TerrySchmiddy

oh wow, dude that looks amazing! keep us updated hey, this thing is looking sick! cheers

just wait for a cheap 350mm nardi classic and you'll be right ;) got mine for around $150 i think and although its kind of rough in some places, being second hand, its heaps solid and feels great while you're driving! not too much depth either so all round its a nice wheel to have man. i imagine a momo prototipo would feel pretty similar too

haha thats sick, alright! I had a look at Ke Conversions and they're actually really reasonably priced too! $250 for a full mount kit seems pretty good to me! just to clear things up, are there any particular pedal boxes i should be looking for that are a direct bolt in, like a te31/37 pedal box? or is it easier to adapt either a ke35 or ta22 one with the necessary components?

Ahh perfect! So there isn't even any need for te37 cross members any more? Just get the mounting kit and the pedal box and you're good to go?

Any updates on how this is going? I'm about to pick up a 2TC and 5 speed box, so pretty similar to what you're doing. Any news on the cross members or any difficulties you had? MS you sound as if you're doing the same conversion too, any input?

Holy shit mate! Its sitting so well and that livery looks great! you can really see it at eye level like that, nice work!!

0 offset 7" wheels are supposed to fit flush with the guards. 8" gives a little bit of poke and with some slight guard rolling and tyre stretching, they look sick! but anything more than that requires huge flares and a powerful enough engine to turn the wheels. 3k and 4k engines are underpowered as it is, an extra 10 kilos on each wheel wouldn't do them any good. I just fitted some 14x6.5 simmons v5's on my ke35 and they're just short of flush on the fronts but I've yet to try them on the back, just waiting on some tyres :)

haha looks like a really clean version of mine! ;) going to look great with those equips man, good luck with it!

alright, so i reset the plug gap about a week ago to 0.8 like you guys said, tried to start it and, nothing! it gave a bit of a kick first time then it was completely out so I'm assuming thats the starter motor shitting itself :/ kind of annoying but of well. So basically just wondering if anyone had a 3k starter motor laying around they'd want to send out to me haha i told some mates and they said they'd help out this weekend with it but id like to put in another one at the same time if at all possible so if anyones got one, let me know! please! if not ill have a bit of a play around with it but bottom line is, i just want to drive the thing! its been sitting for too long and I'm missing it! been about 2 months off the road because of its issues! hopefully this will sort them out ;) cheers!

Thanks dude! i set them at 1.1mm this afternoon based on what others had said in a separate post. They weren't too clear though and some people said 1.1, some said 0.8, some said certain types can't be reset, some gave advice on different series' engines... Overall it wasn't very helpful so its good to have a simple, clear answer like that! thanks heaps for the reply ;)

ok i might give that a go! As for the push start, its underneath a pergola at the moment thats hard enough to get out of when the car actually is running, i haven't even attempted to try push it out before. Unless its out of the pergola i don't have the space to do a push start unfortunately. cheers!

hi, my ke35 has been having some problems recently. Firstly, the starter motor solenoid is stuffed, it won't stop cranking, but the most annoying part about that is that the engine itself isn't actually firing and starting up. So, i decided today id have a go at trying to get it going so we can at least drive it to an auto electrician to get a proper diagnosis on the starter motor, hopefully even fix it. At the moment I'm just trying to rule off things that could be causing the starting issues. Its getting fuel fine, so thats no worries, so i think I'm not getting any spark. Just got a new battery so thats fine and although the starter motor is draining on the battery it shouldn't stop it from starting all together. Now, i don't have a great understanding of mechanics but to me it seems to be the plugs, if not it'd at least be good to cross them off the list, knowing that they're fine. They're relatively new looking NGK BP5EY's and looking over the forums, they're the stock 3k/4k plugs. The only problem is apparently theres supposed to be a number next to the part number, which tells the gap, but mine doesn't have this, it just has BP5EY |||| JAPAN. I can take a photo of them if it'd help but in the end i just want to get the car going. Also, id love to hear if anyone else has similar starter motor problems and how they fixed them. Cheers! Marcus

would love to hear some updates on this thing! I love the photo of you at 16 with your rolla, because funnily enough, 25 years later and I'm in the same position ;) just another 16 year old with a mustard yellow ke35 haha if you're still having trouble deciding on the bumpers, you could go for a japanese look and take them off all together, even slant your rectangular lights for a kaido racer look as theres no other ke corollas around with that look at the moment as far as I'm aware of. it'd suit your over fenders and minilites too! anyway, chuck us some more photos and updates if you get a chance! cheers! marcus

If anyone is interested, zen garage visited Catalina recently and did a full write up on it, photos and all, much like this one. I think they may have even done a cruise there and back as one of you suggested, as there was a rather large group of them in the photos. They also found an old video of a Datsun 1600 racing around there before it was closed. Again, shame it's not a rolla but you can't have everything hey ;) It really gives you an idea of how tight and technical the track was, as well as an idea of its true width and size before it was left to deteriorate. Speaking of deterioration, there is now a fallen tree across the track and I'm sure the overgrowth of plants has got worse. Perhaps if we have a cruise there to check it out and people started showing interest in it again there might at least be a chance of someone maintaining it. Who knows, if there's enough publicity and enough interest they may even reopen it! Either way, here's the zen garage post. Check it out! :) http://zengarage.com.au/2014/01/catalinaraceway/

Dude! This thing is looking sick! I've seen photos of your car around the place but for some reason I never found the thread... Until now! And I'm so glad I did! Everything about it just works so well! The fender mirrors tying into the chrome of your SSRs, the boot spoiler, stopping the body lines drooping too far and bringing back a more aggressive look, not to mention the fitment of those wheels are absolutely heavenly! And then there's the nardi... Holy shit! Ahahahaha Simply put, for a daily, this is the best ke30 I've ever seen if not the best daily driven car I've ever seen! Keep at it man! I'm keen for the video! Haha