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  1. Our old cars a made of real steel haha. The only thing he didnt want to do was the back of the bonnet and boot. Just because the media gets in behind and is a bitch to get out again. He seemed like a pretty switch on old dude and was confident he could do the car without any issues!

     

    I made up my diff brackets last night after spending saturday night measuring, weighing drawing it up. For shocks I wanted to use viking double adjustable but suppliers only have one in stock in the length I wanted so probably gonna have to go with qa1's. Not really a bad thing because I know theyre a really good product. So i should have them here for the weekend!

     

    I'm loving the progress I'm making on this little car after barely looking at it for ages. I don't think the wife is as stoked

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  2. More changes.. hilux diff is being changed to a borgwarner 78 (commodore/r31 diff). Smaller, lighter and still strong enough to cope with the power from the little 4agte and a much better parkbrake. Also picking up wider rear wheels next weekend, 15x10 superlites.

     

    Front 4 link crossmember is made and sitting in position in the car. I worked out and drew up my 4 link brackets and arms tonight so I can start fabricating that next weekend.

     

    Had a man come over yesterday that does dustless blasting. He has a big mobile setup which uses recycled glass and water to strip paint and filler in next to no time. Hes going to do the whole car inside/outside/underneath in spring when the weather is warmer. I already have 2 pack epoxy primer to put over the bare metal once its blasted and he mentioned I have enough for 6 cars so hes going to buy the left over off me.

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  3. Rotary is gone. Have a 4agze sitting between the rails now. Plans are to freshen up the bottom end, cams and a turbo. Floor is cut out from the seat back to the boot ready to start on the 4 link and make bigger for diff/tailshaft clearance. Have bc ae86 coilovers for front end, ke70 rack and steering shaft, ke20 crossmember and some other bits to make it work. Still need ae86 hubs and steering arms to finish off.

  4. Just getting back into this thing finally.. a few things are changing now. Ditching the factory pedals to replace them with a wilwood pedal box as theres no clearance to the carby, also 4 piston wilwood calipers all round.

     

    Been focusing on removing dents and rust over the last few weeks. Theres alot of both!

     

    Some changes coming to the rear end also. Triangulated 4 link and coil overs. I'm not sure what to do with the front end yet. Would like to replace steering with rack & pinion out of a ke70 but havent gone any further than thinking about it so far. Anyone done it before?

  5. I’ve started working on this again. I got the Hilux diff under it last week. Cut out the old dash and welded in the one out of the parts car. There’s a couple of difference between the years but it fits with some small modifications. It’s only metal!

    Next on the to do list is mounts for the R31 rear calipers, run new brake and fuel lines, pull out the crossmember and clean up all the old engine mounts.

    Dash in

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    Diff in

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  6. I quite like it in its current guise,

     

    Did you use a rotary crossmember or on the ke member?

     

    And doing it for the bro, something about them makes them more unique

     

    used the rotary mount and made a new crossmember that bolts in between the rails. i havent got many good photos of it. the ke crossmember is all cleaned up so theres nothing un neccessary hanging off it.

     

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    You know I'm keen to see this done Reegan!

     

    i can't wait to finish it and cruise around poppin cherrys

  7. shortened hilux diff, can't remember how long it is but its pretty short! i still have to buy a good center and gears for it, but theres a lot of different centers online from the u.s and i don't want to buy the wrong one. the wheels fill the gaurds nicely, but theres not much room between the leaf hanger on the diff and the rim.

  8. Name: Reegan

     

    Car: KE10

     

    Motor & Driveline: 12abp rotary (48ida weber, gilmer drive etc..) series 5 gearbox, button clutch, shortened hilux diff

     

    Suspension & Brakes: Rear - stock leaves for now, vl rear short stroke shocks R31 calipers, silvia discs

    Front - KE10 strut bodies rear MR2 shock inserts (not yet fitted, may have to use ke20 inserts due to insert diameter), HSD coilover kit, series 5 RX7 calipers, silvia discs, whiteline 22mm swaybar

     

    Wheels & Tyres: Front - 15x6 Superlites Rear 16x8 -4 Superlites

     

    Interior: Factory Red

     

    Body: Being repsprayed a metallic silver

     

    Other: Building it for my bro RIP Nick

     

    Started building it in may, it has been sitting around since the end of may waiting for bodywork and paint. Gonna get it sorted when I'm back in tassie next week as its sitting in the shed looking very sad. its completely stripped ready to be soda blasted inside & out. I bought a ke10 for a donor shell for all the good panels and interior. Ill also be removing the dash out of the donor and welding it into this car as its a lot nicer, must be a later model? Also will be swapping over the red interior from it into this car. Plan is to have a nice quick fun street car with a bit of poke. Just the way my little bro wanted it.

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    the donor car

     

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  9. finally going to get my ass into gear and get the ke10 painted, organising it when I'm back in tassie next week. only needs painting and somewiring done and then swap the red interior out of the donor into it to be finished. can't wait to get it brappin away!!

  10. Name: Reegan

     

    Car: KE10

     

    Motor & Driveline: 12abp rotary (48ida weber, gilmer drive etc..) series 5 gearbox, button clutch, shortened hilux diff

     

    Suspension & Brakes: Rear - stock leaves for now, R31 calipers, silvia discs

    Front - KE10 strut bodies rear MR2 shock inserts, HSD coilover kit, series 5 RX7 calipers, silvia discs, whiteline 22mm swaybar

     

    Wheels & Tyres: Front - 15x6 Superlites Rear 16x8 -4 Superlites

     

    Interior: Factory Red

     

    Body: Being repsprayed a metallic silver

     

    Other: Building it for my bro RIP Nick

     

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