zak Posted March 26, 2012 Report Posted March 26, 2012 Hey ! i m new here. i have a 1982 ke70 and i m restoring it to a jdm ke70 i need some guidance in doing that it has been scraped all over and all the panels are replaced mostly will be going on the paint job in the end of this april! i m really confused abt the colour to go on with! i have decided to go with the silver colour.......... i want to do some modifications to the old 4k machine not willing to super or turbo charge it ....... if some one can help it will be really great full.......... i have prefared these two designs with which should i stick??? Quote
altezzaclub Posted March 26, 2012 Report Posted March 26, 2012 It depends on how much you drive it and what sort of roads you have. The lower you make it the stiffer the suspension is, and it can be uncomfortable to drive for a while on rough & bumpy roads. The 4K can get bored out to 5K pistons, a cam grind, extractors and twin carbs or a Weber downdraught. Plenty about all of that on here with different builds. I always think the original chrome bumper/quad headlight squarenose looks best! Quote
zak Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) hmmm the roads over here are quite rough and are not good enough to drive a lowered ride over here ! even though i have bought a set o 16 inch 5 spoke hollow rims which mathches the profile width of 205 inches! but its not of1144 pcd what should i do with those??? rims are quite similar to those in the white corolla above in the picture Edited March 27, 2012 by philbey Quote
altezzaclub Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Save them for another project or sell them on & use the money for something smaller in diam and carrying a higher profile tyre. If you're driving the car every day then it matters more than if it is just a Sunday car. Even 215/45 on 17" get bent rims on the potholes in NSW. Anyway, rims can come at the end of the modifications, they are easy to fit & change. I remember in NZ in the 1980s Jap imprts flooded in and everyone was getting rid of hockey-stick mirrors on the front guards. The car dealers would change the mirrors and the space-saver tyre before they even put the car up for sale. Now everyone wants hockey-stick mirrors! Quote
zak Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Posted March 29, 2012 hmm so what should i start with as i told u that the car is done from its denring job and will be back from the paint job in approx 10 days more Quote
ke70dave Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) It depends on how much you drive it and what sort of roads you have. The lower you make it the stiffer the suspension is, and it can be uncomfortable to drive for a while on rough & bumpy roads. depends how crap the suspension is! Most guys who lower their cars that much use stiff springs and crap shocks. bounce all over the road as they have minimal grip, and spill their coffee. go a little softer on the springs, and a much better shock absorber and you can control the spring/body weight much better. my ke70 was pretty damn low, but i had wheels that didnt hit the body, and i only had 6kg fronts and about 3kg/mm rears with not the fanciest shocks, just KYBs, but i feel they were very well matched to the springs. was actually suprisingly comfortable when driving around, i reckon i could have gone even softer on the front and made an even better improvement. and even with the car that low, the wheels could move a more than 100mm in both compression and extension. Edited March 29, 2012 by ke70dave Quote
altezzaclub Posted March 30, 2012 Report Posted March 30, 2012 I'd say just get it running on stock gear Zak, mainly to make sure everything is working fine. Then change springs to get the ride height you want, and as Dave said, when you lower it the springs are usually harder than you want... and once you have the ride feeling good with springs and shocks, look around for rims last. I can tell you that going from 13" stock tyres and rims to 14" 205/60s has slowed the acceleration noticeably and lowered the revs at 100kph cruise, so that's another factor in rim size you will have to think about. Bigger tyre diameter means less acceleration and lower cruising revs.. it depends on what you do a lot of. Quote
zak Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Posted March 30, 2012 hmm so what do u prefer the tyres size should be ??? what are u running on your vehicles?? Quote
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