OKE055

Just thought i'd throw up some pics of my old rolla.(from about 4years ago) There was a bit of a thread back in the day on the build i noticed alot of the pics don't work anymore so ive dug around and found some of my old pics. She started her life as an auto 3speed 4k and i "altered it a little" Best 1/4 time was 11.99@119mph It now has a new home with a really nice guy in townsville Vehicle: 1978 Ke55 Color: Ford Glow Yellow Bumpers, Handles and Grill painted in silver dollar tinter ICE: YOUR RIGHT FOOT Engine: JHH port and polished street force head 2mm oversized Exhaust vavles CA16 inlet camshaft Tomei Adjustable camshafts Modified standard inlet manifold CP 20thou over Forged pistons Modified factory rods Modified factory crank Modified oil galleries in block Upgraded oil pump Arp Headstud kit Arp mainstud kit Arp rodbolts Bolt ons: Custom S/S exhaust manifold heatwrapped Garrett GT2876R turbocharger FMIC Custom IC pipeing Custom TBE Microtech MTX8 individual coils 3bar mapsensor 550cc injectors 30hp Nitrous kit Bosch 044 fuel pump Surge tank Modifed fuel lines Upgraded R32 radiator Oil cooler kit with filter relocation Driveline: Ta22 hydro clutch cylinder conversion 5 puck sprung center 2200lb brass button CA18DE 5 speed Shortened R31 28spline borg warner differential 4.11 gears XR6 LSD Wheels: Zepter 16x7(front) 16x8(rear) Falken RT215 Suspension: RA60 front strut conversion King spring super lowers 20mm front swaybar Reset factory leaf springs with extra leaf to minimise tramp(worked for a while) Brakes: RA60 front ventilated discs with RA60 calipers EBC brakepads R31 skyline rear discs EBC brakepads Interior: Velo fixed back bucket seats Retrimmed factory rear seats in velour custom velour door cards Grey velour roof lining Microtech digidash installed in custom plastic welded dash (angled to driver) Vdo digital speedo installed in factory spot Autometer AFR gauge installed in factory clock spot Autometer Oil pressure gauge Autometer Boost Gauge Issota steering wheel with progressive shiftlight Isstoa shift know and gear boot New black carpet 4 point harnesses The building of this car was done by Myself and Jamie(Junior), Forced performance and Tuning in Toowoomba. Without the Nitrous and 250kms after run in Youtube Footage Sorry no 11sec vid! 12.7@110mph 12.23@115mph

ouch man sorry to hear. oh well an excuse to make it bigger and better.

the quads rock i would keep them i dint notice them at first glance then i was " ohh wow that looks wicked with twins"

ha ha poped up there today to see how ya went, just missed you. there is a nice deposit of rubber on the dyno nice work. So whens the next TnT?

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Was a little bored this arvo! Oil patch is from a VL not mine

Not yet but i havent really rang him ill check tomorrow as i have an rdo on monday so the plan is back running by then.

make sure you let me know when your going cause I'm coming too!

Maybe I'm kind of missing my old ride and would love to have it back again, but the evo with be back on the road soon. I really want to leave this reliable. The fastest it will get will be a efi NA motor. maybe a beams 3SGE.

Got around to doing a little bit of painting today

Yeah i learned to drive in one of these too, its the same as my first car i bought when i was 16 and had it for 11 years before i sold it (with regrets) so when i found this one i had to get it.

A few pics of my new 55 i bought of a friend recently, 1980 KE55 Toyota Corolla 4k 3speed auto extractors and exhaust (only mods) 52,000km Very little rust (2 small spots on the edge of the boot lid) Very straight Interior is very clean with a few small scratches on the passengers door card, and 1 small crack on the dash. Future Mods: Lowering throwing around a bit of paint and getting some detail under the engine bay. 32/36 weber and a cam. Fit my personalised plates (OKE 055) The only mark on the interior!

get it back on the road already and take me for a ride

i saw that too man hope it wasnt this car either way it was a nice looking KE bent.

shame about the weather.... most street tyre qualifiers got there 3 run well nearly all, i missed my 3rd run was about to run when they called it off there are some awesome drag cars there and will be very good racing tomorrow... weather permitted!!!!! qualifying starts from 8am to make up for what was lost today. hope to see a few of you guys there.

yeah ill be there nice and early gunna get 1 qualifier in early ie 9am then leave the rest to later in the qualifying time which is 9 to 2:30 the street tyre cars see me guys come up and say hi id like to meet a few more rolla nutters

yeah there are some hot rollas in T-BAR... my yellow KE55 theres 6 BOOST ke70 panelvan.. there are a few tubo rollas getting around too... Christians white KE30 is tuff as too there are a few tuff 70's out there as well.

as of yet i have not run it on a dyno or at the drags with the gas as (nick)APC wasnt cofident it would not blow a head gasket.. (factory nissan) and didnt want to tune it with it. so ill fit a cometic gasket to it b4 running the gas as for when ill be doing this?????? when i run a 11.99 or better on street tires. ill run the kit after at the moment thats ny goal.. then ill slap in an auto and run the gas going for a 10.99 on slicks

yes that was my YELLOW ke55 wasnt running the gas and went a best of 12.47 in the heat at 11:50am (PB is 12.23) had a great day qualified 12th in my class (SR) and made it to the quarter finals where i did and awesome 2nd to 5th shift and still managed a 12.7 but got eliminated by the starion who ran a 14.56 on a 14.45 dial was fun and nice to meet a few of you guys there..

i had fun too the dirt was a bt wild though O'well lucky its not a show car

good work man nice power too

you know what count me in ill be there i might need some help findin jimborawhatsit though

car sustain some water damage from this it was sittin in the drive way and is under all that water..... the pressure was to much and pressed the winscreen down and popped the seal filling the car with water.... $@#%

i @#%@^ hate early morning shower this (below) is the down pour that happen 5am sunday morning

that's great, bargain at 500 buck i've bought worse for that.. Good work... What's the plans for the further mods?????