Ae86 Suspension Into A Ke70

[zigparacingtadpole]

Greetings all,

 

I spent a bit of time yesterday doing this :wink: . I have always been led to believe that the suspension components from an AE86 will fit like for like into a KE70. I visited a few suspension joints yesterday and have come to the conclusion either I am wrong or some of the suspension places have no idea. One place told me to sell the rolla and buy a ford V8 because only them wanka drifters drove jap crap. One place said yes it could be done (but they couldnt get the parts before middle of Jan), one said it could be done with some aggro, and another two said it couldnt be done.

 

I am looking at bringing some AE86 Sprinter coil overs and other bits of adjustable trickery into the country but want to make sure they will fit first.

 

So fellow rolla-ites I seek your thoughts.

 

My humblest apologies if this a question that has been answered a thousand times, but Ive spent a few hours looking through the back catalogue of info here and not come up with anything.

 

Thanks

 

Adam

Edited December 2, 2007 by zigparacingtadpole

[LittleRedSpirit]

Greetings all,

 

I spent a bit of time yesterday doing this :wink: . I have always been led to believe that the suspension components from an AE86 will fit like for like into a KE70. I visited a few suspension joints yesterday and have come to the conclusion either I am wrong or some of the suspension places have no idea. One place told me to sell the rolla and buy a ford V8 because only them wanka drifters drove jap crap. One place said yes it could be done (but they couldnt get the parts before middle of Jan), one said it could be done with some aggro, and another two said it couldnt be done.

 

I am looking at bringing some AE86 Sprinter coil overs and other bits of adjustable trickery into the country but want to make sure they will fit first.

 

So fellow rolla-ites I seek your thoughts.

 

My humblest apologies if this a question that has been answered a thousand times, but Ive spent a few hours looking through the back catalogue of info here and not come up with anything.

 

Thanks

 

Adam

 

 

 

The coilovers will fit with ke70 strut tops. AE86 strut tops give dodgy castor in a ke70. The parts in general are all bolt in replacements, this goes for diffs, shocks, springs, lower control arms, struts, panhard rods, rear swaybars, not sure about front. If you want to street it but have a little negative camber try xt130 lower control arms, for -1.5 degrees of camber, or sigma lower control arms for a bit more, like maybe -4 degrees. Use RA40 tie rod ends to make the steering meet up. If you lower it significantly you will need roll centre adjusters to reset the steering geometry. I'm not really going to give any more info here, as its all been covered time and time again in dozens of threads. Also, read the faq link above in full, and use the search function. If you can't find any info your not looking hard enough.....

[zigparacingtadpole]

The coilovers will fit with ke70 strut tops. AE86 strut tops give dodgy castor in a ke70. The parts in general are all bolt in replacements, this goes for diffs, shocks, springs, lower control arms, struts, panhard rods, rear swaybars, not sure about front. If you want to street it but have a little negative camber try xt130 lower control arms, for -1.5 degrees of camber, or sigma lower control arms for a bit more, like maybe -4 degrees. Use RA40 tie rod ends to make the steering meet up. If you lower it significantly you will need roll centre adjusters to reset the steering geometry. I'm not really going to give any more info here, as its all been covered time and time again in dozens of threads. Also, read the faq link above in full, and use the search function. If you can't find any info your not looking hard enough.....

 

Thanks!!! I hadn't gotten as far as the FAQ's yet, Iwas still trolling through the Mechanical discussion forums. I should have started my sifting other way around.

Many thanks for the poke in the right direction.

[OniBerserker]

www.ajps.com.au

 

check out his corollla parts

if you are in australia he can help you out, he is in south australia

 

he is where i got my suspension parts :jamie:

[anastasios]

you can doo most of the labour yourself, what did you want the car for?

[zigparacingtadpole]

Hi guys,

 

Thanks for the replies, sorry it has taken me so long to get back to have a look at the replies (I'm currently working in the middle of nowhere about 4500 km from home).

 

To answer the question of what I intend to use the car for, Hill Climbing and Circuit Sprinting and maybe some Cafe cruising.

I was looking at having it installed by someone for no other reason than its quicker and I don't consider a half a days labour that expensive. I work remote so I figure I can always make more money, I can't make more time.

 

Cheers

 

Adam