[Tomas_90]

Loving the duct tape weather seal. :y:

 

I have no idea what's under that thing :D I havent dared to take it off yet xD

 

And I'm glad you all like it :)

[rian]

2 door...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wUsbhzt_lI

Edited July 29, 2011 by rianwest

[Tomas_90]

Concerning cutting the front springs... Yes i know it's a very bad thing to do and blaha blaha... But let's forget that now.

 

Does anyone know approx how much cutting 1 coil(1 ring) would lower?

 

I'm not out to make it scrape the ground, i just want to make it "lower".

 

I know i can't cut too much either cause the dampers are so damn soft that when you hit the brakes the front end of the car dips down like 20 cm :D

[Spencer[RL]]

I would recommend doing 1 coil then if you want it lower go another etc etc, when lowering the car with the jack make sure the spring sits in its correct place... :happy:

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Mine stock : http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=52850

 

Two coils off all round. : http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=53419

 

I eventually took another 3/4 off the front and another half off the rear. : http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=77005

 

Sits over 100mm