chrisfindlay

Got my shit together finally after a few hurdles here and there and I'm back in the ke scene. As some of you know I also own an A31 Nissan Cefiro, its come to a stand still build wise as I can't currently afford the last few components left to finish the project. Said car... So with that out of the way I've knuckled down and began work on the corolla once again. I began this week by fitting my Fender mirrors, Fender braces, front tow hook, and I removed the stock diff assembly and sway bar so that I can install my Whiteline sway bar, and t3 adjustable parts.. I'm also going to be lowering the car a lot more than I had initially intended which should make it look a whole lot cooler. I hope to update more next week.

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Hey guys a user here used to make custom Ke70 chin lips, I'm trying to hunt him down in the hope that he still makes them? Does anyone know the user and could help us out? Lip seen below.

Anyhow, here is what you guy's have been waiting for.. My tarago diff and altezza center arrived late last week, they will be assembled and powder-coated when I am home, then they will be fitted to the car.. (in my images below you will notice the rear wheels don't fill my bolt on flares, the diff will solve that and they will soon fit flush) So I finished cutting my rear door cards and sprayed them black, fitted them to the car and they turned out great in my opinion.. Here is a quick internal view before I resprayed the interior, you'll also see a sneak peak of my cage, it has to be sprayed and bolted in properly, but it should be awesome. I then cut and modified my ae86 CBY flares, sprayed them black, siliconed rubber lining to the edge and fitted them to the car. They turned out wicked too! Also you may notice my new wheels, I'm unsure of if I uploaded photos of them earlier, but yeah if not here they are! 15x8-10, 15x10-24 Superlite GTR-D's. You'll also notice the "Ke70" plates, I purchased them for this car and just momentarily fitted them to the green panno.. They should be the final piece to the puzzle, and help achieve everything I was chasing when starting this build once the car is on the road.. I also cut and fit a sunroof, took a fair bit of effort and a heap of time to get the measurements and positioning correct, but that also turned out great! I removed the sub and amp setup from the boot, and decided to try something completely different.. I resprayed my sub and fitted it in the rear firewall. Any how, all thats left to do on the car is fit my rear diff assembly, have a custom tail shaft made up, my motor needs to be assembled and lastly but not least the car needs to go to in for a respray (same colour, unfortunately I moved it outside for a while, bark, leaves and sticks fell on-top of it and sap leaked all over the car, its impossible to clean off) while the car is there they will be cutting and welding tub's into my engine bay and respraying the bay candy apple red.. I'm not sure if I mentioned this earlier but the guy who I took my motor and all parts to ended up being dodgy, he sent my parts off to all sorts of people all over the shop after I payed him large sums of money and disappeared, I have since spent 8 months tracking down my motor and parts, and have actually had to buy back my parts from those who he gave them to.. So soon enough they will be back in my possession and the motor will be assembled.

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Shittt! Its been a while whats every one up to? Any how, some good news, my motor is built, finished and purs like a deformed lion.. The car has been taken to a work shop where they will be mod plating the entire car for everything, the engine bay is getting tubbed, the car will be engineered completely, and it will receive a full engine bay respray, and full exterior respray.. I got some new hell wide superlight wantanabe look a-likes, and ordered some more little bits and pieces from techno style tuning.. Got some brand new bride gias fixed back genuine, that ill install also. The car will be back in my hands in 4 weeks, where I will have one week home to get everything bolted in and the car running.. So on that note, ill post a decent size update with pics in a few weeks.. Get excited as the ETA for completion is 6 weeks!

Hey there guys, I'm looking to achieve more lock out of my Ke70, so far Ive done the following steering modifications.. T3 - Front Lower Control Arms. T3 - Tension Control arms. T3 - Outer Tie rods. T3 - Ae86 Power Steering arms. But I'm still looking to gain more, so i'm wandering what possible steering rack swaps are out there with the use of the stock ke70 engine crossmember? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks!!

Nice build man!! My 16v is running 12:1 compression and 290 hp at the engine.. So yours should go good too!

Thanks for the help dude!!

Think you both misunderstood what I meant by two door.. As I have no idea why you would need to move the pillar or seat belts? Ill just remove the rear seatbelts, put some rear pano doors on, weld them in place bog the seams etc, cut out the metal centers where the windows would be and bolt on some perspex windows..

Shit really? can't remember how many point the cage is, but ill find out and get back to you.. As for the flex test what does that involve? Think you could try find a video or something.. Money isnt really an issue, only problem would be making sure the little bastard passes!

Hey guys just wandering if anyone would like to share their knowlege on engine bay tubbing, and converting a car from four to two door.. Basically my aim is to tub the engine bay of my ke70 to give it a clean crisp look, whilst allowing me to reach full lock without scraping the inside of my arches.. And to convert my car to a two door as I have just purchased a bolt in half cage, leaving the back doors unnessecary.. Besides we all know coupe's are dope.. So if anyone could link me to info or builds where people have done this to a ke70 or something very similar, id aprecaite it heaps! Thanks...

Ok guys a big update.. So today I have decided that I am going to tub my engine bay.. (God that sounds sexual) I'm also going to convert the car to a two door!! I seriouisly can not wait to get home and get this stuff done!! So exciting!

Oh dear lord, I just blew my load! Pretty sure there is a white ke70 in the U.S with the same motor pushing like 300bhp straight out of the crate..

Well it's a cam's approved cage etc, so yeah it will probably be difficult but I'll find a way!!

Hey guys, sorry about the lack of updates over the past few months, ive just been super busy with working away from home, and numeruos other things.. But I guess I will just try to pick up where I left off, so last time I updated I was talking about my 4age 16v motor going into the suncoast exhaust and mechanical workshop. The motor has recently finished being rebuilt, repainted, mapped, ported, balanced etc etc and is awaiting for me to pick it up when I go home on break. Recently I also sold off my old steelies and purchased some new wheels from Option 1 Garage in brisbane, I bought some black centre chrome lip Rota Alecias in 15x9-10, the keto sits great on them, and they look awesome which I'm really stoked about! I also got around to installing the front half of my carpet plus my front seats, seatbelts, momo steering wheel, sparco boss kit, hang ring and interior plastics. I also purchased a bolt in half cage and am currently considering selling both my rear and front seats, so if you know anyone who would be interested send them my way, I'm also looking for a small list of parts that are the following: Good/overrated condition ke70 front bonnet, rear diff setup with an LSD to bolt into the ke70, chrome 4age 16v extractors and lastly a set of chrome sedan window linings.. Ill update with some pictures below as soon as I can, just trying to deal with this terrible internet connection out at site..

Umm mine personally was pretty expensive man, with all the aftermarket stuff added to the engine, the rebuild and porting etc, cams etc, a little over 2k probably..

Nah man they usually bolt straight in, mine were used but, so they were a bit of a ʞ©$ɟ around to get in..

Man I did the back piece fine, like its great, I simply can not do the front one, Ive tried twice, and its cost me $300 so far, not keen on stuffing another one, would rather just pay to get it done.. This build has nothing to do with bitches, I'm semi keen on R.C Ride of the year, maybe, I'm hoping to make it super clean..

Dude you can have it, free of charge when I get it out.. Its yours :)

Thanks heaps, but I think it will just be easier to find someone on here near by that has done it successfully, and ill just let them have at it..

Hey guys, just chasing a guide on installing an ae71 pedal box into a ke70, for my 4age conversion, ive had a look around the net and I struggled to find anything so if anyone has any links or anything please post below, thanks..

Been there done that... X2 And 300$ worth of carpet aint worth it, when someone can just do it for me..

Hey guys, I'm just chasing some help installing my ke70 front carpet, I live in Noosa Queensland, and I'm willing to pay $150 for someone to come and install it properly.. AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING..

Thanks guys, doing my best, keen to make this a pretty tough (good spec) build..