Tally Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Thought id put a build thread up of my KE25. Has been a country SA car most of its life, I'm the 4th owner, mother passed it to her daughter, friend bought it from her and kept it garaged for few years and i bought it from him. Came with a glove box full of receipts and stuff going back to 1974! Nothing special at the moment. KE55 4K, KE55 5speed 5k Electronic dizzy TRUST Air filter Sports Radiator cap Flipped leaf springs with TRD Blue short stroke 8-way adjustable shocks Redrilled rear stock axles to 4x114.3 KE30 front brakes 1 coil cut front springs 14x6.5 Watanabes on rear 185/60 RE001s 14x6 BR watanabe copies on front with 3mm spaces 175/60 Yokohama Advan somethings (def from japan as can't get here) New carpet Nardi 330mm steering wheel on HKB boss kit TE27 Centre console TE27 Tacho guage cluster Have picked up a KE55 4K and currently at the machine shop getting cleaned up and built as current motor is down on compression, uses oil, has rough idle and is bit smokey. Plans: Stockish rebuild on this motor 5k Electronic dizzy Rebuilt twin solex carbs Custom extractors and exhaust system Ae86 coilovers 15mm or so lowering blocks in rear so can go lower (need to roll guards first) Future Plans: 4AGE, maybe carbed undecided yet T50 Shortened AE86 Tseries diff TRD wing and front spiler/lip Full respray in greenish colour Also heres the current status of my brown KE25, serving as full time parts storage: and my white KE25 got stripped and sold to a guy from NZ who lives in WA and works in the mines, apparently gonna fit a 13BT to it. Edited May 16, 2013 by Tally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspheric Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Tidy. Looking forward to watching this progress :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-KE Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Nice one. Pretty sure I saw this the other day crossing West Tce.. thought it must have been someone on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot35 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Nice! Makes me miss the one of these I had years ago. Same colour and all! (although half of them were probably this colour :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tally Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 (edited) Thanks guys, yea ive had 3 this color lol Edited May 17, 2013 by Tally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tally Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Ok so things are starting to move bit further. Picked up my motor today from the engine shop. Acid dipped block Fully balanced Bored 50thou and honed Nothing special just good modest street motor Head has been recond New flat top pistons (funny tekin brand) on standard rods Full engine kit so all there... What I need to do is clean the water and oil gallery's with high pressure washer and clean the bores etc Then do all the clearances and put it together... bit of work to go... Need to get an engine stand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Looks good man, a fresh engine sounds nice :) If you go 4AGE I think carb would suit the car really well, I've got a thing for carbies staying on old cars. Can't wait to see it on the streets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tally Posted September 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 ok so this thing is still around, coming along slowly, pics in couple weeks once done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Aghem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tally Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Sold this thing last November man. Miss it, was a good car. :( Edited May 19, 2014 by Tally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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