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coln72

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  1. Got some 3000 grit wet/dry here at work that will help 😉 If you see it, grab some "Purple" metal polish. Guys with alloy bullbars love it. Ps. don't do the timing cover, it will Iook so good that you will start looking for the next thing to polish.. .. I even filed the casting marks and sanded/polished the inlet manifold.
  2. Then around a million hours polishing with Autosol......
  3. Only if your car has knock sensors and can tune itself to suit the fuel. Or with the rolla you may be able to bump the timing up a bit. Some say that 98 has additives that can clean your fuel system .....
  4. Very old school but I was running 185/65r13 fronts and 205/60r13 rears on my '75 KE35 without mods. The 225/60r13's needed a lip massage 😉
  5. From memory, ke20 are a we bit different to Ke30. Cracked a pair in the KE20 club car and only had Ke30 ones in the shed. Had to enlarge the top of the strut tower and relocate 1 stud a pooftenth to make them fit.
  6. Doing a driving course a while ago and the instructor jumped into my car to drive it. I watched her put the car into gear, let the clutch out clutch back in, check for first gear etc. After a couple of goes at trying to take off, she asked what was going on. I told her to turn the engine on, its only the electric fan vibrating the car.
  7. This is stetching the old memory by 30 odd years. My 1st Corolla, '75 KE35 with a 3K-H in it, had that timing cover with the breather. The hose went back to a valve thingy at the back of the head where it branched out into two. One to the rocker and one went back under the floor. When the 5K went in, the timing case had no breather, so we just cut the hose and glued it to the back of the timing cover with no issues in operation. Eventually it was removed altogether...
  8. From what Ive seen, FWD engines/gearboxes seem really well supported - 4 odd mounts (front, rear, left & right) over a short distance. A lot better than our old K engines with 3 over a third of the length of the car. Guess there is a lot less chance for bending/misalignment
  9. Think the chrome vents were on the early KE3#'s. Might have been only on the "import" models.......
  10. Even then they are noisey. Used an old Facet brand electric pump and moved it three times to make it bearible.
  11. Dunno, got my last one nearly 20 years ago....... First port of call would be a Toyota wrecker
  12. 5k, throw a decent cam in it (ignore every one that says you need to go to solid lifters, keep it hydaulic), up the compession and give the ports a going over. A set of extractors and a 2 inch exhaust, and change the carby to what ever tickles your fancy and go have fun.
  13. Motorsport aint changed in the 15 years since i hung up my helmet then.....
  14. Always used to support the circlip with a hose clamp. Always had a spare circlip ready to go on the clutch cable just in case though. Vaguely remember my KE35 having a support for the clutch cable
  15. Well it's been a shit year or so now. The missus is still recovering from her stroke 14 months or so ago and is not been given permission to work or drive yet. Work care ain't paying anything and the union seems to be doing SFA. Haven't heard from them for 6 months. Now I may not have a job at the end of the year as I work at s single franchise Holden dealership. All I have been told is what you hear in the news, which is more than what Holden has told us. Even the DP is in the dark. Anyone know of any spare part/service advisor jobs in Central VIC?????
  16. I'd be checking your wheel alignment first. Darting around over bumps could be a sign of excessive toe out in the front end. Toe out may be causing your tyre wear as well.
  17. This is my opinion but why stuff around changing heads, rockers, cams etc Get your existing cam reground to whatever specs you want, port match the head to the manifolds or get it ported if you want, add decent carburation/exhaust and go have fun. This is what I did with one of my 5ks - Wade 169 grind cam, 3k-b carbs, extractors and 2" exhaust (plus a few other things 😉 ). This engine would spin to over 7500rpm all event with bursts to over 8000rpm where the tacho stopped. Without the issue of adjusting valves all the time.
  18. Ran 225/60R13 on a 6" rim on the rear of my KE35 with only a lip roll. Had no rubbing issues at all. The biggest I got under the rear of a KE20 was a 205.
  19. Thought the only adjustment was toe and castor.
  20. Watch project binky on YouTube. One of the recent episodes they modded a Celica sump. May give some ideas.
  21. Well work cover are being a bunch of pricks. After constantly rejecting the missus certificate of capacity, forcing a 2 hr drive back to the hospital after being fucked around on the phone. Eventually went back to the ward and got it sorted out. Then, even though the claim is supposed to be completed in 30 odd days, work cares doctor isn't available until August.......and now the claim has been rejected after a couple of interviews. Hello union......
  22. Not just the aftermarket. A major manufacture I work for as a parts manager has two different parts listed under the same part number......
  23. Don't know where you are but try Wheels in Ballarat. Huge range of second hand wheels there.
  24. Also tried to accuse us of cancelling the booking and wanted to keep our money......
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