looks good gav, will see you over the weekend man

Just got home from a bender with the blue beast. Will update tomorrow if I took any pics. Not sure if I took any. :guiness: :guiness: :guiness: :cmonkey:

ok so I got the struts back from Southside Suspension. Shortened ke20 legs with VW Mach 1 Boge inserts, bump stops and custom 55mm King Springs. And for the rear 50mm lowering blocks.

I go the struts in. I had to use the ke70 dust covers, redrilled. I used the ke70 rotors, wheel bearings and hubs. I picked up some PBR caliper kits for the girlock calipers. One caliper came apart well and is painted ready to go back together. The I couldn't get the piston out of the other to its soaking up some inox black in the hope it frees it up. I am unsure how to refit the main seal into the caliper so i'm looking for assistance with that.

The front wheels are on without the calipers for now so I could get the rear end up and diff out. I know i'll need to use the ke20 handbrake cables on the 55 diff but other than that i'm hoping it goes straight in. It looks promising. I also need to work out how i'm going to mount the rear sway bar...

The speaker wire is down and test fitted the carpet. It's all cut so should just be a matter of heating it, moulding it in and trimming the excess....

Here's the only pics I got last night...

Today was another big effort. Wired wheeled the leaf springs, swapped over the hand brake cables and got the shit all together. Fitting became an issue. The locating lugs on the lowering blocks were 24mm when we need 19mm. Thank you Mr Lathe. We had to redrill the base plates because the extended U-bolts are 12mm instead of 10mm. Got it all up and found we only had 4 of the 8 ke55 rear shackle bushes and the ke20 KYB shock lower end don't fit onto the the ke55 diff. :glare:

 

But we fitted up the best way we could for now, got the rear wheels on and finished preping the front calipers. I'll sort a set of bushes and a new set of ke55 shocks this week....

i'll give ya 2 pairs of shockies man i don't need them aye

So does the KE55 diff bolt straight in??

 

Is it just a bit wider?

So does the KE55 diff bolt straight in??

 

Is it just a bit wider?

 

yeah. the spring mounts are between 5 and 10mm wider on the 55 diff. But easy enough to pull in.

quick question, whats the advantage of the 55 diff as opposed to a 20 diff?

yeah. the spring mounts are between 5 and 10mm wider on the 55 diff. But easy enough to pull in.

 

What do you mean by "pull in"??

 

This is potentially a much easier way to convert stud pattern without having to source jap axles out of a 30 etc... rather just throwing in a complete diff.

 

This is why I am quite interested in how you did it.

only advantage of a borgy 55 diff is 4x114.3 stud pattern

 

the 55 diff is longer the a stock ke20 one and judging by the pics looks like your wheels stick out the rear guards, could we get a side on view of the rear wheels?

 

wouldnt want to wreck those nice quarter panels going over a bump fast

 

I did the KE30 axle trick in my ke25 jap banjo diff and works well

What do you mean by "pull in"??

 

This is potentially a much easier way to convert stud pattern without having to source jap axles out of a 30 etc... rather just throwing in a complete diff.

 

This is why I am quite interested in how you did it.

 

Well, I found out only by trying it myself. A 55 diff is about 35mm longer overall and 10mm longer at the spring mounts so when you mount the front spring eyes the springs end up an inch wide of the shackle mounts at the rear. so you pull the spring inwards to mount the rear shackles. Other than that it was all sweet. I just need to weld some mounts to the underbody to fix off the rear sway bar.

 

only advantage of a borgy 55 diff is 4x114.3 stud pattern

 

the 55 diff is longer the a stock ke20 one and judging by the pics looks like your wheels stick out the rear guards, could we get a side on view of the rear wheels?

 

wouldnt want to wreck those nice quarter panels going over a bump fast

 

I did the KE30 axle trick in my ke25 jap banjo diff and works well

This is the closest pic I have at the moment. The rear wheels have 185/60's on the and I plan on using 175/70's. The 55 springs are much firmer than the 20's and as it's only lowered 50mm I can't see the wheels ever touching the gaurds unless I get all Starsky and Hutch through the city.

 

On another note I just ordered Exedy HD organic clutch, rear shackle bushes and Boge shocks for the rear....

Edited November 22, 201015 yr by GJM85

how much your clutch end up settin ya back, and i loooove the progress and colour on it and your attention to detail is brilliant

 

watchin high quality builds motivates me to get my celica done too knowing that the extra time in detail is worth it.

Edited November 22, 201015 yr by MattyZ

how much your clutch end up settin ya back, and i loooove the progress and colour on it and your attention to detail is brilliant

 

watchin high quality builds motivates me to get my celica done too knowing that the extra time in detail is worth it.

 

Thanks for the support buddy. The clutch set me back $260 which is more than I thought it would be...

piece by piece this machine will be on the road keep it up gav

Ok, so I got the exedy clutch, ke55 Boge shocks and shackle bushes.

The shocks are about 100mm short so I'll need to source something else. :glare: I think the top mounting points in the 55 sedan are lower than the 20 mounting points.

The handbrake is hooked up and works sweet, the brake lines are on the diff and the bushes are in.

I need to get a spigot bearing for the crankshaft. I'm taking the flywheel in for a refacing and lightening tomorrow if its within the reco shop capabilities.

The ke70 wheel bearing on the ke20 sub axle is questionable. There is some movement when I put the wheels on.