Felix

What is with the splash shield, is it put on upside down or something? The cutout for the sump is on the wrong side.

Tightened up the manifolds, the leak is nowhere near as bad now. Got a working choke. Changed over the sideview mirror with the one on the ke16, the mirror should stay in one place now. Also did a temporary fix to the rear muffler bracket which was broken. Might see if I can get some paint matched up during the week to do some touch ups to neaten it up a bit more.

No, not retractables. They are a set of Klippans that I've had in a few cars now. Retractables would be nice, but these ones hang up out of the way pretty easy. I like retractables in bigger cars, but in this thing for some reason I prefer a non-retractable seatbelt done up real firm. They are not period seatbelts but it doesn't really bother me. They are in good nick whereas the old ones were faded and fraying. Put in some new outer door rubbers this morning, changed the battery mounting bracket and just finished off the stereo wiring. Might go up and try to tighten up the manifolds a bit. Have a leak at the extractor gasket on one or both of the center extractor pipes. Really I should pull the carb and extractors off and fit a new gasket, but don't really feel like the stuff around atm. The extractors are a bitch to work on in this thing... Leave it for another weekend. Also might fit up the cable for the carb fuel enrichment circuit so it is easier to keep going when cold. Notice I didn't call it a choke, the DCD webers have a small 3rd barrel for fuel enrichment and don't run a choke flap. It is quite handy for carb tuning to see if you are running lean.

Looking nice, real nice. :)

Well got the new seatbelts in and the missus finished tailoring a picnic blanket to better fit the rear seat. Looks a lot neater now. Little bit more wiring to do to finish the stereo. Works great with the iPod straight into the amp. Bit weird with the sound only coming from the rear, but I'll fix that soon with some front splits. At least is has got tunes now. No sub bass, but meh, the boot is only so big and fits the essentials, ie. a few cartons and some groceries.

Aircon would be nice in summer. Do liteaces or whatever comes with a 7k have a smaller aircon compressor? I don't really notice the swaybar hitting my calipers much, so long as I don't wear my front brake pads down to far. I have previously wound the steering stops out a bit though. Still has plenty of lock. A swaybar will reduce outer tyre tread wear a lot.

Ooops last time, try the link to the Forum Rules HERE.

I wasn't attacking you Trev. You said you would love to have it and I simply asked, why not buy it then? Link works for me. Try This One.

Nice work Trev :P You know I just copied and pasted it from Here. ke355 keen to see your ke10. Really not much of a fan of the later models but love the ke1x's.

Philbey it is a lot easier to fill up in a ke15. The fuel filler is up higher with a better angle.

Trev why don't you buy it then? ke355, get over it man. This is an internet forum, everybody has got their own opinions. From the forum rules: 1.3.0 don't write in leet speak or SMS style. We don't charge by the letter and theres a great big monitor to read full words. This can be very annoying to try and decypher and you will recieve warnings where admins/mods see fit. lnk cr b82rez 2g4 "Me was tryin' to save time."

Yea they are WAY more fun than a ke30. I had a ke30 2 door sedan for a first car that I drove for 5-6 years. Absolutely no comparison to a ke15. I don't miss my old ke30 at all. Get a swaybar on the front first before you worry to much about other stuff. The swaybar is the single best handling mod you can do to a ke1x alongside with some decent tyres. If you go with adjustable strut tops, is there actuallly any room to dial in some negative camber? Really I think you'd need a set of coilovers with smaller diameter springs to get a decent benefit from the adjustable tops. Cool, the jack in Parrots post looks identical to mine.

Made up a new rear parcel shelf with the help of the missus for the ke15 this afternoon to replace the old one that was rooted. Fitted a set of new Alpine Type S 85wrms sikbenines that aren't wired up yet. Have a set of MB Quart 6" splits to fit up front later once I reco the underdash shelf I have. Don't think I'll worry about a head unit, just going to wire my Ipod direct to the amp. Currently in the process of changing over the much better seatbelts from the ke16 into the sprinter, and making up a fitted seat cover for the rear seat out of a picnic blanket. The top of the rear seat is stuffed but the cover should do the trick until later on down the track when I plan to get the seats retrimmed. Missus took the ke15 for a spin into town earlier today and loved it. LOL, she's trying to claim it as hers.

Nothing stopping you giving the ports a clean up and deburring the factory casting marks. Just don't try to reshape things or you may actually end up making less power. By all means you can attempt to match port the inlet manifold, and polish the exhaust ports (leave inlet ports a roughish finish). Don't worry about match porting the exhaust ports to the extractors. Ideally the extractor entry should be larger than the exhaust ports, to help minimize exhaust reversion contaminating the incoming air/fuel charge.

Good stuff Cameron. Oops forgot about getting a pic of my jack for you. Try to remember over the weekend. Yea they're meant to be driven. More fun then your 30/55? Silly question I know.

The dude waving his arm out the window? :P Lol it is your money, whatever makes you happy. Surely you are secure enough in yourself to not give a f@$k what others think. :no2:

I've been on a Static-X kick of late. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY8C-YBwcuU

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Ahhh, sweet music after Rick Astley. LOL.

:P So sad. You obviously didn't live through the 80's. Took me 3 seconds to shut that window down, burns my ears.

That was cool. Have to listen to more of their music. I do think Jack White makes a better guitarist than a drummer though. Check out Machine Gun Smith on youtube. The dude is awesome on the drums, does wicked covers.

It won't tell you what model the motor is on the engine number. Usually there is a sticker on the timing cover, but it could have fallen off over the years. The motor with the pistons on the right in the pic I posted had a 4k-e sticker on the timing cover when I got it.

Same here. My 5k has the D shaped dished pistons. I've had a few 4k's with dished pistons. The ones with the D shaped dish were supposedly 4k-u when I researched going by the numbers on the inside of the piston. The twin squish (or ones that look like they have valve reliefs) were 4k-e by the numbers on them. I've had one 4k with the D pistons and two with the twin squish pistons. EDIT: Found a pic I took of the two 4k dished type pistons: part no. on left piston is 13101-13020 4k-u type part no. on right piston is 13101-13022 4k-e type

Did the school run this morning in the ke15, got some fuel on the way home... Funny the younger dudes checking it out wondering WTF is it? This arvy gave the engine bay a quick degrease, cleaned the air filter and put some new wiper blades on it. Took some pics as the sun was going down. Mind the bits of paint missing from birdshit as it lived under a tree for a bit... She needs a respray.

Just lock it. Supercharged motors aren't as finicky as a turboed motor where they are off boost, then on boost.