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cool ride man, whats the plans? I wanted to buy this but 1 is enough hahaha engine looks clean and the body looks good so general tidy up? looks like it needs a polish...

Pulled the engine out from the side of the house, 4K from a '83 KE70 Corolla. Going to clean it up a bit, seems to be in good condition. Going for clean look, nothing shiney just going to do some wrinkle-coat on the rocker cover for some coolness. Plans are: 3K water-pump - So my factory heater hose can fit. Will I have any issues as I think the internal water-pump fan is smaller then a 4K one. 3K thermostat housing New fuel pump 5K electronic dizzy with Bosch GT40 - Thanks to Ryan SLO-030, shouldn't be hard to connect up Basic service New clutch with machined flywheel Try find some extractors - Have access to a 2.5" under diff stainless exhaust to suit an E7# but wondering if I could adapt it to fit Stock carbie - Emissions all ripped off and blocked. I'm contemplating later on to either turbo it for a bit of boost, or try and make it a revy little thing... should save for engine conversion though LOL

That's a mate of mine, savannagt, he's been importing early Mazda parts for years, not too long ago I told him to get into importing Corolla stuff :bash: Price-wise, I think its reasonable, would cost a few dollars to convert a KE25 to TE27 specs though. Some members on here could admit to that lol. overrated Tacho clusters go for around ~ $500 and overrated center guage clusters go for around ~ $300, depending on condition of course.

Does anyone know what the biggest tyre you can fit under a KE20 and KE25. Apparently you can run a bigger tyre on a KE20 then a KE25.....

Nah your right, just love the red and white theme, we will see how I go, I personally don't think it would look to bad. Staying brown for now so close enough to black so still will look sweet. :( Interior will be staying completely stock.

Update tonight while was at work, dad got the rear quarters, guards, bonnet and passenger door in third coat of hi-fill primer. Will get pics 2moro. Really getting close to painting it soon, just need to primer drivers door, doesn't need fixing as its straight az. My aim is to get it looking something like this :(

Both are great engines and I'm also trying to decide which to go 4age or rotor :( Great work so far man ur ke30 is cool :)

I hope your doing the body work urself ryan, ive been doing mine, my dads been taking me through it and it isnt as hard as people say once you get the hang of the basics :) You know how it works, you push urself to do some work on it and then you get pumped with motivation and get ideas of how its gonna look while you work :(

clean little rolla asif, anyone know what type diff it has? doesn't look standard ke30 item?

Ok so got back from Melbourne and got stuck back into blocking the car. Finished off engine bay, r/h door frame and 1/4 window, rear beaver panel and front and rear windscreen frames. So this is how its sitting at the moment. Going to take my time going over it very carefully to find any imperfections. Should be sweet. Colour I'm going is white, with red interior later on.

asif is a real name if there is any confusion. pronounced with an 's' not a 'z'.

Alaykum salam brother good to see interest in corollas in pakistan haha please upload some pics so we can have a look.

Nah it's cool guys :P

Yea well that's right and it gets pretty hot in my shed sometimes :)

Cheers for that matt! Appreciate it! Funny enough my dad mentioned the waterproof bit to me but he said it'll be ok.

now you tell me haha, shoulda mentioned to ya on the phone, :) what type do you have? haha thanks its currently in its 'trimmed down' period... I'm going to Melbourne over Easter so I'm trying my best to get it all rubbed down and ready for paint when I get back :D

KE25's represent! good to hear man.

Thanks matt yea nah he told me to seal em with sikaflex so just doing it that way. I ended up getting Sikaflex 252 instead of the automotive 227 one. Its more heat resistant so better for engine bays. Thanks to Mick. Dad got the bonnet, roof, boot lid and drivers rear quarter rubbed down last night, few low spots but we will touch em up so should be sweeeeeetttt. can't wait.

Why's that? My dad's painted many cars over the years and this is how he told me to do it, also my uncle is a panel beater and ive watched him wet rub like this many times... I'm using 600 wet as that is good for painting acrylic. That's just what ive learnt so far as this whole build up is a learning experience for me :)

Thanks ryan! motor traders right? How do I get to said work place? lol! How much for a tube?

Hey guys Well I'm currently 60% through blocking the engine bay down. Firewall was a real headache haha but I got through it. I'm going to get some automotive sealer to seal up all the gaps in the engine bay, been a bit paranoid and don't want the engine bay to look tacky. So I'm going to track down some of this Sikaflex automotive sealer and seal up all the gaps in the engine bay so no water can get in and no rust can form :) or if anyone can recommend another product that would be good :) yep thats me in the engine bay :)

sometimes you just need some motivation ;) KE20 with your wheels man, look how wild it could look :lol:

ok so today did a lot of work. Finished off repairing the passenger door and got it in primer/hi-fill. And started blocking down the car getting it nice and smooth. This is the time where I can get the shape and lines of the car perfect and fix any places ive missed etc etc so ill be spending a bit of time getting it right. Aim now is to have it ready for paint next Friday, see what happens. Thinking White with Red interior Frank KE10 styles ;)

car looks tough with the convo's!!!!

haha yea I'm most likely painting it white paint stripped the door and started metal finishing it tonight, shouldn't take too long to repair and get it in hifill. Then ready to block the car down, can't wait. Was also thinking today about when I get to the mechanical side of things. I'm just gonna keep the 4K stock but with a nice exhaust system while I gather parts for an engine conversion later on.