Yeah the previous owner actually cut a hole above the carby. Not sure if I should buy a new white bonnet or stick with it and make it more useful by building a cold air box around the webber. Haven't decided yet.
Next step will be the suspension. Looking to go mx73 LCA, xt130 coilovers, t3 camber top hat kit, Hilux/pergeot brakes and the t3 ps arms to fit the larger struts. Aw11 rack ends and ra40 middle rods and tie rod ends to complete the steering side of things. Rear I havnt decided yet. The car has a locker at the moment which if it was my weekend car and i didnt live in the police state would be fine. So I need to get a diff I can put a LSD in and that preferably bols in. Haven't had a search yet though.
Small update: The car/engine has a pretty bad rattle between 3k and 4k. I looked down the top at the valve train but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. The motor runs very smooth under and above 3/4k. I tested with someone else driving pushing down on all the little bits of trim which i figured might be adding to noise to see if i could make the noise clearer so i could pin point it. I discovered that the shifter was making alot of the vibration and noise inside the car so i set to work seeing if i could improve it. I can't remember what model box it is but it has reverse as the top left gear, and you need to press down to engage it. Mine was so flogged out you didn't need to press down anymore and the spring and bushings were quite sad. It made a hell of a racket. had a look to see if i could use some washers to tighten up the spring a bit, but its not possible because of the thickness of the shifter. Instead, I used a spare new rubber shifter surround i had from my last ke70 build.
The metal holder was not the right shape, so I used the factory corona metal surround. The boot needed some coaxing, but in the end I got it to fit perfectly. The inside was now separated from the outside by the rubber boot. It still had a rattle, which I decided was partly because of the loose shift knob, so I replaced that too. The inside of the car is MUCH quieter now.
With most of the other rattles gone and the noise/ rattle from the shifter reduced substantially I have determined that the engine is definitely making a substantial rattle. I don't know what would be causing this at such specific rpm? Since s13's use the same bolt pattern on the strut, I was thinking of using an s13 engine dampening brace, coupled with some new engine mounts and gearbox mounts. Hopefully this will help some and not just make the engine shake its self to pieces.
Information on these is pretty scarce, Who knows if and where i could purchase a new shifter aside from Toyota? And is there a 5 speed box that doesn't have reverse in a stupid spot with a terrible spring loaded shifter?
And can anyone weigh in on my suspension ideas? I'm hoping with that set up i can have 3-4 degrees negative camber with a lot of steering lock. Plus good brakes.
Also, if anyone lives near me and owns a timing light, ill give you beer to come over and help me check my ignition timing :y:
Anyone have any of the above listed items for sale per chance?