My Ke70

[Anthony13]

Hey everyone I thought I'd show y'all my Ke70 build I'm planing on driving it as a daily but there's no rush to finish it although I'm real keen to drive it on the road not just skid it up and down my drive way and piss my neighbors off! LoL

 

Here are some pics of the corolla when i first got her

 

Not long after getting her I picked up a 16v 4age out of an ae82 corolla, note this is after a good degreasing and pressure wash it was covered it like an inch of oily crap!

 

 

I then serviced it and replaced almost every seal I could also painted my cam covers!

 

Then I set about cleaning up my engine bay!

Before,

After painting it

And then after after clear coat and my starting to put bits back in,

 

Then I had to modify my engine loom being a FWD one it was an odd shape and wouldn't fit in nicely, so I removed all the conduit and tape and re shaped it and extended it where it was needed,

 

Here it is all finished and wrapped up in tape ready to go in,

 

Then it was time to put it in and put the motor in,

 

Then I set about putting everything back into it, and also fitted up my custom radiator it's huge! LoL

 

I then cut all rust out of the boot I had to cut a heap more than I thought but what's a guys to do when he's got an angle grinder!

 

Then I put all my interior back in and fitted my omori gauges,

 

And then I started finishing of my engine bay tidying up things but its mostly complete just waiting on a few sensors for my gauges,

 

And now here's how it sits almost there but still got a few things left to do like fit my exhaust and weld in patches for the rust and then there'll be something else I wanna do haha

[altezzaclub]

Nice work- very tidy. It will be great to see how it runs.

[Jimmy P]

Wow Anthony, it looks great! Super clean under the hood! Have you done much with the suspension? Keep up the great work

[Anthony13]

Oh thanks guys, yeah I'm pretty proud of it, um as for suspension it's got pedders shocks and king springs, it feels good to drive but I'm now In the process of looking into suspension set ups for it, any ideas tips or thoughts on a good set up for street / drift would be great thanks

[Jimmy P]

On my AE86 I ran Tokico HP (blue) front and rear shocks and struts with Eibach Pro kit springs front and rear. Poly bushings basically everywhere too. With good tires, it's a great street setup, but for drift you'll want way stiffer; I'd run Tokico HTS front and rear shocks and struts with TRD 8 (front) and 6 K/MM (rear) springs, or Swift springs of the same rates. If you love coilovers, then go to town in the front, but I'd keep the rear conventional. Bigger sway bars front and rear for sure, Whitline makes a great set, but I'd choose Tanabe, if I got the choice. Make sure to run bump steer spacers on the front control arms, they make negative camber units too, and they're pretty nice for that extra slammed camber look (if you're into that). Out back should get an adjustable pan hard rod (since the car will be much lower than factory height), and if you have deep pockets, several companies make adjustable four links. Although, if you buy poly bushings for the four links, then don't worry about wasting the cash on adjustable units.

 

More importantly though..... get a good quality limited slip differential, Cusco, TRD, Kaaz, or any actual brand name are all great options. Just shop around and ask people who have actually bought and run the brand they recommend, don't trust peoples opinions unless they owned it and drove on it.

 

Don't forget brakes, steering, clutch, and a racing seat...... Holy cow, it gets expensive to participate in motorsports :) I hope this helps a little, I'm eager to see what you end up doing with it!