ke70dave

1000$ eh... unfortunately you can't do much with the stocko front suspension. you need to get bigger struts to put in decent shocks. for bigger struts you need either AE86 struts or ke30/55 (i think?) had that same size strut tubes as ae86.. either way your probably better off getting ae86 struts since youll get slightly bigger brakes with them too (jdm brake upgrade available, or various others) complete ae86 struts and brakes can be had for about 200-250, depends what you can find. now you can be naughty here and get some springs from EB- AU falcon, cut them in half and put half a spring at each corner of your car...cost...like 50$ or you can be not so naughty and get proper springs from reputable spring manufactures/suppliers, about 100$/corner...cost 400$ assuming you went for the 2nd options, 400$ + 250$ = 650 for struts and springs (using non dodgy method, ie not cut falcons) now shocks, have a look on ae86dc at the rear suspension article, i got shocks from some commondore wagon, for the rear (model number 343113 i think) KYB jobs...150$ brand new. now for front shocks, expect to pay the same amount for shocks that fit in the front, I'm not sure what exact shocks to use as i put S13 gear in my ke70 (alot more than 1000$), but something short stroke should be around ....150$ brand new again. so if you get proper springs thats 950$ spent, if you get falcon springs you got another 350$ to play with. i would suggest new bushes all round, nothalane or whatever they are called. ooh ooh almost forgot, youll want to get yourself a adj panhard rod as well (110$ whitline ebay). keep that diff of yours inline. thats pretty much your 1000$ gone, modifying cars is expensive.... this setup above will get your car driving around on rails though!! if you got more cash.. strut bars are good fender braces are also good (talk to littleredspirit about these, he raves about them:P) sway bars are good, a little over priced for what they are, i wanna try welding 2 stock ones together one day! camber plates for that tunability, longer control arms if you wish to be cheap but first of all, you want to get some 14/15" wheels, with some DECENT tyres on the road, not 400$ each, just 120$ each jobs will be fine. no point having all this awesome suspension on crappy 165/70/R13's!!!!!

ke70's stock have like +1 camber you don't want positive camber man!!! its baddd.. have you got positive and negative camber mixed up? positive camber--> \-------/ (looking at tyres from front) negative camber--> /--------\ (again looking from front) if its negative camber you want check this out---> Article on gaining extra camber if its positive camber you still want, well...i dunno...might want to wonder why you want positive camber oh yeah id go camber tops over extra length LCA's, but your better off getting a full AE86 strut/coilover (with camber tops) so you can upgrade your shocks while your at it...

i think most people use a 4agze with a CAS and avoid the dizzy, like this pic shows as you can see the actuator is very close to the CAS, don't think a dizzy would fit in there but ive just noticed that on your second pic there is a dizzy and a turbo working.... I'm just thinking out-a-loud here... but you say your gonna rotate the compressor side (shiny side) so it points the other way, could you mount the actuator from a bracket that attaches to the rocker cover? it would take a bit of engineering, proper bolts from the inside of the cover, and by the looks of it would need to shorten the actuator bar... on most 4agte's ive seen the turbo has sat alot further out from the engine like this pic what engine is that? just an ordinary naturally asperated 4age?

hey fellas, just thought i would share my experience on this i have CA18 brakes in my ke70, with JIC base adjustable coil overs. i have none of the problems as spoken to above^^^ don't know what you mean buy "stuff up your geometry" but i don't get any bumpsteer and its a low model 25yr old Toyota corolla, i severely doubt it has uber refined race-car like geometry in the first place... only thing you need to get is make sure you get LONG coilovers, so you get enough suspension droop to make it nice to drive my coil overs are a little short, only allowing about 50mm of droop, makes for a slightly uncomfortable ride, but damn it handles well!!! if any one has any other questions feel free to ask me :dance:

hey man hows it goin i just went and got my old shocks out of the junk pile...and got covered in the dirty crappy water that had built up inside them!! but ohh well:P i got the measuring tape out for ya this is not my shock, its just a picture on the internet i found to show where i measured it from

i dunno how many km/s to a tank, as I'm too poor to fill it all the way up:P but I'm very fuel conscious so i hit the trip meter every time i put some in. i usually put in 10$ (so at average 1.20/L thats about 8L, i don't drive much, catch the train to uni every day, lucky to use 10$/week) and i will get around 70kms before the fuel light turns on again. my 4k is stock with a 3k carby. do you think that economy is good? (roughly 11.5L/100km)???

hahaha cheers mate!! thats my lil car there what you all think of my rear bumper eh? the left side is held there by a gatorade bottle, the weld broke:( still good!!

yep^^ accessories have nothing to do with what size battery you need. the alternator puts out something like 50A at 12V, so when your driving along there is no way you are going to be able to draw more than 50A through ANYTHING in the car, my stereo with the 12 sub and a few speakers, at louder than i would ever user was at maximum 6A. headlights take a fair chunk if you have 2x60w globes going, thats 10A there, fan thing is no more than 5A. so at maximum my car has under 20A at "normal" night driving. pretty much just get a battery that fits on the battery tray, and you will be fine.

diggin up old threads man!! but oh well ive got a metalic blue ke70, and it came with the ke70 blue interiour (sooo much better than the poo brown) I'm thinking of attacking everything with that vinyl dye its in a spray can, but its not like paint, its definatly a dye i painted some stuff in my old car and i coudlnt belive how well it came up!! its like a saturn colour, and appears to take a fair beating. its good for plastics, so dash/console/door cards. just my idea anyway.

haha thanks fellas yep my motto is "do it on the cheap!" it annoys me when people say it can't be done, lies! modifying a car can be done on the cheap! anyway, its good to be driving it again, forgot how good it handles compared to my brothers car (1984 stocko mazda 323, yuck!)

cheers mate! yeah do you like my toyota sign on grill there, nice and straight! next eh.... well ive bought a fair few 4age parts (new clutch master, pedal box, jdm manifold, random other crap) basically all i need now is a 4age, ecu and loom. and i can get me some power! oh yeah need fuel system to...but yeah so if anyone has a 4age they want to sell for a reasonable price let me know! i still got to put my 8kg springs in the front, but that can wait till uni finishes (11 assignments in the next 2 weeks woot!)

few happy snaps guys, not polished yet, and some of the trim not back on, but its driveable!!! and this pic just looks cool:P

nah not yet, havent even touched it since i took that pic, will be buffing it next saturday (2 weeks after paint) might be able to get it all back together this week though

cheers for the replys guys the shocks i have are Holden Station Wagin Brand Kyb Ext: 490 Comp: Approx 290-300mm Product Number: 343113 got them for 150$ or so the falcon springs i have are crappy, way to soft, if you can get some out of a Fairmont or LTD your better off, the model to get is EB-AU i believe, just make sure the springs are about same size as stock springs (bout 5" or so). the newer the car, the better the springs will be.

haha that was funny to read "check out my new car guys" "someone asks question about said car" "STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT MY CAR" sorry. it does look nice though.

well there she is folks check out those awesome lines on the bonnet, they will go away with the buffing! oh and that grill isnt in properly, just kinda held there by gravity! thanks for the reply CATSPEW, dude that is a feral nik name :) suspension....the front was $600 coilovers, $450 LCA's brakes, and with the extra crap needed prolly ended up being about $1200 (shiiite thats alot) rear $150 for good shocks, and 20$ for falcon springs:P wheels are SSR reverse mesh on the rear (15x6.5 +22??), and Rays somethingaruther (some mesh thing) on the front (15x6.5 +20??). i have a full set of the SSR but one needs repair, so I'm gonna get the centres painted silver and polish the lip up one day. thanks for the replys guys!

i think you mean monaro shocks^^ but yes i recommend these as well, cut falcon springs + stock shocks = very bad....bouncy.....bouncy... just get your falcon springs, and cut about 1/3 off, and stick them in, and see how high it is, and if you want lower, then cut a bit more. i did this about 3 times before i got the height i liked. you really need to get fairlane or LTD springs, as the "normal" falcons aren't all that stiff. depends how new you get them i guess.

sure its not just something loose in the engine bay? the top of my air filter was loose for a while (ke70 4k) and it resonated like crazy at about 3500 rpm, took me a while to work out what it was, but just had to tighten it up.

thanks for the kind words fellas!! umm i did about 6 coats of blue paint, and then 3 coats of clear coat (acrylic paint) just have to wait 2 weeks or so to buff it up, i can't wait to see how it looks then

well here she is boys and girls, its a really bad shot, and its not buffed yet, but its all the same color, and super glittery in the sun!!! tell me what you think, i hope you like!!

hey man, always liked the idea of rotory engines, just didnt like any of the cars that they came in, i think youve got a great deal, for 1000$ its awesome, and you will be able to sell of most of the rest of the Rx7 in parts, i hear rx7 parts are very expensive so you might get away with a "free" engine :) just a quick Q, rotary's have their engine mounts at the front I'm pretty sure, how are you gonna go about putting that into a corolla? can you mount it to the radiator support thing? maybe I'm talking crap....

well heres a sneak preview, not quite finished yet

thanks teddy!! the color ive chosen is the blue ke70 metallic (the stock colour), i saw your car...and thought i gota have that colour... can't wait till its all done though!

well its been a while folks! but the respray is in its final stages atm as it stands at the moment its sitting with primer on it all masked up ready for metalic blue and clear coat tomorow! i can't wait to see how it looks with proper paint! ill have more pics up tomorow

well its been a while, so time for an update. i have checked the brakes an no not dragging. my latest figures have been 90km from about 9L or so, which isnt the best, but its alot better than i was getting. so problem seems to be intermitent.... i went nuts with carby cleaner which made it run a little smoother, but not that much difference...