TarmacAttack Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Absolutley love hope it has all turned out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Head gasket shit itself today, right when i was about to set off on a cruise Not a happy camper :bash: :bash: :bash: If anyone has a 4k head they want to get rid of please let me know I am going to go full house with the head, and prefer to leave my engine whole in the process as it may take a couple of months due to funds I am spewing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono1986 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Another minor addition Went to Ato one to grab some brake fluid and saw this beauty, i coldnt walk past without buying it, suits my muscle car theme down to a tee Let me know what you think, its the steering wheel by the way :cool: Yeah wheel looks good man, I saw a wood grain version of this wheel in some american muscle car recently and thought it would be nice in the rolla. Black looks great as well, will search around for one for my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 After much mental anguish and deliberation, I put a deposit down on a 7k today :cool: Decided i may have been flogging a dead horse with the 4k so rather than throw money at the head on that I'm buying a low km 7k Will stick the weber on there and my 2" exhaust is good to go so should see a decent gain Stay tuned, over the coming weeks will start stripping the engine bay to make way for the 1.8l Then the fun begins :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW42 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I read your whole thread last night man it looks so neat with all the chrome highlights everywhere mate, I'm glad you ditched those big chrome wheels for what's on it now, chrome wheels don't belong on corollas EVER :P haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I am now thinking about using the standard efi setup on the engine, has anyone done this? Any thoughts Cheers Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Scratch That, ill be sticking with the weber I will have for sale a 7k efi manifold in a month or so, if anyone is interested feel free to throw me a PM, will be posted in the for sale section after i get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 So i finally picked up my 7K on thursday and have been working on it since got the engine all mounted in without any sump mods as well STOKED, photos of where i am up to now, will start putting the weber extractors starter etc on today, so should be very close to a fire up today if not next weekend for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillin Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 got the engine all mounted in without any sump mods as well STOKED Did you just drop it in? with standard mounts and brackets? If so info that we all have been given over the past years is a lie! Work looks awesome! love the bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radrollaz Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Looks great Andrew, looking forward to seeing it all done. Keep up the good work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan G Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Did you just drop it in? with standard mounts and brackets? If so info that we all have been given over the past years is a lie! Work looks awesome! love the bay what i was just thinking aswell! unless 7k's have a rear and some have a front sump? or ke30 x members are different? wtf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono.C Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I doubt you could drive it like that though, which is why people say you have to recess the middle of the sump? Could be wrong though! Just through the sump would rattle on the x-member when it's running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I knew some questions would be raised on this HaHa So we made up spacer plates and the engine sits about 12mm higher than normal, the sump clears the xmember at the narrowest point by about 8mm I am about 30mins work away from firing it up (next weekend though), and we tried to shake the shit out of the engine to see if it hits at all but its all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 And we also spaced the gearbox up 10mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KE ping it real Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 More photos of the progress, all that is left to do is change the dizzy over, hook the exhaust back up and some tuning and she is good to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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