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Probably the best will be Sigma LCAs, as they add plenty of camber. The spacers you need will be the opposite of rollcenter adjusters, a spacer at the bottom of the strut and above the LCA. Somehow you need a spacer to lower the LCA pivot at the crossmember. Have you got adjustable castor rods running to the front like a KE70, or some other system??

Km per tank?? WTF sort of science is that. FFS measure how many litres you put in at each fill and write the Km on the docket. The blue Rolla runs a trip between 7.5L/100km and 8.0. Around town I get 8.0 to 8.5. So if a tank is 45L (wouldn't have a clue!) that will do 560km on average. We got 6.5 when we first put the 5speed in and threw out the auto, running a stock engine and driving 1000km at 80-90kph... with L-plates on! The 7.5 to 8.5L/100km is with a cam/SUs and exhaust, so it should chew more than stock, its a shit sight quicker! I use E10 all the time with compresson around 10 to 1. Try the hydrogen injection, but really you won't get much better with an auto!

I think you're swimming in the opposite direction to everyone else here! They want lower! You would have to consider what would happen to the suspension angles, as well as the legality of it. I don't know if there are laws covering how high you can raise a car, like there are for lowering.. As it goes up you will get more positive camber and the wheels will tuck under as you also lose toein and gain castor. Castor and toe you can fix, but unless you can add camber back in, it will lose handling capability. I don't know whats in the rear, but if its a beam axle, which I assume it is, it is simple. The limit may be the angle between the axle spring base and the body spring base. Stick a jack under it and watch what happens. Then start chasing longer springs and shocks. We're thinking of a family trip to Lake Eyre and someone suggested borrowing their '87 Tercel 4WD...

Adding LPG seems to be the best bang for buck with a diesel. Cheaper than a turbo, simpler & has similar power increase (20-25%) According to a comparison in a 4WD magazine between turbo/LPG/re-chipping for Landcruisers and Patrols.

I doubt it, although some expert on here will know for sure. Oh- the AE86 & TE71 does! I can tell you the Celicas ran the same system, but the mounts will probably be slightly in the wrong place or at the wrong angle.

There shouldn't be oil on the clutch plate at all... The rear seal leaks onto the back of the flywheel and that sprays the oil outwards onto the bellhousing. You'll only find out when you strip it, but a can of Brakleen and some #100 sandpaper does a good job of cleaning them up.

Is it school holidays already?? Do you think your full-race motor can fill a 2" or 2&1/4 inch pipe?? What else have you done to it?? I'd say even a 2" is more than what you need... inch and 3/4 would do, no problem. Somewhere along the way you will pass from "sporty but stock so innocuous" into "please pull me over Officer.." Make sure you have a good resonator on it!

Nice to see it coming right. As Love says, that's not much castor. get 3 or 4 degrees on it. How was camber?? He obviously took the Corona LCAs out and put the stock ones back in and just gave it to you like that. That is where all the toein came from. Get some 'rona LCAs again and hunt for a Celica rear sway while you're at the wreckers. You should get it handling sweet.

Go drive at 60kph, pick a marker and jump on the brakes. Measure how much it takes to stop. Photograph it. I'm happy to do the same and measure mine. Maybe yours doesn't stop as well as most.

I know... Good intentions by Govts always crucify ordinary people! What I found is- From the RTA... basically you can't drive a V8, a turbo, or supercharged car, a car from a list that only Asians could afford, or vehicles modified for performance- So it is lucky I did those modifications to decrease fuel usage and lower our CO2 footprint, not to increase performance. However, the next bit says- and amongst the list of fine cars that you can't drive, is a line that says- ooooohh... interesting! Part of the exemptions from the banned or modified vehicles is a line that says- Bahaha!!! What cars can you drive that make more power than the Mighty 4K... damm near every other one on the road! So she can always apply for an exemption if it is a problem! ""The modifications were necessary to give almost moderate power and try to keep up with the traffic."" LoL!

That one's not a problem- But this is a bit all-encompassing.. Its a good thing the mods I did were to decrease fuel usage... I'll keep hunting through RTA shit...

Well, the car is here in Orange & she's up at UNE in Armidale, but she doesn't need a car in campus res. Maybe next semester or next year, whenever she goes flatting in town. Todays weather...

Well, the car is here in Orange & she's up at UNE in Armidale, but she doesn't need a car in campus res. Maybe next semester or next year, whenever she goes flatting in town.

Just before I get into a blazing row with my wife, I thought I'd try and find out just what the law states about P platers and modified cars in NSW. What can you do to a car and what can't you do?? Is there a Govt list somewhere that clearly lays it out, like it bans turbos. Non-standard exhaust? Change of cam profile? Increase in engine capacity? +20thou? +40thou?? 75mm to 80mm??

If its a great conversion & worth a lot of money why does it have.. When you could spend a few hundred bucks and have it making peak power AND have a dyno chart to sell it with. Manual conversion is easy, although time consuming. We bought an auto to get a great granny car & converted to 5speed. I think that is where the best cars usually are now, no-one flogs an auto at the night drags.. Just a jack on the garage floor... You ideally need to buy a wrecked or complete manual car as a donor, and then part it out, or buy the box/driveshaft/flywheel/oedal box & clutch cable & fittings. How to do it is in here- http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/page__p__445727__fromsearch__1#entry445727

Then the resistor to coil voltage should have been down around 8 or 9volts I think. That coil should be a 9V coil in use, and get fed 12v when cranking.

...and this is probably a good one too- Which clown would take poor quality phone pictures at night to sell a car!!! http://sydney.gumtree.com.au/c-Cars-Vehicles-Motorbikes-Parts-cars-TOYOTA-COROLLA-KE70-W0QQAdIdZ284393240#

Buy this one!! Right now! http://sydney.gumtree.com.au/c-Cars-Vehicles-Motorbikes-Parts-cars-Toyota-corolla-1982-Deceased-Esate-W0QQAdIdZ286813769

I'd agree- a $400 car will be pretty bad, and if it was easy to get rego they would have done it. Take a look, but don't take your money with you! If you can weld panels in then look at rusty ones, but otherwise have at least $1200 in your pocket and find a nice auto. Its cheaper and easier to do the manual conversion that to fix a rusty body or replace everything in a manual that has been thrashed by a part-time night drifter on his 'P's. How much bodywork can you do, and how much mechanical stuff can you do?? Have a look in Gumtree- 5 in Sydney from $500 parts car to $2500 immaculate 130,000km ones. Make some lowball offers on the ones with rego. Avoid the one with the parts car, .and the "no rego, chopped springs" one. It doesn't look like a good time to buy one right now- They are either rubbish or over $1500. How about looking out of town and travelling to see one. The inland ones don't rust.... even the wrecker here has better bodies than some of those for sale.

That's tricky- depends on how you measure it as the ignition does feed 12V to the coil under cranking, so if you checked it then you would be right. However if you checked with just the ignition lights on then I'd expect 13V one side of the resistor and 8 or 9volts the coil side. I've got a full wiring diagram on my computer but I need to fix it before I can use it.. :(

Well, we're only here to help you know! :P

Its just as I research it Phil... It seems so simple I'm amazed its not the standard answer when you need a rebore or are looking for more grunt. I'll find the problem with it sooner or later, something odd that makes it a waste of time! :laff:

Welcome in- How long have you had the AE71? Done anything to it? or just straight into the Nissan blend?

X2 and if its still within limits but worn, there will be a pressure relief valve that you might be able to shim.

Don't do it! They have nothing to do with the two problems you have, all they do is stop oil getting sucked down the inlet valve and getting burnt. Old cars never even bothered with them. Fix the water and the oil problems first! There is an easy way and a hard way to do them- easy way is OK, but a mistake is fatal, hard way is taking the head off and removing the valves....