mumblezzz Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 You've all seen it before in the other thread but I thought I would post it here so I could update it as the car progresses. For those who don't know, this car was bought for $250 off ebay. It started life as a lowly KE70 S trim povo pack. It was powered by a completly standard 4K in front of a 3 speed auto. Not very exciting at all. Here are some pics of when I bought it. It wasnt long (about 10 days) before I got bored of driving around with an ashmatic 4K and a slipping automatic transmission barely keeping up with traffic and getting bored to tears with not owning a manual car anymore. It was time to pull the running gear which used to reside in my old AE86. (Rust in Peace) The engine was essentially a standard bigport out of an imported Levin and the T50 gearbox was from the same car. I don't have many pics of the conversion but it started with pulling the old 4K and gearbox out. I then removed the KE70 engine crossmember and replaced it with the 4A engine crossmember from my AE86. I then went to work installing the hydraulic clutch pedal from my AE86 Luckily theres a little flat spot on the firewall for it to go, so with a little bit of love with the drill and pulling half the dash apart the pedal was installed. While the engine was still out of the car I took the chance to replace the bottom end with a new rebuilt bottom end I had as a spare forever. After much f@$king around swapping all the accessories and head over to the new bottom end its was bolted to the geabox and dropped into place. I had to extend two holes in the gearbox crossmember to make it bolt up. Next up was fitting the T-18 diff with the cusco LSD centre. Nothing really to mention it all bolts in and is essentially a $1300 locker. AE86 tailshaft went in no problems. Wiring was so much easier the second time around. When I first converted the sprinter I had no idea and had to get a mate to help me sort the wiring out. Armed with the knowledge from the first car this was piss easy. I started by cutting and extending the + and - coil wires from the drivers side to the passenger side of the engine bay. Then the loom was run and plugged in to the body and engine. Then it was a simple case of connecting this to that and it was done. All up theres about 10 or 15 wires I had to solder. A bit of fiddling with the auto park switch wiring and it was sorted. Luckily after 1 false start it cranked into life. Here are the most recent pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Miller- Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 at least you now have a manual!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 nice quick writeup makes it look like a few hours job the way it's shown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demuire Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Mumblezz makes the conversion sound like a walk in the park :ban: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumblezzz Posted September 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 It was really. If you take out the 3 days I took to replace the bottom end it would have taken me 3 days to complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke50 Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 nice effort. bit of a sleeper too with the stock wheels :ban: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 It was really. If you take out the 3 days I took to replace the bottom end it would have taken me 3 days to complete. waah don't say that! :ban: I've got alot to learn!! I was contemplating in doing a 4age swap at some point and stuff like this makes me wanna do it now! If you ever come to the UK for sometime and looking to make some quick ££ then you're more than welcome to do mine :ban: Any changes to the suspension at all as it does look lower? looks a bit rough around the edges but nothing a set of rims and a clean wouldn't sort :ban: but yeah deffo a street sleeper....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I Uber Rate this car :ban: Must scab a ride in it some time lol :ban: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumblezzz Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 oli: Haha I'll have to take you up on that one day. I need a holiday :ban: Since the exhaust runs under the diff I had to cut the springs to make it fit. I'll be doing the fronts soon as well to make it sit even. Hopefully i can find some cheap rubber and I'll chuck a set of crappy 14x7's ive got on it. Teddy you can have a thrash any time man. I wont let you out until you've hit the limiter at least once hahaha :ban: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irokin Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Teddy you can have a thrash any time man. I wont let you out until you've hit the limiter at least once hahaha :ban: ROFL I wish I had the determination to do my engine swap in 3 days ...sucks to be lazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPsi Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Makes me want to build a 4a screamer in a rwd again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicine_Man Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Teddy you can have a thrash any time man. I wont let you out until you've hit the limiter at least once hahaha :ban: bwahahahahaah!!! :ban: I can see it already, he'd be loving every second.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 lol thanks paul :ban: I So need to organize a Ke70 / Ae71 Cruze.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke50 Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 or a ke50 cruise!!!.......wait.. that mean id be by myself... a ke50 is almost a ke70 right? haha. i mean it hasnt got a 4ag but hay, its got a 2T!! yea!! :ban: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xany Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 i'd come along on the KE70 - AE71 cruise too.... :ban:....i'd take the other registered rolla in our family, which just so happens to be mums KE70....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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