Rollaclub Rides

I purchased this '81 KE55 Sedan off ebay for $660 as a donor car for my KE20 build. 225,000KM. Fortunately but unfortunately i've decided to keep the car complete and restore her to orginal condition. I'm not entirely sure of it's history but its in need of panel work, veery minor rust repair and some paint on the front left quarter and door. I love the colour... It's a 4-kc, 5 speed gearbox, which may end up in my KE20. Runs well mechanically and no smoke. It still has leaded fuel in the tank, which I believe is the reason behind the idleing problem being 10 year old fuel. Plans for the car are- *4speed gearbox *cheviot meshies *3kb manifold *service brakes, engine…

After almost 10 years the 2017 Ascent Sport hatch is officially mine. Not my wife's. We purchased this Corolla new in late 2017 for my wife as a daily driver. The old ZRE182R Ascent Sport hatch in something blue gem. 2ZR-FE, 6 speed manual. Factory tint, mats &, tow bar. Added the ceramic paint protection as well. Long story short, the gearbox gave up, so it sat in limbo for about 6month. Turns out towing a 6x4 trailer full of road base wreaks havoc on the gearbox's input shaft bearing. Even though it was a couple of years ago, it likely initiated the eventual failure. These little cars don't utilise a spigot in the back of the crank, so total drive load literally e…

First of all i know nothing about corollas, i bought one on the weekend and its the first one ive ever own. I'm here to learn as much as i can about the car and how to make it go faster without spending a shitload of money. I bought a KE20 corolla with an engine from a T18(whatever that is) in it, it goes pretty good and its like driving a go kart cause the thing only weighs 860kgs. previoulsy ive only owned utes which ive lowered the shit out of, i still own an 87 king cab navara with all door handles, badges, fuel filler etc shaved and some other body work done to it, its too low though and without airbags i can't really drive it anywhere without scraping the leaf sprin…

HI 2 ALL. Ok peoples I'm a mopar fan a chrysler person and yes i do have the ke38 corolla panel van and 87 toyota 4 runner and the 57 vauxhall ute under some sort of re construction at times. So just recently a mate of mine found a 38 chev sedan in Adelaide, asking price was 12k he got it for 6.6k. running and registered. Its on its way to me very soon for a strip back to bare metal some rust work and a re paint ( in 2 tone burgundy and champange metallic). Ok so i start lookin as we start talking cars etc,and bugger wouldnt you know it,I see this 38 dodge sedan in black also in Adelaide, running registered etc,asking price $15,950. Out of my reach i thought too…

I have viewed a few engine conversions that have been done and are in the making but i have seen one that hasnt been mentioned here yet that my mate has done on his ke70,it is a very cheap and fairly straightforward conversion.My mate put 2.6 4g54 sigma engine and 5 speed box (which he scored for free) into his ke70.He fabricated has own engine mounts,moved the gearbox crossmember slightly rearwards,swapped the sigma slip yoke to the corolla tailshaft(sigma and corolla share the same uni joint!!)made a gearbox mount out of an old strut bar bush,exractors were custom made(possibly the dearest part of the job ,standard corolla clutch cable(with a 4kc engine)hooked straight …

Got the first stage of the Gorilla done, 4 link rear end, shortened Hilux Diff with ford axles and disc brakes, coarse adjustable inverted watts link, adjustable sway bar, in a KE55. The plan with the car is to build a bit of an all rounder, as we don't get enough drag racing, or track racing here to specialise in one or the other. I'm building it so that I can adjust bars/springs change wheels and tyres and have a bit of fun any chance I get. A bit like a track car that I can get to hook up at the strip. Has been 2 years to get this far, but slow progress is still progress! I have a Commodore K-frame sitting on the floor in the shed, and I've heard that they can be put …

gday i have just recently bought a ke55 coupe and i want to buy some rims for it but i am unsure what size to get i was thinking 16's but i am unsure could some1 plz off me sum help thanks

yo. just sold my motorbike, decided to get a car. mates got a corolla sx. hell of a fast car. name is jd. so i decided to burn him and get the same car. too bad I'm poor and decided to buy a cs version. its got 9 months rego and i got it for 700 bucks. wen i got it, it looked crap but after spending 300 bucks on it, this is what ive come up with. 300 including the system (H) planning to do a 20v silvertop conversion. when i get the papers. like the mechanic said, paper talks. guess I'm not gonna be talking for a while . lol oh yea, its a carby. TUNED CARBY. but still, a carby and don't forget the shoes :P

Well, I finally got the Corolla that I wanted! Picked it up last weekend. It's a 79, 4 door, 5 speed. Got some minor rust on the quarter panels but we'll be taking care of that part soon. Right now it's painted flat black cause the guy we got it from has a thing with painting all of his cars flat black. I guess it was a gold color orginally so I might go back to that or paint it blue to match my husband's 2 door 79. Husband's working on it as we speak. Nothing on it, pretty stock, just centerlines at the moment but who knows what else is going to happen to it. Wish me luck!! Any ideas are greatly appreciated!!

Hi all just got my new ride, thought I would put a few pics up of her, I've got a few small jobs to do but all in all she is in great shape. cheers Mick

The Story: Bought this today off 'never'. It was a 'must buy' situation as i have been obsessed with this particular little car since i was old enough to walk. This car was owned by my old man's karting buddy for 20 or so years. To say this man was fussy is an understatement and it needs to be seen to be beleived. Anyway after sacrificing a nice KE55 hardtop and clean Commodore daily driver the car was in the garage. The Plan: The motor is in need of a thorough tune as the mixtures, jetting and balance seem to be way out. Not safe or nice to drive at the moment. Hopefully get this sorted first and then move onto the other problems. The brakes require a fa…

Thought I'd start a thread for my ke20 that i picked up a week or two ago, she has one or two spots of surface rust that's about all, she is completely stock with the 3k engine but am looking at putting a 12a in it n make it a mad little sleepa.The interior that is in the car isnt in the best condition but i picked up 4 black door cards and a black back seat all in near new cond and will install this w/e. hope you like ... pics

I bought this beautiful nanna spec rt142 corona a few weeks back. Never had much to do to with coronas, but with the 22re fuel injected engine and factory 5 speed I just couldn't say no My plans are... find the best way to get decent steering lock and fit coilovers, some decent 15 or 16 inch rims and moar low but to keep somewhat of a nanna spec appeal. If anyone has any tips or advice would be muchly appreciated

This is my new beast. 1974 corolla, 1 owner, all books, no rust, dead straight, 3k engine. Picked up for $1500. I have plans to put simmons rims on her but am needing some input to what needs to be done to get a 4age into it. Also what gearbox and what brake and suspension upgrade would be best for a track/road car. Help would be apreciated, or even links to posts. I have money to play around and want to do things right the first time round. .

hey guys ive recently bought this 1984 slanty ke70 off of jordanrolla its a 1984 slanty front ke70 160xxxgenuine kms from what i gather(i got to roll it to 160k on the drive home :P ) 4speed manual converted by jordanrolla webber 32/36 ( soon to be forsale!!) this thing is soooooo clean and tidy compared to the last 2 ive owned, in this one there is only 4 specles of rust which I'm loving because the last ones ive owned where absolutly riddled. I think this is the best 600$ ive ever spent in my entie life :D has service books from new until 09'ish!!! my plans for this old girl are : -put my koya AE TEKS on :D -4age convertion -new suspe…

BOUGHT A GRANNY SPEC ROLLA KE70 FOR $1000 DAUGHTER WAS A BLONDE HOT HIPPY 6 WEEKS REGO IMBOLISER & CENTREL LOCKING RAIN GAURD HUBCAPS NEW RADIATOR ORIGINAL RADIO WORKING WITH ORIGINAL SPEAKERS ENGINE BAY VERY CLEAN INSIDE VERY CLEAN NO RIPS IN SEATS OR DAMAGE TO THE DASH ONE TINY BIT OF RUST AND ORIGINAL PAINT NO DINGS ORIGINAL MUD FLAPS STOCK SPRINGS STILL HAD THE STRIPES AND PROTECTOR STRIPS 1.3 4K RUNS PERFECT ONLY DONE 200,000 SO FAR CHOPPED SPRINGS BOUGHT XR8 SPRINGS FRONT BACK AND REAR SHOCKS FOR $1 CHROMIES ON THE FRONT BLACK STOCKIES ON THE BACK GETTING DEEP DISH WHEELS THIS WEEKEND AND HAVING THE CHROMIES ON THE BACK LOCKING D…

Hey guys finally i have found myself a ke20 and been able to go through with the sale. I bought it Friday off Ra28gt and have been loving life since. I haven't taken any pictures as yet but hes made a thread about it... Looks the same so far... I do like the granny look so i think that i will go with that so far.. Plans are to put a sun visor on it and maybe widen the stock 12". It does need new carpet and roof lining that will be done in the next few weeks. Other than that its up in the air. The car comes with a spare 3k engine and i am undecided whether or not build that up with cam, webbers etc.. or go for a 4/5k? would it be worth spending money on a 3k?…

I bought the Rolla from a family, who left their parent's car in the garage of an estate for years. Car had great interior, body in decent shape, and minimal rust, aside from the battery leaking acid onto metal. Corolla came with a 3kc 4 speed, which had 25,000 miles. I was suspicious of that, until I cleaned the jets on the rebuilt carb the car already had. Car runs like it just came out of the dealership new! I just wanted to share the journey of my find. 78 Corolla $800 Paint and body $400 (good paint shop) Baby supra 13x5.5 front 13x8 rear $100 Wrapped in kumho 175/70/13 front futura 205/60/13 rear free Suspension lowering $35 king springs free

hello....this is my KE70 corolla DX...standard.....the important things is.....still comfort, cold airconditioner and still running everywhere.....and.....still gimme much apreciation from many people at the street hahahaha......I buyed this car a year ago, just added some japan domestic market parts.....I hope you enjoy my grany spec corolla :dance: :dance: first time ke70 arrived to my home...welcome buddy... :bash: standard and clean interior is my priority and my pleasure :blush: for interior..I added: -RIG radio kenwood -proline radio tape equalizer -oldskul digital mini voltmeter -oldskul digital mini thermometer f…

I joined the states forums 8 or 9 years ago and at that time there was still active interest.....they were useful forums, Now.......extinct. apparently everyone has morphed into faceplant and twitter, I have written before, it is a shame. Our entire society has latched on to the internet technology as the only acceptable way from now on......we are going down a bad path. anyway, it is nice to see that this site still has some interest and valid posts.....CHeers to you all. I have finished my original SR5 te27 project and actually found someone to buy my SR5 clone project and now my next build is a 2 door 74 RT104 corona. Just wanted to say...HEY.

Hey i only just really joined up with rollaclub, and i thought i should put my progress up! firstly i have a KE55 sedan 1980. I'm a uni student so i'm finding the whole project thing quite difficult, but i work at a painting solution factory so a cheap paintjob is in order!! here she is.... was yellow now undercoat. new exhaust... 2inch straight through from extractors sports wheel feels nice! Clarion stereo all round. very loud and very clear! noisy boot though!! :o biiiig battery in the boot other mods are 52mm tacho mounted where the clock used to be. Keyless entry Standard 4K with 3K head, ramflo, and davie craig thermo set up. …

Ciao from Athens! I want to share some pics of my red diva with the community. She was bought a couple of years ago from a mariner who drove her rarely and was stored most of the time in his garage. She has about 130.000 km on speedo, the interior and engine bay are in like new condition, completely rust free wheels, engine bay, around the chassis and inside the trunk.. Maintenance wise, just the basic stuff: upon delivery I replaced the oils, filters, spark plugs, contact points, rear diff oil, fitted new tyres and some water cooling lines which looked not good to the eye and to the touch (more like a preventive action). I rarely use her for daily city commu…

ok so here is my soon to be daily driver~! Done By Piston Broke!!! i get my license back in march so it'll be so fresh so clean by then!! enjoy... huge amount of work today!! as it was whilst working on it. in primer guide coat and back together. sick as ay!!!! so stoked!

Hi there guys! My name is Ken and I just picked up a 1969 toyota corolla wagon. This is fairly new territory for me in the world of vintage cars and I hope to find all the info I need from this website. I am also looking to pick up some KE20 4x110 wheel hubs/ dust cover/ calipers and rotors if anyone has some laying around. Thanks again! Now for the pics. Thanks again!

New to the whole forum deal but i figured its time to go public with the keto. It's been in the build for a year now. A daily drive, a weekend warrior and a drift toy... The ideal car right? A 1983 silver flat front ke70 that was given to our family for my sister and i to learn how to drive. So far i have fitted a set of autometre gauges (coolant temp, oil pressure and a tacho), Fuel cell and holly blue fuel pump, upgraded fuel lines to handle efi later... maybe, twin 45mm DCOE webber carbies, electronic egnition upgrade, CIG locked diff, TRD adjustable rear shocks, OXY springs, Ebay special hydraulic E-brake (yet to be plumbed up) Pictures to foll…

Hey Guys I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm neil, everyone calls me Grego and I'm from Northside of Brissy. This is my Rolla 1982 KE70 Engine: Bigport 4AGE with T50 box and locked Borgwarner Diff Rooted rings about to come out for turbo job Suspension: 6 AJPS Spring all round with Koni front and KYB Rear Adjustable Shocks, with AJPS Adj spring seats in the rear Whiteline front and rear swaybars, whiteline panhard rod. Wheels: Its on 13x8's Spitfires i think?? Here she is anyway Whatde think?? Cheers Grego

hey guys thought id post up my ride , ive been a lurker for a while, anyway her tis Ae112 corolla Engine -std exhaust- huge resonator, with 2inch cat back to a single muffler with upswept tip suspension- lowerd on Lovell super lows, ae92/93 strut bar wheels - O.G Sukura's 15x8 +25 tyres- Kuhmo 31's rear, front Pirelli P7's 195-50 r15 stretched exterior- 5% tints , 626 front lip future mods coilovers, finish intake manifold, 195-45 tyres or 205;s with lots of camber fix gaurds from rolling encounter. So this is how I started with lowered springs and 15 inch stockies, rocked it like this for toyfest then I got these beauty's then…

This past week I purchased a cheap daily driver that would cost as little as possible to put on the road. Little did I know that I would end up deciding to keep this car long term. In my search for information to fix a few issues with the car I found this forum and discovered what potential I had purchased. I have an 1982 AE70 Corolla with a 3TC motor and a T50 transmission. It is a 2 door sedan, I believe that is different from the coupe but am unsure, with a bit of superficial body damage to the right side and no rust to speak of. as far as I can tell all parts are stock. I purchased it with a little over 213,000 miles on the vehicle. As it sits currently…

Though considering this is the rolla club I might have to start some ride threads for my rolla's. Well I've actually had this car for a long time. it started as a Standard ke35 that i bought for $200, used it as a daily till the 3k decided it had enough. I then threw a 2tg in it and T50 box. once I got some more power I blew 2 diffs. so I upgrade to a TA22 rear end converted to leaf springs. It liked this better. I started racing the car at sprints. Then I wanted a bit more from it and installed the race wheel and raceseat, plus some neccesary gauges for safety. After having some fun I got it lowered, the old fashion way...chopped the front…

Hello, I'm new to this. I have a 1989 1.3 GL Corolla, I am doing a 1600 twincam engine conversion and stripping the car down fully and getting a full car respray. I am buying another car for the conversion , hopefully get one cheap thats been hit or the body work is bad in 400 - 600. If anyone knows of any let me know. The car is white and I'm getting it sprayed a glossy black. I'll keep post photos until I'm done.

hey all as you can see i'm new here Didnt think i'd make it to joining this forum but yeah it all started when a mate at tafe shows me a pic of a corolla that looks in pretty good nick. I offer him $500 for it, just mucking around, and he goes ill talk to his dad and sure enough he sez ok, next wed I'm now picking up a ke50 only to find out they're a fairly rare model for its time, not entirely sure on proper condition but ive been told theres no rust or dents, the paints pretty good still and the interior is still fairly good. Its packing a rebuilt 1200cc of toyota fury and shifted by a nice 5 speed to a welded diff, she's white with tinted windows and half the exhaus…

Hey guys from rollaclub I recently bought a 1983 toyota corolla with 183,000 miles on it. I'm acquiring this car for drift/daily use, it looks a bit interesting thanks to the owner before me's outstanding creativeness. I hope you guys like! also what are some good distributors here in the states for parts? I hope this car will be accepted as well I and learn from you guys that already have great experience with these classic rides :)

3 months ago, purchased i white twin cam 16 ae82 corolla, since then she has changed some what in colour and power. silver pearl paint job custom number plates TRD 86 4agze conversion, and now getting a wolf management system and a killer exhaust installed. stereo is at home waiting to go in when she comes home. undecided to buy some drift jap wheels( for looks, not for drift) to just give it that jap spec look, or to try n fit some 18's under those guards. was lookin for a sprinter to do this conversion with, but they are so over priced for what they are. if anyone knows of a stocker and for cheap, I'm still lookin! pics will go up when the car c…

the project has started for my 1984 ae86 sprinter. first things first, the front had to be fixed up due to a little bit of a love tap that saw me bend the rail, and dam was it hard to find a good front end! (thanks Vu) she is gettin a full spray job in toyota maroon again with black bumpers and bonnet (fully sik jdm style) and sitting at home is a gze bottom end, with 20 valve top end conversion waiting to slip in, will be a few months b4 that happens though. got a few pics of the restoration process for ya p.s, if theres anyone with a t50 for sale in vic, pls pm me

Hey my name is Kenny I'm from brisbane but moved to melbourne about a year ago. I thought I would post up my rolla that I got about 3 months ago have slowly been getting her ready for RWC. The 4K while being nice and clean is blowing alot of smoke under power. Can't wait to get something more powerfull under the hood. I want to build this car up as being a ae86 in granpas cardigan. So as you expect it has a 4age on the way. I also have a shed load of parts waiting to go in once I have passed the road worthy certificate. Like these Hopeing to use the experience and advice of others on this site too get a good understanding of what not to do.

Hey everyone i'm Andrew from wollongong NSW this is my build thread on my 1984 ke70 corolla project i currently have underway. as you can see needs a bit of work but that's exactly the reason why i bought it, to be a project !! i had a 84 ke70 csx as my first car and loved it, but had to sell it to pay for the rego on my daily 99 mazda 323 astina. (i know should of sold the mazda but it's a little bit more reliable then the rolla.) From the day i sold it, i wanted it/or another rolla. so 2 years later i have bought another one, and doing what i always wanted to do to my first one, it's a slow progessing project as i'm doing most of the work myself …

Hey guys, My name's tom & I thought it's about time i posted up about 1 of my corolla's lol. It just so happens that bought it from a mate of mine during the week. Cheers Josh :dance: I've previously had 3 ke70's & 4 ae71's over the year's (1 with a 100kw 4age which has been sold for a couple of years now & missed every day lol), but this is my final 1 that i'm allowed for a while. EDIT: Alright there's been a change in plans. I had recently bought the orange ke70 off my mate, then i got offered a swap for my girlfriends younger brothers ae71 with a smallport rwd converted 4age engine, loom & ecu. Specs on the orange ke70 were as follows:…

Hi Everyone, I have always been a big fan of the AE92 sedan with the Black Bumpers, my dad owned one when i was a little boy back in the early 1990's and the car grew on me since... i recently bought one and i may have been stung by the mod bug..my every fortnight when i get paid i start to hunt for parts.. so anyway here's the car when i bought it: (i apologise about picture size) the very 1st thing that i did was change the Dash equipment, the car didnt have a tachometer, so i sourced one from the wreckers and swapped it, of couse i took the speedometer apart and trasferred the original Kms here it is fitted with the tachometer. i have also removed…

Hey I'm Dave and this is my 1971 Toyota corolla Ke20, was previously WLD 02T bought this car one year ago. Wanted to buy a car that was already done and do a few more things to it. I have owned a few different cars. Datsun 1200 ute, Corolla seca sx dumped on 17's, Mazda RX-7 series 2 with a 13B injected peripheral port 9 inch all the extras, mazda 1300 coupe FA3TS granny mobile bought it of the old lady was the second owner. Nissan SR20 DET CP forged pistons, CP rings, ARP head studs, S13 Cylinder head ported and polished, HKS stage 2 camshafts, HKS heavy duty valve springs, HKS rocker stoppers, TOMIE metal head gasket, custom intake manifold plenum, N/A SR20DE…

Hey all, After a while away from the car scene I made the decision I was going to downgrade my current car (vw golf) and get back into an old reliable Toyota. I was after a clean, stock as possible looking car as I'm currently STILL on my p's. Obviously it had to be cheap to run and parts somewhat common. So my quest lead me through the forums and even onto the old gum tree where i found this. From first glance it looked a winner, Clean and cheap. But it was not until after i handed over the cash i truly appreciated how well this car had been looked after. Original papers from purchase, original manuals, handbooks, tool kit from Toyota and the receipts of work…