crispyke35

Glad you asked, I have been a bit busy so havn't updated in a while. Anyway here is what I'm up to so far I have completely stripped the interior and removed the sound deadner and old carpets, plus a couple other bits. all up removed bit over 15kg. Then i went about painting the floors black with killrust topcoat. After to a fair bit of mucking around (some may have read a thread about it) i managed to relocate the 6" speakers into the foot wells. Excellent spot for anyone who doesn't want to cut holes in there door cards. Finished product, i reckon it ended up pretty neat. Cleaned things up heaps buy replacing the plastics with black ones and re doing the hood lining (which had fallen down!!) This is where I'm up to with the dash so far. The head unit has been moved to the centre console and replaced with the tacho. Still got to finish the carpet on the top of the dash as you can see Will takes some more pics when I'm finished painting the new door cards. Cheers

It would quicker to get an angle grinder and a wire brush to strip your car. seriously not difficult and cheap as compared to a razor blade. plus a couple of steel scrapers all up might cost 30 bucks to strip the car

Well it's been a while since i have done anything to the car other then drive around in it so today i got some attention. Have had nil time for ages so happy to spend some time getting it looking a bit better. First put in some new brake pads, and outer tie-rod end, wheel alignment and a service Then got started on the installation project. I plan to completely redo the interior as it looks fairly ratty. anyway here are some pics should be some more progress this week.

Sweet car mate, looks like the panels are straight. wish i had something that good to start with.

Uni seems to suck up most of my life also (plus electronic music, fishing and the rolla hahaha) , spose it will be worth it when i got a proper job. Then the rolla can get some proper dosh spent on it.

Well it's been ages ( two long anyway) since much has been done to the car. At the moment the funds are a bit dry but i have been doing plenty of kilometres in it as my daily drive. Thought i'd chuck up a pick with the new wheels (handles much better) and lights. Took the car for a bit of a trip up the local hills. anyway whats the thoughts on the wheels.

Far out just a bit!!! maybe take off a zero then it would be reasonable.

Well it been ages since any Updates, so here it is Things that have been done: The rolla is now my daily schweet (sold a car now in down to one). finally, its cool as and kinda scary at the same time relying on a 35yr old car. But overall I have been enjoying just driving it around everyday. All my overheating problems were in fact a blown head gasket resulting from a stuffed radiator in the first place (brand new one now!!!). so fixed that and cleaned all the head up while i was at it car obviously runs miles better. Since replacing the the Diff to borg warner 4.33:1 (heaps better, really good combo with manual 5 speed and 4k engine) the brakes needed a fix up so. Today got busy and chucked in a new set of wheel cylinders, brakes work good now. Also got the Rolla rego'd for another year. So more cruising to be done. And "customised" it lol with a chrome air filter and a set of driving lights. Things that are happening in next few days: Well just ordered four good quality 14x6 195/60 tyres and 16 chrome mag wheel nuts (expensive buggers). So will be putting the jelly bean mags on very soon. should make cornering a bit better Hopefully may get a chance to get a full 1' 3/4" exhaust made up for the extracters back. depending on how soon I have to head away for again for university. Chucking some new seats in. and replacing all the interior plastic trims. Plans for the future: Get the following suspension set up: - Heavy duty gas KYB or monroe shocks all round. - Extra leaf and reset to same height - two inch lowered Kings springs -fit the larger front and rear sway bars, i still have waiting in the garage. - Install fronts struts (another spare part waiting for me to get around to it), with larger calibers/brake pads and possibly longer control arms. - Nolethane bushes for everything i can afford. Engine rebuild (luckily I have a spare to tinker with): - I have got a really good nick head to start with so will be, port & polish, full reco +valves etc, heavier or double valve springs -Clean up the spare block and paint - 268 degree cam grind - 40 thou oversize pistons -all new bearings and balance everything the budget can handle -get the 32/36 dyno'd and jetted properly -Install and get some hillclimb and track time. So yeah have some plans to inspire myself, I'd say they will get ticked of slowly but at least eventually it will get there. I'll try put some pic's up with the new wheels soon. Cheers

yeah there should be two bolts that are close to each other, that don't need to come out. they should look slightly different two the rest of the bolts. I think from memory there should be two head bolts either side and one in between the bolts you don't have two take out. hopefully that isn't to confusing If i get a chance i'll take a pic of the head i just pulled of my 4k.

That looks sweet as, gonna be a pimpin wagon when it's finished

Some good spots you got there, i reckon this pic you took looks the best.( This Pic ) ... get one a bit closer a the same angle would look cool

If you want a better finish go acrylic it's a a bit more expensive but is heaps easier to get a good backyard finish. The enamel is only worth doing if your on a super tight budget (or plan to give it a lot of gravel road action), after spraying two cars in enamel and comparing with dad's hilux which was done in acrylic i seriously recommended acrylic. However if you do decide to go enamel make sure you get decent stuff. You will also find that you want a really warm dry day to spray enamel if you havn't got a spray booth. The enamel seems from my experience a lot more variable with the finish you get, as in sometimes it just seems to go down better then others. But you can get a good finish with enamel but with a lot more effort then acrylic. Goodluck with what you decide, will be good to see some pics when it is done Cheers

This should help out in solving the problem. this was being discussed not to long ago Clicky Clicky :http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=31006

would mag wheel nuts with a shank work for this purpose, you can get them cheap as and in plently of different thread sizes etc. just a thought

this is what I'm tossing up between, there is a big difference in price, $350 cusco v.s $220 techno tuning, will be good to see how you go Evan G. the weld on coil over kit techno tuning supply would match these i spose, contemplating whether i should do this. seems to cheap to be true 180 for the tops and 200 for the weld on coilovers, seems cheap if these just weld onto existing strut.

Just looked at the link for these things, will they fit KE3X. the site says 79 to 83 corolla but that would include KE55's and KE70's so presummably if the fit 55's they would fit KE3X. or am i completely wrong?

yeah that look heaps better, recently replaced the diff in my 35 and i reckon a set of those would have been a good edition

Yeah parts arriving on time isn't to be relied upon, haha. I had a case once where i was ringing up to find out where my parts were. they literally arrived by courier when i was on the phone about to hassle them.lol. Are they Brand new "spring pack holders" or what eva they are called ? Goodluck with it, looks like your putting in a big effort

Car looks great. those wheels look sweet as, i reckon they suit it well. good work on the engine fresh up aswell

Update time, had a massive score yesterday and got a downdraft weber given to me :dance: . Kinda a cool story, about a year ago my dads cousin said that he had a carby lying around in the shed that i could have. sure enough when he came back up for holidays a year later he had a nice gift with him (many thanks). turns out it is a 32/36 DGAV weber carby with lynx ramflo filter and all, was last running on a dato 1200. Looks to be in great nick as I'm sure the picks will show. absolutely stoked. Cheers Jacob

Well after all the troubles i had i replaced the radiator with a brand new one and it fixed the problem immediately. Your car seems to be doing exactly the same as mine so i would recommend and new radiator. I also stuck in a new rad cap (stop it boiling over as quick and going into overflow), and a i put in a new thermostat. Also when i pulled the old rooted one out i noticed it had only been put in 2005 so goes to show how quickly they can erode away. (click on my thread to see how stuffed) cheers, Jacob

Well got busy yesterday morning and fitted the BW diff and shocks, heaps less noise and drives a lot better. Will probs have to do some more adjusting to the brakes and fit new wheel cylinders but otherwise the change was a success. also realized i have none of the original driveline that was in the the car when i purchased it, and have done a lot of mixing and matching ( this car has been a mechanical learning accelerator). now i need to figure out the mounting position for the rear swaybar and fit up the 22mm front bar, then car should be starting to go alright. Also going to have to start saving for the front shocks etc. Hillclimb is starting to become a closer reality, finally Cheers, Jacob P.S i will have to put up my list of what this project has cost me so far, yes i did account every peny spent, some may say this is unwise but I'm sure all wanting to build budget cars will appreciate it.

Cheers mate, Yeah uni was hectic, but holidays are on and the rolla is back in full swing with the addition of funding that part time job supplies :( Anyway on that note I have another update for the project. Been busy collecting parts for the Rolla as I'm getting more and more determined to have this thing handling good. Cheers "Curly" for the stream of parts so far, So here is what i have been gathering, got a auto borg warner from a late model coupe which means rear swaybar :hmm: and also got the 22mm front swaybar. and as per pic below i have got some spare springs to play with. Also the BW auto ke55 coupe diff should be 4.33:1 right ? so will be faster take off then my manual jap diff ?. So the combo will be a 5 speed k50 to make the highway speeds bearable but the 4.33:1 should be faster take off. I am assuming I'm right here but tell me if I'm wrong or correct in my assumptions so far, need some help because i have a feeling that i got this wrong. (worst that can happen is I get good fuel consumption.lol) The back of the parts carrying mobile ( a magna that dropped 5th & reverse 1/4 of the way on the 400km trip to get the parts, had to drive in 4th on highway :lolcry: ) Finally got some brand new glass put in Cheers

Well a bit of an update, you may have read i have been having some cooling issues which have luckily been sorted (so far!!!) . I have put some pics up of how stuffed the old radiator was, It seemed to be fine on the outside but behind the shroud was terrible and it seems the first hot day around here tested it. So put in a brand new one (not reco brand new) also discovered the last one had only been put in 2004 which doesn't seem that old probs a reco. So after that and a new thermostat it runs with the needle on 1/2 way at 100km/h (note this is on 35 deg celcius days). Also some more pics with an extra car in the mix, it's not a rolla but I'm sure you will appreciate it's looks. It belongs to my childhood second set of grandparents (babysitters/extra family) and i grew up cruising around in style. the old one had plenty of build up which also compounded the problem Stuffed radiator, feel apart running a screwdriver down it, I would be going and checking behind the shroud even if your rad looks fine the brand new one about to go in, made all the difference A couple of extra pics