Dowsett Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) hey guys my names michael, 18 and I'm from adelaide. just wanted to make a build thread for my ke70. i bought the car about a week ago off rollaclub for 600. its very rough but being a dumb ʞ©$ɟ i sold my old baby blue one that was in 20 times better condition but ohh well. i bought my first ke70 with a running 4age for 1000 about a year ago defected for track only, ive since moved on bought a s13 for drifting now and gonna make a 4age daily :\ new car, rust is lighter than carbon fibre ;) 4age ke70 plan is to swap the gear over after matsuri. i bought coilovers a while ago off rollaclub, being a noob i didnt realise how long they were... so me and my brother cut them down so i need to find some shorter shocks that will fit and some stiff springs. any help would be great guys! cause its got me screwed. also gonna hunt down some xf springs and sierra shocks for the rear. got sv21 radiator with twin thermos for it too. ive got a ma61 i was gonna try the front shocks and springs from that in the ke70 but not sure if they will work or be stiff. might try anyway. just bought all new front end off gumtree with out rust, so currently fitting new front end. and thats where I'm up to ^___^ Edited January 2, 2012 by Dowsett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeph_KE70 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 I'm keen on this thread, keep us updated :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM55 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 nice be an iteresting one, be sure to put up heaps of pics, also what struts are those?? could try some mr2 inserts there pretty short,tho may need a small spacer at the bottom ,some thing to look into tho . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowsett Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 nice be an iteresting one, be sure to put up heaps of pics, also what struts are those?? could try some mr2 inserts there pretty short,tho may need a small spacer at the bottom ,some thing to look into tho . ill give the mr2 shocks ago, aw11 i assume? i take alot of pictures. love it :D bought front end off gumtree was in better condition than mine, so I'm swapping it and putting shit one on my drift car. its all painted blue to match the car now gonna put together tomorrow. i wanna play with the struts while the guards are off. my collection ^___^ i wanna do some more tonight but how i met your mother is on effemmell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowsett Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 ok so i went to upullit and got some zk king springs diameter was almost the same as the spring i had already, its a very close fit. started with lots of coils ended with 3 coils :) fit the camber tops to original struts cars to low hence the brick... and the thread on the insert wasnt long enough so the bolt isnt held on by much, but haters gonna hate ^__^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Did you work out the spring rates?? Wire diameter, spring diameter, number of free coils and a calculator like this one- http://www.stockcarproducts.com/pstech10.htm The coils being held at each end don't count, so if you have 6 coils you have 4 free coils that do all the work. It will be interesting to see what spring rates you have and how it rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowsett Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Did you work out the spring rates?? Wire diameter, spring diameter, number of free coils and a calculator like this one- http://www.stockcarproducts.com/pstech10.htm The coils being held at each end don't count, so if you have 6 coils you have 4 free coils that do all the work. It will be interesting to see what spring rates you have and how it rides. so i got one coil doing all the work lol? funny as. i didnt do any calculating, pulled them out, cut them half of my old ones. put them in and presto. i jumped on the car and it doesnt really move at all... I'm a bit worried about them popping out :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm a bit worried about them popping out A good thing to worry about too... Not only that, they will transmit the road stress straight into the towers and pop the spotwelds in the engine bay, and will do the opposite when you hit a pothole in a corner and overload the tyre sidewalls so they will blow out. Don;t let me stop you doing it though...:laff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowsett Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I'm gonna drill a couple of holes in the perches and get some thick zip tied to hold them in. you wont stop me from doing anything :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I wouldn't want to! I want to see what its like to drive and what effect those springs have! So... what happens when the strut wants to drop down to follow a hollow in the road or the body rolls in a corner and the zip ties are holding it up?? I've always wondered what tension a zip tie can stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowsett Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I wouldn't want to! I want to see what its like to drive and what effect those springs have! So... what happens when the strut wants to drop down to follow a hollow in the road or the body rolls in a corner and the zip ties are holding it up?? I've always wondered what tension a zip tie can stand. its track only and the car is that stiff it shouldnt get any body roll. ill test it for you. i don't wanna spend any more money than i have to on this corolla cause I'm gonna get coilovers soon. I'm not worried either way. just a bit of fun, and I'm doing it all myself just tryna learn. it might work and ill have a race car ^__^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Track only should be good, no potholes! If you add the size of the spring wires together you can work out how short it will be when it compresses right up. See if your shock will bottom out before then, and see if you can fit in a bump stop just before it bottoms out. The shocks will smash the foot valves if they take all the load when it bottoms out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan G Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 man that spring diameter looks MASSIVE. its prob 13/15kg spring easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowsett Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 no pot holes but there is ripple strips... idk if it can bottom out, the springs don't let the car move. i jumped in the car and it doesnt budge. i understand I'm only 80kg and it might change on the track under cornering etc but idk. the spring are from a zk fairlane and are probly triple the diameter of the stock springs i pulled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 i jumped in the car and it doesnt budge. i understand I'm only 80kg fair enough, you're a third of the weight of the car at that corner, so it will take a lot to bottom out. I assume they are Kings springs, they do bright yellow ones for ZK Fairlanes. No rate written down on their website for them unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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