My Ca18det Sr

[ke35 SKDWPN]

hey

 

in the process of putting a ca18det in my 35 coupe will post some pix up, making up some adjustable coil overs for the front at the moment.

and also trying to find a set of seats that may bolt stright on to my original rails etc so if any 1 can give me some options on that it would be great help.

 

will keep you posted

[ke35 SKDWPN]

by the way just to introduce myself I'm kurt from nz.

 

making some mounting brackets up to fit the original rails off my rolla, the seats are some early model evo recaros.

will post some pix of the mounts and also my coilovers soon.

[jader]

nice looking ride. do my eyes deceive me or do you have a red interior in that last shot? got any more pics? Also I'm loving the chrome fluted bonnet, looks heaps better then the others. look forward to seeing some more progress on this

[ke35 SKDWPN]

cheers mate will update pix soon exterior is a tad rough at the moment as I'm workingon the engine conversion side of things first.

no not red interior it just the inside of my drivers door which i had to replace its missing the door card lol.

[ke35 SKDWPN]

removed my dash today and cleaned it down and decided to give it some paint came up bloody overrated considering the amount of time i put it into it(5 mins lol)

heres some pics

[ke35 SKDWPN]

got the rings i needed for my adjustable front suspension so they are all ready to go in. the struts are old ra61 celica struts with the bigger brakes etc so they

should be all good.once i got them in with everything bolted up i then relised that the fwd offset mags ive got on at the moment will not fit(hits the struts derr!!!)so i borrowed some 15x7's which look huge lol .here some pix, picture of ride height is with no engine remember lol and i have still got 70mm of adjustment to go with my adjustables lol , should be low az

[agius]

thats a real clean looking ke35 u got there man keep up the good work and keep updating :)

[13BT_KE20]

nice front end set-up, those wheels will fit perfectly. Just need a smaller front tyre, maybe a slight guard stretch

[ke35 SKDWPN]

bit of an update, now have some 13x7 superlites on the front just as a gauge of sizing with wheels etc.finally got around to fitting up my engine and g/box in

the weekend , alot ov welding and buggering around trying to get the ca18det to fit overrated , but its all in with good clearances. engine is just a dummy fit as i will be pulling it back out to panel and paint the whole car and rebuild the engine as its in unknown condition.here are some pix

[ke35 SKDWPN]

got a r31 solid rear end diff on the way , went with it because they are already 4 x 114.3 stud, disc brake and lsd centers are quite interchangable being borg warner, if any ones got an idea on what lsd carrier centers directly interchangeble with the r31 open centers please let me kno as ive heard ea/eb v8's have lsds that would fit aswell as vl/vn/vs ss holdens aswell.

 

as for my paint schme I'm going with a mettalic bright hitachi digger orange pictured below on this suburu.

I'm going with these new RWD offset rims . going to have a staggerd fitment 16x7's on the front (2inch dish)

and 16x8's on the rear(4 inch dish!!!) . going to be cutting down diff housing as short as i can go to get the 16x8's

sitting overrated.

 

let me know what you reckon ov my thoughts

[Dropz]

sounds killer.

 

if you want a strong LSD go for a kaaz 2way LSD. itll set you back but can get ones for the r31 diffs. also, did you get a 31 diff from a sedan or wagon, the wagons ones are easier to fit as they have the seats for the rear springs, whereas the sedan diffs don't as they use coil overs in the rear.

[jason12]

Yeah the kaaz lsds are the go if you have the cash to spend. Otherwise falcon ones fit. don't bother with the r31 lsd they are rubbish, would be better off welding it. Car looks good as well good to see the CA get some love :jamie:

[ke35 SKDWPN]

no its out of a gxe sedan, yea i heard that the wagons were easyier but there quite rare to find in nz beleive it or not .owell the sedan rear end will do

nothing a grinder and a welder can't fix. ill have to have a look into a kaaz diff. have been offerd a eb fairmont lsd for 200 bucks so that could be a cheap alternative. cheers

 

kurt

[ninja-philbo]

any progress