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Not sure if this helps but its an oldschoool trick to check the state of the carbies. Sounds funny but get a garden hose about 600mm long, put 1 end at the throat of the carby, listen into the other end. Every throat should sound the same. You wil hear a sort of dok dok dok sound. The mixture ratio actually affects the sound the valves make when they open and close and you can hear it through the throat and the hose. If you are feeling keen try a home tune yourself using the hose, play around with the mixture screws. Wind them all in, then out say 2 / 2.5 turns and fine tune by sound. Works a treat on twin 48mm S/D Webbers (3TG motor)

Just thought I'd let u guys know corona XT-130 front struts bolt straight into a KE-30 (or similar). The disc is bigger, the caliper is bigger, the spring is bigger etc. Before swapping the strut put a good shock in it and go a heavier spring. How heavy and low is up to you. While you are sourcing struts, look for a 1968 Mk2 corona wagon diff (4.9 ratio yi-ha), they had a leaf spring arse end and were 6cylinders (bigger diff and drum brakes) and it bolts straigh in (tailshaft uni conversion required, put a HQ uni on it) May as well do leaf springs as well, reset 2-3 inches lower You now have corona stud pattern, and your wheel track is wider, offset wheels accordingly Last of all CHANGE THE MASTER CYLINDER to corona as well, you guessed it - it bolts straight in I know this because i did it 20yrs ago. The thing (my KE-30) stopped like you could not imagine, went around corners like it was on rails, it had a 3TG (1.8l twin cam), bored to 1923cc, it went like stink and blew away brock commodores at the time, supra close ratio gearbox, roll cage, on the deck, 11.1s at the old oran pk (330meters) and 13.:S at eastern ck.................ah them was the days! I should mention it ws engineered. I hope you guys can get something out of this and are having as much fun in your KE -xx's as I did!

If there is build up in the motor and radiator, put a cup of diesel in the radiator, drive it around for a while (get it up to temp) then flush it out. Fill back up with water, drive it around and flush it, keep doing this until the water is clear (mabey up to 4times) I had a similar issue this worked for me.