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To redwarf, we're getting it shaved because the head was a little scruffy lol, but really because we want to up the CR. And we're not changing cams. I'm trying to convince him to beacuse it's a NA motorkhana car, but he doesn't want to ;) :S To SJ, man that's a relief! ahhhhh. Well that's the thing. We're actually going to try doing the 'porting' ourselves. I've done a hell of alot of searching around to make sure we do it correctly, and Stew (oldcorollas) has helped me out alot so hopefully we'll do something kind of right. If we screw the head, we've got another one standing by :cool: hehehe, good ol' wreckers. EXCEPT, depending on how much it will cost to get this done, it might be better off to just get the engine shop to do it also...d'oh. To muller, mate find an engineer asap and get used to doing things their way, I'm sure it'll make life easier in the long run. There's honestly not much of a way that you're going to get anything larger than a 12a engineered in Vic. Even though vicroads has told me supposedly "There's no limits to what you can put in, you just have to get it approved" But so far, that's proving very difficult...I was too thinking along the lines of 13bt, but cost got to great :o Good luck with the conversion. If it's anything like the 12a, the mounts are so far forward, you'll have to get a cross member/make your own. But it's not too hard of a conversion. Rotaries do cost ey :P Except, if you go the 20BTT you MUST tub it lol! That thing would be so shot for traction, mmmmmm tubbed rear end (Includes susp. upgrade to go with the tub.) Well I'm off to the Pulsar, thanks heaps for your help guys. :D I'll post some pics just for the hell of it when I'm done haha, actually no I won't. It's FWD. YES! he's going the cam..Anyone got any good companies lol? Thanks Troy

I'm still working on it! It's looking positive. Is there going to be a little cruise at all? or "expression session" :S lol. Trying to get another driver (Who is interested in corollas) to come.

A freakish tiger has 3 legs :S

Yeah, you do pose a point sj. I've been trying to find a reason I keep getting knocked back, but haven't come up with an answer yet. I got the list from Vicroads of approved engineers. Fine I'll tell you all when I actually get the engine. :S And then you can help me! And yes thankyou fellow sensible poster ;) hehe...but on a totally non related topic, was working with mate on his N12 pulsar today and we've taken the head off and we had troubles with the timing belt/camshaft driving belt(What it called it in the manual) we've marked out zero and what not, but we took the top cam gear off and forgot to mark it on the belt and cam so we can see where to put it back on. Will this pose a problem? And right now, we're going to drop the head off at an engine shop and ask whether they can put in some dual valve springs and shave the head, maybe even smooth/enlarge ports. Except question, when shaving head, will it affect valve clearance or gaskets etc.? I don't know too much about shaving.....that sounds stupid. lol. If you've been brave enough to read and try and understand this thankyou :P I really do appreciate it! Thanks Troy p.s. so far my solution to the timing gear problem will be to turn the cam until it's at the beginning of a revolution and put the cam gear on and hope like hell that it all lines up LOL

don't really like the description much... " Big Turbo.... , King springs, Borg Warner Diff" I just don't like that wording but that thing is sick! :S Love it!

Yeah I know the limits for the law, this is perfectly legal I just have to find someone for the approval. Na this isn't the 1uzfe KE70, good idea though lol. What have I got planned - I'd like it to show some progress, so I won't look all talk as kangaroosa has said, before I reveal it. What's the conversion- special. :S haha.

Just out of curiousity, what has everyone found to be a good muffler that doesn't have too much restriction but doesn't deafen you and sound like a fart?

Yeah, but the design of susp./steering is shit on real old ones imo. But if you're willing to do the work hell yes the early ones are so sweet looking.

Hey Right now I'm unbelievably sick of calling engineers and just getting people who aren't interested. Because so many of the ones I've called so far have said "Na not interested ", "Most you can put in is another 4 cylinder under 2.0 litres" "Na mate you can't do that, there's too much work." etc. So basically can anyone recommend an engineer you've had previous good experiences with d'oh, in melbourne preferrably eastern area? have a good one! Thanks Troy

WELL - I know everyone's sick of hearing me complain and blab. So here's some actual information. Over the past few months I've been doing alot of research. Now the plans have changed. Progress has been slow due to just the not knowing of where I'm headed with the project but now I've sorted that out. First of all the body side of things. I've discovered alot of rust/dings that I wasn't expecting, well not this many. Most of it is cut out and new patches will be welded in by the end of next week (Mig) The little dings I will be attempting to fix with the good ol' dolly set, hammers, slap spoons. It should be a fair challenge and hopefully it turns out ok. I've also got a few little surprises/uniqueness things that I'm doing to hopefully make the car more 'mine.' Mechanical - I'm not saying to much now from fear of judgement haha. Except the K is out the window, and the diff is also...Just keeping it all on the downlow haha. But of course the best part...even though they're nothing special I still like to look at her haha - PICS: d'oh, Comp. troubles. Tomorrow. And that's about all, I just felt like posting this because it usually makes me get to work on the car! Good motivation seeing how lazy you've actually been...d'oh! Thanks Troy

Well that's what I'm trying to sort out. That was going to be my form of transport, but I might have another. So I'm a maybe. :S Hopefully I'll see everyone there!

lol, trying to fit as many insults in whilst still explaining the situation. Water skiing, bastard :S

Hokey the huge chode is out, he's going water skiing.

Same as my shell....what's up with this. You wouldn't happen to have the steering column plastic surround? I broke mine. :S lol.

ahhh, I see. That's just enlarging the wheel well, psh. Tub it :hammer:

Hey Call me stupid, but I haven't heard of the term "mini-tubbing" before. I understand thoroughly what tubbing is, but mini tubbing :hammer: I'll take a wild guess and say that it's just a smaller version of tubbing? lol, I like confirmation. That is one freakin sick car, can't stop watching the video. Care to give some other photos?

Yeah, there are some true nerds on Toymods which is amazingly good, I'm so jealous...previous statement being retracted due to generalisation hahaha.

Dang, I totally didn't think of looking there. My bad. Thanks man, makes life a hell of alot easier! Thanks Troy

Hey Just wondering if there's anywhere I would be able to get a set list of what is legal to strip/change from the interior? I've been trying to track something down of the sort but haven't had too much luck. Have a good one! Thanks Troy

SHIIIIIIITTTTT! Is all I can say. I've been doing more paint stripping and my cars previous owner had a crash in the rear. And it literally is just BOG! It's now the Bog Box from hell. SOOOO MUCH BOG! I'm thinking of cutting my losses and finding me a shell hahaha. So depressing :D lol Thanks Troy

Well I'm confused, so you need to put it on the internet but we won't be able to see it because NZ has a separate internet :( lol :D

Me and hokey will try and be there, sounds sweet!

WOO! Holidays, lots of time to work on the car. I'll take some photos soon and hopefully the prgoress will start to show :D

Ohhh. I'm heading off to NSW on that day.

Progress!