funny how things get out of control some times, i have a ke55 and stumbled onto rollaclub while looking for ideas on things to do to just speed it up a little

 

then i thought SUPERCHARGE 4K!! so i got one

 

then i thought SUPERCHARGE 1600!! so i got one (4a + t50)

 

then i thought better not take car of the road so picked up the ke30

 

then i thought SUPERCHARGE 1600 TWIN CAM!!! so i picked up a front cut today $900

 

so starts another project thread, stay tuned for more

(and no i can't post a pic yet, i just spent $900 i can't afford a camera this week)

Throw me some money wile ure at it ey ? :monkey:

 

bahahah !

 

Sounds awesome mate - I expect your next project to be a Quad Turbo'd 1GZFE into a Ke11 :)

I'll swap you my camera for the front cut :monkey:

no worries geoff, just let me lift the motor, wiring, computer, etc etc first and i,ll happily do the swap! hahaha

 

budget project here total cost to date $1000 (including cut)

started on this project at last, after work yesterday i dragged out the ae71 i had put aside for parts and stripped it out, then i brought in the ae81 (?) i had put aside for the twin cam and stripped it out, then i dragged in the ke30 body

23 hours on the spanners later and i have h/duty rear inverted eyelet rear springs in, a ae71 wagon diff under it (100mm wider track), full ae71 eng. x,member with rack and pinion, 4age and 5 speed in!

was going to wire it up tomorrow with the public holiday but i couldnt be stuffed, going to go see the kids instead

thats a big effort well done :jamie:

thomo you are full of it, you are just going home and all you are going to do is smoke ya winnies and drink coffee, you would be better off working on the car, you could have gone for the worlds quickest engine conversion.... 48 hours from front cut to rego... but NO.. you are soft.... think of it you could have been driving it by now.... LOL....

 

just remember if you are going to be taking this thing home with you, you will have to stop every two k's up your driveway to replace oil and filters.... ( and his driveway is 25k's long) and its all dirt...

 

did you finsh you $250 dollar falcon ute???

$250 ute is runing good, on lpg anyway, the petrol is a little dodgy but with the price of the stuff... who cares i don't plan to use it

i don't think I'm brave enough to drive this thing to my house the 4k in the other one got lively enough and if i loose it nobody would find me for days

(guess i could slow down haha)

a day off is needed, i need to get home an load up all the xt130 brake stuff i have there, and the 15" mags in the laundry, with the extra wheel track rwd mags arnt fiting under the guards

So? Leave em hanging out hehe

didnt plan on working on the car monday but after i dropped the kids back to their mothers i got a little bored so stuffed the XT130 struts in, 1.5 mm difference in the hole centers to the third arm! WHY!, frigging 20 minuits with the puller to change some bloody part that didnt need to be different, thanks toyota stop reading the holden guide to building cars

3 more hours on the tally board

Where would the fun be if it all went together first go... Looking forward to seeing it on the track. Has the wiring been sorted finally?

 

Remind me - did the AE82 engine donor have any wheels? Might have to come and pick through the remains and make an offer on a few bits...

Here are some pics finally, excuse the mess, remember, it's a work in progress still

Nice work :)

What have you had to modify to get the rack and pinion to work? are you expecting issues with bump steer at all?

Cheers, Calvin :cool:

i trimmed down an ae71 engine x,member, reshaped the ends a little with the oxy, and re drilled it to suit the ke30 (added some plate to strengthen around the new holes)

4age dropped right in on the mounts

seemed easyer than making mounts with the added benefit of the rack and pinion

everything clears underneath

ae71 steering collom (the what?)fitted onto the rack at a good angle, went throught the firewall without modification, and bolted to the pedal box fine with a little violence to get it under the dash, the base of the collom (that home made word again) is a bit of a shit to flush up to the firewall but thats about it

far out man, you do some quick work!!