5ksev Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) hey all, my names dan, I'm 18 & i baught this 1983 ke70 in september last year for $1000. it had a stock 5k in it, with pacemaker extractors, weber carby, and a 2 1/4" exhaust.. between the date of purchase, and january, i did the following * tighe 104 cam * double heavy duty valve springs * custom valve retainers * head decked 60thou ( 10-1 compression ) * new ignition leads & coil * full gasket kit * oil and oil filter other stuff i can't remember since then iv locked the diff, and had my fun.. i ended up getting over the 5k pretty quick! ( slow, and cop attention from the cam ) so about a month ago i began to pull the 5k out, to make way for a 4age, once i had the motor out, my brother came over to have a look, and mentioned that when his sr goes in his 180sx ( it has blow by ) i can have everything out of his car, to put in mine, so we did the deal! he drove his car over to mine about 3 days ago, whilst i was in working on the ke, i heard what i thought was a motorbike, i walked out to the drive way, and there was the 180sx with a miss.. instantly i thought YESSS ITS MOTOR TIMEE!! we ended up doing a compression test.. and as expected, cyl 2 was gone so that day i began to pull the sr out! i got it out, and took the head off yesterday, turns out it didnt lose cyl #2, but yet broke the rocker arms for it! i was so happy! just knowing that theres no loose piston and rings floating around scratching the bore! so anyhow, i took the crank and pistons out today, and all 4 cylinders are clean as! no dents, no scratch's nothing! although, i am going to take the block to get checked properly anyway, and have the cyl's honed so here's the plan, track sr20det ke70, ( track because I'm on my p's ) full roll cage fully stripped seam welded bucket seats with 4-5 point harness hydraulic handbrake 15x10's on the rear, and 15x8 on the front corona xt130 suspension up front hilux rn40 diff custom tail shaft, paint the interior and engine bay white ( leave the exterior looking shit ) aluminium sheet dash with guages & switch's goal build time: finished before powercruise! ( september 6th 2012 ) will post as the days go by! Edited June 20, 2012 by 5ksev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ksev Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 so this is how the corolla was before i began hacking at it! now, i started off with removing the 5k engine, gearbox, loom & dash! after removing all the mechanical and wiring, i began to flare the guards, to fit the bigger rims! j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Skidkid.I Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) gaurds look good, although man need more flaring if ur going 15x10s! Edited June 20, 2012 by I.Skidkid.I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ksev Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 one day i was rather bored, and thought id try to make a rear wing / roof spoiler still needs to be finished! put the car up on stands, to remove the diff.. about 20sec after i got out from underneath it, it fell off the stands! thats what i call lucky after much ringing around, from brisbane to coffs harbour i finally found xt130 suspension only 20min away from home! went and picked that up for $300 ( complete struts, & lca's ) new tie rod ends went and bought a welder, hydraulic handbrake and a double flaring tool off ebay bnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ksev Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 bought a kinchrome tool set last week, 166 pieces for $240 also found a hydraulic pedal box in southport for $200! now to pull out the SR!! stripping the engine down to start the rebuild now the corolla as she sits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillin Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Geez you love to get stuck in! Let us know how that double flaring tool goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ksev Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Geez you love to get stuck in! Let us know how that double flaring tool goes haha yeah, well I'm no mechanic, but i want to try and do as much as possibly, just so i can learn! iv used the flaring tool already, but havnt tested the lines yet.. they look good, but ill make a post when i test them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Suede wheel FTW!! Cool SR20 too...haha. Nice one man, keen to see it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rian Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 put the car up on stands, to remove the diff.. about 20sec after i got out from underneath it, it fell off the stands! thats what i call lucky Holy shit! If that happened to me I would never get under my car ever again. People die from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbr11k Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yea that shit freaks me out !! Looks like its guna be good fun anyways mate.. have you had a play around with that handbrake yet ? I have one very similar and I think it needs some sort of adaptor fitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenpos Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 looks sick mate, i was pulling the t5 out of my car yesterday, had the front on ramps and rear on stands, it was a bit unstable, i was waiting for it to fall but it didn't haha, can't wait to see this thing done :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ksev Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yea that shit freaks me out !! Looks like its guna be good fun anyways mate.. have you had a play around with that handbrake yet ? I have one very similar and I think it needs some sort of adaptor fitting I havnt used it yet, but yeah one of the female plugs have a larger hole then normal? I'll just take it into a brake shop in tweed heads, and see what they have to say about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's_AUDM_Yo Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 put the car up on stands, to remove the diff.. about 20sec after i got out from underneath it, it fell off the stands! thats what i call lucky Is that why the car was like that when I came round! The whole time I was thinking WTF is the car sitting like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ksev Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Haha yeah, it fell down the night before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbr11k Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I thought one of them was larger too, but it turns out that the other one is smaller :/ I'll let you know how I go anyways as I should be taking it down to the a brake shop here soon, I dare say you can buy an adaptor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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