Indelible's 74 Ke30 Sr20Det Coupe

[indelible]

Hi all

 

been lurking on here for a little while and thought i should post up my project

 

sold my daily 300+kw jzx100 and bought a more sensible daily , but found it wasnt enough to satisfy me so a project car was

decided .

as i wanted something light after the jzx100(only downfall they are a bit heavy)

 

was looking at ra/ta celica's(so i could stay with a 1jz) , then moved to old corollas initailly ke20's ect when i found this ke30 and bought it.

it was recently resprayed but has a few areas that need re doing but no rust that i can find

 

few pics at home

 

 

and few pics form previous owners that i was able to get hold of

 

 

 

 

 

apparently it used to have a v8 in it so tunnel has been made larger which left me with bulk room for engine/gearbox combo's

 

looked at different conversions for a while then decided s14 sr20det was the best choice to still be able to register with most potential

reasoning= newish engine. factory rwd 2lt turbo with lots of cheap aftermarket support

 

what you guys think?

 

will update what i've don't so far and where i'm up to soon

 

cheers,Matt

Edited April 1, 2013 by indelible

[indelible]

so then i bought a s14 sr20det and rb20 gearbox + sr20 bellhousing

engine arrived

 

then pulled old engine out and gave it away for free as it had a bottom end knock i was told(never bothered to start it as had flat battery too)

 

then cleaned up the sr20 and found it had 2 warrenty seals one on block and one on head so looks to be rebuilt at some point

 

 

 

then pulled apart the rb box and fitted the sr bellhousing and cleaned it up and painted it

 

[indelible]

next i dummy fit the engine and decided it was best to cut the engine mounts off the crossmember and start from

scratch as they looked to have been messed with and didnt trst them with silicone everwhere

ended up doing similar to other rollaclub members ke sr20 engine mounts

 

once i hade these plates tacked in i put motor in and got it to sit where i wanted +dummied up some mounts out of cardboardas

then had them plasma cut

 

then bent them up at work

 

and tacked them into position using some vibratechnics rubber mounts for an escort it think as they were nice and thin

 

sump clearance

 

and shifter hole (only so large from dodgey hole in it before)

 

engine in position

 

then started making gearbox crossmember out of 50x25x3 rhs

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Thats a tidy little 2 door. Carlos (BUZ440) on here had one with an SR20 and it was pretty (a lot) nuts.

[indelible]

next i wanted to make my own turbo manifold for a gt3076r spec turbo i had sitting around gathering dust form my jzx100

 

so went and visited the guy who had previously made my turbo manifolds for me and got some bits to start my own

out of 32nb shc40 mild steel steam pipe

 

 

then began making it once i had worked out the position i wanted the turbo to sit and made a jig

 

runner by runner getting there

 

all 4 runners done

 

 

 

then cut all runners of to make wastegate outlet

 

 

then got it professionally tig welded up for a better appearance and piece of mind reliability wise

 

 

now its getting ceramic coated

 

and thats where i'm up to currently

[indelible]

Thats a tidy little 2 door. Carlos (BUZ440) on here had one with an SR20 and it was pretty (a lot) nuts.

 

thanks mate , this should be pretty nuts too haha

[indelible]

fitted manifold while tacked together to see how turbo sat , which left planty of clearance for dump pipe and external gate

 

 

[BUZ440]

good to see some hands on work, looks good mate

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

cool. looks like a great car as a starting point.

[Doogs]

Love your work mate, looking good.

Will the ex-gate be plumbed in for rego or will it no longer be a street car?

[altezzaclub]

Nice work- The engine mounts look great, they turned out very well, and the inlet manifold is stunning.

[indelible]

thanks guys ,

 

doogs the gate pipe will be made with v band flanges to plumb back or go atmo easily.

 

don't think the engine mounts will bend/break any time soon as they are 5mm steel hahahaha

[Doogs]

thanks guys ,

 

doogs the gate pipe will be made with v band flanges to plumb back or go atmo easily.

 

don't think the engine mounts will bend/break any time soon as they are 5mm steel hahahaha

 

Awesome, I love the idea of a screamer on the street but I don't think the boys in blue share that opinion! :fuzz:

[indelible]

well i ran a screamer on my jzx100 for about 2 years without any problems

 

but had the option of plumbing it back if i got in trouble anyway

[indelible]

just got my turbo manifold back from ceramic coating :D