shane-o

Nice mate does she go alright? Looking to do very similar mods to mine. Where did you find the cam?

J-port + 52 weber is going to be an absolute pig and not something you want to drive every day. A mate of mine was getting 210rwhp out of an N/A 13B bridgey so the potential is there.. but I wouldn't bother going to all the trouble of converting to a rotor and then leaving it as a 'cruiser'.. just work with what you've got I say!

Not being a Toyota fanboy, I reckon that looks f@$ken sick. You can really see AE86 design cues from the rear/side, not too sure about the front but. The hachi never looked particularly aggressive and that was part of the charm of them. Still, good on them, can't wait to see the end result.

Pfft that's not a gilmer, THIS is a gilmer :n:

Sweeeeeet brap and rolla gotta love it :y:

Little update, venetian now converted from black to white :wink: Chris of chrisandliz fame has very kindly offered me the purchase of a 4K out of one of his cars. So I'll be chasing that up asap this week. I'll be leaving the Toyoglide behind it for the time being but I will budget for the 4 or 5 speed manual conversion later. Found some advice in this forum that a 32/36 Webber, extractors and mild exhaust will give the old girl a good little kick in the pants so if those bits come up at the right price they'll be going on too. I have a strong temptation to pull the Lanzar Optidrive 1250wrms competition sub and Caliber 1000wrms monoblock out of the RX-4 to chuck in the KE20 but that might be getting a bit silly..

More than 2 sweet, sweet years of driving rotors, jump back in a pissed-on for 2 days and it blows :@

Yeah the black doesn't look bad but white is the go for sure. I will put up before and after pics. Quick question, I'm shaped so browsing through a heap of topics isn't viable until the end of the month.. Blew the 3k today f@$kING so I need to find a new engine. 5k+5speed sounds pretty good, I will need a pedal box too but I need to know if my tailshaft will be ok? Or do I need a different one behind the 5 speed to fit? Cheers for any help..

Yeah I reckon they will look fantastic man. So I have a question guys, the venetian for the KE20 arrived BUT they sent me a black one! 2 options: paint it white/cream or leave it black! What do you guys reckon black would look like??? Can't get pics right now but imagine :evil:

Mad!! Now lets see some videos of skids thanks :D Great thread man, you're giving me all sorts of terrible, terrible ideas about my KE20 :evil:

Haven't had her on the dyno yet, my tuner has a big library of maps to suit most rotor/turbo combinations so he plugs one of those in to match and tunes from there. Will be going on a dyno sometime to iron out the curve nicely. I would put the figure at around 280rwhp @ 11psi, we should be looking at an even 300 @ 14 when the turbo starts hitting its efficiency range (rated to 20psi). At the moment with the locker its enough to fry the tyres through 1st 2nd and 3rd :evil:

Hehehe thanks kids. Its hard to be original with rims these days, had some Lenso RS5 in Hyperblack @ 17x7 lined up but the group buy fell through. Now THAT would have been a random wheel choice for a 4! Needs to be another inch lower on the Superlites but. As for the KE20, venetians are in transit, as are the 2.5" lowering blocks :D :evil: The theme has been inspired by the movie "Crackerjack" starring Mick Molloy, I just need to track down a bowls club hat and make up a sticker!

Already put the KE20 in the KExx thread but here she is again with my other toy :evil: Actually my second Rolla, my first car was a 1982 KE70 wagon, 5 speed, 4k, absolutely overrated and original, bright orange paint.. I loved that thing but it got a caning hehe KE20: Unmolested 1972, 3k, Toyoglide RX4: Genuine 1976 LA23S S5 13b, S5 gbox KnightSports highflow turbo, Turbosmart 38mm ext. gate+screamer pipe Microtech LTX8, custom front mount, custom zorst, gilmer, RX4 locker diff, S2 rx7 rear disc conversion, Magna front discs/Commodore calipers, brass button clutch+lightened flywheel, custom 1 piece tailshaft, surge tank with a pair of bosch 975s and matching fuel setup, twin 10" thermos pimpin' interior and a bit of a stereo, 20 grade tint, Performance Superlite 16x7s

Name: Shane Car: 1972 KE20 bowls club daily Motor & Driveline: 3K, Toyoglide Suspension & Brakes: Stock Wheels & Tyres: 12"+hubbies Interior: Some kind of horrific brown vinyl Body: Custom mix Candy Apple Bile Beige Other: picked it up 2 days ago. Soon to be slammed, venetian, sheepskins, whitewalls, sunvisor, bowls hat on parcel shelf