General Mechanical

i have been offered a turbo and turbo manifold for my ca18 the turbo is a t3 off a saab, so it has small exhaust housing. minimal shaft play, but the guy informs me it could do with a rebuild. and the manifold is a standard ca item that has "apprantly" been ported for "better" flow. it also has a t3 flange so that helps some what. what do you guys reckon its worth, as he has said make an offer and i'm not very good at offering for things (ie. i always offer way to much)

I need some of these? Any other models similar? Or do they sell them new? Rare spares? Any help appreicated

Hi, Been googling about and can't find it there. But I KNOW you can make a normal dizzy off any car work as a boost retard dizzy. I need this in my mm coming project to stop blowing head gaskets and I want to not lock my dizzy to a set angle so any help appreciated? Or if anyone has the how to can you plese post it? Cheers Cameron

Hey guys My KE70 makes a sorta brake squeeling sound except.. when I'm not using the brakes at all, it randomly does it when I'm driving Anyone know what could be going on? Cheers ;)

Hi, Just been cleaning up a 5K I have ready to install it into a car of mine. But I was interested to know about the carby they run. As the one on this 5K I have is well dead. So I want to use the one off my 3K will it be jetted right? Also does anyone know the compression one of thee 5K's run? Mine is a dished piston motor if that helps? Cheers Cameron

got my engine back together, man its fun pulling apart k engines anyway, i ran into a snag where does this go? anyone familiar with ke70's please reply

Hay guys i need your help! Iv got this 18rgu and the last bloke who had it started to take the cams out an now iv got no idea were the things that hold the cams down go!! sorry not shore what there called is it the rockergear?? Anyway there are different letters an arrow an stuff on them so I'm not shore were to put them!! if anyone can help it would be great!! Cheers

Hi, Just found a web page on how to make DIY angle eyes/egal eyes. Ihave always wanted some of these on my KE30 around the 7inch head lights but the kit was a few hundred dollars so I havent but just found this page and well for a few $ you can DIY them..mm might try this soon :y: Here is link: http://www.geocities.com/jvxdriver/eagle_eyes.htm ENJOY Cameron :D Spelling fairy says: damn that egal was annoying me.

Hey there, I have a little sedan Toyota ke55 corola and i don't have the manual for it.I was just wondering if anyone could please give me the correct amount of oil i should fill the engine up with????.. Do anyone know of a online site that they could give me the address of ,that has the specs for the engine ,box,diff etc>> Thanks>>> :D :) :P

done a search but can't find much just wondering if any one can point me in the right direction, just want to find specs on the converter and the box and how much power they can hold, looking for eithier a website or a workshop in vic that can help me out thanks in advanced tuff car, tuff dog

Hey, i was after some suggestions to get my exhaust sounding a little better. I have a full 2inch system with one muffler near the back of my car. But it isnt producing the note i want it to and sounds a bit weak. I want to avoid putting a fart cannon on so i was wondering what other options i have to improve the sound. My budget isnt that big but any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

hi, my motor suddenly developed a noise. It seems to be coming from the valve gear. it starts to rattle around 3500rpm. Could it be the valves need clearance checked? Any ideas?? last time it happened I topped up the oil and it went away but not this time. cheers, Jon

Just doing a transmission oil change and need to know how much oil she needs.

hey all,does anyone know where i can find some 3.5,3.7,3.9 diff gears to suit mini borg warner diff for my ke30...ive only found 4.1s and 4.3s so far!!! does anyone know if corollas came out in other ratios that will fit????? any help would be great..thanks p.s. my diff has inspection cover on back.

Hi, Don't know how well this would work but mm worth a shot if you have a spare K motor or 4age as they have an air box so might be good to place water container there. But below is the link: http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/sho...ad.php?t=130747 Cameron

hey a find a st of Toyota Corolla ZZE122 Superlow King Springs for $200 jst wondering is it worth buying spring or jst make some cutties??

Ok time for another question Will an ex TA22 T50 gearbox bolt up to my 4A series engine with the bell housing from my T40 gear box that i have in the car now, i'm not sure if the shifter will line up in the tunnel or if the bell housing will fit? I know that i'll need a different tailshaft as the 5 speed is a longer box but i just need to know if the box will fit before i buy it. Thanks for your help again guys Chris

Hi i was wondering are the corolla ke36 p/van doors the same as the ke30 4 door, doors. Thanks Kalby :) :(

Hey guys I'm new to this forum..and need some help I'm here open for any ideas on what i should do, i currently have my hands on a 78 corolla coupe its immac the only thing is power wise... with a 3k motor 4speed box.. ive decided on a full engine change, i know i want to go bigger just not sure what will fit, i like the sound of a twin cam motor but not sure if they are a good fit..can ne1 help? what do u guys reccomend thanks...but i don't wanna spend stupid amounts of money on it though... I'm open for any suggestions .....as I'm goin to make this corolla tuff.. cheers adz

hi guys, i've an ae71 panelvan with a pretty chopped out and cracked upper dash[crash pad] i was wondering if anyone could tell me if its easy enough to pull the crash pad off as i have a parts car at the moment with a good dash but its going in three days so i don't have much time. i tried the search but didn't come up with anything any help eill be greatly appreciated thanks chris

hi guys, look, i know this is a corolla forum but i'm sure people here could tell me a good place for me to service new ride :y: which is an '86 toyota celica st162. i've been looking for a corolla coupe in melb. area but i found no luck on getting it, so i got myself a celica instead. now, this car has some problems on the engine, which is a 3s-ge with 5-speed manual transmission. the car seems to be choked (?) when i hit the gas. it happens on low rpm like 1-3 rpm. so i'm thinking of servicing the car. as i don't want to get ripped off from the mechanics (i just got to australia like 3 months ago and i haven't go to a mechanic before) i need some suggestions on…

hey, on my ke25 i am doing the ke70 brake upgrade. now i wouldnt mind a dual circuit brake master cylinder and one thats a bit bigger to suit the ke70 calipers as the ke70 calipers use a 20.64 bore, compared to the corolla 17.46 bore. the rear wheel cylinders are both 20.64 on the ke25 and ke70. now the galant ga master brake cylinders are no longer avaliable supposedly but are 19.05 bore which would be good. the galant gd master brake cylinders are still avaliable in boosted 20.64 bore and non boosted 17.46 bore. now the questions are... if i use the non boosted one will 18% bore difference make that much pedal difference to drive around? upd…

Hey all My left frount gard on my ke35 coupe is stuffed and my ke30 sedan's left gard is perfect i was just wondering if it would fit to save me the hassel of pulling it off and finding out the hard way. Thanks Luke :jamie:

Hi, I'm my KE30 for a while now the fuel gauge has been playing up on me. It gives false readings and is slow to work. Some problems it has is I can fully fill the tank and gauge will lift really fast then go really slowly and take about 5min to get to the right reading. Then I can drive 150Km and it will not move but turn off the ignition and back on later or when you next drive the gauge will go from reading full to half full tank. So I drove to the fuel depo to see if it was gauge or motor chewing the fuel and it was the gauge as it took 12L of fuel to fill the tank so the gauge should of dropped a 1/4 only. So I have decided to pull the fuel tank sender …

Will a speedo cable from a automatic ke70 fit into the T-50 ?

Hello all. I`m looking for a 5speed box to fit in my k-engined ke35. I have never seen or heard of a k50 in Norway so looking for options. Was at the scrapyard today and found a 82 mod. km20 with a 4k in it. It had a 4speed ,wire clutch , bolt on bellhousing, side-lever activated gearbox. Question : is this bellhousing of any use to me ? what gear box were these cars fitted with ? It had a 4stud big diff that i belive is a e-type. About 40mm wider then my u type. Could not find ID. plate of car. don't know where it is supposed to be either. All help appreciated. Thanks for great forum that has already given me plenty of useful info. Anybody in…

Hey all, I'm Jamie from Christchurch, New Zealand. I'm planning to do up a ke30 in the near future and am gonna be building a mild 5k to drop into it. The purpose of this post is so that I can find out if I should be using a single or twin sidedraft setup. I'm aware that either will do the job, but firstly I've heard that twin setups can be a pain in the ass and/or costly to tune and keep them tuned. And secondly is that a twin setup may be unnecessarily thirsty. (The main reason for this concern is I'll be on a student allowance and would like to keep the fuel consumption within a sensible range for a 1500cc motor.) I've got a PAIR of Mikuni/Solex 40mm sidedraf…

Hi, Well I'm building a big air blower out of a SC14 supercharger. But I ran into the problem it has a flat belt like modern cars have and I needed to run V-belts to turn it. Also for a K motor to mount a SC it is easier if you use V-belts. So today in the shed after some measuring and looking I noticed the V-belt pulley with clutch in it off a sigma aircon pump FITS the SC14 I have :) All you need to do is remove all of it apart from the barrel the bearing sits on and do a swap. So I added photos below to make it easier to explain. The pic above shows the aircon on the left and SC14 on the right and both pulled back to the aluminum barrel that holds the be…

hey all just need to know what the valve timing is for a 3tc i have been looking for it all day and no luck so if any1 knows let me know thanks

Well i was webbing the other day when i came across with this: Introduction - http://somender-singh.com/content/view/7/31/ http://www.somender-singh.com/ http://somender-singh.com/content/view/65/43/ well my question is, have anyone try this in a 4K??? i don't know what to belive because its not just another fuel saving magnet, it have been tested by a lot of people with good results overall and they seen like real people. i woult try it, but i only have one 4K and its daily driver so i can't mess a lot with it. I think that maybe some people who has the skills and lots of 4K heads around can do something..... and tell the comunity :)

Here is my problem, I'm replacing the seals in my clutch slave and i have got one seal on the piston but i can't get the 2nd one on. How is a seal with a hole 5mm wide ment to fit over a piston that is 10mm wide? As Raven said I'm one angry munchkin, Ive been trying for the last 80mins and no luck :) .

hi all, i have brought a 32 36 weber that i was told was off a falcon, autho don't think falcons had 32 36's it has 160 and 165 jets up the top and 140 and 145 down in the fuel bowl, can some one tell me if i need to change these jets so as it will run well on my 4k whitch is all stock apart from extractors thanks casey

Please could someone tell me what the torque wrench settings are for tie rod end, ball joint , idler arm and pitman arm for ke35 / 55 coupes.

i just got some seats from a gt4 and i am going through the crap to modify them to fit a t18. only problem is the rails are a part of the metal body for the seats on both sides so i have no idea on how to get them to fit. any help would be fantastic as i don't really want to have gt4 tops and t18 bottoms might look a bit odd not to mentoin the lack of comfort. cheers in advance

Well, i took the ke30 to the drags last week, and things didnt go so well.. :D I spent the morning setting the boost to the precise 11 psi, and making sure everything was sweet, and loaded her on the trailer and off to the willowbank raceway. On the way i dropped into the servo to pick up some octane boost i normally use the nos brand but all i could get was some dodgy "octane boost and clean". So thinking this would be better than nothing, i put it in :D . On my first run i forgot to let the tyres down to 18, and smoked the tyres pretty bad, but once i got to third it was breaking down like crazy, it was running that bad that i was changing gears at 6000. It ra…

well basically, i cut my ke55 air intake pipe down to a shorter length cos it gets real narrow so i cut it where it was wider, turned it around to face a hole coming thru the grill to get more and colder air..the bad thing is, i will probly have to get the police to id my vehicle so i can register it (long story/problem) will they pull me up on this? or my power cables from the batter for my strereo that arent screwed in? or cos my mate took off sum of the pollution control measures..he didnt pull em out, just disconected them.

Hi.. I'm new to the site so sorry if I ask a few questions that have been asked over and over. I know that in the FAQ it mentions a little bit about interchangeable gearboxes. Ive got a KE20 with a 4K engine and have just got myself a 5speed box out of a ke70. I understand that there were two different 5 speed gearboxes brought out in the ke70, so do both go in fine, and what troubles may I have other then having to cut a hole in the tunnel to fit the gear lever.. Also if the ke70 box has the same spline as my 4k, is it true that the fly wheels out of the ke70's were lighter.. Cheers

Was the TE72 made in japan (imported to AUS like the KE70 panelvan) Was the T-50 manual used in the TE72?? Would anyone have any pictures of a TE72 manual gearbox x-member? I would like to know the dimensions/distance between the bolt hole centres??? :ninja:

Hey guys, So today I start up my car and drive out, when i get to the roundabout i press the clutch to go from 4th to 2nd and the revs drop suddenly to just 400-500 revs. This is a far cry from the 700-800rpm the car normalls sits at in neutral. It feels like it's about to stall every time i put the clutch in. This is making everyday driving more difficult, and is really pissing me off. I thought the carby may have been clogged with shit (It's a 4A-C by the way) so i bought some fuel additive to clean it out, but to no avail. At first i thought the hot weather today may have had an effect, however i've been driving it around just in the last hour at night time and th…

If anyone tells me to search ive searched and found nothing, So this has been bugging my for ages now, my rear suspension sits around 1 -2cm higher on the left hand side at the rear, i have checked all my trailing arms and they are all perfectly straight, i have a stock panhard rod although that doesnt make a differnce to the height. I have had around 3-4 differnt rear end set ups, with everyone it has always sat higher on the left hand side, my current set up is kyb excel g short strokes and 6.5kg springs. Ive also heard of a few other Ke's not just 70's doing this aswell, happend to anyone here? Here are 2 pictures for a reference, sorry they are the best i have.