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Hello guys and girls. It's with sadness I login to report to you today that a few months ago I did decide it was time to sell the KE70 on and allow myself to focus on the Supra. Sadly it had remained essentially stock with 4K, chopped springs and the Nemoto Sprints I bought for it until I sold it. I had huge plans for it and would have liked to have completed them, however with 2 vehicles dedicated in Jonos name, I simply couldn't financially justify spending money on the Corolla when the Supra has been a significant money sink, however as most could imagine, an incredibly worthwhile one haha. If anyone is interested in keeping up with what's happening with the Supra, i've started a build thread over on Supraforums.com.au which can be accessed without a login here. The thread is a work in progress currently, however I have some huge plans coming to fruition in the latter part of this year, which you're all invited to be a part of the ride of. I sincerely hope everyones builds are progressing and/or completed (are they ever though) by now haha. Kind Regards, Ethan. P.S. I still love Corollas dearly and vow to return to the life one day, and when that day comes you will see me again! Haha :)

Yeah mate! All over those like a rash! We did find those and it was a massive bonus in helping us choose what engines to run. They Mount so good in a ke70!!

I have decided that in relation to my first post, re-engine swap, a mate who I made buy a Ke70 (and he consequently loves the absolute shit out of it) have decided to go CA18DET with T28R's. We came to this decision due to be given 2 pulled down CA blocks for nothing, so it was just convenient that way. I took the 'most complete' engine, and my mate Brendon took what was left, he however, has recently purchased a running Motor/Box from Canada so his swap should be done much faster than mine! I don't mind however, he can be the guinea pig, and I'll just know what not to do ;) I know that Jono wouldn't have REALLY wanted a Nissan engine going in it, however I'm 100% sure that if it meant me rolling round and does-ing people on the street he'd have been all for it, lol. More updates on this when I have them.

The paint is fading fairly quickly, as to be expected. It's honestly done me for what I wanted, which was get me to and from work without looking toooooo horrible/ghetto. Few weeks ago I hit the newest magical number for the little 4K that could. The motor itself is going okay, It's had a weird miss since Jono originally bought it, but it's still certainly drivable. Of late, whenever I attempt to rev past 3.5-4k it literally will not do it, it sounds as though it's rev limited, however that's obviously not possible. I've narrowed it down to the Carby, it's honestly the only thing that I haven't replaced to get it working right. I've put Carby cleaner through it, taken the top off, cleaned the jets. The only thing I haven't done is taken the whole thing off and readjusted the float. I have a mate who just upgraded to a Weber, so I'm going to steal his stock Carby as it ran perfectly while on his car. I'll keep you guys updated with how that goes next weekend. Last week, I was cruising round with a mate, when all of sudden, through no fault of mine and it certainly had nothing to do with the amount I use my handbrake when i'm not parking the car, my rear right brake cylinder went POP-SPLOOSH and I had no brakes for a little while. A trip to the local Metro and $40 later I had 2 new cylinders and bled everything before putting the new ones in. Please note the excess amounts of brake oil around my wheel well... :( lol.

Alright guys, has been a while since the last update, (only around 6 month! oops) Since late February i've been driving the Sev as my daily, which has done wonders for my bank balance in petrol! Despite the feedback I got from some, I decided to go with chopped springs all round to get the look that I wanted, and yeah, it's a little bumpy, but it's easily the most fun car I've ever had the pleasure of driving, I've grown so attached to it, and quite frankly it's just awesome! After a little while of driving it on the choppies, I got a little annoyed with the constant strained 'donk' noise I'd get if I ever pulled into a semi/steep driveway on an angle (the rear springs could literally almost fall out) I cut up some insulated hose off an old commy V6 and slipped them over the ends of the springs, this prevented the annoying sound, only for a few weeks until they either slipped off completely, or slipped up a little too far. I've just come to accept that I'm not really going to get rid of it until I go to Coilovers, which I'm fine with (I do understand I could get some Height Adjustable Rear Spring Seats from AJPS, but I mean ~300 seems a little pointless when for an extra 800 or so I could get a set of BC Coilovers anyway.)\ A couple of months ago I purchased some new tail lights as these ones, as you can see were faded and cracked and just all round a little 'how ya going'. The new ones look uh-may-zing! (The above doesn't really do it justice - poor lighting)

Hey guys. Got so many updates to post, completely forgot! Will post when I get home!

I forgot to post a pic or two of the wheels before they went on the car. 50 sidewall is probably a bit much, looks a little chunky, but I'm happy with it none the less. Around 1050 all up including tyres (tyres sourced differently to wheels) What do you guys think? P.s they're 195/50/15 on 15x8 +5

Hey Guys, Thanks for wanting some updates on this one! Attached are some photos of the sprints on the sev, looking like its got a lift kit at the moment, but the +5 offset is pretty much perfect, at this height, they're just inside the guard, and when lowered, I think the natural camber would tuck it in the guard. It'll be lowered next week hopefully, I'll take some more pics then and let you all know how it looks!

Hey Guys, an update: Wheels arrived from Otomoto today, not bad shipping time, ordered last Friday and arrived early Wednesday 12th, shipping from NSW > TAS. Wheels look absolute porn! Tyres getting stretched on Friday do will post more pics of the stretch then. Suspension going in next weekend then getting wheels balanced. Will update as more progress happens! Regards, Ethan.

Yeah, he'll probably be the bastard causing paint cans to fall over, or a random gust of wind to mess up my paint work! ;)

For sure! I checked with Otomoto who I bought them from to see if they had one, they didn't. However they have one of them on a Sprinter, which looked great. See below: Edit: Props to whoever took this photo, thank you for lending it to me #disclaimer #dontsueme

ALRIGHTY! After a long cold Winter, the Sev's coming back into the Shed and she will be getting a tidy up, some paint and some new boots! I've just placed an order for a set of Nemoto Sprints 15x8 +5 all round, and will be running a stretched 195/50/15 tyre. While it wasn't my first choice, a mate has just upgraded to BC Coilovers and is throwing my way his old set of choppies, as said, not my first choice, but it will get her looking Low and Phat in no time, which personally is all i'm after in a daily (during the Summer anyway ;) ) Over the Christmas break I'll hopefully be working on her day and night and will provide some pics and any updates as soon as I have them! P.S. Supra is still running fantastically, repair after the last incident went great and she's back to looking pretty again!

I wanted to go for a staggered look, but that may not be possible. I was looking at getting bolt ons, but may just resort to 15x8 -4 all round. It'd still look tough I think.

Hey Guys, I'm looking to get some new boots, but I'm being told conflicting information. I'm going for a very aggressive, very stanced look on my KE70. I wanted to get 15x8 -4 and 15x10 -12 Performance Wheel Superlites, however what I'm told is, the 10's on the rear with -12 offset will sit way too far outside my guards for me to lower it 'flush'. I plan on running 195/50/15 and 205/50/15 respectively, so the tyres will be quite stretched, I know that much.. Has anyone had any experience with this, and is this information correct? Cheers, Ethan.

Good effort Saturday bro! Good to catchup and have a chat, good to see some JDM love, as every other prize thereabouts went to some sort of muscle car :/, not saying there's nothing wrong with that, but seemed a tad bias haha.

Nice work mate! Keen to see it.

Were you there? Did you enjoy it? What day did you go? What was your favourite moment? Discuss!

What exactly is bump steer?

RCA = Roll Centre Adjuster? From what I've read it's purpose is to realign the centre of gravity and reduce body roll after lowering a car.. Is that about right?

Sorry yes haha, for my Ke70. It will be for drifting. I've heard some bad stories about Sigma LCA's, I can't remember what they were! But I did lol.. Thanks mate, are there any other mods you can think of, when setting up for drifting?

Alrighty guys, so I've been doing some research into engine and suspension mods, and there are some common ones people seem to be doing. BC AE86 Coilovers. AE86 Power Steering Knuckles XT130 Corona Lower Control Arms AJPS Lock Spacer Adjustable Panhard bar Is there anything people would recommend over others, or any fairly basic mods I've missed? I'm more or less trying to find out what the common mods are, so I can organise my wishlist, and know what I'm looking for. Cheers, Ethan.

You'll have to let me know how you go mate! If the SR conversion goes well, I may consider it for mine. I'm still weighing up swap options. What'd you pay for your Halfcut, if I may ask? Very keen to see it finished.

So excited to see this finished mate. Gonna be off chops!

Nice build and colour choice mate, coming along nicely! Looking forward to seeing the engine bay when it'd done ;)

Thanks mate, much appreciated!