General Mechanical

Hey guys i have a spare 16v and 20v motor lying around minus 20v head,and plan on doing a twin carbed conversion with the 16v,however because i have looked at the 16v motor warrant sheet it failed on a few of things for the motor (excessive smoke and whatnot) and my mate being an engine rebuilder would the the 16v head bolt straight up to the 20v block or is there little variations.my mate says if the 16v block has to be used it will cost a lot more as the 20v motor was my sisters and it was the oil rings that let go only.any help with this would be much appreciated thanks.

Hi I have recently fitted a completely rebuilt jap spec bigport 4age to my ke20 and I am having trouble with it missing or surging, It happens once the revs get to about 3,200 but only under heavy acceleration, slow acceleration is fine, timing is set properly, it has a good strong spark to all cylinders, the engine check light isn't throwing and codes other than the speed sensor code when I'm cruising at 3,500rpm in 5th (I don't have a speed sensor), the TPS is set correctly, map sensor seams to be working fine, at idle if you give it a quick rev it blows a tiny bit of black smoke, could be running rich? Or maybe just cause its such a sudden rev the ECU doesn't respond q…

Hey guys, Does anyone know of any wreckers in Brisbane/Ipswich areas that do a swap style deal, I blew my head gasket and I was thinking of replacing it with a wrecker engine, and I was thinking do any wreckers do they swap for you? Cheers, Tom.

hey guys just s few questions about the dellorto carbs I'm wondering if you can run a supercharger with 2x twin 40mm dellorto carbs and if the carbys them selfs can run facing upright?? any info would be good thanks

hey guys, i know this has probably been discussed many times, but i would like someone to fill me in on the differences between the different corolla gearboxes. i am currently up to the stage of a 4k 5 speed conversion in my ke30 and have changed my extention housing from the ke70 one as it wouldnt fit. i have a aquired a ke55? extention housing and a ke30 shifter but the bolts wont line up. just wondering if anyone can help me with sorting this out, maybe direct me to some pictures? thanks in advance! charles

Hello All, I am going to fix a 7k-e (1.8) engine and would like to know if anyone can help me with the angle I should mount it. I see in pictures that it is mounted at an angle and don't know why. So I greatly appreciate if you could help in letting me know the specific angle I should fix it at. cheers.

hey everyone i have just got a new ke70 the other day and it has a corona avante disk rear end diff in it, just wandering where i can get an lsd for this diff?

hey guys, this might be a longshot, but i was wondering if anyone on here knows what these rims are? i have seen them before and they seem pretty common but can't find the name.. your help will be appreciated!! thanks!

Hey RC, I'm about to make an exhaust for my KE70, but I'm getting conflicting information about which way the resonator faces. The inside of my resonator has little louvres facing in one direction like so: And the other direction looks like this: I've read through a fair few threads where people say the louvres need to faces the engine so that they can trap exhaust flow and remove some of the sound, and others say that this will cause the packing inside the resonator to "burn out" and will restrict a significant amount of flow, and that the louvres need to face away from the engine. So which way is the resonator meant to be installed? Or is it up…

Hi, i'm just after some general advice on a 4k engine and where to go for some mechanical work to be done on the motor - the reason i'm asking is; The engine blows quite abit of blue smoke which indicates to my novice mind that the rings are possibly gone/going/cracked, also there is quite a substantial amount of blowby in the carby. The motor has done 300000 odd k's and I am quite suprised it's still running. So what I am after is the best place to either get these checked, and depending on the outcome, fixed. At the same time Id like to obtain a weber3236, a 25/65 cam, heavy duty springs and to also run 0.400" valve lift. I would like this to be all in the brisbane …

I'm having issues with my idle, it's jumping around between 600 and 1000 rpm all new plugs, dizzy,leads, coil, points, rotor, reconditioned carby about 8000 kms ago. What would be causing it?? Would it be vacuum related? By the way it's a 1978 ke55 4kc with a 5 speed And after market air filter and I changed the oil/filter about an hour ago no difference

Hi guys in need of a T50 thrust bearing. Can any one tell me if ae thrust bearing are the same or any think that would be the same ??? cheers rob

Since we were deprived of ever getting these cool 2dr wagons in North America, can someone verify if the doors are interchangeable? I'm getting an 83 wagon and an 82 2dr sedan parts car soon and really want to make my own 2dr wagon! It makes no sense that Toyota would make different doors for these models so hopefully my dream build isn't a wash. Much thanks!

Hi RC, Been mucking around with my sprinter lately and been wanting to get back into tinkering with it since moving house. Now my suspension in my KE15 is mmmm seen better days front end bottoms out shocks dead etc. Rear I have standard leaf springs and TRD 8 way shocks set on about 3 atm. Now I was in at road and Track in Ipswich yesterday and started looking at a KE17 that is in the shop atm that is being prepped for circuit racing. Eventually I want to do some track days in the KE15 then just have it as weekend fun car. So I'm looking into doing suspension. Now Terry at road and track said for the KE17 circuit car they softened the rea…

Hi I'm Ben and I'm here because I'm a Corolla-holic. Recently I bought a KE35 Hardtop from Ipswich spare parts. What Ive done sofar is put an engine and gearbox in and got some Cheviot wheels. Everything went well until I tried to put the wheels on the back (the fitted on the front). I measured the rear stud pattern and found that it is 4x110 (what the ke1x/2x rollas had I think). It has a borg-warner diff. I want to use my wheels (at least eventually) and get my car on the road soon. I was thinking that I would get the roadworthy on 4x110 steelies if I can find any, and then do something about the stud pattern. What are my options here? stud pattern adaptors? ke30 ax…

alright some random dude on facebook just burst my bubble hard out. to run 20v itbs on my 16v 4age bigport... do i need (HAVE TO) run a new ecu.... or can i run the standard one as i am still using the standard injectors?

I need to mount my Carb approved Weber to my 2tc manifolt since my kit diddnt come with an adapter, and I can't seem to find one the right size. I can do this in 2 different ways. I can create a spacer out of some 6011 aluminum. I have a stick of .75”x3”x12'. The other way would be using a spare intake I have from a 78 and hogging out the inside where the carb normally bolts to, and inserting a square (that bolts to carb) then welding. Well look at my ridiculous paint diagram and pics. Shaded cut out is of the weber carb's base. The hard way. don't Laugh!: or The spacer: Which way would you do it? And why?

I'm thinking of paint stripping my stalet doors if I was to take it back to bare Metal would I have to etch prime it then primer and then paint? And what diff options do I have for a ke30?

Hi, Have been having trouble with my girlfriends ra40 stalling. It's an automatic and at first the problem started happening in gear when stopped, so I thought brake master cylinder, vacuums or torque converter. But checked all the vacuum lines and they seem fine, replaced o ring on master cylinder so that's not leaking or anything.But now its started stalling in neutral too, it's not idling at all anymore. Thinking carby or something could be the problem but not sure. Just after any tips. Cheers, Jake

So I have installed a 4age with jdm t40 bellhousing & ta22 t50 into my ke20. I have installed the clutch master from ta22, and the slave cylinder from the original 4age fwd box. it is sort of working in so much that i push the pedal and the slave cylinder moves.. but not enough.. it needs to travel at least double the amount it is currently travelling to disengage clutch properly. looking at the adm ta22 slave cylinder it is smaller in length to the fwd one i have used, so i am assuming (because i have never really worked on hydro clutch before) that my master cylinder is too small to push the slave cylinder far enough. Is that likely? I really wou…

hey I'm doing a 4age into ke70 conversion,will put up pics and story when i start but for now just wondering if anyone else has used this particular bellhousing,if they had any probs and if they are worth the $700 price tab,

so i bought a whiteline swaybar for my ke17.. annd it fouls on my brake calipers so i had it shortened.. as in cut a chunk out of the middle n then re-welded it. now I'm getting mixed reactions..some say it needs to be heat treat it, lost its strength etc.. and some are saying it will be okay to chuck it on... opinions.. ? think ill chuck it tomorrow, see how we go? cheers amar

Any ideas???? Help????

Hey guys I have bolt on guards or flairs as some people may call them, I'm just wandering if anyone had pictures from when they installed theirs as I want to do it right, but I've never met anyone with it done, or seen how anyone has done the job.. So I don't really know how to go about doing it, I've heard stories of some people cutting their old flair out completely, and others cutting it into strips! Please help! Any help, tips or pointers are greatly appreciated, cheers.

Been looking at upgrades and just wondering if any mr2 stuff fit

can any one tell me what these 2 rims are? as i want to sell them and i have no idea what they are or worth. i had origianlly thought they were star sharks but they are a little bit different cheers Heath

hey guys, silly question iv got a worked ke70 with a locked diff, the diff is completely ʞ©$ɟed, looking to for a new diff (locked pref.) what should i get (good ratio's etc) nd i can't afford 2 get a LSD so locked will have to do ... cheerz

my front bumper sits on the piss and i have some time off work and want to fix it but i can't workout which bolts underneath are for the bumper bracket as you can see from the photo, left side sits higher than right

Hi all.. Well nearly sorted the 5k back together but tonight had a look to see while i had everything apart to maybe port the intake , match bla bla etc.. Its a 5k, 5k head, extractors are 4-2-1 ( dnt know brand) gasket is a Toyota product.. that metal one. (can get code if helps) I put the gasket onto the extractors to see how they line up and was surprised to see that the gasket ports were much smaller then the size of the actual extractor ports.. As an estimate like 2mm on each side. So not like the intake where I will probably need to take 2mm at the bottom but all round. The gasket lines up resonably well with the head ports and the intake ports... sooo I'…

Hi all, Just did a transplant and put a 4ac into my 70. It runs great only problem is it's idling way too high. It starts up nicely and then slowly the revs get higher and higher, when you step on the throttle it will raise the revs and then they will not return the revs just keep getting higher. BTW I don't know anything about carby's. Also another interesting thing is that I converted the 4ac from auto to manual and so it had like an auto choke linkage, when I move the auto choke mechanism thing it seems to make a diffeence in how the throttle butterfly thing opens and closes, when I don't touch it the buttlerfly doesnt fully return and the butterfly stays …

hey all, havent posted in a while but got a question! i have a ke25 that appears to not be selling or barely have any interest! now I'm thinking of getting a couple of panels resprayed if i keep it so also thinking maybe its time to get some te27 about it! my issue is that i want to put on te27 flares BUT i don't want to damage the standard guards in case i get defected and seeing as I'm not going to run it super low i don't see this being an issue clearance wise! now having never had flares to look at in real life does anyone thing there would be a way to mount the without bolts, maybe an adhesive? may seem like a dumb question but thought id ask

hey guys I'm planning on doing a quad throttle body setup and was wondering about injectors.do i need to go to bigger injectors,if so will 20v ones fit?plugs etc.and is there any difference between the electrical systems to operate them?(ohms and whatnot).am planning on putting bigger cams in at a later date if that makes a difference.also its for a ae82 fxgt so if will there be any problems i'll encounter?any help would be appreciated.i know the questions may seem silly but people arent really clued up over here

hey fellaz i have in my posestion ae82 corolla's bigport 4age for my ke wagon. when i got the 4age it only had the basics on it. so my question is today... does this particular 4age run an air flow metre? any help would be much appreciated :thumbsup:

I've looked through the Nikki carb guide and it does not mention anything about a certain part of the carby. On the underside of the carb, in between and off centre of the two throats there is a bolt with a hole going through the centre of it. It sort of looks like an port or source of vacuum for the carby. This bolt/hole looks the same as the one on the stock Aisan carb. The question is, what purpose does this have for the carby? The 4k carby mounting plate actually has a hole cut out for this port on the carby. Why this is of relevance to me is that to mount this carby you need to double stack the mounting plates. I am using a different mounting plate that…

I've got a problem at the moment with my car being way to loud it hurts your ears after driving. its 2 in system from the extractors back with a fairly short hot dog and then a fairly free flowing muffler on the back. i want to build a drop tip glass pack muffler like you would run on a rotary, the plan would be to make it fairly large, pack it with stainless steel wool and then muffler pack. I don't know if i will be going backwards with trying to get it quieter, i don't know how much just a standard muffler would restrict the system. it has shaved head, 32/36 weber, huge cam and so on. it moves a lot of air, so i don't really want to put on a stock type muffler to …

Before anyone says use the search button, i have and after a good hour and a half of sifting through endless post i need to get some straight answers if posible. I have jus bought an SC12 supercharger to go on my 4k and i was wondering what pulley everyone is using on the front of the supercharger? My plan is to use the aircon pulley on the front of the crank but i would like to know if there is a simple soultion to the pulley on the supercharger? Can i just use the pulley of a corolla aircon compressor or is something of another model ans easier fit? I am a machinst so i can modify stuff pretty easy but a direct, or nearly, fit would be awsome. Also w…

Hi, I came across one of these the other day - and wanted to know what model it was off. Appears to have a crown positioned above the "C". Cheers

Hi,sorry if there is a lack of info but its not my project and there is a question from the owner.He has bought a ta22 celica which has come with parts of a 2t motor,its not complete but we do have an inlet manifold with twin carbs fitted.Question is will this manifold fit a 4age,he can get a 4age silver top for $500 with loom and computer included but he likes carbs so this is why we are asking.Any info appreciated,also if anyone knows of a good place in Melbourne to get ta22 parts,especially a drivers side guard and a rust repair/replacement section for the rear parcelshelf. Thanks.

Hi just wondering if anyone has brought any of the guards from ROTARY products and what they are like ??? any info would be greatly appreciated thank you. Cheers:- Stuart.

I am one step away from walking away from the corolla. To no end this car has given me grief. Some of the problems have been my own doing or things I have overlooked, other times it's plain BS! I decided to go back to standard configuration after the other 4k seized up only to be met by more motoring madness. The engine I got was from a running KE70 and still had all the bits and bobs bolted on including the manifolds. I did not want to take the manifolds off because I would have been making more work for myself, at least thats what I thought. Because the KE70 exhaust is slightly different I had to cut and weld a section to bolt to the rear half of the KE55 exhau…