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Well the special managed ONE lap before puking oil out of every possible location. Still I would not call it a failure but not a rousing success either.
on the grid waiting to go
Starting line
And away we go (mosey)
some corners handled surprisingly well
and this is the last photo before it puked oil
it felt good suspension wise but power SUCKED flat to the wood all the way round and left foot squeeze for the corners
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it looks a tad different now
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I think the 3k is what this will have as I don't have a whole lot of confidence in this chassis holding up to much more (very rusty)
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I'm beginning to get a bit antsy. Sunday I will be debuting my Corolla in SCCA solo2 competition. I will try to get someone to take photos of the car while on course. Last time anyone saw photos of the car it was monochromatic hammerite brown.
tomorrow I will take some photos of the car in full race regalia
I really hope this thing works out to be a good race car.
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Tow car is ready to tow. I need to hook up the lights on the race car. as well as rebuild the carb and vacuum and and and and why does the list keep growing??
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Aim for next race meeting!
Nothing worse than rushing a build and having it all crash apart on the first big day when everyone and their Grandma comes to watch you!
Half the fun is the EPIC FAIL
I'm just hoping I can pull off a lucky streak
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To Do list:
Install modified MR2 seat=DONE
Install race harness=DONE
Install tow bar=DONE
make and install divider panels =Wednesday
repair the hole in the floor=Wednesday
fuel filter= have two new ones
rebuild carburetor=Wednesday
Why is it everything comes down to the last minute?
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To Do list:
Install modified MR2 seat
Install race harness
make and install divider panels
repair the hole in the floor
fuel filter and rebuild carburetor
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the car is still N/A but it is almost finished
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DANGIT I have to rebuild my carby before i can race and I have tons left to do on the car. I have a hole in the floor to weld a plate over, I need to find and install some thin metal where the back seat was, install the new racing seat, make mounts for the tow bar and I need to vacuum the whole car out. to top it all off I have to do this within two weeks or less so I can debut the car.
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someone convince me to keep this thing I am not finding any power and the turbo is toast so that is off the table for now.
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The 43kw is crank power here in the states the 3k is rated at 58hp. I think they are smoking some good stuff to get that much. My goals are conservative so if I make more power it will be a nice surprise.
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we did but California ate all the Starlets and turned them into 3tc turbo drag cars On the east coast there are few older toyotas and no Starlets
I'll build this with parts I have laying around so it will be cheap (not low quality just low cost)
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The unfortunate thing about upgrading to a 4k or 5k is I live in the US and those engines did not really find their way here.
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I have decided to go ahead and turbocharge my 3k I would like to see some more power. My plans are fairly simple build a steel box around the Weber 32/36 and force some nice cool air into it (lol).
I have a couple turbo's to chose from a T25 from an eclipse or an IHI from a 1.8 suby. I am leaning heavily toward the IHI since it is the smaller of the two and is clocked more or less correct. Intercooling will happen I have a nice 27x5.5x2.25 front mount that will be installed soon. I will be welding up a nice heavy box to mount the carby inside and it will have the BOV mounted on it. Fueling will probably be handled by a GM TBI fuel pump since they are rated to 20psi. and a 1:1 RRFPR will keep things 3psi above boost. My car fortunately came with electronic ignition and a dual vac can so I think I can get some boost retard (I'll have to test it to see). My drive train is all stock after this the trans is a K40 the diff an open and tiny japanese one with 3.9:1 gears.
My power goals are low but compared to stock configuration they are huge I'd like to see 52rwkw or 69 KW at the engine.
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Gday mate, can you get any pics of the offending oil leak?
Some things that I notice on mine on that side that may be causing it (you would probably notice other issues if the HG was that bad)
- Spark Plug tubes, if the orings are stuffed you will get oil.
- Dizzy, I always seem to have a little oil pooling around, I suspect it's coming out around the dizzy seal
- Rocker cover gasket, oil may be running down the "pooling" around your head gasket lip.
I doubt it's the HG, you only one pressurised oil path passing through the Head Gasket where it feeds to the head. The low pressure oil return galleries would be very unlikely to cause the leak.
It could well be the dizzy I'll have a closer look next time I go out to work on it. The oil I saw was at the rear of the head along the gasket but I didn't see anything running down from the spark plug tubes.
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I managed to fire my Corolla and the 3K started leaking from what looks like the head gasket on the camshaft side. This engine has had a headgasket replaced and was not run till today. Will a re-torque help or am I doomed to pull the head?
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latest update
IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!
I drove the rolla today in anger too (it's not a rocket I can tell you that)
and even without any real muffler at 20 feet the exhaust is just 87db
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this is getting exciting
NEW ARRIVAL
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use two nuts screw one on then use the other to lock it in place. Turn the bottom nut to remove the stud. you will need to remove all 4 studs and replace 2 with longer ones.
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wire alternator control = done
install carburetor
build harness bar
install seat
bleed brakes =done
I took some photos too so we can compare before and after
engine bay before
and after
exhaust before
and after
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list of things left to do:
wire alternator control
install carburetor
build harness bar
install seat
bleed brakes
make aluminum swaybar mounts or buy poly bushes
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one thing I noticed about the intake is the heat sink is recessed a bit so the only metal to metal contact is around the gasket surface so I may have a larger reduction in inlet temps than anticipated. either way it does smooth the exhaust flow for those two ports a bunch.
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I can tell you they run the cable across the firewall bare it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. I'll take pics if I can get the camera to work under there.
Ke30 Racing Debut
in KExx Corolla Discussion
Posted · Edited by vagen
pretty much but it may end up with a 1uz or something crazy like that in the near future