KEI069

You’re right it was bloody difficult to sign in. nice starwagon, spent my apprenticeship working on these. its funny, I keep checkin this forum every now and again, mainly reading banjo’s posts about efi and there is very little activity from anyone else. anyway hello rollaclub, hope everyone is well!

Here is a hot K engine from Warspeed, it is an awesome build

Holy shit, that will be a handful

Agree, can’t wait too see more

At least there is progress mate 👍

That’s awesome man, good to see a proper k powered project. I'm about to fit a trimatic into my thing aswell, did you have to massage the tunnel at all?

It should all go together without any dramas, you’ll laugh when you drive it and find second and fourth gears in the k40 identical to the toyoglide

Gday mate, welcome to the club. such a great little car, many fun times ahead . reckon your first thing will be an engine and you may was well grab yourself a 5k, and a 5speed box to suit if you can still find one. happy hunting and enjoy. cheers Justin

You could try the guys at Shockworks in Monbulk, not sure if they can rebuild your koni's but worth a phone call, they are super knowledgable. I think their phone number is on their Facebook page.

Nice work, looks sweet!

Really, that's a lot of coin to throw at a k engine and so not necessary. if run suck through you can use almost any carb you want as long as you can find the right tuner, or go blow through and find the right carb for want you want to achieve (dedicated blow through carb or seal the whole carb in a box) Just for your information I run standard cast Pistons, standard rods and standard head bolts with a genuine Toyota head gasket and 8psi of boost

A 7" rim might just fit on the rear but it will be out the front guard, a 6" rim sits flush under the guards edge regardless of offset, which means you won't get it low. I ran a 15 x 6 on the rear with a 205 tyre and a 15x 5.5 with a 195 tyre on a previous ke10 ( don't remember offset) and the didn't rub at all.

Ok, where to start. So like everyone has said about the rear, reset leafs work well, but, if you want it low the springs will be inverted and the ride won't be the best. (Who cares about ride quality anyway, it's all about the look) Now the front. Coilovers are a good option although all the ones I have experienced have been harsh and decent bumps feel exaggerated through the steering. Most shocks are to 'heavy' for a lightweight 10. I haven't found a great setup yet, although I am looking at going back to an oil filled shock (feral4k might chime in here) after a few years on the road, I've managed to bend a strut tower and its support that goes to the firewall. My opinion on this is that with the leaf removed all force is put through the strut towers and not transferred through the front crossmember. unfortunately when it comes to ke10s there really isn't a lot of good info around and its pretty much trial and error.

That looks badass, nice work. quick question, are you using a quick steer knuckle (shorter steering arm)? or is that just a roll centre adjuster.

Not sure if it would work but look at a TA22 celica front, it might go close!