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Shouldn't do, the increased spring pressure puts more oil through the motor and not the bypass, but it should all drain back just as fast. I think it only has an effect when the oil is cold, I remember my guage used to show 65psi when cold, and 45psi when hot. I've never seen anything about how much of the 4litres is NOT in the sump when driving, it would be interesting to measure somehow. If oil level was a problem I'm sure you'd have the red light flashing around corners, like 18RGs do.

Prepare to have your intelligence insulted by all the current power groups who are terrified of losing their grip on you! Queensland is suggesting they join the rest of the world and free you slaves on voting day. This seems a step forward to me. Der Fuher in Canberra said over my dead body, and "it would make our democracy the play-thing of cashed-up interest groups" (she meant trade unions I assume) This "expert" below, who seems like a paid-up member of the nearest Communist party to me, reckons Aussies are too stupd to figure out how to vote. The QLD ALP man thinks that forcing 90% of the population into a voting booth, compared to 66% of Brits who actually wanted to have a say, is something to be proud of.. he'd make a great jailer! What that means is that nearly half of Brits have realised it doesn't matter a damm which party is in power, they are still screwed. What always amazes me is they give you a multi-choice exam question titled "who do you vote for?", but there is no option of "None of the above" !

Well, I don't find them vital at all, but that's a different argument. (ducks from Irokin!) Its just a great place for people to do crazy dangerous things in an acceptable manner. I can't see it being possible to teach people not to speed, that's not something you learn, but it is possible to teach them car control.

chrome bumpers! Funny having the low suspension, the wide wheels, the black bonnet... and a stock, auto 4K !! Plenty of work for you to do, it should turn out to be a nice car.

WELCOME- THAT'S QUITE A PEDIGREE. HERE YOU ARE, TA22 FOR SALE- http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/63878-corolla-celica-tseries-cleanout/

The Mayor of Ipswitch wants young people limited to slower cars after an 18yr-old drivng a Subaru survived a crash that killed two passengers. Personally I think its a load of crap, typical of a politician wanting to be seen to be "doing something'. Limiting what cars you can drive is just an extension of the L and P plate scenario, and you can see that plenty of inexperienced drivers kill themselves quite well with the vehicles they are allowed to drive. Banning certain cars will have as much effect as banning drugs and guns... You have to take responsibilty for yourself, and if you get into that car then you are saying you are happy with the driver. I've told people to stop and then got out in the past, I'd rather walk than die. The 150kph is quite achievable in a KE70, so I don't know what he thinks he would let 18yr-olds drive! Cartainly I can't see driving schools and advanced driving courses helping this problem, neither of those teach you high-speed car control and from what I've heard they are ridiculed amongst the young guys who are the targets here. To me its Darwin in action, we need to clean the gene pool constantly. Those that survive their youth make better parents for the next generation, while those who are too reckless live fast and short lives, be it on horseback, cars or in the armed services. Am I the only person who thinks his idea is a waste of time?? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-02/call-to-ban-youths-from-driving-high-performance-cars/4449924

That's the most likely place to bend under extreme compression. ..and I'd sooner bend the rod than tear the pin off the diff or the mount off the chassis!

Wife had a Stagea for a few years as a company car. We owned a Cifero at the time, then the Altezza, anad she thought the Stagea was great. Roomy, more than enough modern geegaws, and it went fast enough. It had a button for 4WD. She likes big cars, hates the KE70, drives an R31 wagon at the moment.... Drive them both and check out the handling, one is a RWD with 4WD and one is a FWD with 4WD attached..

yep- But make sure you pull the pump apart and measure the wear gap at the end of the rotor arms, and check the base plate & housing for wear grooves. These will allow oil to sneak back around the pump rotor and reduce the pressure.

Sadly not so simple, that is the oil filter and the oil pump is in the sump. Right idea, wrong place. That will increase the pressure at which the oil bypasses a blocked filter, while you want the same sort of arrangement on the pump that raises the maximum pressure. Best to be done when you have the motor out and in bits for bearings or rings etc, its a shit getting the sump off without pulling the motor out.

Brilliant find! Amazing what the application of time and money can do! A translation would be great! He was obviously impressed with the difference. Did they change anything else apart from the body rigidity? I assume they didn't.

Armidale Rallysprint Feb 16th I believe..... :rolls:

Love it! True dedication!

Thankyou Gav, that explains it all. I was busy writing that reply! What sort of compression ratio would it give on a 3K?? Will the valves stick out??

nope- but maybe I can figure out if you even have a problem. Ok, got that- So that is the head for the 3K?? Why not?? That's the bit that is missing here. I don't see a problem- the head gasket for the 5K and the studs all fit don't they? The ports can easily be cut out to match the inlet manifold, that's what I did on my 4K to match the SUs inlet manifold. What is missing is your measurement of the head's combustion chamber volume. That will give you the compression ratio. Did you measure it with a pippette or burette? Is the combustion chamber 80mm across, or the valve to valve edge? So long as the valves fit down the bore OK then it should be fine. I don't know if they actually stick down into the bore or not, I can't remember what mine looked like. take a look in here- http://www.rollaclub...the-girls-ke70/

Ah.. if you have a spare car to hit with the 1mm grinding discs then you could look at a few areas. Strip out the interior of the spares car and see how feasable it is to slice out the inside panels of the B and C pillars. The A pillar is usually well-supported by the windscreen, but the middle of the box up the B pillars and across the roof and floor would be more likely to flex. Is there a strut across the roof above the B pillar to double the thickness of, and a piece across the floor between the B pillars?? The C pillar suffers from the vent holes in both inside and outside panels, and I know they flexed in the old Datsuns enough for the back window to pop out. The springs mount just below the C pillar, so the stress concentrates there. You can buy or make the cross-strut bars shown in red here, and make the reinforcing panels shown in green. Just imagine picking a toy car up like that and twisting it front and back. It will be interesting to see what other guys reckon-

What model Corolla? So, is this right- You turn the ignition key and the ignition light comes on You turn to 'start' and the starter motor goes but the motor doesn't spin? If the starter turns, surely the motor turns as well? Are you sure the starter is turning over and the motor isn't?? or is the solenoid going "click" and the starter not turning over?? What happens to the lights when you hit 'start'?? Do they dim or go out? Are these brake lights on the dash or at the back of the car? My KE70 doesn't have a brake light on the dash I think. Is this when you short out the two terminals on the starter motor to bypass the solenoid? Does the solenoid throw the starter Bendix gear forward and engage the flywheel or does the starter motor just whine as it turns in place?? The solenoid should make a distinct 'clunk' as it engages the starter gear on the flywheel. Sounds like the solenoid isn't throwing the starter gears into the flywheel, but answer those questions and we can work it out. maybe the battery is a dud if the ignition lights go dim.

In the end, they are not a great car for rally driving, like the 240Z or the Stratos. Most sports cars have the driver sitting too low and too far back because of the low roofline and hence the visibility is not good. You can't put the battery or the spare wheel in the back seat because you can't get in there with a 2door. Give me a 4door sedan any day... KE70 or Datsun 1600 ! Looks cool though.

It won't be long before the new 86 is selling for less than the $22k they want there. They would be hitting over $25,000 landed and on the road here.

It sounds like its leaning out, so it dies when the choke is off. Check for airleaks in the manifold, use an aerosol or oil or just a tube in your ear. Make sure all the nuts and bolts on the manifolds are up tight. Run it warm then boot it and when it splutters turn it off immediately. Take the top off the carb and see what the fuel level is, and compare that to the level when it is turned off when idling nicely. If the level is low it could be the fuel pump is not happy, or a blockage in the line somewhere. Then lastly strip & clean the carb. Use a syringe to push petrol through the drillings after you've unscrewed the jets and flushed them out.

Hasitha you will struggle to find much on that engine as it really is just an industrial unit. With the long stroke it won't rev very high and it has never been regarded as an enthusiast's choice. The compression ratio is 9.1:1, the same as most K motors, so it should take turbocharging OK. Here's the Toyota workshop manual; for it. http://images.toyotakijang.multiply.multiplycontent.com/attachment/0/T79igAooCH0AAFBv5Xs1/Toyota%207K%20Engine%20Repair%20Manual.pdf?key=toyotakijang:journal:31&nmid=560968192

Nah, sadly we joined the long list of DNFs, with 12 of 14stages done. Steve was running around 30th during the event, but while the car is great fun to drive the tail is skating over the top of the gravel instead of gripping. Once we get it to squat it will turn the torque into speed, hopefully before the next event in Feb.

Have a great time everyone, a spare day you can spend in the shed!

That refuel was spent being busy getting spotlights fitted onto a car that had obviously never been driven with them on... they pointed to the ground and jammed on the grille! So we hadn't dome anything about tyres with more immediate problems. By midnight he had run out of tyres, run out of brakes (down to the last 1mm and no spares...) and run out of 'lateness', so couldn't do stages 13 & 14... Sad, but a big education in how much work needs to go into rallying. We had spent it all on the car and not had time to even consider servicing, which is what killed it in the end. Anyway, luckily his Mum came along to watch and organised us all into the hotel she was booked into, rather than sleeping on the floor at a mate's place. We crashed and his dad and I were up at 7am to start the trip home before it got too hot. We climbed up onto the highlands of New England and got back to the woolshed after lunch. No slacking, we pulled the seats out, blew the whole car out with an airgun then hit it all over with a water-blaster, inside and out. Then into the shed and up on stands for an inspection. After making a list we crashed for an early night and next morning I was up and gone on the 600km trip back home in the KE70. So, there it sits and gets worked on until Feb 16th 2013!!

Things were fine until after second refuel (AND the 33L tank used 20L each time!) when he had two punctures from ripping the tyres down through the canvas. As they had done 5 rallies and were only half worn we hadn't thought to replace them, but this new arrangement was ripping them down. One stage had the control official with his 12V compressor blowing up a sinking tyre until the 10second count!