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  4. Ae82 Toyota Corolla 1986

    in Rollaclub Rides

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    I run mine with the lowest point of the car at 105mm for street use, little scraping with 205/50/15's, but with the 14's i have no issues... and they even poke on the rear :)

     

    But then again i have got rolled rear guards, also i took the top bolt off the splash guard and that solved all scrubbing from the front. it probabaly helps that i have coilovers which are stiff enough to take some bumps and not rub too badly :D

     

     

    Also agreed. Carbonboy's 82 is much more pov pack... haha

     

    mine is as stock height so i was shocked hahaha.

    yeah i need to roll my rear guards in. whats the best way to do it?

    my brother said with a hammer....but I'm not sure if he knows what he is talking about.

  5. Ae82 Toyota Corolla 1986

    in Rollaclub Rides

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    Trust me, there is PLENTY you can do to an ae82 ;) :lol:

     

    You can even make a 4ac tough as nails! When I first rebuilt Rolla Bus, I rebuilt my 4ac (because I didnt know about 4ag's lol), it had a stage 3 Crow Cam, re-jetted carby, better pistons and rods, double valve springs etc...

    lol, it had one of the toughest idles ever, it got mistaken for a rotory ALOT of times!

     

    What are you wanting to exactly do with the car? Used as a daily?

     

    I pretty much know these things back to front, if you ever need questions answered, let me know

     

    Moe

     

    A rotory? hahaha

    i am just using it as a daily car but its so freaking slow.

    i would love better acceleration.. haha

  18. 1975 Ke30 Project

    in Rollaclub Rides

    Posted · Edited by lammi

    So the beast is getting there.

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    Painted the stocks black, They look fair mad now :cool:

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    I Love my car, still gotta a lot that i can do with it, thinking about painting it? or do you reckon i should keep it original? I'm not too sure :/

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    LIGHTS! :o :dance: haha ;)

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  24. 1975 Ke30 Project

    in Rollaclub Rides

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    SO, this is my younger brothers KE30 he got for dirt cheap, so therefore its in poor condition. Only good thing about it i think, would be the K50 gearbox. Which the previous owner installed

     

    I've taken it on as a project for myself, because of my love for cars ;P

     

    First things first was getting it running, with only 240,000kms on it i figured this couldnt be too hard (240k isnt much for these engines :yes: )

    So, I put a new battery in it, new spark plugs, changed out the black as sin oil and the old oil filter, and gave the carby a good spray with carby cleaner. I turned the key and it started first go.....brilliant :happy:

     

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    Next thing was to get the old shocks out front and rear and replace with new....the rears they had on the shelf but the fronts had to be ordered. So i started with the rear.

     

    Out with the old.

     

     

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    In with the new

     

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    I then skipped to the interior and took the old torn seat covers off, and dropped them in to have the seams re-stitched as they had all pulled apart (I'm still waiting for them to be finished)

     

    After that i decided to bleed the brakes, and after failing miserably to realise that there was a separate reservoir for the fronts hiding behind the strut tower in the engine bay, i took the calipers off and ordered new seal kits for them. Still pending arrival.

     

    I then cut all the rust out, and hit it with some rust converter, still need to get around to bogging it all up, but took the left front guard off so i can fix it properly, as the hole is too big for body filler. Still needs a tickle where the chrome strip was.

     

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    This is how much dirt came out from behind it.

     

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    Which brings me to today, where i got the front struts out and used trial and error to work out how to get the bloody cartridge out.....only to realise that there wasnt a cartridge in there, its the 35 year old original. So after much pain and tribulation trying to get that gland nut off (i ended up using a stilson spanner and putting the axle in the hole in the strut tower to stop it rotating) I got it off only to be surprised with a very large mess of old shock oil. One shock shaft was even bent by about 5 degrees. Absolute filth.

     

    Here it is as it stands, waiting for the arrival of the new front shock cartridges (also cheap gabriels) and the caliper rebuild kits. Once i get that front end back in, and fix up the new holes in the bodywork. I can move on to getting the seats back in.....and fixing the horn. (the contact pin behind the steering wheel doesnt have a spring on it and must be broken)

     

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    If anything, this project has been fun, so setting aside the new learning curve (as all ive ever worked on before was AE82's) All is well.

  25. Brakes Are Poo Poo

    in KExx Corolla Discussion

    Posted

    I'm such an idiot. :bash: I had no idea that there was two resevoirs on these cars. I only just discovered the one for the fronts. I have NO IDEA how i didnt see it before. But oh well. Already ordered caliper rebuild kits so at least that will be done and they'll be functioning properly :rolls:

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