Ke1X Camber Plates

[ginger kid]

hi all new to playing with corollas recently bought a ke11 and can't seem to find camber plates for it seen heaps of ke1x on here with them does any one make them for them or do i have to modify ones from another model

thanks in advance for any help

[ScottKE1X]

Todd,

 

I'm going to be re-drilling some ae86 camber tops for my ke10.

 

I have the camber tops and in theory it all looks like it will work, but I have not got around to it yet.

 

don't expect to get much movement in the strut unless you go coilovers with a small dia spring...

[KEI069]

Yeah I used AE86 tops in mine, just redrilled the mounting holes, although I am using

coilovers. I don't know how much adjustment you could get with standard diameter springs.

 

[Jono.C]

I've tested ae86, s13 and hsd blank cambertops.. none are ideal. The problem is ke1x has such a tiny hole in the strut tower and most cambertops hit this before getting any real adjustment in..

 

Ideally what you want to do is make a spacer ring to drop the cambertop down around 8-10mm so you can have full adjustment

 

I removed the bolts which hold the two halves of the cambertop together and welded them together. I figure around 7" of weld underneath is stronger than 4 m6/m8 bolts

 

 

What I also did, If you look at ke10 knuckles youll see the balljoint hole is off centre on a tab on the side..

 

I had this removed the knuckles drilled to suit ke70 balljoint in the middle of the knuckle like an 86/ ke70 knuckle.

 

Gaines roughly 35mm track and a good 3deg neg camber

 

 

Edit: Also as brought up above you'll need coilovers. Standard struts won't get any camber gain.

 

 

Edited June 22, 2014 by Jono.C

[ginger kid]

righto cheers for the replies ye going to be using hsd coil over conversion will definatly look into spacing camber top lower for more adjustment .

Jono.C are u talking about where the lca connects to the knuckle havnt really had to close of a look at the set up on hte ke11 yet but ill pull it apart this break

[Jono.C]

Yeah it's offset on a ke1x, It's not through the knuckle like a normal Ke30/ke70 etc it's on a tab on the side

I sold my setup and went ke20 struts with the stub axles adjusted so not sure if i have any old photos kicking around but see what i can dig up

[ginger kid]

ah sic ye if u can that would be great cheers just ordered hsd universal camber tops and sleeve kit still trying to find swaybar kit

[CorollaNut68]

Anyone have a thread on these coilovers you're all talking about? Mine is riding like a brick now and I can't find anything over here for the front end. Does it involve changing everything out? Spindle , brakes etc....I have '72 model discs on the front but the rest is all '68. I don't need a lot of adjustment, I just want to keep my teeth in my head.

[Jono.C]

You can't buy them you make them.

Look on a website "techno toy tuning" as you're in america I believe? Look under ke10 for a "sleeve kit" which is coilover sleeves and sleeves.

 

Along with this I'd get gas shocks to put in the struts too. I use mk1 golf gti shocks which are fairly short, I'd see what your local parts shop can find you..

 

Then get a boilermaker/ welder to put the kit on your struts and thats it

[CorollaNut68]

Sounds good, Thanks Jono.

Edit...looks like they only go to KE20? Don't have KE10 in the list. But since it slips over, will that still work on a KE10? I tried strut inserts for the 20 once and they wont fit all the way down in the tubes, had to send them back. The 10's have a little part at the bottom end about 1-2 inches that's narrower than the top.

I have emailed them with the question, I'll see what they say.

Edited June 23, 2014 by CorollaNut68

[Jono.C]

Yeah ke20 coilover sleeves will work as the outside size of the struts is the same for both ke1 and ke2

[CorollaNut68]

Great again...new project to fiddle with...thanks