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Hey Guys, I just bought a set of Nolathane Bushes to suit my KE30 and the bush to suit the front eye on the leaf springs is nowhere near the correct size, it is the correct part number thats in their catalogue (#47251) but it has an OD of 35mm rather than the standard OD of 50mm. I searched their catalogue by bush size and the don't make a bush with a 50mm OD and a 13mm ID I got on the phone to Nolathane directly this morning and they insist that its the right size for the car and we must have odd springs but every KE30-55 spring I have seen is the same size as these Has anyone else every comne across this problem?

I would strongly advise against sand blasting large panels e.g. 1/4 Panels, Roof, Doors or Bonnet. A guy we raced with got a shell sand blasted and they blasted the roof and 1/4's and they were so bad we had to put a new roof and heavily bog the 1/4 panels due to the warping and damage of the sand blasting

I would like to congratulate the Raymond Brothers for their First Heat win and First ARC Rally win on the weekend at Busselton "Raynman" is a member on here and Co-Pilot for his brother Glen. Here is a link to the story on the ARC Website 2009 Quit Forest Rally Wrap Up Well Done again and Good Luck with the rest of the series :dance:

If you get a carby off of a KE70 they have bigger, throats, and venturies along with bigger jets. But you have to plug or block all the extra emmisions ports. I have one on my road car now and runs like a charm with a worked 3K.

yeah I saw that in wanneroo when I was at the supercars, it sounded overrated

I got mine yesterday its great! and I did read that article I'm surprised the car even moves :dance: you wouldnt have to worry about being assasinated :y:

Something like this from the gallery? V8 KE70 Torana

Great Job they look awesome can't wait to get mine now :y:

Probably an SLR at this stage but the project is a long term one as the car need a fair bit of work. Back to corollas and to answer another question from earlier I don't race speedway anymore because this season I was over the age limit in the Junior division but we are prepping my brothers car to race the state championship.

67 Rolla: I would, i have had points since i have had the car, but now it starts easier and just runs better and there is two less parts that can fail on me or wear out. KE30 KE35 KE55: No more real plans just waiting to sell a car so taht I can buy the exhaust. I also bought another project car an LH Torana. But the mighty Corolla Is a brilliant car and great fun to drive and unique so it will be a keeper for a fair while longer.

I wasgoing through my shed today and found a Dizzy that had been converted to Electronic Ignition and the module for it. It was a Lumenition Optronic Ignition System. I gave it a clean up, found a wiring diagram on the internet and installed it. Now it runs much better, even though the old dizzy had new points and condenser the electronic ignition is streets ahead. The car runs smoother and seems to make more power a new 2" Exhaust is on its way so hopefully it can use the big cam to its potential and extract (pardon the pun) :) more horsepower out of it because the engine isnt breathing well with the stock exhaust.

Clark Rubber Thanks Mate, I have a few more plans coming soon :dance:

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/?showtopic=8106&st=105 Here in my thread is some pics and info when I put a kit into my KE30, I need to redo the rear ones due to my poor angle on the rear lock rods

As requested :jamie:

Here is some of my speedway car from early in the year.

That looks great! I would much prefer that one

I won't be able to make the photo shoot but I have a image i would like to include

nah mate a borg warner crownwheel is much larger than a jap crown wheel. I looked into this before and it's not even close

I have watched 5 or 6 seasons of TGUK and I love the show. The early versions of the UK version were pretty average. But the Aussie show has definately improved form episode 1 to this weeks episode. I like Warren and I have seen him on his own show before "Peeking to Paris" where he drove ealry 1900's crs from Peeking, China to Paris, France, He and Steve appear to be their own characters But Charlie seems to be forcing a Clarkson Copy down our throats and It annoys me. The Holden Vs Ford Challenege was good to see some local cars on the show and I hope they continue to show local cars and cars that real people can afford. The stars in the reasonbly priced car. I s a bit off due to them using a Proton??? Why not use a Corolla, Tiida or Focus. The Ute challenge, as destructive and lack of point it had was funny and I'm looking forward to them going through the Wreckes next week to resurrect a car each. All in all, The presenters seemed to relax this week and seem to be fitting into their roles and It should turn out to be a successful show :)

There is some off street drag racing at the Kwinana Motorplex http://www.motorplex.com.au/ and it's called "Whoopass wednesday" and it happens every wednesday night (see the links to the dates on the left hand side of the website for more info on cost and requirements) But some of my mates have gone up there and they said It's a great event to go in, and see just how fast your street car is and I would think it would also be very interesing to watch and see how other people's street cars go down the 1/4 mile. and welcome to WA and rollaclub

Great job. That engine bay looks awesome :hmm:

Looks good and good to see people using the trusty K-Series motors :hmm: Did you get it running?

I have raced speedway for 4 years and been around it 7 years so i have a pretty good Idea of whats good and whats not. Firstly how old are you under 17's you could race a KE30/55 in junour sedans with a 3K motor due to a 1200cc limit, If you lived in NSW and in juniors with an AE82 with a 4AGE in parramatta juniors due to their 1600cc limit. Other than that I wouldnt bother in senior classes unless you were going to build a commodore or falcon to be up with the good guys or sigma and torana if you want a cheaper old car alternative. So basically if you are over 18 there really isnt a place in speedway for corollas as RWD's dominate the speedway.

yeah I did would have been a great project for some one and was in overrated condition for it's age

What "The D Man" says is correct Autocross is on a circuit and Khanacross is point to point.