this is gona be one nice... and different... ke30, if you do the vn v6, consider running a turbo setup, for the v6 they are relatively straight forward and cheap, you wont need to run much boost, say 5 or 6 pound, in a ke30 as the torque alone will be enough on the street for a ke30... happy time :jamie:

this is gona be one nice... and different... ke30, if you do the vn v6, consider running a turbo setup, for the v6 they are relatively straight forward and cheap, you wont need to run much boost, say 5 or 6 pound, in a ke30 as the torque alone will be enough on the street for a ke30... happy time :)

thanks man, turbo sounds like a good plan :jamie:

its gonna be dangerous

Bit of an update after ages of not being motivated, finnished wet rubbing the shell today, just a small rust repair to do on the right wheel arch.

I have a question for all the painters out there, my plan with painting the car was to do the door jams and under the boot, then paint the inside of all the panels, re-assemble and then the paint the outside in one hit. any advice on this?

cheers

So i finally bit the bullet and bought some paint, its the mystic green pearl off the new falcon.

This is the first car i've painted so i just took my time and it come out pretty nice! It looks awesome in the sun

more pics

Wow man car looks great and you say thats your first time spraying a car. Top job you should be very happy with yourself.

Wow man car looks great and you say thats your first time spraying a car. Top job you should be very happy with yourself.

thanks mate i'm really happy with it, it gave me heaps of motivation to finish it then i busted my leg on my motorbike that arvo.

GUTTED

Been making a bit of progress lately, i got all the panels painted and hung on the car and i also put some blue pearl over the top aswell. I was pretty happy with it being my first paint job.

Here are some pics. I will get some better pics in the sunlight. The pearl really shows up in the sun.

Still got a few bit missing which i'll get new.

 

Started on the front end suspension and brake upgrade today, i bought a pair of vp commodore struts with v8 brakes measuring 295mm.

The only modification i need to is get a set of vp ball joint and machine the bases down to the same diameter as the rolla ones so they'll fit in the rolla contol arms. The strut tops are the same, the steering arms will line up no worries and the brake lines are the same.

 

Big size difference

 

Next i will be shortening a vl disc brake diff and swapping all the bits off the rolla bits over so it bolts in and shortening a tail shaft. So then i'll have the same 5 stud pattern all round, good brake and suspension upgrade.

 

Then motor....

Ok so i'm still waiting to get on the lathe and machine down the vp ball joints so I bought a vn diff and shortened it this morning.

Just have to get the axles shortened and swap the mounts off the rolla diff over.

Shortened and welded

All buffed up

paint looks dope mate love it, and awesome job on the diff to came up trick.

So i've been doin the maths on the front end a bit more and have decided to scrap the idea of machining the ball joints down. I'm gonna use the corolla control arms which i'll have to make them 40mm longer which be easy enough. Then cut the hole that takes the ball joint bigger to take the ring off the commodore control arms for the ball joint and weld it up. Then i'll just have to get kingswood rotors which will bring the wheels back in 10mm and they should be sitting right.

Today i cut the mounts off the rolla diff and welded them onto the vn diff so thats all done apart from axles which will be done soon.

Tacked up

Ran out of gas so i used the stick welder for it

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Bit more progress, the front is nearly finished. I pressed up two pieces of 3mm the same profile as the corolla control arm 40mm long and welded them in. Then i just had to re drill a couple of holes to suit the new length. Then fitted the rings to take the commodore ball joints and painted em up.

I couldn't get a very good pic of the strut in there because the sun was setting

i stuck the wheels on and the camber is spot on, i have a way bigger choice of rim now which will be good.

 

The only thing i need to do now is make longer steering arms up then clean up and paint the struts with lowered springs.

Gettin there...