General Mechanical

what downdraft holly carbs fit a 4k? and when i say fit i don't mean like"bolt-on" but like fuel flow etc etc.. thanks

some more 4AGE info. 4age site

Has anyone run a 4K on LPG? Not looking for sporting power, just plain economical commuting.

Just a quick question would there be any advantage to removing my muffler from my standard 3k powered ke20?? this is for a khanacross event so street legal does not matter. I was thinking about cutting the muffler off the car and welding flanges on to the exhaust and the muffler so i could just replace it with an exhaust tip with a foot of pipe on it instead of a muffler..

give me a couple of days and i'll up load this to my website. we've had this since 1986, this came from Toyota NZ. interesting reading. it's done. Scottmotorsportz go to the bottom of the page and you'll see the link. the file is in PDF format. enjoy!!

My corolla is low as it is, but not that low, so i would like to be able to get it to sit just right...... :y: The rear leafs arent really a problem, because i know a guy who can re - set them and add an extra leaf, so that doesnt worry me.... What concerns me is the front springs. I have searched through old topics and someone mentioned that if you use eb ford falcon front springs and cut them down it should be fine. I'm not too sure whether you would have any problem with wheel alignment or would you have to chenge the front shocks or strut tower....??? :P Thanks...

Hey Where does all the extra weight come from between ke3* and KE5*? Just reading through some toyota stuff and made this discovery d'oh! Thanks Troy

can anyone tell me how i wire up a taco into a ae92 rolla plz???

Hi! I'm Rene and I come from the Philippines. Bought a Toyota 3A-U engine and installed it in a 4WD Suzuki Beaver. Had the engine overhauled but forgot to take note of the hose layout (think pneumatic hoses that connects to the carb and manifolds). Now, after being overhauled and the engine runs worse. Can anybody help me by emailing or posting a diagram of the hose layout. My engine is not fuel injected. Thanks a lot!

Looking for a place in Brisbane to do it for me. don't have the time or patience to do it myself :n:. All I can find in the yellow pages are places that supply bearings...

hi, i have a ke55 that came as an auto. all the manual cross members don't fit my floor pan and the mount on the gear box is about eight inches to far forward. just curious if anyone knows why this has been such a pain in the ass.

My girlfriend has a '88 Corolla 4 door. I has about 115k on it, and was just in for a tune, also the exhaust was replaced. Since then, the car seems to be running rich, and idling low, the gas mileage has dropped from 50-60mpg down to 29-30 mpg. Any thoughts on what the issue might be? Bad injectors maybe?

need a radiator for my KE30 and wanna do it cheap out of the paper or something. which model corollas can I get a radiator out of ? ke55? ke70? etc if anyone has one in perth ill grab it up

Hey Guys, Rollamods has kindly given me alot of information on good places to get clutches done, as I am in need of a new one. Can anyone give me some places to get the parts from and or installed please? just so I may chase some people up whom I have never heard of before ans see what they can do for me :P Cheers Sads

now someone probably already knew this, but i had to check it for myself. the box i tried it on was a 22re out of hilux/corona st141-2, bolts stright up, so the bell housing you want for this conversion is from a late townace with a 7KC or E. thanks to mr beerhead for making me get my ass into gear.

This will probably end up in the Wiki somewhere, but for now I'm just going to put it in this thread. Lots of people talk about T-series diffs, kouki and zenki etc, but few people ever mention the axles. And then there's the people who say that if you have a non-LSD T-series diff and you want to put a TRD LSD center in, then you need to shorten the axles about 5mm... Well anyways, what I wanted to point out is: Not all T-series axles are created equal. There are at least (and probably more) 3 different sorts: TA22: These are fairly short, fairly thin, and use tiny bearings RA23/38, TA23: These are about the same length as the TA22 (I think slightly long…

hey guys. my ke70 is making a funny noise. it happeneds wen i go over bumpy road or like if the back bounces around a bit. its a squeeking noise, and i can tell it has to do with the suspension. its coming from the rear behind me wen i drive, so back right? i thought maybe a worn shock absorber? anyone else had the same problem before? and is there anyway to determine that this is the cause? cheers

hey guys and girls!!!!! i gotta a DX KE70 2DR wagon which i have thrown a 3T 1800 init. whats the best bet for bigger brakes in the front??? which is easy affordalbe and works with handling etc any help would be cool cheers guys

G"day guys the nightmare cotinues. The starter on the 7k has always been tight. It would generally start first throw. Now it has locked up and will not kick over. I"ve taken it out and it seems ok when i test it. I don't know if this is even the correct starter for the block and flywheel combination. a 4k starter doesn't fit the body is to big :D

As title sez, for a KE55, help much appriciated.

Will '85 celica front struts fit a ke55 with minimal modification, i know about the tops but unsure about balljoints and whatnot, help much appreciated.

my name is reuben and i own a 1979 ke55 corolla. which i have had for 3 years. it still has its original block thats been rebuilt with flat tops and chrome rings. i ported the head in my shead at home including all port matched. extractors 4 into 2 into 1 at 1 7/8 and into 2 inch at the first resonator. the 7200 rpm redline comes around pretty quick and 210 psi in each cylinder makes it expensive to run only really liking premium. thermo fan and electronic fuel pump all hooked up to the standard 4 speed and clutch. the diff, springs and rear brakes are all out of a wagon. new 2pak RX4 metallic purple with lots of clear. all up its cost about $900 including buying the ca…

Hey Guys, Were doing an auto to manual conversion on the KE55, and I'm told the clutch needs to be torqued on to the engine to a certian pressure... can someone please tell me the torque setting?? Thanks, Matt

It's an 83 Corolla KE70 and this is my problem: Sit in drivers seat, turn key with accelerator, car starts, BUT when i let go of the key and it returns to the "ON" position, the car stalls! I have checked ALL of the fuses in the fuse box in the car, and the "ENGINE" fuse in the engine bay, along with another 1 or 2 in there... I called a m8 n he said to check the coil (BOSCH GT40), i did that and yeah the tester lights up when the car turns over... Earlier today i disconnected the amp fuse while playin round in the boot and when i reconnected it it made a small spark which it usually does, but it looked slightly bigger than normal. I'm pr…

hello all, For those that don't know my name is tom. i have two KE50's which i am semi-rebuilding one of them. (3k from spare is for sale) Now a problem i have (I'm sure some other people have come across in their corolla endeavours) the tail light rubbers/gaskets are fairly perrished and ripped. Because of this i need to make up some new ones, i was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to do this besides that silicone gasket stuff which can get quite messy and look horrible if you don't do it propperly. I might also need to do this to the hatch hinges. Thanks in advance, Tom

Hey Guys, Ive been wiring up a tacho in the KE55, got it all hooked up how i thought it went. It turns on and lights up properly. but I'm not getting any movement in the needle. so i guess i must have wired it to the wrong spot on the dizzy. can anyone tell me exactly where i have to attach the wire on a KE55, better yet, could someone with a tacho please take a photo of where they wired it to? Thanks. Matt PS- i did do a search and i did google it already... no luck

Tightening rockers but don't have service manual. :D Tried search but couldn't find anything. :D Anyone know the gap between the rocker and valve? BTW: I know this should be in the mechanics section, but nobody is reading there and i need an answer asap!

hey all i recently bought a pair of electronic seats from an RZ supra n I'm having a bit of trouble fitting them.... the problme is i don't have the original seats and i need to make brackets to suit....does anyone kno the dimensions or whatever so i can make these damn brackets....thankyou for your time

Fellow rolla enthusiasts I have been encouraged to upgrade the suspension of my KE70 by a shock absorber snapping in two. Has anyone done this to a KE70 or AE71? Basically I just want my car to handle and of course to look phat. If anyone has done this with king springs and/or monroe shocks definately please reply to this post! These are the brands I want to use. Part numbers would also be helpful for reference if you did use these brands. Apart from that, any advice? If you suggest chopping the springs I will pretend you are a computer glitch and hit my moniter. :y: Hehe I like it how googling suspension and KE70 brings up a rollaclub hit first go.…

niggling things here and there, but the main one that's pissing me off is it's stalling on me when i put it into reverse. it's a real bitch when i'm having to do those 10 point turns in these ʇ~~ɔy little streets around where i live while working. i've checked the timing, it seems to be alright.. it is tending to idle roughly atm but i don't know what could be causing it. i'm no efi wizard etc so i'm stuck with what it could be.. cheers, matt :D

Hi iv seen a 4kc engine for sale with a recond head for 350 bucks i have a ke35 coupe with a 3k motor that needs a head recon so is this 4kc engine anygood and will it bolt up to my gearbox on my ke35

Where can you purchase solid lifters for the 5k engine? Does the engine ever come out with standard fuel injection??? I have heard that few 5k engine actually have solid lifters stock, not the hydrolic lifters! Is this true? If so, How can you tell??? ( I'm new to this stuff ) :D thanks to All. ROLLAS 4EVA

hi guys I'm new here i own a 78 ke30 corolla it has a set of extractors into a 1 1/2 inch exhaust system under it with an air pod which is fed by nice cold air ok heres my problem i have a high compression head off a 4k and I'm putting it on my 3k cause the 4 k done an oil ring and i just did up the 3k I'm not using the scolloped pistons I'm using the 3k flat tops i know the compression ratio will be high but will i damage the engine at all i havent started the engine yet has any one ever done this before :thumbsup:

Just a query....... If you were to install a roll cage into your car, I'm guessing that you will need a engineers certificate to get it approved....??? Or is there a law stating that you cannot have a rollcage in a road registered vehicle?? But i can't see why not, HELL, it is safer...... * Not that i am planning to ROLL my car.... THANKS :thumbsup:

I have just started to build my self a ke30, so far have lowered it,17 1nch mags, new panel and paint and prelude seats. That went all good but I'm not to clude up when it comes to the engine side of things. I only no what I have read, with no real knowledge of engines. I have got myself a 5k engine that has has the head shaved,ported and polished, 2t vales with hardened valve springs, a street ground cam (half race cam), lightly balanced crank.pistons and rod, and a set of 2t twin carbs to start things rollin. I keep reading about people changing the lifters to solid ones, so my question is with what I have done do I have to change the lifters or will I get away with wha…

This might sound silly, but I'm not sure what the circled thing is on the 4A-GZE pictured below.

I thought i'd start this after talking to Teddy about his engine he's building. i found this out the hard way in my starlet, running a 5k, it would Accelerate really hard and the last thing i expected when i went to freshen the engine up, was to find number one big end almost run. soon as i saw this i knew what had caused it, it was running just a standard sump, with so much acceleration the oil was been thrown to the back of the sump, staving the engine of oil. Now i'm wondering how many people out there have the same thing happening and don't know it, my oil light NEVER came on(remenber the oil switch is only 10psi). a little food for thought. :dry:

First post here, but not a newbie to corolla on the net. Looks like this is the reason for oldcorolla email list's quiteness, so I'll move with the times and with a bit of luck I won't get nazy moderatored either (ah), Now I've had my bitch, I'll continue on. Got an engine that has low compression in all cylinders, but even in all. its got a good bit of pressure on the oil breather into the air filter. Idling you can cover oil breather and get a good hiss of build up. To give an indication, I reckon I could blo up ballons on oil breather ( not that I've tried, yet). The enngines an old toyota push-rod, so could it be blow through from the rings? Before you ask, …

ok, the '81-'82 starlet transmissions i've been using have been stamped "k51" or "K52" the genuine efi 4ke '83 trans is stamped "k61" the rpm drop between each gear on the k61 is identical in each gear incl. 5th; does this make it a trd trans? the rpm drop was the same in 1st and 2nd in the others, but 3rd-4th was WIDE and 5th was almost non-existant (300rpm?) all this was while running 4.10 rear gears and 195/70/13 tIres. so what do you think?

I hate it when this happens............ After going for a drive in the ae92 this weekend, i noticed after moving it from sitting for a while there was a little spot of oil......... I lifted the bonnet to reveal that oil has started to come from around the distrubutor, and run down all over the other stuff. Its not drastic, but my girlfriend is freakin about it! I have heard this problem being talked about before, but i can't remember the outcome..... Any help would be great...... THANKS * Give me an Old Skool corolla anyday! :y: