bananaman

Whatever suits the diameter and height you want. No use copying mine because you could place the coilover spring seat differently. From memory i sat it at the height i wanted, measured the height and described what i wanted to the spring guy. Mine are king springs, seeing i still haven't driven the car i can't really comment on how they are :P I should probably get helper springs because at full droop the spring isn't captive, though this only happens on a jack. Well beyond how far it'd go while driving unless you went over a jump...

Been signed up here a while but never really said much... Name: Bardin Car: 1973 KE20 Motor & drivetrain: CA18DET, GT28RS, R31 28 spline diff with billet axles, R32 front brakes, coilovers, drop tank etc etc etc etc etc Interior: Not done yet. 4pt cage, recaros. Will be retrimmed Wheels: 16" Rota RB at this point. Probably swap to a lower offset 15"

Old dodgy photo of mine.. S12 hubs will give you 4x114.3, Z31 will give you 5x114.3

Strut tube did not require shortening and i used an SW20 MR2 rear shock so i could get koni yellows. Otherwise standard R31 replacements would do

R31 struts can be used if you either remove the dowels or drill out the bottom of the strut to keep them. Swap your spring seat over if you want to run whatever you have, or use coilover kit etc. Either user whatever R31 brakes are or use off the shelf caliper adapters to R32 4 piston setup. The kingpin angle gives you more positive camber though, which i have dialled out using camber tops.

if i can be of assistance / moral support, let me know :no2:

if the passenger seat of adams mustard homo-chariot is still vacant, i may as well come along :no2:

i forgot to measure mine for you jono, mine was too short at the maximum undone-ness :fuzz:

I'll put details up in a members rides thread, i'll put it up tomorrow night. Won't have completed pics up just yet until i get the car back from the shop.. Here's a rough idea of how the car more or less stands now, but with the addition of front end panels and an exhaust :)

No probs, prob shoulda taken more seeing my camera is half decent.. but oh well. ETA on the car... end of the year maybe, at best. We'll see... I'll put a thread up, have a shitload of photos :dance: I don't know what didn't suit who's agenda, but all i might offer (and don't get me wrong here, taking on the responsibility of organising this is appreciated to all involved) - is that printing up some maps or something, particularly with the details of the destination, wouldn't hurt. We were under the impression there was a pie shop at the first stop, which was MIA, and then we couldn't find the candy shop either. Bit more of a heads up on the day about this wouldn't hurt :dance: All in all it was a decent drive, and as a consequence of meeting a few of you now, might see me around here more often :)

Change on of them to your avatar, its lacking your bling rims

I didn't take many pics, but what i did take is here http://picasaweb.google.com.au/bardin.hanl...lazCruiseJune08 If you want full res of anything PM me and i'll email

So that everyone knows who i am on here as well, i'm Bardin, who was in adam's p00 mustard ke30. Don't really ever use this forum, might start... Have a ke20 ca18det in progress..

I've made posts about my setup on here before, i'll put a guide up when its all finished. With regard to using XT130 strut in ke20, its a no go unless you change LCA or steering arm. I based my upgrade on the R31 strut as its a bolt in jobie on the LCA, and runs a similar kingpin angle.

I got my hands on the dealer option ke20 aircon ;) I'm a long way off fitting it though.... lol

Creepy, theres a ke20 with ca18det near me i was having a look at the other day, and its the same colour. I'm planning on doing the same thing with the s13 dash cluster, but hopefully a bit cleaner (no offense). I'm going to use a fresh piece of sheet for the dash face, and work from there. Got any pics of the gearbox xmember at all?

Worth noting that the flares fibremaster sell are not te27 replicas, they are more chunky - like the ones on slo13b

haha they're not even close to fitting dude

Mate that is referring to continuing to drive after the period which you have to fix the defect i think?

You own a tyre shop, yet you're on your p's (said you can't drive turbos?)????

I'm not sure i see how the s13 setup could work without massive amounts of fabrication? I've been thinking about brake boosters yes, but haven't yet decided on a solution. I'd prefer to run one on the firewall, but then theres the issue of clearance.. I'm happy to offer what i can regardless, but pics of a conversion already completed would be great :P What is to be gained by using an s13 setup rather than just using sleeves on a normal strut anyway? The extra you'd spend on getting it to work would be well and truly outweighed by any tiny ass saving on coilovers Expenses.. mine has been considerably more thanks to using 5 stud hubs, you'd save alot of machine time using s12 4 stud hubs. I was also lazy and didn't assemble it myself, could have die grinded calipers etc myself but didn't discs.. $180 Calipers - $250? Fabrication work, redrill discs, bore out hub size, tap caliper holes into strut, take bit off calipers, machine down hubs so i can run old ford steelies, etc etc etc - $500 :/ Z31 5 stud hubs - $200 :/ (s12 would be MUCH cheaper, and like i said less fabrication due to slight differences) R31 struts - $60 both sides Coilover threaded sleeves etc = $260 Bearings - ~$40 both sides inc seals, holden trailer bearing Springs = $? Shocks = $? ed: Also got camber plates, they were $240ish?

Anything this side of 74 likely has a booster, and some older too :) I'm yet to work out what to do about all this, i need a 15/16" or 1" as well, would prefer that it was boosted on the firewall, but might not be enough room.. Sadly it seems there is no "easy" solution. Modded pedal box or vh40/44 are the two options really..

Note that rubber kits do not include the rear side windows, i've tried having the profile matched at rare spares and clark rubber, its a no go :)

My old ke20 was running 2TG, T50 and T series rear end, afraid i can't help beyond pics of it, i didn't do the conversion. Sold it in favour of a new shell for CA18DET conversion

Thread in question that i took thos replies from is here http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?p=332373 I'll make a thread here as well when i've finished the guide, i'll spread the love eh :)