Ha, a 308 fits nicely and it is wider then a chev so I don't know why you need to shoehorn them.

 

Hpw much can i pick one of these up for

call a motor dealer and find out!

Hpw much can i pick one of these up for

 

Don't expect much change from 25k.

sure a Small Block Chev will fit in your corolla.

 

if you remove the rear seats, and the passenger seat, i reckon it will fit nicely in there.

 

oh you want it to drive the wheels to? hmm thats going to take a bit of work.

 

seriously though, what kind of response were you expecting?

 

Man kind has managed to put a man on the moon, back in 1969. admitedly we have killed a few people trying to do simliar things since then.....I'm sure you can work out if a Small Block Chev will fit in a ke30!

 

If you can dream it, you can do it.

And it still has more street cred then any other corolla.

 

 

Trev

Nice LJ, and good fit-up.

How did you go with the rack clearance ?

And Hey whats to go like ?

 

Andy

Trev

Nice LJ, and good fit-up.

How did you go with the rack clearance ?

And Hey whats to go like ?

 

Andy

 

Not mine, it is my brothers, was just storing it at my house.

 

Rack clearance is fine, has also had the column centred so you aren't sitting offset to the wheel, goes good for balanced 308, best time of 12.20 @ 116 with stockers and 60ft wheelspin but the bigger tyres are affecting the drive ratio so it is only managing a 12.40

sure a Small Block Chev will fit in your corolla.

 

if you remove the rear seats, and the passenger seat, i reckon it will fit nicely in there.

 

oh you want it to drive the wheels to? hmm thats going to take a bit of work.

 

seriously though, what kind of response were you expecting?

 

Man kind has managed to put a man on the moon, back in 1969. admitedly we have killed a few people trying to do simliar things since then.....I'm sure you can work out if a Small Block Chev will fit in a ke30!

 

If you can dream it, you can do it.

ok mate there is no need to be so smart about I'm i am new to this and i don't want to spend the money if it wont fit and i was actually expecting serious responses not rediculous ones like this if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all

Yes a small block will definitely fit mate.

You can jam anything in there man. Just have faith and the willingness to lose your money, wife and sanity :yes:

 

Below is a Ke20 with a small block in it one of the sweetest 20's I have seen not to mention heard. I say go for it!

 

Sorry bout the pics quality got caught by surprise with this 1 :dance:

 

 

 

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ok mate there is no need to be so smart about I'm i am new to this and i don't want to spend the money if it wont fit and i was actually expecting serious responses not rediculous ones like this if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all

 

ah right serious responses.

 

you are trying to fit a dirty great big V8 with persumably quite a large gearbox on the end, into the place where a 1.3L pushrod engine with a tiny little gearbox came out of.

 

i dare say you are going to need to remove the entire transmission tunnel and weld in a new one. and the only way you are going to know how much to cut, is to get your V8 with gearbox attached, and plonk it in your engine bay and see how close you get.

 

you will also need to make sure you have the engined positioned in the engine bay where it does not hit hte sides of the engine bay, and make sure its low enough so your bonnet fits.....

 

then sort out engine/gearbox mounts, then trailshaft, find a huge diff to handle the power. some suspension and brakes to keep it under control.

 

then after you have spend 10k on your corolla, you will realise that it wont actually turn corners and is only good for the drag strip :wink:

 

the conversion you are talking about is somethign out of the norm, the people that do these conversions, generally buy a corolla, buy an engine, buy a engine hoist, drop the engine in the corolla and say "far out, that doesnt really fit, wheres my angle grinder" they cut the hell out of everything untill it fits in, then they weld it all back together so it all stays together.

The KE20 pictured above actually has a 289ci ford windsor engine it,

a real nice fit and completely engineered. a few years ago went for a few laps

around sandown and it handled and stopped quite impressively.

 

A KE30 is quite a bit larger in the engine bay area and a small block

chev will fit, it will require a new trans tunnel and minor firewall mods

 

Have fun, just go for it

I

love this thread nothig beats a corolla or lj torana wiv a V8 .. Wanna see more V8 n less turbo :-) ....

 

Hey Trev love the lj mate Shes a keeper .. For the price of just buying a lj or lc coupe these days has skyrocketed .. Id love to see that beast in flesh me favourite car :-)

Also for all the people that are teasing this guy and making redicoulous comments how bout you's do some research on cars that people have built ... IE : corollas with V8 and see how they handle there's actually a fair few v8 ke30s n a few of them handle quiet good around a corner sideways at 80kms and down a straight gutter to gutter ... Type in YouTube v8 corolla drifts n have a look..

 

If u set the car up right it will be good fr strip and around a track ...

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I think the main problem here was the lack of info from what he really wanted from his car. From what I have read it seems as though he want to keep it

street legal. unfortunately street legal KE30 V8 will cost you over 30k to build and get past the pits + engineering costs. This work MUST include rail

reinforcement plus everything else, if you want it street legal........ What you should do is find out the limits of modifications you can do to your car

and go from there. You cannot setup a KE30 with a heavy ass V8 in the front and be street legal as well as handle well. Most of the V8 corollas that do

handle well have had the engine repositioned back further to get the wheight balance as best as they can behind the front wheels, requiring the firewall to be cut.

Meaning it's not street legal. So you can and can't do this mod, illegaly you could drive it on the road but that is up to you.

 

What is going to be the contributing factor in this discution is how fat is your wallet??? That is the endgame. If you don't have the funds and from what I have read

you do not have the skill I would advise on NOT attempting this. This is a very big leap for someone who has not attempted this type of thing before. Modifying your

car is addictive and costly. But what kills you is dreaming, you are only looking at the finished product when you dream up something. I bet you are already seeing yourself

in a loud rumbly fully sick rolla blasting past all the falcodores, getting stange looks from bystanders when cruizing down the strip only they are not fixtated on the

symphony of a V8 with ITB's but the two naked men sitting in the back seat covered in grease. But guess what, it aint gonna happen anytime soon and that's the part you

need to understand. Even the smallest conversions cost alot of time and a decent amount of money.

 

I would strongly recomend doing a simple conversion to your engine so that you get a feel for what it's going to be like doing a monster conversion like a V8.

Change your motor to a 5k, it bolts straight in and then mate up a 5 speed. It is by far the easiest engine swap, for me this would take a day to do but for a newbie it might take alot longer. At least it could give you a taste for the pains of the future, after all getting the engine in is one thing. Starting it and tuning is a whole other level.

There is a reason most people stick to turbos. They are easier, cheaper power gains, easily sourced and they are a ton lighter! Meaning you can handle the car better.

 

I really think you need to seriously do some thinking before even asking about dumping a dirty big V8 in your engine bay.

Seriously, wtf is it with people saying that a car with a big motor won't handle well?

 

An all alloy LS engine weighs 45kg more then an Sr20det (149kg).

 

LS1 + T56 (approx) 250kg.

 

Sr20det + 5spd (approx) 200kg.

 

If you put a decent suspension setup in it do you really think that the extra 50kg is going to do a lot of difference?

Sr20det + 5spd (approx) 200kg.

 

If you put a decent suspension setup in it do you really think that the extra 50kg is going to do a lot of difference?

 

with a welded roll cage and properly setup suspension, mine handles almost as good as my old EVO 8, other than the AYC of the E8, you have to really fight with the steering wheel and careful with the throttle, but the lsd has power there and can oversteer accordingly, tonne of fun

 

can't comment on a V8 but yes proper suspension helps alot and with trevs weight stats and a torque motor, seems plausible IMO (mythbusters, haha)