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Chillin's KE
Hey dudes, I thought i mite as well throw this up here as i use this forum as my number one source of info/parts these days. I'll try and keep it updated as much as i can.
The story:
It all started back in April 2010 on a rainy Saturday afternoon, trawling through the rollaclub forum a stumbled accross a for sale thread that read:
Without even seeing pictures of the car i called the man up and committed to the sale 6am the next morning up in Brisbane.
Morning came and sure enough i rocked up on his doorstep at 6am. To my surprise the car was in great condition, and with a test drive it was sold. With no plates i drove it back to the Gold Coast (over the Gateway bridge) without a hitch.
Once home i had a good look at what i had purchased. Turns out it was a 1981 ke55 update, factory 5 speed and mint interior with 370,xxx on the clock.
A few weeks pasted before i bought some 15x7 ceptors
Lowered the car
and fixed some rust
Time went on before i bought some 14x6 -25 and 14x7 0 csa's
Roof racks were added as it was the cool thing to do
and i was introduced to spirited driving through the hills
This then gave me a thrust for handling mods
So i Scored some BC Golds and 86 jdm brake setup
I replaced all the bushes underneath
And Bought a 5k for that extra k power
New wheels came shortly after the new engine
14x7 -2 star sharks & 14x8 +15 reverse mesh
The the engine blew.........
We replaced the 5k with the old 4k and blew that too, at which point the car went up for sale. I purchased a daily and managed to get the ol 4k running again and the car was taken off the market.
I purchased another pair of sharks (14x7.5 -2) and painted them up in a nice pale orange colour
The car was then used for the occasional hill run or car meet until Queenslands finest dealt her a crushing blow. The car was defected for suspension non ADR approved, Wheels not ADR approved and Tyres not fitted to ADR standard. As i was only given 28 days till inspection i was forced to de-register the car.
I went through stages where i wanted to just sell up and get out of the game but at the end of the day i could not see my girl in the hands of another or worse in a wrecking yard.
Sooooo i sold off all my parts and was left with a stock car to start fresh.
I purchased:
Smallport 4age
ADM T50
tailshaft to suit
x-members
ecu
clutch setup
and most of the fiddly bits to go with it
A mig welder and plenty of new tools
And so it begins
Looking forward very much to have this back on the road, if not at a few track days
Cheers Hayden
Looking forward to this
Really love the look of this car
Just another Muppet
So I've been slowly chipping away at the "To do list"
Managed to score a set of extractors almost new and an uncut loom for special x-mas price
Now sourcing some A - K engine mounts from the land of the long white cloud
Body wise, I have removed the ol engine and gear box and sold it off, so the engine bay is ready for work.
Hopefully i will have the gearbox mounted this weekend with the tailshaft modified to suit
I'll swing some pics up when i get around to taking some haha
I received the extractors on Tuesday and the loom today
Also scored a set of s13 coilovers for 20 bucks hahaha, I'm going to see what is needed to modify them into the ke, maybe go for a cut and shut job on the sleeve for the time being.
So i managed to get a little work done today, I removed the existing loom and components out of the bay ready for the new engine and gave it a clean. I also mounted the t50 in the car using the existing k series x-member and t series mount.
Also i have a 86 2 row inbound so i can start the cooling system
Good shit man will have to pop around one day soon to check out the progress on all these cars
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