KE70 Projects

Hi! Let me introduce myself first: i'm Ricardo, 24 and i live in the Netherlands. Took a while but i finally bought a rwd Toyota (Pretty rare over here and the most that are for sale are expensive). The previous owner started to pulling the car appart and removed almost all of the rust. But because of personal reasons he couldn't finish it. The car before it was taken appart: And how it looked when i bought it: Some of the new parts that i got with the car: And the rest of the parts: Have enough plans for it but first i want the car back on the road as fast as possible because i don…

Gday all. First time starting a topic and only due to being in a tight situation... Purchased the vehicle as is, unregistered. Running a 1G-GZE. Highly modified all round, diff, brakes, seating, gearbox, supercharger, intercooler etc. Checked the mod plate when getting it roadworthied and noticed no mod code for engine change... Bugger. Got codes for all above mentioned mods. Does anyone know if this engine can legally be shoehorned into this vehicle? I will try to get some pics loaded up, but really just want to know if I will be able to register it as a daily driver? I'm in QLD. Thanks!

Hey guys So i'm rebuilding my KE70 (especially the engine) and i've hit a bit of a snag. I'm pretty keen to put a bit of extra power into it but I'm not sure whether to go and get a turbocharged V6 or keep the 4K and tune it like a boss. if you guys have any ideas, thoughts, HELP mainly, it would all be MUUUUUUUUUUCHLY appreciated. i'll chukc up a coupld of pics later Cheers guys

G'day, I own a '84 KE70 and want to start to do it up a bit. I don't know where to start. Anyone got any advice or tips on what to modify or what not? Anything would be brilliant. Cheers!

well, my mate down the road bought an ae86, i worked on it with him for a couple of days.. i always wanted a ke70 but working on a car made me want one even more. i hunted for about 2 days and i found this, a slighty rusted, manual, flat front ke70! all he wanted was $400 and i was on my way. i am only 15 and will be getting my lerners in about 3 months.. i live in the sunshine coast and can't bloody wait to get my licence Plans-- new carpet paint all trims/dash blaaaack fix rust noiiice spring / shock setup, nothing ridiculously low just so she sits beautiful quads chrome bars make door cards like reed. bigport 4 age :))) 2 1/2 exhaust central …

Hi guys and gals if any I am building me a a ke70 with a rotor this car will be a track car so I don't care about legal mumbo jumbo. I have just started this conversion and am willing to do a build thread for u guys and I will not be cutting corners on this one and doing all the fab and engine work myself no sledge hammers no dogeie work the start of set up I am running is a side fed 13b

Hey guys, I have an 84 ke70 rolla and I am looking at putting a 1jz in it as I have on sitting here, I was wondering if anyone can tell me a total cost roughly, can it be street registered on Vic and the good and bad of doing this, Cheers

Hello All, My name is Mitch, I'm 22 a car salesman and qualified boilermaker. Ive owned a total of 6 ke70/ae71's. this will be my first conversion and most work will be completed by myself and a few of my mates(mechanics, auto elecs and fabby's) As you can tell by the heading I'm about to start the long process of building a 1uzfe powered KE70. the 1984 KE70 corolla S with aircon, was purchased for $1,000.00 of an elderly women who went blind and couldnt drive. She purchased it from Shepparton Toyota. where I'm currently employed as a salesman. The 1uzfe and auto cost $1000.00 n is out of a 1991 Toyota Celsior that had 130,000ks on it for when it was pulled from t…

Hey everyone, kinda new to the forum and definitely not close to a lot of you (I'm in the states). wanted to show off my 2 door sedan build a little and will probably ask questions along the way because you guys have waaaayyy more support for corollas other than AE86's than we do in the states. on with the build. i got this car 3 years ago now and was just going to use it as a DD so i didnt have to drive my miata all the time. here is a pic of when i got it. it had some issues when i got it... it had an electric fuel pump that was dumping 10 psi into a tired weber 32/36 so it was just pig rich. the exhaust manifold was broken and the exhaust was perf…

Hey all, Its been a while since I've posted anything. Currently converting my Ke70 to 2tgeu, thought i would chuck some photos up. Pulling the 4k out. http://i.imgur.com/BlUJlex.jpg http://i.imgur.com/O6PdPg8.jpg 86 Bumper, primed and ready for paint. http://i.imgur.com/lRV1J4j.jpg New carpet installed, also replaced the grotty door cards with clean ae71 ones with door pockets. (not pictured) http://i.imgur.com/bwiBoAI.jpg New Radiator http://i.imgur.com/fZcNBXb.jpg Picked up this 2tgeu for $400 with t50, full exhaust, loom, stock ECU, and cross-member with …

Wondering if anyone has made their own turbo kit for a 4k before and how difficult what you need and need to do? I was looking at my ke70 and thought hmm maybe I could put my turbo that is laying around in the girlfriends shed on it give it some boost life... Zutuu.

Hey guys new to the forum, bought myself a 82 ke70 that had been converted to manual and had a bride drivers seat on a set of steelies, still in the process of gathering parts, bought a built fully forged sr20 that made 507hp on av fuel. My plan is for the car to be a registered street drifter that I can do track days in but drive on the road Me and my dad will be building it, he builds hotrods in his spare time so he will be a massive help.

Hello everyone, new to this site, old to Corolla's Where should I begin....... I guess it all started about six years ago; I was thinking about which way I wanted to go with my TE72 project. I kept dreaming of a 4A-GE swap (just like everyone else). Suddenly, like lighting striking my brain, it came to me! I’ll swap in a 5M-GE from an early 80’s Supra. I started doing some research to make sure it was possible to stick the inline 6 under the hood. I managed to find two blurry photos of 7M-GTE’s in TE72’s. That was more than enough proof for me. First I needed to find a running supra to swap the parts from. I searched and searched, but was always disappointed, b…

Dominicaneddy here from Old School Toyota Car Club of Bridgeport CT (USA) Its been awhile since my last build (1972 Toyota Turbo 2rz Carina ) Now onto the next build - 1982 Toyota Corolla shell picked it up and taking it home Altezza Blacktop BEAMS 3SGE swap with 6speed transmission installed. Tubular cross member Oil pan shaved and fly wheel dust cover fabbed motor is in nice and straight Tranny crossmember Engine crossmember mounts Waterneck fabbed foward Celica supra lsd posi rear end getting ready to be swapped in Manifold fabbed as well it clears everything Adjustable lateral bar fabbed for the rear T…

Thought I'd put this up to track it's progress, I have had a few sedans but not a wagon so this will be fun :), I got this particular one off a young girl who drove it while on her P's and before that it was an old lady car. Interior is original and unmolested and no rips/tears nothing! It looked like it was "repaired" a while back and now starting to uncover the horror!! As I got it, you can see the colour change down the side.... Hmm...?? Same on both sides! Cut out rust and put in new metal, no bog!!!!!!! This started off as a bubble!! Most of it is welded up now and half way through the wheel arch, I bought some ke70 front guards to do the fla…

Hi guys I'm pretty new to this forum, previously hung out at AE86DC, JDMST, MX5CarTalk etc, basically whatever ride i'm rolling in at the time. Just sold my Evo 6 and have moved on to an AE71 wagon (who does that, honestly?), but yeah, the Evo just wasn't me. I would have preferred a low roof & flat front wagon, but this came up for sale so i grabbed it. Links to other current & previous build threads: Shakotan Corona Turbo MX5 ITB AE86 So here is my new daily: DETAILS: Stock as a rock AE71, 4AC & 5 speed. 103,000kms & 2 previous owners. Good service history. Pretty good all round really. Passenger side panels aren't quite as…

I have an 1983 SR5 Corolla Hardtop and wanted to see if anyone has a seatbelt for the driver side (left side in my case, USA). The interior is blue so that is the preferred color, but please send me if you have any. Also looking for interior door pull handles. Pictures attached. Thank you, I’m looking forward to getting this one the road soon.

Hi all.. Just finished mounting an AE86 front bar to my KE70 over the weekend Let me know what you think Cheers

Thought I'd throw a couple of pics up of my Rolla, bought it earlier this year with a regency defect, but fixed it up an passed first time, got it home an ripped the 4k out an through a 4ag in, its still far from finished.... Oh an a pic of my previous 4ag t18...

Sold the Panelvan to buy a respectable car for work so I could cart clients to and from meetings. Boss is gunna be pisssssed. When I bought it. AE71 Bigport 4AGE --> T50 Jasma extractors --> High flow cat --> High flow muffler. 2 1/4" over diff. JDM AE86 front with stiff springs and shocks all round. Z10 Soarer wheels with really grippy Kumho tyres. Prelude front seats. Now. JDM AE86 Coilovers; KYB AGX inserts, 5KG Otomoto springs with Otomoto helpers. KYB Excel G rear shocks with king springs. Weds Autobahns 14x7-2 14x7.5-7.5 w/KU31 Kuhmos MA61 seats Latest -

I've been meaning to bang up a thread for a while. I purchased my Panno a few months ago while I was living in Melbourne, at first I wasn't to keen on converting from my usual sedans to a Panelvan, but now I wouldn't have it any other way. I have just completed the drive to relocate back to the gold coast so I can now start playing around with it. She's extremely straight with only two or three rusts spots 1/2 the size of a five cent piece. It's completely unmolested with 128000 on the clock from factory. The only few things that I have done are fit MA61 Supra wheels with fresh rubber and MA60(?) Supra seats, and a simple stereo install. Plans Engi…

Hi there...I'm very new to the corolla community since I last owned a Ke70 20 years ago. My question is I have chosen a ca18det engine for my conversion and looking at help into what rear end I should be looking at as I'm sure the standard wouldn't cope. Is there a straight bolt in diff axles and drums I can put in for a bit more more strength?would a carona diff fit and do the job?or and recommendations would be great... I will be putting a big brake upgrade on the front.

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So it’s finally time and tomorrow morning I’m travelling to the goldy to pick up my Ke70 project. It’s currently in pieces and has already had rust cut out and fixed up so the first thing that I plan to do to it, is strip it fully and begin paintworks. As a tribute to my first ever car, I have decided to paint it green :O My dearly beloved Toyota Lexcen, bought for $50 off the back of a mates swamp and done up as a replica HSV SV5000 commo (but with SV89 body kit, go figure), was sadly written off after a very intimate encounter with a roo. So to revive some of my dearest memories I decided to paint my new Toyota in the same colour. Now, I …

Sold but still in my heart. when bought fixing rust quick coat of black spray cans a beauty shot fixing those bonnet dents *shakes fist* slowly turning into more parts than car as i get kinda anal about doing it up. One thing leads to another. fitting new carpet which ended up in stripping all the trim so I could paint it. God knows what ill do to the seats now they are out.. brand new shmick tail lights. Imported from Malaysia i think. Repco only had left ones! These came with bulb holders and everything. Was awesome deal and, as the proverbial budgie says, Cheep. Yeah so thats a few of the many pics so far. Didnt wanna overload my first po…

Hello rolla fans, my name is Nick, i'm 30 years old and i'm from Greece. For few weeks now I'm proud owner of a Corolla KE70. Because i'm working full season I brought the car but I haven't see it or touch it yet (because i'm working in a island) so my best friend did all the papers etc and have it on his garage. The plan on this beauty going for Drift Project but for now i'm trying to fix it. Off topic : Because the rear wheels has more offset than the front I heard that you can add fenders from Golf MK1 is that true and if yes from the front or from the rear? Thanks Nick.

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hey! my names daniel i bought this little guy in december 2011 as my first car and to do my L's in. Its been sometime now but i've finally got enough courage to tackle the mighty yellow terror December 2011 don't worry the gay excel spoiler was the first thing to go February 2014 spent about 7 hours today cutting sanding and spraying some run spots on various locations next on my plan of attack is rims A set of 14 X 7 hot wires which were donated to me by my oldest brother more to come! :wootjump:

Hey everyone, though id do a build thread of my ke project, maybe get some advice along the way and get more involved in the community Building it for drift use only, not engineering it for roadworthy purposes Bought it fairly stock, had an s13 front suspension and coilovers and that was it First thing i did was remove the diff centre to weld, got it all welded up but unfortuantly broke on of the spacers between the diff bearing and the housing trying to get it back in Had a real hard time trying to find one to replace it, decided to buy a mates vl commodore that was in a front end crash for $100 for the read end, got the mounts welded onto it and went i…

1984 Corolla Sedan To do list: - Rebuild and prepare RX-7 calipers - Build and prepare front suspension - Rebuild rear brakes and suspension - Polish wheels / new tyres / locknuts - Acquire and install engine package - New seat - New radiator This is to keep track of where I am in the build. Slow and steady.

Hi there people my name is Dustin (Dskew3) i have just bought a 1982 Ke70 with a 4AGE 20V conversion. at the moment i am booked in to get a tune and a roadworthy so it should be on the road very soon. here's a list of what it has got 4AGE 20v quad throttle body's sard fuel regulator extractors 2 1/2 exhaust with cat and a cannon (soon to be removed as i don't like cannons) micro tech LT10-S ecu with hand control Bosch coil packs T50 gearbox with short shifter and HD exceedy clutch front strut brace AE86 front and rear conversion JDM disc brake in the rear with a 2 way LSD front coil overs with camber toppers lowered rear springs and new shocks 3 core alloy…

Hey all, While i was on my way down to the local wreckers with a friend trying to buy car parts for his conformodore we drove past the local Ford specialist wreckers, and i spotted this in the corner of their yard. I Immediately made my mate turn back and abandon his parts mission as i had to go have a look at this car. something just wasnt right about that flat front in the yard... sure enough we asked to go have a look and when i got close enough i realised id found myself a genuine DX rolla! and judging by all the japanese writing all through the car, and the import plaque on the firewall its come from japan, as I'm was told the only other model that has the s…

hi guys wondering do u need a cat converter for a 1984 ke70 4age 16v to pass engineering nsw .. thanks for your help

Hey all, My name is Joel and i'm new to this Club. well new to toyota's all together really. i have owned mostly nissans and still own a R34 at the moment. Want to get rid of all my passed debt from building imports and maintaining them lol, so i will be selling my R34 in a few months and building me ke70. Just picked this fkn peice of machinery up about a month ago. has a 4k in it with twin webers with a 5 speed. usual rust spots (not that much thankfully) its not on the road but i did pay a good price for it it runs ok but i will be putting in a 4age before it goes on the road. car will be getting a repaint and suspension and wheels and all the other tric…

such a project was started here in Finland. Toyota Corolla dx 1.3 -83 Unfortunately, the car was in children, so to correct a;)

Hi guys! Picked this little beauty up tuesday night. It's a standard 1981 KE70 panel van called Henry :yes: I am the second owner! It has 250k on the clock but engine and gearbox were rebuilt about 80k ago. Drives well. It has a straight body but has a little rust in some areas. Interior needs a bit of work. I used to see this around my house a lot and one day, a few years ago, I pulled up next to it at the servo so I asked the bloke if he would sell, he said he wasn't selling yet but took my number anyway. Then recently, he and his wife contacted me saying they were looking to sell, so I went and had a look. So glad I did! Really nice people and was pleased with…

Hey guys, my names Chris Smith. I am 16 and this is my panel van. its a litte rough around the edges, well lot. theres alot of problems with it, like the diff is gone. they guy says it has a locker in it but i have a feeling its been welded. its got the 4k in it with a 5 speed. ummm I'm not to good with words so i think ill let the pictures do the talking. THINGS TO DO to fix up all the body work repaint either baby blue, peppermint green or skye blue fix up the inside of it fix all the little problems with the engine fix the diff repaint rims and just what ever else that needs to be done I'm still trying to find another pair of these if any one can h…

My AE71/KE70 drift build. Follow along, help me out, learn things, drift things!

Hi all, Thought I'd share my ke70 project with youse. I'm new to the scene n this is my first project. I bought the ke for $500 n has a fair bit of rust. N I just finished my trade as a panel beater, I'm currently just making the body straight . I plan to get a sr20 for it which I've got one lined up, n would really love some advice n help with putting in it n what id need, I've heard it's a fair bit of work. I've already bought vanitions n gaurd mirrors . Here some pics of how I got it n what I've done so far.

Imgur album: Figure I'll put a thread up here since i've lurked here for so long xD. This is to be my daily driver and is scheduled to be back on the road this arvo (pumped). I purchased myself an ae71 off boostcruising (lol) about 6 months ago. Just got rego yesterday, but broke down with fuel issues on the way home (filled up the tank for the first time in who knows how many years, stirred up shit in the tank that shouldn't have been stirred up). Leaving that to the mechanic because I really can't be ʞ©$ɟed xD. Recent pics: Semi recent pics: With these: Came with: - 4ac 5spd with a weber downdraft, ʞ©$ɟed radiator - cut falcon sprin…