Toyoglide Derelicte (Ke10 Drift Car)

[CanadianKE17]

Seeing as this forum seems to have the highest concentration of KE10s on the internet, I figure I should throw mine in for good measure!

 

The story starts when I drag this KE10 from the bushes in my hometown, paying about $200 to get it to my house.

 

My initial observations: The car has been hit in the front and back with a lot of flaking bondo as evidence. The entire interior is halfway converted to dirt. Not a single mechanical or electrical component is working or even looks serviceable. The only upside is that the shell is structurally solid if not straight, and it has some extremely awesome patina. To the parts pile!

 

My initial plan was to leave it stock and patina'd and slam it, just to make it a nasty cruiser. Then the drifting bug bit me, and I got a little more ambitious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The nice KE17 shown above was rear ended shortly after that photo, so I decided to borrow the running gear for the KE10 while I repaired the damage and performed complete a bodyshell restoration.

 

The mechanical rundown:

Motor:

3TC (2tc block, early pre EGR 2tc head, 3tc internals)

Fidanza Al flywheel

Mikuni 40mm from a 2TG on a mikuni manifold

fresh rebuild 0.5mm over

TE27 SR5 T50 trans (has a different tail housing that keeps the shifter further forward)

 

AE86 short stroked front struts/brakes with T3/Ground Control stuff. 6kg springs, koni yellows

TE2x crossmember and steering box

lengthened TE2x control arms

17 or 18mm sway bar (again from a te27 sr5 I believe)

 

TE2x rear end with 6.38 diff, TRD LSD and welded diffs, both 3.9 ratio

Modified rear leaves: Thicker main leaf, reversed eyes and de-arched flat.

Crappy KYB rear shocks :(

 

Swap in progress:

 

 

 

I scored some free corbeau seats off a friend, mostly because they were hideous colors that nobody else wanted.

 

A concept sketch:

 

And it all pays off, here it is at it's first drift day!

 

 

 

 

 

Now, the pictures are cool n all, but in truth I was spinning out like mad. The car is so light and short, with a front heavy bias, and a slowww steering box. I let some friends try it out, even those with more experience had their hands full. Of course, this first post only covers stuff up to about april 2011, so there is much more to come, in this epic saga of trying to get a KE10 to drift acceptably. Stay tuned!!

[drkbrth]

Looks like a bunch of fun though!

[B.L.Z.BUB]

YES! Even if you only rescued it for burnouts thats still wicked.

 

Love it!

[Des]

I like it :y:

[kickn5k]

Rat-tastic!!!!

Seen this a few times on YouTube.

Needs more turbo 5k!! But then again so does mine.lol

 

Stu.

[01sik]

f*ck yeah looks awesome please don't paint it :D

[glenpos]

thats so cool man!

[rolla van man]

This is the baddest rig around!!! I think I'm in love!!!

[rolla van man]

Also, rename it toyoslide, not toyoglide!

[SLO-030]

Been watching this on 3TCgarage. Wicked stuff man!

[BlueKsev]

This is nice as and Toyoslide hahaha love it

[TOMsGPTurbo]

Awesome little car

ps: cool sketch

:)

Edited January 19, 2012 by TOMsGPTurbo

[19914afc]

Looks great!! Something very different from the usual drift car! My T18 with a std 3t would slide big track here at queensland receway alright, and it had a steering box, just needed stupid entry speeds haha.

[Trev]

Good to see that it didn't go to waste :y:

[CanadianKE17]

Thanks guys!

 

North America doesn't really "do" k series motors :) There are no aftermarket parts, nor racing series using them. We only got a few 3kcs and 4kcs, and with our steering box and brake master both on the same side as intake/exhaust, it makes them a real pain to deal with. 90% of Corollas here from 1970 to 1982 came with a 2tc or a 3tc. Unfortunately, we didn't get any 2tg or 3tgte cars either.