General Mechanical

will someone please explain to me what size rims fit on a ke70? i don't want any modding, just some new looking rims / lower profile tyres, i'm sick of the whole tractor look. i'm after some white or black 5 spokes or something, i hate chrome :D

Hello fellow corolla fans, I own a 1974 KE25 Coupe, Which had a Low k Japanese motor put in it a few years before i bought it, i know that it is a 4K but don't know how to tell if it is a 4KC or not? Would any one b able to tell me how 2 tell which is which and if there are any differences! Thanks for the help as i'm fairly new to toyotas, As I was a Die hard Holden fan until I finished fixing up my KE25 Coupe! and now i love corollas!!

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right after some info to help a fellow enthusiast out for her project... 4k heads. what ones have big ports and higher compression etc? iv heard some engines have high comp pistons and a higher comp head is around too. any ideas? i can check part numbers etc etc but part numbers doesnt tell me port sizes etc! cheers guys :D

I have installed a new thermostat in 1993 Toyota Camry LE and there is very very minimal heat. I live in Canada Burrr. Please any suggestions as to what else could be causing this.

I'm looking at getting a corolla with a 3t-gte motor in it are thay a good motor

I stumbled across this page and thought it might be useful to somebody. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stepho/engcodes.htm

let me get this right.... u have a yellow car, and a black boot?? do u still have the templates from when u made ur boot really good lookin? i feel like going to look for some carpet offcuts. i need some dimentions tho

After recently suffering a blown head gasket, after thermostat failed, (You may remember,wife got locked in the cupboard for a week for that indiscresion) I realised how much we all seem to neglect the essential old water system. Anyway, I've always put Toyota water conditioner in my 4KC, but the head job I just did on the engine demonstrated clearly how much scale etc. builds up in these things; which I suppose is to be expected when you consider the engines we are playing with, have been around for 20 odd years. Anyway it now has head reconditioned, new gaskets, new hoses, new cap, new thermostat, & I even recored the radiator, as the stress of the head bl…

does any body know the size of the oil sender thread for a gze Ae101? I'm getting my gauges hopefully tomorrow and i need to know what size sender i need.

Heres the latest cock-up with the 5k. One of the exhaust lifters is noisy. I've adjusted all the exhaust lifters to 0.012" while its warm. But there is always one noisey exhaust lifter. I've adjusted numerous times on the compression stroke ans so on. I have had the engine running with the rocker cover off and put a feeler gauge under the tappet, which stopped the noise. It had no more clearance than the other lifters - but then i ran the motor and when i turned the motor off, the clearance on the exhaust lifter was about 1mm. I don't want to adjust the lifter again incase something is wrong. At the moment, its the engine builders fault - I'm not in a hurry to m…

give me the shits.... Pulled up at the servo this morning on the way to work. Filled up with fuel, got an ice coffee (coffee is crucial to saturday morning work) and paid for the stuff. Get back to the car, turn the immobiliser off and attempt to start the car. She cranks but no hint of firing. I try again, pumping the throttle a few times thinking there might be a fuel problem. Still nothing. So I wiggle some wires and stuff around. can't get it going after 5 or 6 attempts at checking things like coil connections, plug leads, points gap, rotor, dizzy cap etc etc. So I push it out of the road, check fuses etc under the dash. Mind you by this time I was getting pr…

Hey Guys, As most of you know i own a KE35 Corolla, it blows blue smoke on start up and when the engine is cold and I'm not even "racing" it, my old man thinks that it could be the valve guides, the 3K has only done 130,000KM can any one help me? Brad

Can someone one help me out with my application, I have rolla ii and a starlet gt engine, i need a ecu put in .. i have a starlet gt harness aswel. what should I expect to pay for a basic thing to make the car run fine? I was qouted 2500 for a microtech from apc :)

anyone got a lever and cable that they have laying around? i don't really want to pay $25 for one here :)

Was having a clean up in my garage the other day and came across a 3K head I'd forgotten I had. Question ! How do you tell the difference between a 3k big port & a 3k std head ? Did a quick search but can't find the answer. I guess it's only the dimenisions of the manifold port openings; but what are those dimensions. Thanks ! :)

hey, I need some help here ( again, hehe ) I want to lower my ke70 about 80mm.. at least 40mm.. then I suspect I need new shocks and springs because they're never changed before i think and they feel pretty tired.. what should I buy? I have some spare coilovers for my ae86 with alot of different springs / shocks in my garage.. could I use them? do I need to convert my setup to make the ae86 coil-overs to fit? pictures: http://riiber.net/coilovers/ am I missing something to make them fit? ( it stands '400 200 hk6 - 49218 2580 1370' on the shocks mounted on the coil overs, and 300 200 44038 on the other two shocks, is that the ratio for (de-)compression? if it …

I've just finished putting a new 4A-C in my AE71 (thanks Jason and Teddy, ended up doing the whole thing by hand, lifting the motor out of Jason's car, then into mine at home haha) and since the old one is apparently a non-interferance motor so there shouldn't be any damage I was going to rebuild it for a spare my question is has anyone here ever played with these motors? I'm thinking of rebuilding it with a bigger cam, ported head and possibly bigger carb if I do that will it have enough power to spin the wheels? I've upgraded the brakes and suspension cause I want to drift it and was going to do a 4AGZE conversion but I got over it and can't be bothered spen…

what other seats can i bolt into my ke70? i mean, some lower bucket seats. any from other toyota's that are a direct bolt in?

in the camry, as i take of there is a rattle in the rear end like as if something is loose it is not the exhaust i have already sussed that out. does any bodyhave any ideas?

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 :)

and i want a written report on my desk by tomorrow morning! :P http://www.users.bigpond.com/vidore/toyota_4age_engine.htm

I'm gonna change my exhaust because it's f@$ked.. it seems I'm gonna use the default exhaust manifold.. but what do you guys recommend for size? first twin 1,5" then 2" the rest? I want top end power, but I'm also going to use the car as a 'almost-daily-driver'.. so I also want some low end torque.. if ya know..

i want a blue neon for a boot light. how the hell do i wire an old tamper switch to the boot lid, and where do i wire it all up to? please tell me i don't have to rip the entire carpet out to trace the door pin wiring....??? do i? any ideas would be great

i have an 800W 12" kenwood subwoofer, and a earthquake 300W bridged amp... only problem is, the boot rattles like a f@$king tambourine. now i've tried to silicon up all the cracked tack welds on the bootlid between the skin and the bracing, but theres still some small rattle in there somewhere. has anyone else out there got a subwoofer with the same problems? i need to fix it beforei i go red again at the next set of traffic lights when people larf at my boot. BOOM, tinkle....., BOOM, tinkle.....

I have an electronic distributor (nippon denso i think) fitted to a 5k motor, and it has two wires coming out of the body. I've been told that one is positive and one is negative. Can anyone tell me where each of the two wires should go? Thanks in advance

I'm mucking around with the Selby's adjustable swaybar that I have at the moment, and am trying to figure out which way gets stiffer and which way gets softer... On a normal swaybar, it's simple, the front bushes merely locate the bar (pivot) and the end bits torque the bar, so the further away the ends are from the pivot, the "softer" the bar is... The bar I have attaches to the radius rods. So one set of bushes near the ends, snd one set of bushes near the pivot. Does the same theory apply? That the closer together I put the bushes then the stiffer the bar will be? Or is it the opposite? Does it matter how near the ends I put the bushes?

I'm in the process of installing a 5k into my ke30 sedan. Although i noticed i don't have a dipstick for the 5k - so i was wondering if anyone knew if a 3k or 4k dipstick is interchangable with a 5k motor? I'm happy to hear any suggestion as to what else would fit. The 5k is estimated at 140hp with datsun and holden internals, so i don't mind if a dipstick from another model fits, and indicates the right oil level.

i've been running leaded petrol in my ke70 since our family has had it. obviously, its been running LRP lately. unfortunatelly, LRP will no longer be available soon. i was told by my dad that i will need to run premium unleaded + additive. will i lose / gain power or long term reliability? are there any conversions that i can do to get more power / convert to plain unleaded? also, as a young kid at a deli would ask, "what can i get for fifty cents?" , i would like to ask.... whats the best performance upgrade i could get for say... $200 to my 4kc? ...(besides taking 100 kilo of crap out the boot)

Just discovered this page today, and oh what a relief. there actually IS people out there that are experiencing what i thought was rare. the feeling of an old, rear wheel drive corolla, a pissy engine, and yet still a giant smile on their dial. =D anywho, i'm 19, my name is nigel, i live in adelaide and this is my rolla its a 1984 Toyota Corolla CS sedan, KE70 with a 4K 1.3L engine its done 245,000km, been serviced on a regular basis, and has almost imaculate bodywork. the only modifications that i have made so far are: - new seat covers (let me know what brand to buy to fit the damned rear bench seat) - pioneer sound system - it once had a back l…

OK got my rims today, but found out the studs fall short by A LONG WAY. Any who how do i go about replacing them? The wheels holes (for the studs) are also bigger is that going to be a problem? To me it looks like i bash the crap out of them until that pop out... But i don't want to brake anything... ive googles btw and some of the methods they use seem dodgy :thumbsup:

Hey guy's, I was just wondering if there is anything I can do myself to my 4A MT Engine ? It's the FWD engine's for 1989 1.6L Twin Cam Corolla's and Nova's. Any Ideas or advice on how to keep under the hood clean and running at optimum performence, or anything else would be great.

I am designing a bracket to mount the battery in the boot to save room in engine bay. What size battery should i be looking for? I hope fully plan on getting a ok sound system later on down the track... much later.... But i always like to plan ahead. Nothing worse then under designed stuff Hmmm wrong section but o well

Does the fender and doors from a te71 fit a ke70?

Hey all As you know, I'm doing the 4AGZE into Ae71 project.. blar blar blar. I will be getting the car engineered, wired up and blue plated by Robin Berardo from peFOURmance Motorsport in Brisbane. I just wanted some feedback from any one here who has worked with him before / and / or would you recommend some one else to do the blue plate, engineering and wiring for our project. As i am new to this entire concept, do chuck in anything you feel is relevant to the subject - I'm always up for listening to anything any one has to say! Cheers

Quote Mr Dixon months ago "don't tell your mother this, but its ment to go harder than it is" Me : yeah? "its that dirty webber" Its now today, and its just been geting worse. It now bogs down under 2200 constantly, even when warm, it wont take any more than half throtal under about 3,000 or it just goes into kangeroo mode - as in BIG kangerooooo jerkies, and the worst thing... i notused today... IT NOW SOUNDS DIFFERENT ! :lol: !!! ..not to mention when its cold it idols too low... so i change it up. It gets warm, it idols under 2,000 somewhere. So i change it down again to idol at about 1,000, then the next day when its cold it hardly idols... etc, s…

I'm in the middle of reconditioning my diff, Ive cleannin most of the gunk off the surface and taken out one of the axels (i think i need to machine the drum :lol: ) I know its aspestus and cation has be taken. But the right bolts that hold the drum on are completely seized >_< Ive tried every thing, WD40, jumping on the spanner/kicking it and i don't know what to do? Any suggestions

seems my problem was a little more serious than I thought haha there's only shredded bits of perished rubber left where a timing belt once sat anyone know if the 4A-C is an interferance motor or not?? just so I know whether to go buy a new timing belt or start shopping for a new motor Dave

my auto electric skills are more than just a little bit rusty having a problem with the AE71, the coil isn't producing any spark trying replacing it with the same problem so I'm assuming it's in the wiring pre coil rather than stuffing around pulling the loom apart and trying to find the fault I'd like to just re-wire up the new coil independant of the original loom can anyone tell me everything that needs to be wired up to the coil and which terminal it should come from (+) or (-) thanks in advance Dave

What do you think are the most important aftermarket gauges? Oil pressure, Water temp and Volts?