KE70 Projects

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.

hey rolla clubbers, basically going to do the good old sr20 ke70, but I'm going a highly modifed sr20de, the car itself i bought for $300 running, pretty weak condition. the motor is out of my brothers s13 as we went the DET conversion for him. mods on the motor : s14 blacktop non vvti, 800kms old since rebuild. : lighten flywheel, light weight pulley kit. : 550cc injectors, 8mm leads, : polished plenum, bigger TB. : cp forged pistons, eagle beam forged rods, knife edged crankshaft, turbo oil squirters, turbo block, turbo head. : shaved head, .30 thou, ported, : HKS 265/264 cams, valve springs retainers. pretty quick and tourqey engine. can easily bolt turbo ma…

First post not much of a computer..er but thought ide share my project ke70 2 door wagon ls3 powerglide twin 66mm (to4z) bla bla

hi guys I am starting to gather everything before i start the conversion. I'm new to rotors so any help would be great. motor is N/A out of a s2 rx7. I'm just learning i need to fit an oil cooler into the ke which I am assuming i can purchase aftermarket. does anyone know much about an air pump. i know squat about em but do i need one to get engineer cert in NSW. cheers.

hi all does anyone know what accelerator cable to use in ke70 rotor conversion. has anyone out there done this. has standard 4 barrel carb.

Hey everyone new to the page. Has anyone ever fitted a 4 link and chassis clip in a ke70. Looking for some contact and info on where I can get one. We have tried McDonald brothers racing but wondering if there is any other options in Australia

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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 …

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…

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…

Hello everyone, I introduce myself Valentin; I am currently in France and I just bought a Toyota KE70 LiftBack (engine 1.3) ... not having the vehicle registration card (car of my great grandfather ... who is no longer The ...) I can not drive on open road with ... so I oriented on a complete refresh of the KE70 track version ... But I have some question that I trot, if I want to put a 4AGE In the Liftback, what cardan to put? Should I use only the steering system of the AE86? Or make a mix KE / AE? In any case it is not easy at all in France to find a French site on the KE70 .. ditto for parts sale site ... I do not find any cardan "new" or so that Are not specific to th…

After a long search for a Japanese "oldtimer" I got this last Thursday. It's a 1982 Toyota Corolla KE70 2 door wagon in more or less original state. Engine is 4K - 1.3l, carburettor, 8-valve OHV with maybe 55 hp. It was left standing outside a garage for three years so it's in quite a rough condition, but it fired right up! Plans are complete overhaul and maybe 4AGE blacktop swap sometime in the future. I'll have to take a look at starter later today because it doesn't work. I've put a new battery in, it takes some juice (lights on the cluster dim a bit when trying to start) but nothing happens. _MG_5952 by GeorgeCZ, on Flickr _MG_5949 by GeorgeCZ, on …

KTS front shock absorber with FC3S brake kit, which I assembled face shocks to fit into the daily use. And brake discs to be used as a mini R53 plate size 276 × 22 mm.

hey guys ive got it on the rollaclubs main site http://www.rollaclub...nsmission-swap/

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…

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. …

Hi I need suggestions for best toyota engine to swap in ke70 for drift whats your opinion about gr and uz series

The 5k ke70 Watanabe wheels from 8.5 to 9.5 by the 14's tune by my boss.

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…

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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 guys, I'm new here so I thought I would show you my new project.It's an 84 ke70 wagon (high top) I purchased it for $475 off a young lad who only owned it for a mounth and brought it off an elderly gentleman who turns out to be the original owner and to my supprise it's never left the town I live in.It was purchased new in 84 at nambucca heads toyota which is now a nersery and was driven around this town by the elderly gentleman up until augaust 2012.It has a bit off rust but the body is really straight and only has 143000 klms on the clock also has the blue interior (I'm not a fan of the brown one).So here are a few pics of the old girl.future plans atm are some watan…

So October last year I decided to look for a RWD car to take on khanacross/rallysprint days. I have never raced a car offroad before, so I wanted something light and durable, and didn't care too much about the power. Came across a 83 KE70 that had been used in some motorkhanas, bit rough, but cheap like I wanted. Took it home and over the next month I cut out some rust and prepped and painted the car. (Very cheaply and not all that great looking) End of November was it's first outing at a local dirt track for their last Khanacross of the year. I dual entered it with a young apprentice, Tommy, from work who has been paddock bashing since he was 9 y/o. The ca…

KNIBBZY KE70 WAGON BUILD So I have decided to make a build thread for my KE70 wagon, it is going to be a long process but I thought having a space to post updates would be nice. I will try and post YouTube videos of the build on my channel as well if anyone is interested.

Hey everyone, I've been lurking for sometime and finally decided to make an account now that I actually own a KE70. I bought this wonderful poo brown slant front off a friend for $500. It's not pretty, nor does it have an engine or much else going for it but I'm going to get it running and then daily drive it. Plans are to build it into a decent little 4K for now. Originally I had planned for a 7K but at the moment I'm going to modify the 4K. This is the journey so far; Got it, got a set of wheels for it, pulled some engines apart and decided to replace whatever I think I should to make one decent runner out of a few, new clutch and new head. I'll update the thread wh…

Hey All Picked up a stock as a rock AE71 csx in silver (little bit of surface rust which I am sanding back and killing slowly) she has 200k on the clock and is stupid clean apart from a few scrapes. Got it to teach my GF to drive in and for something to tinker on. Had a KE70 in my late teens that was full of rust (only cost me a 12pack of beer though haha) Haven't had a 4AC since my 88 corolla hatchback (ae92) think you call them seca's over here. Just getting it ready for a rwc atm Things to do are replace a cracked steering boot and the drivers seatbelt (new boots on the way and I have a spare belt, will send the orginal one to be refurbished) Ha…

Hey guys I'm 16years old and have just brought my first car a 79 toyota corolla ke30 4 door, rolling body,i want to keep this car for a while and get it to what i want it to be :y: my friend has written off his starlet with a 5k 5speed which i am buying and just want to know how hard it will be to do a conversion with help from my mates and if their is any mounts or anything that will need to be changed Any help much appreachiated thanks..€€

Haven't had a project car in while, a friend of mine picked this up 18months ago and went home shortly after buying it (we're Irish), it's been sat in another friend's yard since collecting dust so I gave him a phone call and asked how much he wanted for it and he said if I can have it in exchange for giving him a couch to crash on when he comes back over for a holiday! So happy days, a free Ke70! It's 1982, the paints well faded but overall its in decent nick for its age, counted 7 small patches off rust on it nothing to crazy. Interior is very good, and panels are all straight enough, just let down by how faded the paint is. It's driv…

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…

Hey, names Andrew! Been lurking on ke70.com and rollaclub for a while now just now been bothered to post a thread on my keto Had its for around a year and a half now, reason why i bought it was I got a lemon stagea from an importer, got a refund, gave the bank the money back and bought my mates keto from wagga, still got it and love it ^__^ Been slowly adding to it 1983 ke70 4kc originally auto, but was changed before i got a hold of it to a 5 speed. 146,000 original ks. air con has been removed previously. Car was straight until it moved to sydney with me where it has copped car park dents everywhere. :( rust around the petrol cap, thats about it …

any modern engines for ke70 like zz, rz, nz or else? 7K and 4age are almost impossible to find, if found , they are not in good condition and extremely expensive. any one who has done a modern engine into ke70?

Hey guys I’m Finally starting on my project, I’ve had this Rolla for about 4 years, I drove it for about 2 years it started to show signs of rust, I was about to start cutting the rust out but had to move house and parked it at my parents place and bought a motorbike. So it sat there for 2 years and now I have a place with a small shed so I have brought it home to start fixing her.

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 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…

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, 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

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. :)

Hey everyone I thought I'd show y'all my Ke70 build I'm planing on driving it as a daily but there's no rush to finish it although I'm real keen to drive it on the road not just skid it up and down my drive way and piss my neighbors off! LoL Here are some pics of the corolla when i first got her Not long after getting her I picked up a 16v 4age out of an ae82 corolla, note this is after a good degreasing and pressure wash it was covered it like an inch of oily crap! I then serviced it and replaced almost every seal I could also painted my cam covers! Then I set about cleaning up my engine bay! Before, After painting it And then after after c…

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.