General Mechanical

Hey guys I've done an engine conversion that requires a longer throttle cable. Is there anything out there that might work and is longer than a standard ke30-38 cable

First off id like to say i live in arkansas so no legality issues here. I'm wanting to know how to go about engine mounts? Does anyone have any sort of blueprint i could go off of to build my mounts? I can weld and stuff but on mounts i want a proven idea...no use in reinventing what's already here you know?

Hey all, I've never had too much to do with auto's in Corollas but I assumed they'd be borgwarner like Celica etc.. Yesterday I picked up a 4k from a ke70 that had this trans on the back. When unbolting I discovered a GMH build plate. Is this just standard gearbox?

I'm thinking of buying a 76 2 door ke it has Rust in rear quarters and back right window I know I can get brand new front guards for around $80 each but does anyone know a good place in Sydney area that could help? I have photos but not sure how to upload ?

Anyone have experience with making a ke20, or any car really.. with tight 2 way lsd turn corners. Problems turning in and understeer. I run in street sprints.. toyo proxes888 tyres.. LOVE my new lsd other than the above. I can lift off the throttle to get it to turn in better, but there are corners i could take better if i could reduce the understeer. Current thoughts are camber, toe out and maybe rca for low springs.

Hey all just a quick question, Anyone know if ke30/55 and ke70 steering arm bolt spacing is the same? Wanting to know if i can run ke70 struts on ke30 steering arms Cheers

Does anyone happen to know the intake/exhaust manifolds' bolt/stud size? Diameter, thread pitch, and length? For example--8mm--1.25 x 25mm, or 10mm--1.25 x 25mm. Thanks John

I have just replaced the 5K engine in my car. The new engine is a 5K also and has been bored out 40thou and has had some mild cam work done, I have a set of extractors and the new engine has been fully balanced and ready to go - all except my current carby is crap. I am looking at upgrading my current carb to a side draught weber DCOE40 and am after some advice on the jet sizes and venturi size. Any help would be appreciated Cheers Shane

Hey all, I need to order some shank nuts for my camber tops to suit my shocks (which aren't here yet..) Is any one able to tell me what the threaded part of the front shock insert for ke70 insert is? For example M14x1.25? Cheers

Hi i have just acquired a AE112r seca for $1200. Pretty rough but not too bad for what i paid. I have only had it a few days and have noticed that there is a vibration when at a cruising speed in any gear... There is also what i would describe as a pop noise when accelerating from from a constant cruising speed... example of the vibration would be if cruising along in say third gear with no real load on the engine and then putting your foot down steadily. It can be felt through the whole car... Doesnt feel like a wheel balance/alignment issue... I was thinking maybe engine mounts??? Also the previous owner smoked like a chimney and now the car smells as you woul…

Hi guys I'm currently running an sr20 pushing the 350kw mark , and am looking for a suitable auto box now, I was thinking something like a C4 but am finding it hard to find an adapter ring to bolt it up. Anyone have any other suitable boxes that will work. Any help will be great cheers

Hey guys. Been searching for hours and can't seem to find an answer. Maybe I'm searching the wrong key words hahaha I would like to know if this vaccum hose should connect to either of these two points of the carby, or does it run to somewhere else? Any help or advice would be great

Hi guys Putting a 12a or 13b in my 70 within the next couple of months does anyone have any pics of front engine mount and gearbox mount Thanks Also when I pull the 5k out it will be going of sale keep you guys posted

Hey guys I'm leigh,I'm attempting to re-build a 4k turbo injected motor. The motor had standard head bolts in it but they stretched under boost and blew the head gasket. I have been searching for a metal head gasket as the standard seems to blow at 10psi. Does anybody know where I find a metal head gasket? Also has anybody had any luck getting ARP head bolts/studs? They don't stock a kit but ive heard of people using arp bolts in 4ks. Any help would be great. Cheers Leigh

Does anyone know who makes a decent rubber boot seal for a 67 ke10?

Got some Weds Albino's on the way in the latest import monster container. Does anyone know what the assembly bolts should be torqued up to?

I'm looking to have my distributor re-curved. It's a stock 4KC dizzy in good working order. Engine currently features a Weber 38/38, carb base plate port matched for carb adapters and intake manifold carb opening. The dizzy is electronic but features a vacuum advance and retard. I am using the big port intake manifold--it's been cleaned up on both ends. I am also using a set of extractors. As it's sit now--is it worth it to re-curve the dizzy's timing advance? When I add my performance camshaft and reworked cylinder head? I'm still under the assumption that Toyota ignition systems work just fine for most application. So, it seems like just re-curvi…

hey guys, I'm getting some custom headers made up (tuned length) with mandrel bend and exhaust (with hi flow cat etc) i just need some help in what size tubing i need and the thickness ? they will be 4-1 headers, however I'm unsure to what size/thickness to get for max performance. this is what my build is 4age 20v toda over sized high compression forged pistions C/R 12:5:1 H beam forged condrods ARP head studs ARP crank studs Kelford 194-C racing cams Toda racing adj. cam gears Full head reco port and polish Supertech 1mm over size valves Supertech racing vavle springs Tomei crank caps TRD 0.8mm multi layer metal head gasket TODA timeing belt 1z…

Looking to rego a ke25 with 4AG (carbied) in NSW. can anyone help with engineering and rego people to go to and have this done? cheers Aaron 0401442365

Looking for Car Rotisserie to borrow/hire short term - Auckland NZ Hi Guys I am looking for a rotisserie for my KE25 so I can sandblast and prime the shell. Is there anyone out there who can help or point me in the right direction? Cheers Alasdair

I have a Toyota KP36 Pick Up with a 2K engine. What modifications do I need to do on the engine in order to turbocharge it. The engine is the original 2K. I was also told that I can switch the engine to an electrical fuel injection conversion. Is that possible? Are there ready to fit packages? Thanks.

Gidday Team Well i just over torqued two rocker bolts and they snapped so was wondering do ARP make some. I know the ARP 4age flywheel bolts are the same size as 4k flywheel. So do 4age arp stuff fit in a 4k? Part numbers etc. Cheers

http://www.maltapark.com/item.aspx?ItemID=3538296 saw this in a local classified site. anyone recognize it pls? thanks

I am working with Non-Stop Tuning (NST)--the leading maker of lightweight pulleys in the USA. They've agreed to develop lightweight crank, water pump, and alternator pulleys for the 3K/4K engines. We'll be switching from the v-belt design to a serpentine style belt system. There's a huge range of colors and at the moment the complete set is running $300 US. The price may seem a little high but where else can you get these? NST is really doing us a favor by agreeing to take on such a small project. Several other companies that approached turned me away. So, bottom line--if you are interested post here and let NST know! NST is more than happy to ship anywhere in t…

Hey all not only am I new to corollas I am also pretty new to cars in general so yeah all the help I can get would be epic. So I recently just bought a clean little ke10 and it needs a few things done to it to get it roadworthy. I need to put in some new rear shocks, however I have no idea what type will fit my car or where I can get them. Can anyone help me out with this information? Cheers people!

Hi just wondering if anybody can tell me of a good engineer to go to for my ke30 I am doing quiet a few mods but want to make it all legal? Thanks in advance.

Hi, just picked up a 78 rolla 2dr sedan deluxe. I have never owned one and was in the market for a cool older car like this to tinker and have fun with. The car is in good shape. The previous owner though did his own suspension job to include cutting the front springs to drop it and put blocks in the rear. I have heard this can be done and doesnt hurt anything. My question is what can i do to make the ride-ability better? It bounces a good bit and is pretty rough at times on bumps. Are there coilovers i can get and what and where from. Also what about the rear with the blocks, is this good or can something be done with the leafsprings?? I look forward to hearing wh…

Hey all, just wondering if there are jack points on a ke10 and where should I put stands on the car if I am raising the rear to change the shocks. Cheers.

So guys recently I got my hands on another ke of course being such an old car there are things that need attention. First off is the suspension currently running leaking stock shocks and cut springs. And drives like crap especially when going over bumps which I found out when I jacked the car up to do some work is because the spring is cut so much that when no weight is on the car the spring moves freely safe to say it's dangerous and soon want to change. I've sorced full stock ke suspension for cheap but I still want the low. I don't want to opt for coilovers as they would cost as much as I got the car for and I don't want to run illegal choppies so I was wondering if an…

I'm very new at this mechanics stuff. Ive been playing around with my 4k and I've successfully serviced the auto transmission and changed the head gasket so far. I'm working my way through the tuning now. I've got the gregory's manual and the yellow toyota 4k manual. (which you can download here http://www.retrojdm.com/ScanView.asp?ScanID=29 ) The toyota yellow book is very clear, the gregory's not so good. I've found that they assume you know the basic stuff. Can anyone recommend a good generic workshop manual to teach me the basic stuff? thanks

I've got a set of Ae86 struts that have been converted into coilovers but I'm not happy with the quality. Essentially I want to replace the cut and welded stock tube with a new not-welded tube with a nice new gland nut thread cut in the top (threads damaged currently). The strut tube doesn't appear to be welded to spindle casting, so I was wondering if anyone had tried removing it with a bit of heat. I'd like to know before I go ripping the suspension out of my car preferably. Thanks

bolting up my ke30 x-member to the gze what rubber mounts do i use the stock ones stick out heaps... cheers

Hey all just wondering if anyone knows what kind of bearings fit in the rear axel of a ke10. Any help would be awesome. Cheers

Hi Guys, I have spent a lot of time and money so far on gathering all the bits i need for my new engine. I wont go into the list of parts, but it is substantial, i have bought very high quality parts throughout and should have a redline above or around 9k rpm. (limited to 8500 for longevitys sake. hope to have a second tune done after running in for if i want to push a bit harder on race day ;) 2 questions i cannot find answers to. 1- full gasket kit.. do i need one? I have a trd .8mm HG, and oem manifold gaskets. The head is fully rebuilt. Are there any other gaskets i will need, or will gasket goo be fine or better or what? I don't want to spend all thes…

iv been having a weird idle issue with my smallport 4age. it will start out at 2k RPM when its cold which is fine, but once its had a chance to warm up it will usually sit just above 1k RPM and thats fine too. But every so often, especially on hot days, il be sitting at the lights and the RPM will drop to 900-950 and shudder a lot. and if its been sitting out after iv been driving and i get back in it will start up fine but immediately drop below 1k idle and choke out and stall. that's only happened twice though. any ideas what could be causing this?

Has anyone tried adapting a T50 shift lever assembly to a K40/50? If it can be done it would open up more options such short shift kits and easy to locate spare bushings.

So, the Golden Girl is a dead stock KE70. Sometimes I jump in, it fires up, runs for 30seconds to a minute and dies. About as long as it takes to empty a carb bowl full of fuel. It won't restart. The fuel filter is empty, so is the pump. Solution is to put the filter inlet line into a jar of petrol, pour some down the carb and refil the carb, pump and filter. It makes a shopping trip into an anxious gamble.. It can be fine for a month or two, then do it. After running around town for a while I park it, lift the bonnet and see the fuel filer filling up more. Then bubbles come from the outlet end into the filter. The fuel filter is filling up because it is upsi…

Hey all so pretty much I'm new to cars and have just bought a corolla ke10. So far I have changed my hand brake cables and shocks which from what I've been told is fairly basic stuff. Was just wondering how much more advanced a front wheel bearing change would be. Feel like it's something you don't really want to screw up haha. Any help would be awesome. Thanks

Hey guys, I was snooping around looking for some parts and ran across these : http://http://www.ebay.com/itm/74-82-TOYOTA-COROLLA-1-8L-3T-C-E70-STAINLESS-EXHAUST-CHROME-HEADER-GASKET-BOLTS-/170723423502?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AToyota&hash=item27bfe8b50e&vxp=mtr cheap ebay headers. Usually when something sounds too good to be true, it is. but I was still wondering if anyone had tried them. btw, 3T and 2T exhaust sizes are the same right ? greetings. Odin

Post up what you have, ... and if you know what they belong on... and what market they came from.... AE71 - GT badge, and "DOHC" badge. Neither originally available in the USA Condition on the GT badge 7.5-8.0(slightly faded and a few tiny flecks of paint missing) , condition on DOHC badge 10 Inquiry..... the side moldings behind the door on a frameless door E7 model - on my car says "COROLLA". Do all of these moldings say Corolla, or do some markets say "LEVIN", or "TRUENO"?