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Cheers for the replies. I must have measured a slightly skinnier part, it was definatly 20mm. The Whiteline one being a replacemnt for the earlier ke's makes sense. So ill give that bar a miss then. I will definatly be putting the nolothane bushes in, always a good idea! As for the KMAC bars ill have to get in touch with them, doesnt list one on the website. They do show the adjustable ones they make though... they could be fun, and I'm assuming pretty pricey if they have to make one up. Ill post again when i find out some more.

Hey all Regarding the front sway bar on ebay for the KE55. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Toyota-Corolla-KE30-55-74-81-excl-wagon-Swaybar-20mm-F-/130425004968?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e5defa3a8 Wondering if anyone out there has used this bar? If you have do they perform well? I would have thought seing as the stock one is 20mm already they should make the performace one a litte bigger... But then again the quality of the steel used for the stock ones could have just been way down compared to 'Whiteline'. Any info would be apreciated. Cheers

as far as i know the rules for engine conversions are nothing older than the car and 4 times the sticker weight of the car for your cc's. the sticker on it now says 1000kg exactly so i can put up to 4 litres. i wont be thinking about turbos or superchargers so i should be able to get it past an engineer. one of my mates works for air ride technologies in melbourne and they put 4-link kits in cars all the time, don't need to modify the chassis unlesss you are notching it which luckily enough all ke corollas come with a small notch already. I'm pretty sure i can get it to sit the spare wheel on the ground without any chassis work and using the original front leaf mounts to work off plus an extra tubular crossmember welded in for the other 2 links. I'm not worried about the work, i know its gonna be a hell of a lot, the whole floor will come out first then ill pretty much be rebuilding everything from the floor down (besides the rails). but if i get the extra weight in the back it will at least hanlde some kind of reasonable wont it? another thought is making it IRS. not hard with a 4 link.

ok, for staters ive had this 1982 KE70 panelvan sitting in the olds backyard for a year and a bit. i was origianally thinking about the usual 4age conversion, but then i started thinking about a v8, because seriously who wouldnt like to be able to say they drive a ke70 V8, that is if you don't get the understeer etc issues. so as far as i can see the main issue with the v8 is having to put it too far over the front wheels, without major firewall mods. so heres the question, how much weight would be needed in the back to even it up and handle half decent???... the panelvan weighs 150kg more than the sedan so that has to help, cos the front end on both is the exact same so the extra weight mush be over the back yes? I'm also planing on putting a 4-link air bagged rear suspension setup in it. and this i can modify to weigh a little more or a little less. (I'm actually a qualified boilermaker so ill be building it myself.) so, so far we have the 150kg of the panelvan and somewhere between 20 and 50kg for the rear suspension, oh yeah a stainless drop-tank will be in there as well. any ideas, thoughts, on how this might work? I'm keen to get into it soon (as summer is coming up) but i don't want to be starting something thaat i will just hate to drive except for standstills in the driveway.