hey all

 

just bought a granny spec ke20 never realy been into 4cyls of ne kind only realy bought it cause my mrs friends 90 yr old granny died and it got offerd to me so i thought itd be a good money spinner but what can i say i saw i drove i fell in love lol .... Was bought brand new by her in 72 at freebodys in canberra stil has the original plates and all books plus all the workshop manuals So yeah interested to see what other people do to them and get a few ideas on what i should do with mine or the mrs's if you ask her I'm a gear head since i was litle now I'm just a big gearhead have to modify everything i own tho theve all bin holden 6s or 8S but yeah .... i like the idea of fixn the few dents in it get a lick of paint on it and leave it stock but geez i need to make it accelerate a bit better lol oh and handle good thing I'm a mechanic and specialise in webers and anything carby and tuning but yeah just wondering what i need to do to join the car club love cruizin the streets meetn new people n shit is there ne1 in belco area that would be keen to catch up and give me a few tips on these old rollas

cheers adam

Hi Adam,

 

My names Lance and i have a white KE55 sedan. Welcome to rolla club. I'm sure you have seen myself or other rollas around belconnen.

 

Sounds like you got yourself a great project though,

 

You can't really turn them into power machines unless you ditch the motor, but tidy it up and enjoy it

Welcome! Good to know there's some Ke20's in Canberra :D. I'm in the Gungahlin area just north of Belco, so if you see a bright-yellow corolla, or a Z20 Soarer, that's me.

First thing I would do is suspension. My car had rooted suspension and it was only 1981, so if you get worn bushes replaced, and the shocks changed over if they're tired, you can also get the leaves re-set and get king springs for the front, if you want her to sit nice.

 

Can't wait to see it!

 

Ben

hey lance and ben

Well i had it up on the hoist on sat just to see what it needed and there was nothing was so suprised will be doing shocks n shit tho its like drivin a boat haha and geting king springs for the front and do you know were i can get the leafs resprung locally and il get the dints done get it matched or full respray depends if he can match it good enough and il probly stick a set of twin dcoes on it exhaust it and see if i can get a lil bit of a cam but ive never played with toyotas so not realy sure whats available ???? so do you guys go on cruizes often or what do use get upto ??? also do you know what wheels will fit or what the stud pattern is and offset and also if yous have any parts or know of any locally

There isnt many cruises, but i myself go out for a drive on a friday night to kill some time, but mainly in the Evo, as the rolla is my daily :)

 

I think the PCD is 4x114.3 and and Low RwD offset will fit (35-0)

cheers and i think that use should have more cruizes and bbqs and shit I'm willing to do sum oranising but dnt no canberra that good but yeah more than happy to help with wateva or if ne of you guys need help with there cars n shit

Well maybe a BBQ one weekend is on the cards.. :) suggest it 1 month in advanced

kk sounds good will tlk to the mrs and let you all no wats happinin

There isnt many cruises, but i myself go out for a drive on a friday night to kill some time, but mainly in the Evo, as the rolla is my daily :)

 

I think the PCD is 4x114.3 and and Low RwD offset will fit (35-0)

 

Early KE20's (if not all), were differant from other toyotas.Stud pattern should be 4x110. Both my Ke20's are...... Same as early mazdas (S1 Rx7, capella etc).

cheers dude you wouldnt have any wheels by chance ????

Only 12" stockies :P