First of all id like to introduce myself, I'm Robert Davies, I'm 17 in 2 weeks and about 3 months ago i bought myself a 1983 Late model Ke70. It needed a good clean up and a good tune so i ended up scoring it for $500. I decided it being my first car, i should probly make it look good for its age. i don't have any before pics of the car unfortunetly :drgrim: The previous owner was a retired auto electrician and i must admit he wasnt very good. here is a picture of the dash and his wiring up custom guages.

 

i decided i should also paint it and probably do it up for future racing possibly a track car. So ive stripped it ready for sanding.....

 

this is my progress so far....

 

Edited January 10, 200818 yr by Robbo!

 

Haha @ them gauges. What are you looking at doing to it?

lol yeh thanks they were there when i bought it. i got the whole interior our except for the aircon/heater. i can't be bothered to put the aircon back in so ill just leave it in there haha. well basically i want to respray it, and make it look fairly good to drive around the city until i get another car then i was thinking maybe track car? what are your thoughts? any hints or tips?

Man, Looks like it was done by habib the dodgy auto electrician, seriously bro!

 

But yeah, If I wired something like that at work my boss would slap me..

 

Nice project, Best of luck with it..

At least he wired them in series :hmm: Seriously i can't beleive he mounted them like that and through the dash too, what a dick. id give him one of these :2thumbs: Nice project by the way body looks clean. good luck :cool:

Edited January 20, 200818 yr by radrollaz

haha i know how u feel with that pooey brown colour. its shit. lol. did it come without interior or did u pull it out? ive been tryin to make mine roadworhthy and i got mine with nothing in it except a seat and dash and gear stick. lol. but yeh looks good. good luck with it all.

@ Medican man

haha yeh when i saw it, me and dad looked at it and started laughin lol. also, ive seen ur vids and looked at what youve done with ur Ke70, where did u get ur twin carbies and all that from? I'm very interested

 

@ radrollaz

umm yeh the body is actually pretty good compared to some cars its age. except the boot was riddled with rust and bog lol but hopefully i should get it lookin all nice and schmick

 

@ 13RENDAN 88

 

lol thank u someone finally agrees with me haha no it was all there when i bought it, everything was there, even had a little fan on the parcel shelf haha. i ripped out the interior myself so i could spray the interior and there was another reason but i couldnt remember lol

@ Medican man

haha yeh when i saw it, me and dad looked at it and started laughin lol. also, ive seen ur vids and looked at what youve done with ur Ke70, where did u get ur twin carbies and all that from? I'm very interested

 

If you want to go twin carbs then Dellortos in my opinion are the way to go. Budget at least $300-350 for a set off ebay (Thats where i scored mine for $300). You can buy the intake manifolds and linkages etc from any reputable automotive spares place. By no means a cheap thing to fit, But the induction sound is to die for..

If you want to go twin carbs then Dellortos in my opinion are the way to go. Budget at least $300-350 for a set off ebay (Thats where i scored mine for $300). You can buy the intake manifolds and linkages etc from any reputable automotive spares place. By no means a cheap thing to fit, But the induction sound is to die for..

 

Ok sweet as man thanks. what specifications for the dellortos do i need? ive heard all this "down draft", "side draft" stuff and its confusing haha and someone said 32/36? what does that refer to?

 

oh sweet so repco could maybe order it in? btw how how much would i be lookin at for the manifold, linkages etc?

My carbs are DHLA40s, a 32/36 downdraft is a cheaper option but doesn't flow as good as a twin sidedraft setup.

 

depends which way the manifold and carb are set up, with sidedrafts the air comes in from the side, downdrafts the air comes in from the top..

 

I think the manifolds are around the $200 mark, linkages are probably about $50.. And then you need filters as well / Tune etc..

oh ok thanks man. ill keep a look out I'm still in the progress of painting it haha. my friend said if i replace the valve springs i could reach higher revs? its a pretty dodgy source but I'm just following up lol

Yeah, Get stronger valve springs if you are working the motor, read the FAQ, has some good info on building a tough K motor.. Extractors, Cam - pretty much the usual..

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/faq/index.php?tit...a_tough_K_motor

oh ok thanks heaps for ur help medicine man. i will post more pics up soon.

Hey guys, sorry about the very long dry spell. had money issues with new jobs and my girlfriend takes a lot of my time up but this is what ive got done while shes at tafe during the week.

 

The whole car is now primed including a very dodgy engine bay prime. i don't have all the right tools and i have no skills in car respraying but I'm learning and i do with what i can.

 

New pics

 

Any tips for doing the engine bay without having to remove a lot of crap? i don't have the tools, skills or knowledge to rip the whole engine bay apart