That looks very tidy. You don't rush and you do good work. :clover:

Ok, Finally got some work done to the old girl after getting out of my folks place (after it was vandalised and badly dented).

 

Have it at my mates workshop and before christmas I finally mananged to mount the radiator (N14/N15 Pulsar). Got the top radiator mounts and rubbers from an N14 Pulsar and managed to get a set of lower mounts off a AE101 Corolla. Welded the lower mounts to the bottom radiator support and the N14 Pulsar rubber is a perfect fit. Then cut the top mount from the N14 pulsar in a way that allowed me to weld part to the upper radiator support an nutsert it so the top mounts are easily removable.

Because I somehow managed to lose the gearbox crossmember i made previously, I had to make another one up. I think it probably turned out a bit better and I still have to cut it down a bit and get it powdercoated.

Because of the uprite engine mounts it means the standard radiator hoses are no longer going to work. Ended up buying 3 x 90 degree alloy bends and a length of silicone hose.

 

Top one just needed to be chopped back a bit and silicon hose on the ends.

 

Bottom one needed a bit of love from my mate who cut and tig welded the bottom two bends to make it all line up with silicone hose on the ends.

 

I will eventually have the pipes powdercoated black when I get a few more bits together to get done.

Nice one on the lower radiator mounts.

 

I did the exact same thing in my rolla with alloy radiator.

Looks really good Id love to come help you with this one day mate.

So now I am in the process of getting some custom extractors made up by my mate at Gun Performance at Lawnton. We decided cut up my old Hurricane extractors and use the plate to make the new set. I didn't realise how much I had to modify them and also becaue one of the studs was drilled out larger and helicoiled in my old head I had to weld a bit back up.

 

At work today I got one of the welders to fill the hole in the plate that was redrilled larger previously, machined the plate as flat as i could and proceeded to re-align the exhaust plate with the adaptor plate. Marked and drilled the holes for the M10 studs to go through the plate (going to need some studs that are a bit longer too).

 

Looking at going to a 4-1 merge collector in to a 2 & 1/4" system.

Wow theres a lot of work in that!

 

Looking at your alloy cooling pipe over the alternator, have you considered putting a bleed point in the highest point there, I reckon you could expel a lot of air from there while filling the system to make bleeding it easy. Did a similar thing on the 2az with my copper rerouting of the water from extractors side to inlet side.

Awesome build dude, i bought mine with delorto 40s can't beat that sound!

Due to the fact the Corolla sat outside in the weather at the last place it wasn't helping things much. I moved to a new house at the end of last year which now has a shed where I can work on the Corolla once again.

 

I started by knocking back the paint on the roof on one side when I had some spare afternoons. Just gave it a quick hit of etch primer till I can get a chance to repair all the damage the vandals did to it..

 

Over christmas I ripped out most of the interior and the rear window to expose the rust that I will have to tackle. Turns out there is also rust in the front window opening that needs to be fixed too.

 

Lucky I managed to get a corner roof cut from Teddys old white KE70 before it went to the dump so I can use it as a patch.

 

Archie the dog was keen to be a supervisor and make sure the interior was adequately removed ready to start repairs on the rear window opening..

Friday afternoon after work I managed to knock back the rest of the roof and gave it a quick hit of etch primer. Also finished tidying up around the window openings with some rust converter.

Today I made a patch for the big rust hole in the passenger rear window opening and welded it in. Yay for some progress! The silicone bronze welding wire makes it so much easier to grind back the welds..

Nice work! I gotta try that wire someday.

Great to see this progressing again.

 

The manifold adapter plate from the upright kit; is this tapered to keep the right tilt on the carbs?

I'm also looking at standing up my k motor but have been told I'll have float level issues on the sidedraughts if they aren't kept at the right angle. Is the purpose of the plate or does it simply space the manifolds from the head? Curious to know why it's included in the kit if it's simply a spacer..

The adaptor plate is not tapered, its just a flat plate. Kit gives you more clearance between the head and the strut tower.

 

Basics of it is new engine mounts, adaptor plate and manifolds..