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1982 Ke70 - 4agte Conversion Project

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Hey all I am new to the forums figured I would post my latest project :y:

 

Not that anyone would probably care but I have had a 1979 2door mk2 escort for about 4 years spent way to much money on it and have had a 4agze with lots of JDM bits converted to turbo with a disco potato and a lt10s sitting my garage for about a year now waiting to go in.....

 

Ive recently realized I can do a conversion on a KE70 for a lot cheaper and in the end I will have a lot more fun :y:

 

pics up....

 

EDIT/UPDATE: Due to me not being organised i will not be sitting the engine on the weekend starting 27/09 (as i don't have an engine crane) - due to this i will be hunting a tailshaft/pedalbox and front panel over the weekend and i guess will clean her up a little and take some more pics :)

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Oh and another thing Hammers are the best tool ever for stripping a 4k - if you can't unbolt it bash it off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I HAVE PICS ;)

 

First off are the engine pics :D:D

 

Engine = bigport 4agze/t50 - standard rockers to mess with peoples minds ;)

 

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The pics of the KE are crappy as they are from the post i bought it from. Have basically taken out the engine/gearbox/tailshaft since then and put in a 4a crossmember. Also fixed a bit of rust in the engine bay dodgy styles :D

 

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Oh and lastly sorry to all those ford haters - this is the car my engine WAS going to go into :dance: pics are pretty old has since been lowerd and has new bumpers and a few other little things :yes:

 

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and the airbrushing in the escort ;)

 

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Mate, i'm keen to see this thing run...that's a beastly looking setup! any specs?

Nice escort too, looks well built.

What's ur aim for the car? drag/power/drift/show?

 

Keep us posted,

MM

probly the nicest lookin escort i have seen in a while, nice work mate.

hey mate engine looks sick i was just wondering what manifold that is?

looks custom...i love the top-mount look, its tuff...

that motor looks dope!

 

have you found any issues regarding the dizzy and turbo manifold clearance? or is theis the gze that has a CAS?

 

what are ya plans for the ke shell?

 

joe

thats a CAS in the pic. loving the esky.

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I am bit of a car noob so sorry for my stupid responses in advance :dance:

 

Thinking a tough street car and might look at drift another time just keen to get it all in as cheap as possible as I have had the engine for way to long :yes: - don’t really plan on making the car look good at all….

 

The turbo manifold is a custom one that came with the engine - I forget the description I was given as to how it was made but its obviously a lot better then the Chinese crap you get off eBay......

 

As far as the dizzie and turbo IF I can get my hands on a engine crane for the weekend I will be sitting the engine and gearbox - I am sort of expecting clearance issues with the turbo but I wont know till I sit it all - As far as the dizzie in concerned I have no clue at this point in time lol - Does the engine have a dizzie?

 

I plan on doing most of the ground work like sitting the engine/gearbox/tailshaft(once I get one) and getting the hydraulic clutch sorted then taking it to one of my mechanics to have it all plumbed and the wiring done as once again I'm a fair car noob :D I don't intend on making the car look good tho I have a bit of a hook up as far as painting is concerned so I might get the exterior of the car spray rather then doing a full strip down/sand/repaint ;)

 

I really wish I had more info on the engine as I know it has lots of JDM bits but I don’t have the list any more. Overall I am exspecting a pretty angry little engine tho ;)

 

part list is at follows(may be things missing):

 

4agze converted to turbo - from memory had less then 100 000 km's on it but never know lol

t50 gearbox

Custom Turbo manifold

gt28rs Disco potato - NEVER USED

Adjustable cams - unsure of what brand - HKS cam belt ;)

Microtech Lt10s with ignition booster

Microtech Coilpacks

currently 365cc 4agze injectors - changing these to 550cc rotary injectors

Have the clutch slave and master :D

Some crappy front mount with crappy pipping for an AE86

Probly missing other bits :D

 

Parts Currently needed:

AE71 tailshaft

AE71 Manual pedal box - minus the clutch master/slave

rx7 550cc injectors

some front panel lol……

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BTW Thanks for the comments on the escort I kind of didn't exspect such a nice greeting to it lol :dance:

 

I must say tho it is a bit of a 50m car - Looks AWESOME from a distance then when you get close you see the little in perfections :yes:

There's more bro, don't forget!

 

Turbo Smart Pro Street Fuel Regulator.

Front Mount Intercooler With Piping.

Exedy Heavy Duty Clutch & Lightened flywheel.

3 inch Dump pipe heat wrapped.

Turbo Smart Oil Cap.

The throttle body is off a ford, Forget the dimension but? Its big!

 

God Kra55 get it together!

Love the escort mate!

 

clean engine! will be watchin this one!

Gday KRA55, if you're looking 550cc rx7 injectors just join up ausrotary.com....you can pick some up for $40each!

i just got mine off there the other week..

 

Cheers,

MM

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