Crowie'S Ke38 Wagon

[Jrad]

Totally agree, the machined edges give the wheels a completely different look, can't wait until the fronts are also red I think it will make the car look 100 times better.

 

What type of rims are you looking at putting on your car? specs?

Cheers, Crowie.

 

 

I've actually just bought Spencer's rims (gold ones) (See here) off his KE70.

They're 14'x7' approx a +2 offset with a small bit of stretch on the tyres :)

It's all about the offset, right?

 

I was originally going to buy THESE as my mate has a container arriving in December.

However they were without tyres, and with the shipping costs I figured I'd look deeper into the Rollaclub forums - get a bit more active instead of just lurking haha.

 

I figured these will be quite similar once painted and machined a little ;)

They're almost a cross-breed of SSR meshies and starsharks. So I'm pretty happy with them. Should be getting to the courier within the next few days.

I mainly want them to give a nice stance and fill the guards of mine.

 

EDIT:

What rims are you running on your Crowie?

Edited September 3, 2011 by Jrad

[artofliphkd]

nice build. can u take a pic of your coil setuup?

[Crowie55]

I've actually just bought Spencer's rims (gold ones) (See here) off his KE70.

They're 14'x7' approx a +2 offset with a small bit of stretch on the tyres :)

It's all about the offset, right?

 

I was originally going to buy THESE as my mate has a container arriving in December.

However they were without tyres, and with the shipping costs I figured I'd look deeper into the Rollaclub forums - get a bit more active instead of just lurking haha.

 

I figured these will be quite similar once painted and machined a little ;)

They're almost a cross-breed of SSR meshies and starsharks. So I'm pretty happy with them. Should be getting to the courier within the next few days.

I mainly want them to give a nice stance and fill the guards of mine.

 

EDIT:

What rims are you running on your Crowie?

They look the goods man, they'll look great on your 70.

I'm running 14x6 +10 up front and 14x7 +-0 on the rear, not as much room in the ke30-55 series compared to the 70's but i'm determined to run my current rears on the front and widen the rears to 14x9 or 10 in the near future.

 

nice build. can u take a pic of your coil setuup?

This was my current set up until today artofliphkd, it consisted low king springs and a Subaru brumby short stroke shock... not to sure if you get the brumbies over in Cali.

 

UPDATE TIME:

Coilovers are in! but car isn't road worthy yet. More details in next post... this mini laptop grinds my gears to type with.

[Crowie55]

Ok, while fitting the coilovers I ran into a little trouble; corolla(ke30,55,70 and ae86) steering knuckles DO NOT FIT the xt130 struts. luckily these coilovers came with knuckles. The outer tie rod ends looked like they have never been changed in the cars history and were impossible to get off the old knuckles, so i had to remover the knuckle then unwind the tie rod from the tube and replace them with the xt knuckle and new tie rod.

 

From the day I first bought this car I knew the brake booster was rooted, the brake pedal was rock hard and needs quite a lot of force to pull the car up; needles to say the brakes still functioned ok. The mx62 cressida calipers have a much larger piston area (almost 50%) so a lot more fluid needs to be displaced for the pistons to move and create force on the disk. Today I got all the brakes hooked up and bled ready for a test drive but I couldn't get any pressure in the pedal on the first 2 or 3 pumps. I've put this down to rooted booster and small master cylinder not moving enough fluid in one stroke to compress the calipers.

 

So tomorrow I'm off to get some Dirty datsun s13 or 180sx booster and master combo to team up with my larger brakes. NISROLA has given me a few tips and hopefully I can nut it all out tomorrow. I'll write up a tech thread with lots of photo's for anyone interested.

 

It may also be a good idea while I have the whole dash apart getting at the booster that I replace my crap cracked dash pad with a minty fresh non cracked item. Really enjoying working on the car at the moment, I'm researching to all hours of the night about random things to do with the car and what I should be looking at next to upgrade... I've got the corolla disease!

 

Cheers, Crowie

[artofliphkd]

Ok, while fitting the coilovers I ran into a little trouble; corolla(ke30,55,70 and ae86) steering knuckles DO NOT FIT the xt130 struts. luckily these coilovers came with knuckles. The outer tie rod ends looked like they have never been changed in the cars history and were impossible to get off the old knuckles, so i had to remover the knuckle then unwind the tie rod from the tube and replace them with the xt knuckle and new tie rod.

 

From the day I first bought this car I knew the brake booster was rooted, the brake pedal was rock hard and needs quite a lot of force to pull the car up; needles to say the brakes still functioned ok. The mx62 cressida calipers have a much larger piston area (almost 50%) so a lot more fluid needs to be displaced for the pistons to move and create force on the disk. Today I got all the brakes hooked up and bled ready for a test drive but I couldn't get any pressure in the pedal on the first 2 or 3 pumps. I've put this down to rooted booster and small master cylinder not moving enough fluid in one stroke to compress the calipers.

 

So tomorrow I'm off to get some Dirty datsun s13 or 180sx booster and master combo to team up with my larger brakes. NISROLA has given me a few tips and hopefully I can nut it all out tomorrow. I'll write up a tech thread with lots of photo's for anyone interested.

 

It may also be a good idea while I have the whole dash apart getting at the booster that I replace my crap cracked dash pad with a minty fresh non cracked item. Really enjoying working on the car at the moment, I'm researching to all hours of the night about random things to do with the car and what I should be looking at next to upgrade... I've got the corolla disease!

 

Cheers, Crowie

nice coil over setup was it hard to convert? and what brand are they?

[Crowie55]

nice coil over setup was it hard to convert? and what brand are they?

Thanks man, Not too hard to convert just time consuming. They are a "pedders build it yourself coilover kit" welded onto a xt130 Corona strut that had the spring seat ground off. xt130 hubs, steering knuckles and bearings, ra60 celica rotors and mx62 Cressida calipers.

[Crowie55]

Just spent the morning down at nizz pro going through 180sx and silvia boosters and masters... after speaking to NISROLA about the upgrade he has. It seems they don't fit my firewall (to round) in terms of the rain lip and clutch cable input hole. The boys did find a master and booster from a n14 pulsar that looks like i could possibly squeeze it in there so i'll get cracking this arvo with lots of photo's.

 

Maybe the ke30 firewall is different in terms of space compared to my 38... or maybe NISROLA has a similar booster to the n14 or n13 pulsar that was sold as a 180/s13 to him. Either way I'll nut it out and get some good info on upgrading the booster and master on a ke30-55.

Cheers, Crowie.

[BUZ440]

I got the receipt from all jap (somewhere) noting that it is the 180SX booster/master, I don't envision there would be much difference between the firewalls other than bolt locations

 

Ill have to get down there and have a look and show you mine, I have all three Nissan pedals under mine, but the bore size might be different, perhaps source a VH4X booster

[ninja-philbo]

cars coem a long way brad done well

[Crowie55]

I got the receipt from all jap (somewhere) noting that it is the 180SX booster/master, I don't envision there would be much difference between the firewalls other than bolt locations

 

Ill have to get down there and have a look and show you mine, I have all three Nissan pedals under mine, but the bore size might be different, perhaps source a VH4X booster

 

Got a n14 pulsar booster and master although I've found that i can't use the master on the corolla due to the lines hitting the strut tower, I'll go into detail when my photo's upload.

cars coem a long way brad done well

 

Thanks phill, hurry up and put a thread of the wags or the 20. Gives you more motivation when people are watching haha

[SLO-030]

What did the Pedders Coily kit set you back, if you don't mind me asking?

[Crowie55]

What did the Pedders Coily kit set you back, if you don't mind me asking?

The coilovers and brakes I picked up for $450 already assembled, also came with a spare strut leg and pajero master cylinder that came in handy today.

[SLO-030]

Sweet! roughly what I paid for my setup. tho the only part of the coilies I got were the sleeves.

[BUZ440]

I should also mention Brad, that my pedal pressure is soft,

 

I really need to push on it to stop the car, in saying that tho, the car does stop on a dime not a worry,

 

Its not quite prosche performance, but I'm not gonna end up in a ditch anytime soon either

[Crowie55]

As I explained before my brake booster and master weren't up to the task of powering my new coilovers. So today I went about upgrading the booster and master to suit. Made a little tech write up to show what's involved as I think some people would benefit from it. N14 Nissam Pulsar brake booster and pajero master cylinder into ke30,35,36,38,55.

 

Firstly remove the stock booster and master from the firewall, it's quite awkward getting to the 4 bolts on the inside of the firewall. I can not explain how good the following tool was to get the nuts on the booster. Flexible T piece with a long 12mm socket helps so much getting at those impossible nuts without removing the complete dash

 

Then trial fit up the new booster to the firewall and mark out where the clutch cable input and rain lip need to be modified.

 

The wheel arch also needs a slight tap to fit the booster, this is easily done with a hammer and piece of wood.

 

 

grind a small section of the clutch cable input away and file smooth as shown also use some pliers or a hammer to lift the rain lip slightly.

 

 

Next the shaft of the booster needs to be modified to reach the corolla pedal, trial fit the booster measure the distance from the center of the booster shaft and the hole in the brake pedal and make 2 steel plate to suit with a 8mm hole in each to suit the pedal pin.

 

Fit the booster to the car and fit the booster pin through the pedal and make sure it has full movement.

 

I had a problem with the n14 master cylinder, the brake line input is on the wrong side and when mounted to the booster the lines are unable to be fitted due to the strut tower. This is where the pajero master cylinder came in handy, it has the same bolt pattern as the n14 master. The brake lines mount on the right side of the booster so they don't interfere with the strut tower.

 

Fit the pajero master and bleed the brakes and your done.

 

Please note that this upgrade should only be done if you have upgraded your brakes as the combo is quite large and will be too touchy with your stock brakes.

 

Any questions please don't hesitate to ask me.

 

Cheers Crowie