After watching this car on the forum for ages, and looking at countless peices of overpriced crap i finally decided to go have a look a haydo's KE38 down at victor harbour.

 

After the long drive down there i decided to buy the car because of all the added goodies it came with such as coilovers, brake upgrade, weber, extractors, 5 speed and exhaust.

 

When i got the car it had just dropped a valve, so the 4k-U was running like crap (i later worked out that it was only running on 2!), so it was a slow drive home in the hot weather for my little bro while i sat in my airconditoned armchair (Aristo).

 

The body work isnt to bad on this car, but the paint isnt that flash so it needs a serious rub back and anouther coat of clear layed on after, also the coilovers are to low and can't be wound up any further because of short springs.

 

Motor wise the 4k-u was running on 2 because a f@$ked spark plug in number 3 and it has a burnt exhaust valve in number 1 so the head has to come off for a recon. The car is running a KE70 5 speed which has a noisy thrust bearing, the diff is just about ready to explode because of excesive backlash and noisy wheel bearings.

 

So i have bit of work to do but it is a project afterall.

 

The main reason i bought the car is because i have been building up a slightly warmed 4k for a bit of fun.

 

Specs are...

Ke70 4k-c

Twin 1 1/2inch SU carbys

Waggot 212 reground camshaft

40thou overbore with ACL pistons and rings

new bottom end bearings

new camshaft bearings

full reconditioned head

valve grind

Crow double valve springs

lightend flywheel

 

the block was decked and the head has been shaved so comp ratio should be around the 10:1 mark now so it should get off its ass fairly well.

 

Today i spent preping a new rear end to go into the car with a 4.3:1 ratio centre for a bit more acceleration hopefully it will be in durring the week then i will fix the brakes on the front which i have no idea what they are from and look into getting some longer springs for some adjustablility.

 

here are some pics.....

Edited May 6, 201115 yr by Smithius

the motor so far.....

the carbys....

the diff being preped...

hey can u take some pics of the back of ur SU's i need to see something thnks

ooooooooh the poor 38, sounds like its gunna get some well deserved love tho :yes:

 

ill wait to see her progress.

 

cheers, haydo

yeah it needs a lot of love. Got rear end sorted now just have to work on the front brakes and springs and should be good.

oh and myles most of my su linkage setup is custom but i am going to redo it becuse it has to much flex. you have to make linkages like the ones i have so that the accelertor cable doesnt hit on the rocker cover.

looks great, shoulda kept the polished look on the rocker cover too man though, looks a bit like how my engine looks now after being degreased and put in

 

Travis

Been there, done that, trying something different to the rest of the forum

Been there, done that, trying something different to the rest of the forum

 

 

GOOD!

Bit of an update. Got the new rear end in the car and made the leaf springs look a bit nicer. (i put the clamps back around the spring packs so they look nicer)

 

Still have a horrible noise coming from the rear end. Could be wheel bearings, pinion bearing(i *** hope not) or posibly tailshaft.

 

Finally got the flywheel and new clutch on the motor so it is now officially ready to go in.

 

THe clutch i got is a heavy duty exedy jobbie which should hopefully take the the abuse.

 

And as of this afternoon the car has no motor. Me and my bro ripped out the 4k-you that has been running on 3 pots (still got a bit of grunt on 3) so that we can pait the engine bay white before the motor go's in.

 

Oh yeah look at the twin 4k powered wheelbarrows.....

what manifold have you used for the twin su carbies :'(

Manifold is a lynx jobbie. I got the whole lot of ebay a while back.

 

Got new carpet for the car now (upullit special) and a new steering wheel, so the interior is starting to become liveable.

 

I'm after a new front bar, so if anyone has one in adelaide please let me know.

ok, after a long absence i finally have an update on the progress of the wagz...

 

since my last post i fixed the noise coming from my new rear end, it turned out to be the wheel bearings were stuffed, had to use the oxy set to heat up the housing to free them but its all good now.

 

i have also painted the engine bay white instead of matte black so everything stands out a bit more and i have fitted the new donk.

 

so far i have done 500km's in it so i think that its just about run in now, motor seems to be fairly strong, got a nice lumpy idle and revs nice and free, cam starts to do its thing at around 4000 rpm but the SU's need some different profile needles because its lacking fuel at the top end.

 

so far ive had it out to 7000 rpm and it sounds awsome.

 

i have also removed the coilover suspension and r31 skyline brakes from the front of the car.

 

the main reason why i did it was because i didnt like how low it sat (i hate going through regency) and i bought some rims that wouldnt fit over the brakes so they had to go.

 

i currently have some stock ke55 struts in the front with new pads and rotors (brembo ftw) but it needs some lowered springs to get the car level again.

 

at the moment in needs a new sump gasket because the f@$ker is leaking and as of last week it also needs a new manifold gasket because that shat itself.

i think the manifold gasket blew because the face of the extractors isnt flat, i have a new single peice jobbie here but i think that i may machine the face before i fit it.

 

the sump is leaking because the gasket seemed to be to big when i put it on, i use sealant on both sides but its rooted so I'm pulling the motor out to fix it.

 

anywho here are som pics of the motor in the car and the new wheels i fixed up for the car