Andrew's ke70 fun car = project over..

[slidn70]

Hey everyone my name is Andrew, been reading this forum for awhile now. all your ke's/ae's are awesome. Some really good ideas and good inspiration to get mine looking/going good :)

Heres my car, its a 82mdl stock as a rock atm. I'm the second owner. its got 81,000kms genuine kms on it. full toyota service history and log books. interior is mint (there was some plastic on the driver seat still from factory!). i brought it from the auctions and it had been smashed :( its an XX model too. leather g/knob, tacho dash and 5spd. the 4k and drivetrain are strong.

Here's some pics when i brought it home
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/132837.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/132838.jpg

Here's what it looks like now: (this was my first go at lining up panels, so go easy on me :P)

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/132839.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/132840.jpg

Pic of the interior. seats are really puffy and soft. havn't sagged one bit
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/132841.jpg

Plans for it are to get it registered then:

Falcon springs (got them)
Sports steering wheel (on its way, need boss kit though. anyone?)
respray and flared guards(boot lid and bonnet will be black)
extractor for the 4k (got them)
2" system
I've got some 15x6.5 ive got my eyes on ;)
Locker

later down the track 20v s/top t50 etc.

thanks
Andrew

[Bustin_86]

Looks like a solid base man... do a 4a conversion and just stick a 4ac in it or something until you can afford a ge lol... it will get you around and be a lot quicker than a 4kc!!! http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[hilton]

did u buy this from a dude in capalaba?

[starni_boy]

hey man.. congrats on joining all of us in building a strong ke70. looks the goods and clean as. much rust in it??

[slidn70]

Thanks for the welcomes http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

Bustin 86 - I might look into a 4ac conver, if i organise myself over the holidays.

Hilton - i brought it from the auctions, but the car was originally from balwyn in melbourne.

Starni - only rust is from scratches in the tyre well. two tiny surface rust marks about the size of a 20cent peice. i was very surprised, so i had to buy it http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif got it for $400.

hopefully i get a rwc tomorrow so i can drive around and start the mods!

[hilton]

ahh ok, looks like one that sold around the corner the other day
in bris http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/laugh.gif

[driftke70]

theres a simmilar one on ebay also,

but it looks good cheif, good luck with the build up.

[slidn70]

Thanks driftke70 http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif


Got the roadworthy inspection today, didnt go too bad. need a windscreen and new front shocks.

Since i need new shocks/cartiridges on the front is there anything i can upgrade them with instead of replacement ke70 ones? The monroe gt's for the ke70 strut are like 250$. It will be getting the falcon springs soon and she will be real low. so i want short throw shocks.

Any other model car's shocks i can use in the ke70 struts?

thanks fellas http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[starni_boy]

contact ajps if you want some good shocks.. his name on this forum is truenosedan. he sells lots of parts from his warehouse.

[Bustin_86]

Fark thats a rip off bro! get some kyb excel g short stroke shocks for a similar price lol.

Talk to Lawson (truenosedan) and explain to him what you need. I highly recommend him and deal with him as much as i financially can lol http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif He will hook you up and he is very flexible.

Lawson lluurrvvee!

[slidn70]

Hey guys do these kyb's bolt straight into the ke70 strut?

i saw some ac delco crap on ebay for 50$ was thinking about them to get my by for the mean time. need the shocks here (in melb) and fitted in 7 days before my inspection/permit runs out.

[green_boy_91]

yew even another ke70 to join all of us there getting even as popular as 86's these days hey,
g/l with the build up man http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tup.gif

[Gilly]

yeah get the ACdelco shitters to pass roady.

you really want AE86 or T18 struts to convert to coilovers. or just 86 struts. the difference being the strut tubes are different sizes, there are no real aftermarket shock options for the KE70 strut as it's too small. the 86 strut size obviously has a lot of options and aftermarket support.

its becoming a well known fact now that T18 struts share the same dimensions as an 86 strut. HOWEVER they have a different spring perch (what the spring sits on) so they are better suited to convert to coilvers as there is no aftermarket T18 springs available http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[slidn70]

Good info Gilly, thanks mate.

Hey i measured the O.D of my strut tubes and they're 45mm. Is that normal? i think some ke's came with 45mm and 51mm.

Atm i'm probably gonna get the cheapy shocks for the rwc (if they make them for 45mm struts), then later do a T18/AE86/RA60 strut change.

[driftke70]

sounds like your on the right track

[slidn70]

Ok, well they dont have the 45mm cheap ac delco cartridges available, so now i'm not sure what to do!?

Anyone got some complete ke70 or t18 etc struts with good shocks in melb that i can just swap in?

I'd need them by the end of the week. i'll pick them up where ever you are. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[slidn70]

Can anyone confirm that ae86 struts will bolt straight into my ke?

[green_boy_91]

yeh i think they do man(correct me if im wrong) http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[slidn70]

Today i got my windscreen scratch removed (to pass roady). also got these:

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/133628.jpg

ae86 front struts/hubs/brakes assembly. (stock ke70 side by side)
Kyb cartiridge inserts (suit ra40/sa63/ra65)
T18 LCA's

Brakes are much bigger, should be noticible improvement.

This is how "keto" looks atm http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/133630.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/133631.jpg

Also fitted new rear shoes and new wheel cylinders. Falcon springs will go in after its registered.

On sunday i should have it all back together http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[slidn70]

struts, lca's, ae86 brakes all in. tomorrow i will bleed them (and the rears) and take it for a spin.

For some reason my wheel alignment is way out. drivers front wheel is turned to the right while the passenger side is straight :confused:

[James86]

Front suspension all done, got a quick wheel alignment and i got it registered yesterday. been driving it around everywhere, but god damn are 4k's sloow!

I need a 4age something fierce..

This is my other car i'm use to driving..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/134755.jpg

[slidn70]

Be careful of kangaroos.

Last night, went for a cruise down kinglake (vic) and a roo jumped out infront of me. couldnt do anything http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/134843.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/134844.jpg

Radiator support is a bit bent, but it will straighten up ok. in on of the pics you can see a scratch on the bumper. that is from the roo's claw!

[driftke70]

crazy, you hit it exactly the same as i did, same damage and everything, i even got a claw mark in my bumper, ahh well, youll be pleased to know you can straighten the rad support with your bare hands, and its not that hard to fix up.

lookin good otherwise.

[slidn70]

Well the keto is all straight'ish again. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

But its now sporting a blue bonnet and a beige guard on a brown car http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif looks pretty pathetic..

All up it cost me $160 to get it straight again so thats put some of my plans on hold for the moment. By the end of the week though i should have some good pics to show everyone http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[slidn70]

New wheels - A3A's 15x6.5 +6. big thanks to Otomoto! 195/60 tyres thou http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif will be repainting the centres soon!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/135720.jpg

Falcon springs in back. still have to do the fronts

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/135721.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/135722.jpg

[slidn70]

Also got an oldschool 3spoke steering wheel on it http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[Gilly]

rims look nice mate.

old skool 3 spoke wheel FTW

[slidn70]

Hey Gilly, just saw your reply in your thread about the falcon springs. mine sit at about 265mm. it sits nice, but the springs popped out 1st time we dropped it off the stands, so we just turned the springs around so that it sat better on the base. I didnt flip them over though like you mentioned in your thread..

[MountainRunner]

eyy man nice Ke u should come out with us on friday nights
some cruise action http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[slidn70]

Yeah man, wouldnt mind coming out with guys. The 4k is real slow thou. not sure if i could keep up. plus open diff is gayy, really unpredictable. (spun out across 3 lanes of traffic on the way to work on sat http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif ) was really embarassing.

My keto loves the gravel and dirt tracks on my mate's property!

[ke70dave]

haha finally someone else who has an unbeliveably slow 4k!!!

although its slow as a rock, its interesting how you dont really get much slower, when you put 5ppl in the car.

my old car (FWD mazda 323) used to suffer soo badly when you put 5 people in the car, but the good ole 4k doesnt seem to be effected anywhere near as much, its still slow, but its not slower that it is with only me.

definatly time for a 4age though:p

[slidn70]

although its slow as a rock, its interesting how you dont really get much slower, when you put 5ppl in the car.[/b]

Yeah. i noticed that too! Had 4 people in it, and it still went the same.. weird huh http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[slidn70]

Double post..

[slidn70]

Now lowered front and back. (falcon springs)

Flared the front guards too.


http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/136612.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/136613.jpg

I had to raise the front abit because it scrubbed like a bitch. so its a bit higher now. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[Gilly]

looking the goods

keep it up

[howee]

yeah man this is looking hawt! keep it clean

Howy

[Hokey]

nice car dude http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tup.gif saw it at calder and it looked sweet. you might have seen my white kesev parked a few down from you. its lower now thank god and locked http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/greenbounce.gif your guards look pretty nice aswell. how bout i weld your diff and you flare my guards? sound fare??? http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Cheers, Calvin

[MountainRunner]

Man dont worry bout the 4k u can go with Calvin (hokey) in his
whould be cool to see U's tearing it up

[Hokey]

in the wet....

[slidn70]

nice car dude http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tup.gif saw it at calder and it looked sweet. you might have seen my white kesev parked a few down from you. its lower now thank god and locked http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/greenbounce.gif your guards look pretty nice aswell. how bout i weld your diff and you flare my guards? sound fare??? http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Cheers, Calvin[/b]

Yeah i saw your car. thought it would be someone off this site. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

The guards arent that good i dont think. the 2nd side i did was much better http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif i do need a "LSD" though!

Next step: remove all side mouldings and pin stripes, then paint the front half in matt black. (temperary job until i do the full respray)

[slidn70]

Havn't updated this in awhile. She still going strong.

The front end is matt black now and most of the pinstriping and door moulds are gone now. I got my extractors on too. helped a bit. need to make the rest of the exhaust.

Been helping my friend out with his ae71 that he just brought. were both looking at doing 4age conversions later this year!

[Konakid]

Cars lookin good dude, get some 195/50's on the A3A's...then go lower.. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/2thumbs.gif

[slidn70]

Here are some pics.

All the pinstrips and moulding are gone now

I got some xt130 lower control arms going in hopefully this week. (getting some new nolathane bushes pressed in by a mate)

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/143167.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/143168.jpg

[adsrx]

looks awsome man good work. are you considering locking the diff? i still dont know if i should, i just dont have money to do anything else!

[slidn70]

I was thinking about it, i might just save for a proper LSD. see what happens.

[Bustin_86]

Go the lsd option http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Gilly]

WORD

[hilton]

hey mn nice ke. pretty sure you should give me 32 of ur rims tho ey http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[MountainRunner]

hey man wanna see this in person come calder park were having a mini curise check the Melbourne section

[Madgarbage]

hey man love the ksev http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/2thumbs.gif just wondering how u went about geting of those pinstripes, mine are driving me farken crazy http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/angry.gif the barstards wont cum off cleanly

cheers mate http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/2thumbs.gif

[Course_Out]

Their not going to mate! Sorry, but they have been on there 22 or motre years!

When I took mine off I got a hair dryer and melted the glue and they came off ok, but you will have to clean off the goo with prepsol or somethign similar, then give the car a polish cos it will be bright and shiny under the stripes.

I had a few stubborn bits that i got off with a caramel wheel, I wouldnt suggest this though, its tears up the paint as well and I found that there wasn't a whoel lot to polish out.

Sorry for clogging your thread mate, car looks mint though, love the advans!

[slidn70]

Thanks guys http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

With the pinstrips, i just used a blade and lifted them off. (some paint came with it too! thanks to a dodgey repair job the previous owner did)
Some bits came off smooth, but most of it was a bastard. Used wax and grease remover (prepsol) to get the glue off. It took me ages, but it was worth it/

I'll try and make it to the calder meet up/cruise aswell!

[MountainRunner]

i used the heat gun then it blew up so i used sand paper and resprayed the whole car LOL

[slidn70]

haha. my mate blew up his sister's hair dryer too! They get too hot because the hot air just reflects off the panels back into the dryer.

Blade/paint scraper ftw

[slidn70]

got xt130 arms and new nothane bushes fitted.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/144489.jpg

Havnt got a chance to put them in yet. next week probably. cant wait.

Hopefully i'll have some neg camber now Yo! http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Gilly]

get rid of the lock stops in the steering arms

also the brackets on the LCA that the lock stop contacts

actually ditch the steering arms all together, you'll have to use the KE70 ones as the bolt spacing on the corona ones are further apart (same as AE86 http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif ) and won't bolt to the KE struts

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif

[MountainRunner]

get the hammer out ans start smackin those steering arms http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[slidn70]

Gilly - i have 86 struts in it already. Currently have T18 steering arms in it.

I took the lock stoppers off my t18 steering arms (that are in the car atm), and im pretty sure from memory that on full lock it didnt touch the brackets on the LCA's anyway... is that normal?

[japlish]

yeah thats not unusual.
oh and another thing i found out for those who can't find/afford ae86 p/s arms,
ke30 ones are 10mm shorter than t18 items, not as much as ae86 one's but hey?

[dr1ft-pig]

looking good man i want those advans hey they r hot

[Konakid]

yeah thats not unusual.
oh and another thing i found out for those who can't find/afford ae86 p/s arms,
ke30 ones are 10mm shorter than t18 items, not as much as ae86 one's but hey?[/b]

Is this true? Anyone tried them? has it worked? Sounds awsome tho dude

[stahlz_ae86]

Saw this briefly the other night and we chatted a bit. Looks pretty tidy the wheels are nice as.

Add me to msn

paul_stahlberg@hotmail.com

PS: i don't think i met the guy with the white one parked next to you at the servo, who's car was that?

[slidn70]

Got the xt130 arms in now. Damn, its got camber. Looks like sigma arms!

I havnt driven it yet because i havnt put the tie rods on. (had a bit of a problem with them. haha)

Will get pics up soon http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif



PS: i don't think i met the guy with the white one parked next to you at the servo, who's car was that?[/b]

Thanks http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

Yeah, i wasnt sure who owned the white one. i didnt speak to them i dont think!

[slidn70]

The corona arm's are in...

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/145659.jpg

Umm, I didnt expect it to look like this -

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/145660.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/145661.jpg

hrmm.. not sure if i like it. need a wheel allignment badly. the caster is all screwed up. I dont think i've got much adjustment left on the the ke tie rods either.

[MountainRunner]

u need ra60 tie rods i think that will fix ur caster problems

i also saw this car in the flesh i was the short kid with a black hoodie
didnt see u leave when the whole pack went 2 calder

[slidn70]

I didnt go to calder. had an exam the next day http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif

Hey rocket, were you the one with the coloured beanie with the ear flaps?? http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[MountainRunner]

Nope LOL wasnt me i was the 1 with the black hoodie


i saw ur car tho ? just came 2 say hi aye ?

[slidn70]

Ohh ok. i got no idea who anyone is then http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

Yeah, just came to say hi and graba few things from Leo, the parts man! http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif

[oni]

nice lookin keto

[slidn70]

Bit of an update. i got defected then i got that cleared (one bald tyre = my bad).

Broke my diff last thursday. Too much power. Smashed the spider gears. So diff got introduced to the mig.

probably fit a garden edge front lip soon.

[Hokey]

Sweet 70 dude. i've seen you around ringwood a bit and hav been watching your thread. it'd be sweet to have someone else drifting with us but i've lost my licence and am getting my t18 on the road soon. once that all happens be sweet to go for a cruise with you. you do much drifting? It'd be sweet to get a little crew together that is a bit more local to me than keilor :P
Cheers, Calvin

[slidn70]

Thanks man, i'm always driving through Ringwood. I'm up for local meet-ups for sure. Dont really drift . Havn't been taught how to properly. i was thinking about going to the calder drift practice thats coming up and giving it a shot.

Looking to paint the car one colour and fix all the dints. It gets a few too many looks the way it is now.

[Hokey]

Don't dritft? how come u got a locker then. i'll let u know next time we go on a cruise though anyway.

u use msn? thehokin@hotmail.com
Cheers

[slidn70]

Haha, well i locked the diff last friday so i could have the car running again. it was the easiest option ;) I dont mind it either!

Yeah im up for a cruise. I dont use msn messenger.probably should get it going again!

[adsrx]

did someone say camber! its looking really good man, funny how you ended up going the locker ey!

[slidn70]

did someone say camber! its looking really good man, funny how you ended up going the locker ey![/b]

Haha, yeah man. i know, i didnt want to get one but it really is a good thing. it is predictable and imo safer on wet roads. A single spinner sometimes spins both, then lets go and grabs again etc.. etc..

[Hokey]

haha yeh i enjoyed the single spinners in the wet lol, you'd be caining along in second spinning it up then you give the wheel a little flick to the right and then its max angle :greenbounce:
Locker FTW :2thumbs:

[slidn70]

Well i didnt say anything, but i've had a 4age in my car for the last 6 weeks! thats how the diff broke.

sadly i crashed it. so car is dead. parts are forsale in the part thread :(

i guess this is the end of "Andrew's fun car!"

take care on the roads guys.

[Madgarbage]

shit dude that sux wang :angry: r u ok??? wat hapnd if u dont mind me beign a nosey prik

[slidn70]

shit dude that sux wang :angry: r u ok??? wat hapnd if u dont mind me beign a nosey prik[/b]

Yeah i'm fine, thanks. low speed, hit a dirt embankment in the forest and mounted it. The car didnt take the hit well at all! bent the chassis rail and radiator support. front guard and bever panel are stuffed too.

Miss the sound of the 4age already :(

[MountainRunner]

damn that sucks man