General Mechanical

I bolted on Haikals Nikki carb onto the wagon today, the carb is either off a Mazda 808 or a 1600, not sure. Anyway, everything bolted up alright, I even found a random bracket lying around in my pile of junk that I could use as a throttle cable bracket, the only cable that isn't really ideal is the choke, but it wasn't before anyway. The end of the sheath isn't clamped down, and I can't think of anyway to clamp it down. Anyway, after having some dramas trying to set the floats etc, everything seems to be good. Don't have an air filter yet (Autobarn sold me the wrong filter and then closed before I could return it, GAH), so put a piece of chux over the top and went…

heres food for thought... Pushrod motors - grind cam = opens valves longer (in VERY basic terms) *OHC motors, where cam runs onto shims = Add meat to cam lobes to open valves longer. So, question is, IF you were able to work out what sizes were appropriate.. of you wanted a budget, and cheap ass way of getting more duration outa your motor, instead of getting new cams, would it be possible to put larger shims in, to increase the time the valve is open? It wouldn't change the time that it comes in, but if you think about it, because the shim has moved up point piss all of a thou, it would result in the valve opening slightly before, and close slightly after = m…

Hey guys, my names joel i am reasonbly new to this group, i drive a stock KE70 no mods cept for the stereo and some dodgy electronic bullshit that kept me busy on the weekends(prior to working non stop for schoolies savings). I was recently friggin around with the interior light whilst trying to put my alarm in and managned to short it out. Now i have no clock or interior light. I hav checked the fuse box under the steering wheel and on the battery with no luck and i couldn't be stuffed lookin anywhere else as i don't have any time. does anyone know hwere to look for a fusablelink/fuse that would blow in the event of a short on this circuit. The wiring diagram…

greetings rollings... well after being sick of the constant humming noise coming from the rear end of my little yella beast, i got new wheel bearings put in it. its now a quiet little car at 100 clicks. its got a pea shooter exhaust on it, so the only noise is the sucking of the weber and humming of extractors from the engine bay. its tops, you can actually talk to people at normal volume! I'm surprised how little road noise the little car has, i'm cheering... Anywhoo, thought i would share. Cheers, dyzza

Hey everyone! This is my first post here. Glad I was able to find this site, as Corolla people can be hard to track down. Anyway, I am building an '80 Corolla SR-5 Coupe (US spec TE72) for road racing. The rules of my class state that I cannot change the rear differential housing, but that the internals of the diff are open and that I can run any gear ratio and LSD unit that will fit... without modifying the housing. In the US, the TE72 came only with the 6.38 8-bolt rear (so my research tells me). I know that TRD used to make an LSD for this rear, but they have been out of production for a long time now. Are there any other LSD's out there to fit my car? I saw so…

Hello again. My 80 TE72 is being set-up for full road-racing. Unfortunately, where I live (Los Angeles), there is not much info about setting these cars up for the track. Are there folks out there who race these cars that can give me some assistance as to spring rates, damper setups, sway bars, camber, etc. for my car? It is only going to make about 130hp at the crank and weigh about 2300lbs. I have to use all of the stock mounting positions for the suspension components as well as the stock brakes (but pad and shoe material are free). Please let me know if you have some advice. Thanks again! Ryan

Hello i'm new to this form so i'm sorry if i'm not posting in the correct place. I'm looking for a pic of where the starter is on my 1999 Corolla. Know where i can get one?? I know where it is, i would just like to have a pic of it on the car so i can see how to take it off.. Thank You J

hey everyone. ive recently been thinking about this, and to me it seems to defeat the purpose. see the way I'm looking at this is if we take a turbo'd engine. with a compression ratio of 8.5 the bottom end is gonna be rather gutless and only be any good once it comes onto boost. now the way i see it the lower compression ratio means slower acceleration until the turbo spools up and a longer time to spool up because the engine isnt pumping as much air and it will also mean that the turbo has to push more air to create the same pressure in the cylinder as it would with a higher comp. engine. so from this thinking to me it seems that to have a decompressed version of n/a …

well the title explains it, I'm tryna track down jeremy aka 1g-gte ke70 or gaijun doru. i was talking to him this morning on msn, trying to get his address so i could go and get his car which I'm buying. and he went silent on me, havnt heard a peep from him in almost 2 hrs on msn and he has changed his status to busy, so i am assuming that for some weird reason he is ignoring me. if anyone knows his phone number please pm it to me as soon as possible thanks guys regards andrew

Hey guys I'm looking at a very cheap liteace van and was just wondering if anyone knew the years that the Liteace had the 5K motor in it? I've tried searching and google but haven't found anything. Any help would be appreciated. Also the car owner won't be able to tell me what engine it is until 3:30 today so it would be good to know if it could possibly have a 5k

hey guys I haven't posted much on here as of yet, uni is over so i'll be on here a fair bit. I've got a ke30 2door sedan, I'm getting pics up soon. I installed a tacho, and at a hundred clicks, the little 4k revs at approximately 3,500RPM. It has a 5 speed gearbox. Is this normal for a 5 speed 4K? I'm thinking its got a different diff in it ... In which case i will be replacing it soon. .. I did a search but couldn't find anything specific enough... Cheers guys, dyzza

Does anyone have any advice/experiance on modying a corona ive only ever seen one thats worked its called "phobia" heres some picks, if you've never seen please looks its awsome. http://forum.hot4s.com.au/messageview.cfm?...274&STARTPAGE=5 So yeah nick said the engine is a 2S-C wich is in my 1984 corona 2.0L carby, are there any companies that makes parts for them. I'm not very mechanicaly minded so I don't know were to start beside an exaust system.

Hey guys I own a 1984 corona and I was planing to sorta turn it into a rally car. The first step I was was going to get it higher off the ground. The logical thing in my eyes was to get suspension off a hilux ute or somthing similar but ive been told you can't fit it, since toyotas are rally bred and we all drive em I thought one of you nice people could tell me.

hey guys I just joined. I got my first car its a 1984 toyota corona CSX auto its white. I was woundering what the engine name is, is it st141??.

I was just wonder how you work out an exhaust system, and how you will know what kind of range it has? Or how to make it resonate at certain frequencies (RPM) give me all the technical stuff... the knowledge its fill me :P :)

I took my KE15 to the muffler shop today and apparantly they are not able to/don't want to make an intermediate pipe for my car. I have the 3k installed and ready to go except for exhaust. I have emailed the guy that Mikey suggested here in the states in regards to the extractors that he had but have not heard back yet. I may need to swap the exhaust manifold from the k-c to the 3kc for the fact that the 3k currently has a dual port exhaust and the k is a small looking manifold with a single port which will be much easier to make a down pipe for. If I cannot find an extractor, is there going to be any major difference in the performance of the 3k with the k exhaust ma…

ok i got a 1975 corlla ke55 with a 4k engine and it aint going fast enough i was racing my friend up the bush and hes stock datto bet me off the line what can i do to make it kill all other cars p.s. i heard about this site from another corolla owner

Hey guys, I've been trying solve my problem for while now with no luck I have replaced TPS,Coils&Igntion, Spark plugs, leads are good, fuel pump It would only rev to 4000 revs and just bounce there and miss throttle sometimes, when i unplug TPS the problem is gone but doesnt run the smoothest With fuel pump is it ok to have it hooked up to ignition ?

I'd like to get my hands on a manual that has a how to all of the interior parts of an AE82 (toyota corolla hatchback), like in dash (aircon, heater core etc), in door parts etc. any help would be greatly appreciated. Downloadable if prefferable plz

For every one who has tried these things are a biatch to get in. I found a rather easy way to replace them. So here it is. What you will need: Hammer Vice 1 1/2" metal tubing Something to brace middle of control Arm (will explain down the track) You're new Bushes Your old control arms The fist thing you will need to do is get the old ones out. This is done simply by leaving them out in the sun for about an hour so there hot to the touch. Then bash the crap out of the small end. You will notice that one is smaller. Now to get your new ones in. These are the items I used for mine. The metal tubing was my old exhaust I still had lying around; it is perfe…

Hey everyone, I have a ke70E with a 4kc engine. Attached to the 4kc is a two barrel webber carbie. So the problem is when increase the throttle slowly the revs go up normally but when you plant the foot the revs drecrease severely then increase like normal. So yeah just wunderin if anyone knows whats goin on. Thanks.

I've managed to find an R31 LSD diff complete for a pretty good price (well I think so anyway), not 100% sure if I'm going to get it yet... Would anyone (Junior?) be able to point me to roughly how much it would cost to shorten? The only quote I've been able to get so far (from a generic diff place) has been closer to $800 which I thought was a bit high (considering Junior set the whole diff up inc new discs, bearings etc for $1000...). Or would anyone be able to hook me up with somewho who would be able to do the shortening / welding of mounts? Any ideas?

(I'm probably being laughed at now since i posted this again... i can't post the picture on the GENERAL MECHANICAL forum... well, stupid me....) has anyone replaced the gasket on this part of your carb? will silicone work even without opening the back lid of the carb? the mechanic said there's "air" coming out of it...

just wondering if a ke70 gearbox fit a ke20?plz help

Ok its that time again when i can work on my car :lolcry: the first thing on the list is the motor (4age) first thing is, what should i get done to it? Its got small sracthes in the bore (carnt feel them) so i assume ill will need a hone? Ive been told i may need new pistons depending on how big its rebored to? What else should i get? I'm trying to keep it resonlably cheap. What parts should i get ballenced? Is there anything i should really consider getting? Thanks Jason

My KE55 diff whines when you drive it, what does that mean, not enough oil?, wheel bearings f@$ked?, whats the easiest remedy, i heard people used to stick banana peel in there back in the old days to stop them from whining when they were trying to sell a car :jamie: Cheers

I am definately Australian, and have been in and around cars my whole life, and not once ever have I heard anyone use the term "bunky". Shitter, stocker, daily, work hack, run-a-bout, but never bunky...Dit it occur to you guys that maybe it's not an Aussie thing at all, more a West Aussie thing? I wouldn't bother with the SC12, if you are going to all the trouble of supercharging it, use an SC14. It's not overkill on a 4K, I have used one many times on many standard 4K's. They are not going to be considered fast, compared to a fast car, but they will go about twice as hard as the 4K did on it's own, and also be great for burnouts, and hills. I currently have mine on a…

I finally got around to trying to see if all was well on my swap and now the motor wont spin over. I know there is probably more info that anyone willing to shed light may need but here's what I can think of. k to 3k swap 3k was rebuilt about 3000 miles ago. had to swap flywheel and clutch pressure plate from k as the bolts didn't line up with that of the 3k ( I think, it's been a few weeks) I remember swapping them, can't remember exactly why I had to. Bolted up the t4 trans (factory 4spd ke15 tranny) I bumped the starter with the coil wire off, no exhaust and didn't want to run straight off of the manifold. starter engaged but didn't want to turn. removed …

hey all joined long time bak wen i had a ke70 bunky, well it died and went on to have a 2.6 turbo transplant and now its time for another bunky, but this time i think i mite go abit mad and supercharge it, not really caring about strengthening the motor, i was wondering if anyone had a blue print for a bracket to hold a supercharger, and if so how they went with the supercharger on the 4k.. cheers

just wondering if a ke55 gearbox bolts to a ke70?Do i need to change anything? thanks

Click Me hmmm, a stock, 4x4 liteace, running a 3Y... id be intrested to know what driveline accessores its running... :jamie:

hi. i've been hearing a bit about sigma arms bolting into ke35-55s. i was wondering if anyone can tell me what year model sigma arms to get? and how much camber they give. i've got rose-jointed corolla arms at the moment that give me between 0 to 4 deg of neg. but can't get it engineered because they are illegal. thanks

Hey guys, working on removing some squeals in this 1981 KE 70 of mine and detected some sounds coming from the boot springs. was just wondering how in the world you get these metal bars out? there doesn't seem to be any parts that can be taken out. can anyone lend some ideas to this? thanks lots! :( jeffrey.

I am taking the motor out of the ke70wagon and have stuck a problem. I have released the clutch cable from the arm on the side of the box but i can't remove the end to slide it through the bell housing. On the ke 35 & 55 there was a slot in the fitting that the cable slides out off. This is not the case. It is always these stupid little things that stuff me up. Anyone anny ideas HELP.....please

Hello all, Just drove my ke20 for the first time in 4 weeks and its blowing a bit of blue smoke... could some one please tell mewhat this means.. if anything... thanks in advance Dysolve

Hey, just thought someone might be interested in RWD bigport 4AGE manifolds. I scored one from SSS automotive today for $100 + COD costs. I don't think they have many left, so be fast if you're interested

I've found this on ebay in the states, it's some material that nasa uses for gaskets, meant to be a great insualator between the head and the intake manifold, keeping the temperatures lower and air densities up. What do you reakon guys? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4AGE-AE86-C...013948559QQrdZ1 50ish AUD delivered.

Someone should have fun with this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Weber-Intake-Manifo...1QQcmdZViewItem Brad

Basically i'm interested in finding out whether there are similarities, given i've done a quick search and could find little on the topic. Could a twin manifold from a datsun 1200, fit a 3/4k head?? As a seller on Ebay mentions that his twin weber manifold does fit a 3/4k. Regards.

Finally got around to pulling the back plate off the back of my diff after breaking something in it two weeks ago. Got the cover off and discovered I've broken the spider gears. So we're going to see if we can weld it up until I can work out what LSD I want to use and will best suit my purposes (preferably one that will be possible to attach disc brakes to) and then wait until I've got the funds to afford it. Any tips of welding diffs?