KE70 Projects

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 Rollaclub! This is my first go at building a track car, it's an auto KE70 that I bought from redae71(thanks Luke!). I plan to do the standard 4AGE swap, get the car reasonably light, and sort out some decent suspension. Oh and quadlights! So I got the car about a week ago and drove it home on an unregistered vehicle permit. It seemed to drive nicely, though the right hand upper spring seat was fouling on the adjustable camber plates due to too much camber, and causing the spring to twist on the strut when I turned. But other than that it was fine. When I got the car(minus the wheels): What I'm going to put in it: What I'm going to do it wi…

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…

Yeah, sure, I'm 'over Rollas'. Link to 4AGZE transplant thread. Mods as of 11/12 Drivetrain: AW11 4AGZE HKS 264/8.1 cams Rolin FMIC HD exedy clutch Extractors to 2 1/2 inch exhaust to hotdog to twin resonators Big stainless radiator with thermo fan Pod filter t50 gearbox OPen S series diff. Walbro 225 fuel pump Suspension: ST Celica front ultralow springs in rear Whiteline Adj. panhard rod. Koni red adjustables rear XT130 struts converted with 6kg HSD coil overs T3 camber tops and needle bearing spring hats 40mm T3 RCA's New brake lines XT130 steering arms Short stroke Monroe GT gas shocks New ball joints, ti…

Hi all thought I would start a bit of a thread here with my rolla. I bought the rolla about 5 years ago now and had been driving as a daily until i had a work car so started to do some work on her. I pulled the motor out and did a rebuild myself (lots of learning). Tried various combinations of carbs from stock to weber also tried twin SU's worked great but my cam was to lumpy so did not work so well at idle. Anyway moved to Sydney and the car stayed here in QLD and unfortunately had to be stored outside and very quickly grew rust and was not quite the same. However I have now moved back to QLD and have decided to get it back on the road and make a project out of it…

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 -

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 …

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Hey guys I've just bought a pretty straight stock 82 ke70 xx. Apart from the general fixing up of the bog and rust throughout the car I was thinking of a few little mods to do on not the biggest budget. After all the body work is finished I'd probably be respraying it at home after getting a little more experienced in painting. I'd also be aiming for some wider wheels and was looking at 15x8+0, some opinions on that would be great. Lastly the stock 4k is a little bit on the slow side, some opinions on whether the 4k is actually worth the work or something like a 4age would be more appropriate. As far as I know there is an exemption available for P plates in queenslan…

Hey all, new to all this build thread business but here goes. I'm Ollie from ye olde Hobart, currently 19 and slowly working away at this project of mine. It's an '84 ke70 wagon that I picked up close to two years ago now, paid $2150 which might have been a tad too much due to the rust but ahh well. This is how it sat as I got it Pretty much as soon as i got it home I tore it apart to inspect the rust. Wasn't too happy with what I found.. This was the worst of it as well as the usual in the guards, gutters and a few other stray spots. Unfortunately I had to do a quick fix as my brother sold his car and needed mine. So that involved sanding back, rust treating and a…

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

More than one year ago, I've bought a Ke70 1980 the one with quadlights. I have in mind a complete factory restoration, a clean look with maybe some lowering and small details as an extra. Nothing special. Where I live, in Malta Europe, it's very hard to find parts and stuff. Infact I have struggled a lot to find parts I have today. One things I'm looking for at the moment and can't really find is the chrome trims. The ones that are on each of the four doors at the bottom of the window and also at the back of the rear doors, the same trims that the '82 GL models/versions used to come out with. Can anyone help me on this? I really appreciate your furthe…

Hi people, so I been working on my little corolla for a while now and thought I would make a thread about my build process.It's a 1984 AE71, I brought the car for $400 of an old hippie lady lol. Anyway when I got the car it had a stuffed 4a in it and had oil all over the engine bay god now's what happend to the poor old girl but that didn't bother me as I had a ke70 wagon with a clean dark blue interior and only 143000km on the clock, so I decided to scrap the wagon and go for the sedan (woohoo) I have wanted one of these since I was 13.When I got it home I pulled the dash out and all the pinchweld, platic trim and so on and replaced it with the dark blu…

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…

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.

HEY GUYS This is my first build. So please take it easy on me if i make or say somthing like a complete noob. I have been researching for a very long time nearly a year. i had a ke30 at the sart and was going do a conversion in it brought a blue 55 as a daily to drive around why i did it then for some reason i sold them both (don't ask me why :( ) after have no corolla for a few weeks i could not handle it went out and brought a white manuel ke70 with a 4k had that for a fair while got real seriouse about the conversion and decide to sell it off and try find a ae71 with a 4 ac and t50 in it so i was already half way there sold the 70 been looking for a fair while no…

Hey there, on 1/05/2015 I bought my first ke70 for 1k Came with rb20det aswell which i sold for 450 regoed :D This car had a fair bit of issues. Epic JDM slammed stance look that everybody loves c: well aleast people did on car curises did. Nice rims worth more than the whole car tbh Battery in boot diy job So cops didn't like my slanced and rotary sounding car much. Gave me this golden ticket. :***( for too low too low no tead lol c: Took to pits to see if i could get an extension denied :*( but now i know whats i need done. Long list c: guess the car wasn't too low ? lol Also tint to dark my ass lol Sa…

Hi folks, I have been following this forum for quite some time;& realized that I should also post some pics of my KE70 from UAE. A long way to go ... but slowly it has started taking shape, currently running on 3s beams with 6 speed tranny & locked Diff. comments are welcomed.

Hello all, I've been lurking around these forums on and off for some time so I thought i would post my KE. Bought it last year for $300 and told the head could not be removed after crapping the head gasket (lies!). I've worked on it sparingly since (uni and work is getting in the way nicely) and have just dumped a few hundred on a press, bushings and ball joints. Plan is to have a solid platform for a better engine in a few years when I am not so broke. I bought an OK replacement engine for cheap so the 4k stays, but is going to get a single weber and extractors. Never really done this sort of work to a car before, last car I had I only did oil changes etc. …

Back in December 2014 I bought and learn't to drive in my first car, a 1984 Toyota Corolla KE70 running project. At the time I bought it previous owners had done a few things to it, stuff that I know of were Car was just in Primer, Weber Carby, King Springs, Striped alot of the interior out and what was left in was sprayed black, Head unit with no speakers, Window tint and probably a few more things. I have alot of plans for this car but for now it is my daily until I can get some money. As a 17 year old teenager I don't earn alot of money for mods... The money that I do earn is enough to keep the car filled up with petrol each week. But I would like to have it runni…

Hey guys, So yesterday after 4 years of waiting, ive finally got a corolla in my name :) Its an 84 ae71 with a 3ac (put in by previous owner) and t50. It needs a few things for a roady and there is some rust and bog (obviously). Just a few questions: In Vic how was your experience with rust testing for rwc? Ill get pics later of it Also if anyone is wrecking a xE7x in melbourne that would be awesome, please send a pm Theres big plans for it. But I'm thinking realistically atm and going to uni means i got nothing coming in ahaha Before all else I'm getting some "JDM" stickers off....haha

Hi. This is my 1982 Toyota Corolla ke70. I have had it for almost one year or so now, and i'm thinking about getting some more power out of it. I have not made some super plans for it quite yet, but hopefully I it is ready for "Gatebil Våler" 2015. "Gatebil" is a trackday/track event in Norway (where I come from) Here is a pic of how the car looks like today, it is preshly painted in it's orginal colour. It also have some lowering springs. So this weekend I started with the raer axle. I got a Volvo 240 axle for free from a buddy of mine, and it fits quite perfect. It is alot of work, but i think it is worth it, because i'm planning t…

HI I'm new here but have been lurking around for some time now. This is my 1980 corolla wich I have owned for 3 years now but first started to work on about a month ago. still a working project but will hopefully finish the mechanical stuff in 2-3 weeks I'm putting in a Volvo B230FK engine and m90 transmission. With 700cc injectors and 16t volvo turbo and about 18-20psi it will be around 250+ hp All controlled with MS3 I used s13 running gear in the front but with custom made lower control arms. s13 coilovers front and rear I put a 1980 hilux rear axle and vw rear brake calipers and SSangyong musso brake discs. some pics of the process …

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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…

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…

So i've been into datsuns for a few years now and finally bought a car i been after for about 3 years. 71 corolla 2 door wagon. With a 13b streetport swap with racing beat header, intake, and holley 460 tuned by racingbeat. I picked it up yesterday and have already cleaned it out and got it started. Its been sitting ten years. Hopefully should be drive able by next monday. :) Well here she is. I like to post many pics. Hopefully you guys don't mind. Just throwing this out there. These are my 2 521's ive had for a while. can't wait to get this rolla back on the road. :)

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…

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…

hi all I bought this ke70 5 years ago thinking it was the best thing out. it had a ca18det with with 4424 ems stinger ecu, 044 bosche, forged pistons ,stock rods, rb20 turbo , fuel reg, 1000cc injectors, front mount 600x400, stock radiator, stock coilpacks, stainless low mount exhaust mani, shity 3 inch exhaust with cat and cannon, ca18det gear box, 1 piece drive shaft, locked f series tarago diff, white interior and that's pretty much it. owning many of these cars before I had always wanted a fast one. just coming out of the mines all cashed up with 10k to blow I stupidly rushed into buying it. when I test drove it the guy had it on 25 plus psi lol. so you cou…

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.

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…

haven't used this forum in ages but here my project.. So I brought this 1983 ke70 All the specs Engine: 4ac 5 speed t50 Reasonably new clutch Auto ratio ke70 diff (4:3) Suspension: Ae86 ADM front brakes New pads Ae86 BC coilovers Ae86 power steering arms AJPS 40mm RCAs Cut ae86 low king springs Commodore pedders shock so drove It home all happy and got to the drive way and it wouldn't idle :blazin:so I got m friend to look at it, the carby was stuffed so I brought a 32/36 Webber took me 1 month to put that in I work about 40 hours a week and go to school 4 days a week as well, so i went to get it tuned and the guy only tells me t…

Well,3rd time around,some may have seen I advertised a KE70 for a bloke in another area,well,I ended up buying it from him myself,$200. Think I paid too much really as it has 210,000k's,auto,a/c,interior is clean,boot,petrol flap and wheel arches are all rusted as per usual for a KE70 BUT it had 3 doors missing,boot lid missing,bonnet missing,damaged guard drivers side and no grill. Well,Ive got into it over the last 2 days and cleaned it up pretty well,a/c switch is missing but everything else seems ok at present. Raided the car at pick a part kilsyth and got all the panels I needed so that added $300 to the purchase price,they are all fitted up now but still missing …

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…

So I bought this And This Then yesterday and today did this don't have any actual build pics) (Having trouble uploading video ATM heres the link, someone might be able to put it up properly for me? http://imageshack.us/clip/my-videos/40/ck8gmzhpmwggoytgrsenvl.mp4/) So basically, engine conversion pedal box swap rewired whole loom from 4age swapped the whole front crossmember,c/arms,coilover blah blah in one go. Will update tomorrow with proper pics of it after I tidy the enginebay up and wash it etc etc. Go into more detail about why I did this and the plans etc. Dave

hi..i'm from Indonesia, i would like to share my KE70 photo spec exterior: grill lining chrome JDM version+ Cxxx emblem cover headlamp chrome lipspoiler custom fender mirror bullet enkei apache II rims R13x8,5 front + R13x9,5 rear GT BXT tire 175/R13/60 front + 186/R13/60 rear original bumper KE70 original signal lamp (koito) taillamp 7lining SR-5 (koito) headlamp koito interior: Brige ergo seat (driver) nardi torino steering original KE70 passenger seat original doortrim pioneer headunit jensen speaker

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, My name is Josh or Funwithsmexy as i go by on my gaming youtube channel. And this is my ke70 project I did have another project thread but i thought I'd remake it as this is a different car :D If you live in Perth and you go on car cruises i would say you have seen this car as I got to neally all of them every week :D (love the attention ke70's get.) So lets start off by when my other corrolla got yellowed I decided i would buy another if I had the chance. And guess what i found on gumtree :D No back window roof lining ʞ©$ɟed Rust in rear wheel wells ofc :*( rust in boot :*( but wait its a XX model Rev Guage :D Picked the little be…

hey people, just thought I would post up my 3 month old ke70 that I bought from a dodgy apprentice mechanic. eg. Cut au falcon springs (that fell out when we lifted the car up), welded stock borgwarner diff, blown head gasket, straight pipe to split sh*t drift tip yeeeee, instrument cluster wasn't working/broken, no locknut key, interior ripped to sh*t/missing a lot, wrong tyres to go with rims?!?!, callipers rattling, steering rack/rack boots destroyed, wheel bearings all shot and to finish it all off lots of body work.........................lucky we like challenges right.