My face when I saw this:

 

So sexy!!

jordain you still looking into getting those lips made up?

Yeah I made a few but they don't suit KE10's so I sold them to a few Datto boys. I'm going to source that SHOWA carbon fibre one for mine :)

So I took my complete looking car and pulled it apart and started working on it again. I've lost my liscence for a fair while so plenty time to finish this car off and lose my licence again driving it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So the final set up is going to be a KE20 crossmember with a KE70 rack and pinion added to it using Rob's KE25 R&P conversion on RC.

 

 

Luckily the motor still fits, didn't shrink over time lol

 

 

 

Tight fit with the Plenum, I think I'm going to bin it and get Quads.

 

 

Thats how the rack gets attached to the KE25 crossmember.

 

 

Just removing the mounts and cleaning the KE25 crossmember up, Came inside and thought I'd update you guys on the build so far.

 

I will hopefully have the motor mounted soon with the rack and pinion and the gearbox mounted. I will take some more pictures once it is done, other than that... too-da-loo!!

You're not running the sportmax's are you? Horrible wheels :blinks:

Nope... just a skid wheel I got kicking around haha. Looks pretty tough on the front of the KE though.. just the sizes though.

I've had bad experiences with the xxr wheel range on a friends ke70, Not a fan.|

 

Doesn't sit too bad with them though. Why the move to the ke2X crossmember again over a ke70 one?

Engineering reasons. Plus it looks neater and the shape fits the beams sump better... its only 15mm difference but that 15mm makes everything work.

 

Cusco tops

 

 

 

 

Ke30 radius rods and brackets

 

 

Cool little capella that I fell inlove with... :)

 

well come a long way.

 

KE20 crossmember, all standard but I unpicked the mounts and moved them out 15mm to line up perfectly. Here's a picture of what I mean.

 

 

 

Then mig welded the mounts and put a few plug welds... that's not moving anywhere anytime soon.

 

 

This shows the 30mm crossmember space down ... no I won't be using oversized nuts lol. Hopefully have the 30x40mm solid bar made by this afternoon.

 

 

This picture show's how far back the engine is, I've got a few solutions to the coilpack problem.

 

 

With a 40mm RCA, Cold bent strut to re-allign the King Pin Angle. As you can't see, theres about 30mm from the 7" rim to the strut and thats all square... so I'm going to get abit more camber from the strut. Also show's how low the motor is, it's a lot lower then a 4k in a KE10, although it's not lower than the sill's.. Plan is to make a 12mm Bash plate that goes from the front of the car to the crossmember to protect the nice beams sump...

 

 

Nice fit so far... very happy with it.

 

 

Decent amount of lock, with a 195/45r14 tyre, abit of massaging on the inner guard and some more castor I'll be able to get a lot more lock. although may need the front of the guard choppped out to get lock... decisions decisions.

Looking great, this is gunna be one tough street fighter!

 

195/45r14 7J rim

 

 

snug in the guards, with plenty lock. Very happy with it.

 

 

Beams poking out...

 

Gearbox is not high enough, so i've pulled it apart and going to modify it abit... get it to hopefully fit 40mm higher, just to give a little more ground clearance in the middle of the car... Deffiantly worth the extra time i'm wasting here since I want the car to be low.

 

bought the Kit from Ireland, Milling the rear housing myself and I'll pull the selector shaft out and either outsource the cut or just try mount it in the mill and cut it with the mill... Dunno yet but at the moment, i'm shortening the selector shaft and the rear housing part where Dad's pinky is by about 35mm so the Gearbox can sit about 40mm higher as it will clear the Central floor brace. Gives it just that little bit extra clearance and will make the motor sit 100%