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Oooh yes, I like where this is going. That shifter looks real nice too :y:

Pedal box is being made, should be here next week, crossmember and tailshaft cleaned and painted,in the process of cleaning engine mounts, alternator gearbox etc, still struggling with the fuel setup though... But I'm going to dynamat, does anyone have any experience or recommendations as to how much I'll need and what does/doesn't need to be covered? Want it to sound as solid a possible with as little rattles.. Also, cheapest place to buy it from? Ta

So I bought a 100x100x100mm surge tank off ebay, but I'm struggling to find a spot to mount it.. Does anyone have any pointers here? Really don't want to have any of the fuel system in the boot/cabin. I've almost finished rubbing the engine bay back again as I've decided to get a mates dad to just respray it that same grey again, I got overspray everywhere, and my paint couldn't be tinted :n: so that should hopefully get done within the next few weeks. Need to finish blasting the crossmember ready for paint too, bit awkward in my cabinet though. I'll be buying one of the pedal box kits in the next week or so too. So it's been pretty slow as usual, bur hopefully things will start happening soon.

Gahh sorry peeps, my bad. Was getting around to photos for this very reason. But yeah forgot to mention it's a ke70 k40 as far as I can tell (in ke70 wagon, shifter hole not cut or moved) and an ADM T50. I cannot comment on other combinations. A mate has a k50, not sure what it's out of though, but I'll hopefully try that out too. Sorry for the confusion. Have also edited my previous posts

No worries at all mate

Worked the other way for me too (ie t50 shifter into ke70 k40), and was much tighter with the new bushes. So that should make it nice and easy to source rebuild kits, and also to get a short shifter into a ke70 k40 at least.

I can confirm that at least a shifter from a ke70 k40 fits and can select all gears in an ADM t50, was a bit loose but the bushing was pretty shagged. Was only a quick test, I'll try the t50 shifter with new bushing in the k40 and see what it's like and take pics when I get home

I'll test this out today, I'm interested too, have both at home but never tried. I'll let you know how I go

Cheers mate, appreciate it. Well I got my blasting cabinet and I'm absolutely loving it. Piece of cake to clean stuff up now, no sitting round scrubbing grease for days. Just need a shop vac to suck out the airborne dust to improve visibility, as you can hardly see a thing at the moment. So I've been starting to clean parts up again, blasted steering arms, tie rods and bolts, didn't come up too bad after a quick go Also finally got around to pulling the pedal box out, and by jesus that was a mission. While its all out I'll clean everything behind there, replace all the foam seals in the blower system, run the wiring harness/ecu and neaten it all up. Also swapped the lift pump from the sedan tank, needed a bit of modding to get it in there nicely but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Need to get a smaller surge tank, not sure whether to go the ajps option which bolts into a ke wagon with integrated pump mount, or to get a small 600ml pot and fit it up under there somewhere. Leaning towards the ajps option, do it once and do it right. Anyone have any input?

Not too much to update, finally got crossmember and tailshaft sorted, just needs to be cleaned up and painted. Also picked up the fuel system, but haven't been able to drop my tank to see if the in-tank lift pump can swap over from the sedan setup, so nothing has really happened there. Got my compressor and it's much better. Way faster to pump back up and holds around 60psi solid, so I'm happy. Just need to sort out the pedalbox, whether I buy the kit, an ae71 one or mod my own.. We'll see I guess. Still waiting to get the paint tinted, worried I'll get it wrong again so keep putting it off. I'll get this blast cabinet soon and hopefully I'll be able to get some coin on the side from doing little jobs for mates, we'll see how that goes too I guess

So bit of an update, and I've changed the direction in which the build is going. I decided to go down the 4age route to give it a bit more go and allow for turbo upgrades down the track. Adding up the cost of parts required to do it myself to the desired standard blew out quickly, and a bolt in 16v 4age package came up locally soon after I got my insurance pay out from my motorbike. So I grabbed it. 16v smallport 4age, Injection perfection ITB's, 1zzfe coil pack conversion, Tomei cam gears, Clear cam timing cover, Lightweight engine pulleys, new timing belt, Exedy hd clutch, T50 w/ ajps shifter rebuild, Hidden haltech wiring loom, Haltech Sprint 500, Powder coated black rocker covers, full custom mandrel bent mild steel exhaust to suit E7 sedan over diff in 2 1/4" (needs modification to fit into wagon), bosch 040 fuel pump, in-tank lift pump, 3.5L surge tank. I have basically bought an ae71 crossmember and tailshaft, and have a few options for the pedal box, but just lack the funds at the moment. I also got some paint mixed up, tried to match the Holden Alto grey without metallic, but it ended up being too light and looking like primer. So I'm just going to get it tinted darker and add some metallic and hopefully it'll be all sweet. Smoothed over the spot welds on the strut towers, painted the bay and a guard and test fitted it up. Almost decided to run with it but wasn't 100% happy. Also test painted the panel in a darker metallic grey that a mate had, it's closer to what I want but it's a tad too dark.. I like how it looks under lights in the first one, but not the rest. And a comparison of the two. Also knocked up a little brace for the front end, same width as between strut towers. Doesn't work too well, but you get the idea. I now need to pull the fuel system out again and try swap all the fuel pumps and lines over from the sedan setup. I bought an ebay special compressor for $360+90 postage, 3hp, belt driven, single cylinder, 50L tank, advertised as 12cfm so I'm hoping for at least 8. It wasn't at a particular psi so can't be sure how good it'll be. I'll most likely piggy back it with my supercheap 120 compressor anyway. Also looking to buy this freestanding blasting cabinet for $250, looks decent. If you sign up and spend over $300, you get $50 off. Covers shipping at least. So that's it for now, hopefully I'll have the bay painted, and the motor, suspension, steering and fuel system in by the next update.

Hey mate, at the moment I have 2.5" blocks and I took the bottom (thickest) spring, flipped it and put it on top. As long as you have a vice or a couple of clamps its pretty easy. Chuck a screwdriver or something through the hole in the centre of the pack as you're clamping them to keep them all aligned. I chucked it in the vice to keep them together while i did up the locating pin/bolt. I have Koni Yellow 80-2437 adjustable shocks in the rear. This is how it sat on 13's and on 15's As far as I can recall the ride wasn't too bad, but its been off the road for ages now so can't really remember to be honest. After saying all that though, if I were you I'd just go and get your leaves reset properly. That is what I'll be doing, as I don't like the idea or look of lowering blocks. Having them reset is just a safer, more legit way to go about it, and will go down a lot better with the po po. As for the front, I have HSD weld on coilover kit (7kg springs) on RT142 struts w/ hubs and discs, KYB Excel G 365077 inserts (want to upgrade to KYB AGX adjustables), T3 camber tops & needle bearing top hat, T3 RCA's, T3 steering arms, T3 rose-jointed tie rods, RA60 Celica rack ends (30mm longer) and I'm pretty sure they're ke35 LCA's (same as xt130 I believe). This is probably way overkill for a street car, but it came up cheap as a package so I grabbed it. This hasn't been fitted to my car yet, but came out of a ke70 sedan and apparently worked well. I guess time will tell. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with, cheers.

Loving the interior, so clean and simple. Awesome car mate, well done. Must feel bloody good!

That would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

I am also after a ke70 5speed. Hobart.

So over the last couple of days I've been slowly working on getting the fuel tank cleaned and reinstalled. Finally got it all connected up and bolted back in this morning, when I went out at around 8 o'clock it hadn't even hit 3 degrees outside yet.. I just shook around some petrol inside the tank then let it all drain out, repeating this a couple of times. It looked pretty clean inside, with only a light coating of muck on one surface. Not enough to worry me. I'm not too sure what's involved with a sedan tank, but installing my tank was a royal pain in the arse. I had to prop it up enough to be able to connect all the hoses, then lift it up with one arm/my face and get the bolts in. While this is going on I had to try feed the fuel hoses back through into the body so the tank can tuck right up. Not too fun by yourself with hardly any room to move. The rubber grommets were just ridiculous too. Anyway it's all in now, happy days :y: I'm going to need to replace the fuel filler, or at least fix the rust. But it's pretty bad on the outside too so I reckon I'll drill the welds out and get a new one welded in and sealed up. Slowly getting there, sold my t50 and will hopefully getting my insurance money soon, and I'm thinking of dumping it into the engine work & carbs. We'll see what happens though.

Yeah its a bit over the top sometimes. When you can buy other parts with the money saved, it's a no brainer. And Tyler, you relocated your rad overflow and washer bottles yeah? Did you run into any problems at all?

I like this idea, always been a fan of the panno or dx front. Something a little different 👍

I've heard good things about those guys so I had a look, good prices but they charge from $70 to $196 for shipping. Not 100% sure on that shipito pricing though. I'll suss it out, thanks.

Mine aren't, but the Agx are. Would it be worth it upgrading to adjustable? Never played with all this before. Haha yeah it didn't last too long! And it was lucky I hit the front wheel/quarter and not further back, would have gone straight into the car instead of over it.

So who wants to buy my Excel-G's? Haha

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0006HNW4S?pc_redir=1404256245&robot_redir=1 They don't ship to Aus, but using shipito.com it was $27 for shipping I think.

So been a little while between updates, but I've been getting a few little things done. Unfortunately I got hit by a drunk and uninsured driver last friday night, he pulled clean out infront of me going around 40-50. I hit his front right wheel, over the bars, over the bonnet onto the ground, bike written off :( Still waiting to hear back from my insurance company. My thigh made that nice dent in the tank, got a nice corky and popped both shoulders out, but apart from that I'm all sweet :y: Finally bought paint, its called N55 lead grey. Matched the Holden Alto grey from a book and that's what I picked out. $155 for 4L of acrylic. Also got around to swapping the ball joints, went to the local servo and the bloke said all he'll use is a hammer and pipe, so i gave it a go myself. I know it's not the best way but I thought I'd give it a crack. I didn't have the right size pipe, so made a crude tool out of wood, not pretty but it worked. I cut the tapered bolt off for clearance put a socket on top and hit it with a hammer till it popped out. Basically the same procedure in reverse to install the new ones. I also replaced the front wheel bearings, and plan to do the rear. They looked as if they'd be fine with clean and regrease but I'd rather just know they were new. I hit the seal and bearing races out with a hammer and screwdriver, scooped all the old grease out and wiped it clean with solvent. I lightly greased the new races and hit them in with a socket. Again, a press is preferable, but I couldn't be bothered. We'll see how it goes. Packed the new bearing with grease and shoved a decent amount inside the hub. Replaced the rear seal, greased the stub axle and slid the hub onto the coilovers, awaiting new discs and grease caps to finish it off, and the front setup will be complete, ready to be installed. Contemplating getting KYB agx adjustable shocks for the front, as they're only around $200/pair shipped from the states. One of my Excel-G shocks is still brand new, so could sell them too. Anyway I'm just waiting for the weather to warm up a bit so I can finally paint the engine bay and get it rolling once again (~10 degrees and raining sideways is not ideal). Also have a t50 for sale that I was told was a k50 that I bought sight unseen, no shifter or clutch fork. I'll get more stuff together and put up a for sale thread one day. Hopefully I'll have an update soon with it on all fours.

I'm excited. This thing is awesome, and the level of detail is insane. Nicely done sir.

Not too much has been happening lately, been working a fair bit to get some cash under my belt, but just blew it on this.. I've slowly been chipping away, painted the fuel tank as well as some other pieces. Also blew through all the brake and fuel lines with the compressor and gave them a quick polish. I pulled the seats out and scrubbed the carpet a fair while ago too, came up pretty decent but there are a few burn marks so I'll probably replace it in the future. Need to drop some money before this will get anywhere noticeable.., kind of keep putting that off. I'll try get off my arse and get some paint and the ball joints swapped over then I can get it rolling. Hopefully that will give me motivation to finish sooner rather than later. Cheers.