General Mechanical

is there any difference between the s/c and twinky brakes ie: caliper disc removal? i was wondering if they were the same are they like the rears (from the twinky rears i used) that just slide off once the caliper is off. as i have not played with my fronts except the rears when i changed them over. any help would be great cheers 4ages

Hi, Just in need of informatoin on how to match valve springs to a motor. I have a set of dual valve springs off a 4K head to suit a K motor but I have been suggested by a person to not run dual valve springs as it is over kill etc. So I know there would be a way out the how to calculate amount of valve pressure you would need when it is fully open and also seated shut. So can anyone enlighten us on how to match valve springs to a motor and what to do? As I don't want to kill cam lobes or break parts of the motor from having to hard valve springs for the motor. Cheers Cameron

Hi, I have a 3K bigport head sitting on my desk at home that I want to give a rebuild so new guides,acid clean,skim, polish, port etc. But I was curious what is the best way to remove valve guids from a head? What temp should I heat it up to if I need to heat it up and do corolla ones get pushed down out of the head or up out of the head towards where the rockers would be? Cheers Cameron

hey all, how is a ke70 wagon diff different to a ke55 sedan diff? is it wider and are the mounts in the same spot?

Hey guys I'm using a stock 4k radiator on a 4age but its time to upgrade as I'm lookin to do a little track work and my gigantic 16 inch thermo fan wont fit :( so i was just wondering what larger radiators from other cars fit cheers

Is there any brake upgrade thats relatively simple and not 'custom made' kinda thing also reasonable cheap? If anyones done one or can point me in the right direction? cheers!

hey guys ive got a ke15 corolla with 4 wheel drum brakes and i hate drum brakes just wondering if anyone knows or has done a conversion to place disc brakes in the front and what i need to do and where do get one a brake booster and master cylinder thanks heaps everyone for your help.

I pulled apart a JDM caliper to paint and kept the other assembled as a reference. On closer inspection, the reference was missing this clip so I can't figure out where it goes and what it's purpose is. Hopefully someone knows.. Is it redundant to keeping the pads secured or am I going to need a rebuild kit?

Hey all, we just took a diff out of a KE70 and I was under the impression it was an S series as that is what I was told. But I would just like to know how to identify an S series vs a T series diff? No doubt theres some easy/obvious differences. Pics may help, but whatever. Cheers!

Hi all, does anyone know of a link or have some information of the speedo variation from actual speed to the speed shown on the speedometre when upgrading your rim size? i currently have 17'' rims on my 91 corolla and would like to know approximately how much the speedo is out by? i think i speak for us all when i say, i do not want to be done by a speed camera. any help would be great! thanks in advance

Hey guys, have been putting my new JDM ae86 brake setup into my ke70 and all was going well until i went to bleed the brakes. Tried undoing the bleeder valve on one of the calipers, it was pretty tight, then it just snapped off, leaving the thread still in the caliper (where it screws in). Tried WD40 on the next one, but this seemed to soften it more and it snapped too :P I'm guessing they'd been sitting around in japan for a while and siezed or something....So, I'm now stuck with a brake system full of air that i can't bleed from the front. So, what I'm after are either some othe options to bleed it (can i do it from the rear? - t-18 rear end), or an option to get whats …

Hi all, my 3tc in my t18 is not idleing properly, it will start and then to keep it running i have to revv it, if i don't rev it it the revs will drop down below 1000 then it will die or it will stutter and jump back up to 1200 or so then drop down and die, sumtimes it keeps jumping up from 200- 1200 a couple of times before it dies. this started happenijng yesturday on my way to a mates house, i was almost there so i jsut used the handbrake when comeing to a stop and reved as i was doing so, when i got to my mates i popped the hood and found the lid of my aircleaner(which was a homemade carboard one had come off, so i simply thought oh it was just breathing in to m…

I gotta either make or buy an oil catch can for my KE10. I've been looking at a few and i've noticed some have an outlet/inlet at the bottom and two at the top. Could anyone explain where the 3 pipes would go? Thank you

I have installed a VN V8 master cylinder into my KE30. I forgot to ask which outlets are for front and rear. Its too late to call now, so is there anyone that can answer this for me, and possibly post a pic. I have to get these brake lines bent into shape and then sent off to have the correct threaded ends on them....preferably tonight or tommorow as the christmas holidays is quickly approaching.

hey everyone i heard that someone is making 215rw hp out of a turbo k5 engine. i was just wondering what was done to it as I'm trying to build one at the moment i was going to change my engine to something newer but thought stuff it straight gas and turbo is that is was i run on my other car. any help on this would be awsome guys thanks

hi people i have an issue with my ke20 struts, firstly i have put ke55 brakes on to the ke20 struts. my problem is that when i reverse, the top of the wheel grabs the strut, so i thought no problem i'll put new wheel bearings on. this hasn't helped and its still doing it. now is their a different size ke20 stub axle or do i use ke20 wheel bearing? I'm stumped, please help

hey i have a 2TG and I'm currently in the proces of taking the head of the car. i have taken the cams out and have un done all the head bolts but it still wont come off. there are to bolts in between the plug holes but I'm not sure if un doing these will remove the head. Does any one know? thanks sam

morning fellas i have just sold one of my 3t's and it gives me some money to play with building another 3t. I'm after some pointers at it is going to be a fairly budget build, nothing dodgy just clean and cheap. the motor will have to handel around 12psi of boost at the max the idea will be just rings bearings and gaskets, a new cam will be ground while its apart and i need some help choosing that as i know nothing about choosing a turbo cam, the engine will be build for a daily driver, drifter and most likely some drags. some of the bolt on things will be a ct20 on a 3tgte manifold and a 32/36 weber jetted to suit a turbo application(brad sheriff of boost a…

I can't really find a HEAP of information about KE55's over the internet, which sucks. Just wondering how much they initially weigh, how many of them were produced, Wether or not if they are rare or common. By the looks of it I see a fair few of them on this site, so they seem kind of common. Though I'm pretty sure most of them come with the little metal badge on the back left hand side of there boot, it says TRD etc? Toyota Racing Development. So I am just wondering if anyone can give me pretty good information about my KE55 Hardtop. Thanks,

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hey there guys ive just brought myself a ke15 corolla for next to nothing with no rust and in overrated condition now i want to modify stuff on in it has only the 1100cc engine I'm not sure if i should place the 5k engine in and turbo it if i can find some stronger parts to hold the thing together or should i throw the old slant motors out and place a twin cam engine in with or without a turbo. if i was to do it does anyone know how hard it is and what things i need to look at doing. my other option is ditch all the 4 cly and place a rotor engine in its place. thanks guys any help would be great thanks.

i hate doing this, but does anyone have a cam timing diagram for a RA23 celica with a 18RG. i have an engine that just doesn't want the timing marks to line up. well after much searching i have finally found some info on it.

Hey guys I have taken the head off my 3K in my KE25 and have been told that I should clean the top of the pistons while the head is off.... My question is how and what do I use? Cheers Tally

The back right window in my ae82 corolla doesn't wind up or down tith the windo winder thing, there is a big scratch out of the tinting, so i decided to take the door trim off to fix it. i don't care if the window has to be permanently shut because it is currently about 5 centimetres open and i can pull it up but then it falls back down if i hit a bump or something. Is there a way to remove the door trim so when it goes back on it will still be flush and wont look like it has been ripped off ( i have removed the screw in the door opener and 2 other screws in the door handle thing.) i think i have to take the window winder off aswell? thanks, Mark

I have been building an engine for my sons first car (KE20) so far I have balanced the 4K bottom end, 3k big port head, factory twin carbies, extractors and a 2 inch sports exhaust, with a 5 speed, the car will be spending a lot of time on the highway so 2500rpm upwards will be the starting point and hopefully it wont be going past 7000rpm to often, but boys being boys he'll give it his best shot, but does anyone out there have any good ideas of what profile to use of where to find out. :D :) :) :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

Folks, I have a set of pistons that have been touched with with the die grinder in order to decompress a little. In order to work out my CR, I need to know the volume of the stock piston dish Does anyone have one handy they could measure, or even if you just know what it is! While i'm asking, what is the stock comp on a 5k. cheers tp (this is where the old "mate, theres 17 different piston types for 5ks" comes up....)

Hi, Just doing some more work on my SC14 and K motor project and I need a pulley to try on the front a thin one. Now I know sigma ones are the right bearing size but I can only find the thick sigma A/C pulleys so they wont quit fit (yes thin sigma ones fit but I can't find one) So on ebay tonight I saw this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Air-Conditioning-Co...1QQcmdZViewItem Looks like it will fit like a glove. Now since it is a experiment I was curious to see if some one has one in my area I can loan or post to me or if some one can measure the ID of the bearing on the pulley and the thickness of the clutch face and the thickness at the thickest part? Cheer…

hi, well basicly i just baught a ae71 a few weeks agow and i herd that this is a common occurance in the tail lights according to sbox so i decided i'd have a go at trying to repair it insted of buying new ones because the rest of the light fitting is fine its just that area I basicly just measured it up cut some cardboard out to suit the size this is just taped on just to show u what it looks like i fitted it up and taped it on for now this photo is not that good i plan on some sort of fiberglassing it in and make it to shape which i'll do tomorrow

Hey Guys, After stuffin around with the front discs & refreshing the brakes myself at home, thought id look at the rear drums.. staring off into space I decided I'm not really happy with the drums on the back, i'd really like to rip them off and put some discs on the rear! Has anyone done this to a early 70's KE25 coupe? If so any help would be appreciated with what would fit in there :) also i've never done such an extensive brake upgrade, I take it I will also require new master cylinder? what would be a good choice for such a conversion? any help appreciated! :P p.s I'm planning on sourcing the parts and getting a pro to do it so don't worry i'm n…

THiught you might like a look at my sons mazda, burnout in 4th @ 9000rpm @ 200kpm 1.6 60ft 109 mph half track 133mph 400m, not bad on street tyres daily driver

well as the story goes, ive got a ke30, wanted to put my 4G63 VR4 motor in it but found out it would be more hassle than it was worth so decided to go down the k engined route. ok now basically atm ive got a ke30 sitting at home with a 3k i'll rip out and ive since been collecting parts to build my hot k motor. So far at home ive got a set of 4AGE pistons (81mm diameter, 18mm grudgin pin diameter), two DCOE sidedraught 40 webers and 4k Main bearings (which I'm assuming fit a 5k crank but if they don't i'll cry!) firstly, should i go 5 or 7k? i know they share the same bore and its the stroke that makes them different capacity wise, but the engines, although si…

hello people i have a bit of a problem, i've got a ke20 that is nearly ready to go back on the road. the problem i have is that i got told to put on ke55 front struts as i had drums, now the top spring carrier is grabbing the strut tower. i have turfed the old struts and they are well and truely at sims by now, what other cars struts will bolt straight in with the spring being the same diameter as the original ke20 items? please help

hi guys, i have to fix some rust on my '79 KE55 corolla (wow, shock horror!). Was wondering if anyone who has done this before could give me a hand. First time i've had to fix rust and a little unsure of how to do some things (eg: welding) Of course there will be renumeration for anyone who can help. its mostly on the rear quarter panel, passenger door sill and a few very minor spots here and there. most of the minor spots are just surface rust though and could be removed easily. I did have a friend who was going to help me with this but he can't do it anymore, so i'm seeing if anyone in brisbane can give me a hand. So if anyone can give me a hand let me k…

I use KE20 for club motor sport I would like to know how to get more camber. It has XT132 struts. What bottom arms can I use? Is there any 4 piston Toyota brake calipers I can fit to these struts? What flat top pistons can I fit to a 5K does anyone have any information and numbers on these pistons THANK YOU Mick E

i have a auto corolla and when i put my foot flat to floor it doesnt rev as hard as it used to and doesnt seem to take off that much seems to have lost power i havent touched anything in it but i did put some of than petrol that contains like 10% ethanol in it like 1 month ago but it should of effected it straight away? lately ive just been using usual unleaded

As the title says, I'm looking for a centre console, to join to my existing dash that will have a gearboot and a tray etc, is there anyone that knows one that will fit, or any advice while I'm looking for one, I'm going to the wreckers today so its kinda urgent, hoping i can pick one up there? Thanks

hey guys ive got my ae71 4age daily that ive just run into a problem on friday, that the car just died while driving along, then after 10 mins of trying without anything working it started up again. It's done it 3 times on friday and the last time it broke down near a shopping centre, so i decided it was the battery playing up and went and bought another 1........ Put it in n started all good until last nite when i went to get into it and drive home but it done it again with the new battery. any1 mite have any ideas on what it might be????? any help muchly appreciated cheers tom

i know you guys have probably already gone over this a thousand times but i was wondering what suspension i could/should run. Currently i have whiteline control springs all-round, with standard monroe gt gas shocks. Sorry if this has been a faq but any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks :lolcry:

well basicly i just got deliverd my new rolla (cheers adam) and yeah the breaks i think are on there way out i press the peddle in once all the way to the floor then on the second or third time it will go stiff and apply the breaks then if i wait lets say 20 seconds or so later i press it again then all the way to the floor again (fluids are all full and it dosnt look like there a leak any where i can see)................ possibly the master cyl seels so what do all you think needs a reco or replacing thanks andrew

hello all i have been offered this manifold as i need parts to make a manifold for my 3t, can some one tell me what its from?