Bought a set of 16's off a mate so I wheeled it out of the shed, pulled the rear springs out and took a few photos
Realized that the R31 diff is 60mm wider than the ke diff and the wheels were definitely not going to fit so started rolling/pumping the guard which ended up being a mess as they needed to be re welded, bogged and painted. I've got them done now good enough to put the new diff in and see if it will fit but they are still going to need some work before they are perfect. Also cant decide whether I like the wheels better in black or white....
Not sure what going on with this pic.. is that S14 on the left and S13 on the right? i just know that using S14/R32 castor rods with the S13 setup you are limited to about 6 or 7 degrees castor when maxed out as the rods S14 rods are longer then S13.
you've done a good job of using the parts from the Cut.
is it running yet?
So thats the s14 adjustable rod of the left wound out to where it reachs
the standard s13 rod in the middle
the s14 adjustable wound all the way in on the right
where i have mounted the swaybar/castor rod mount is further forward that where it fits in a silvia so the s14 rods are need just to reach. This is because the engine is moved forward 50mm on the crossmember so the swaybar hits on the sump in the standard position. Still dont think ill be able to get much more than 6
or 7 degrees before the wheel starts hitting the front of the guards. Yer my aim was to use everything i could make fit from the halfcut. It can start i post a video up before but not properly, fuel pump isnt hooked up, no cooling system, intake, exhaust, diff or tailshaft.
Right i see. look forward to seeing some updates
started on my diff...
cut mounts from r31, was going to keep panhard rod and swaybar, panhard rod was going to make things more difficult so got rid of that but will still use r31 swaybar.
put the corolla up on the hoist
dropped diff out
measured it up and wrote up some plans
gas axed mounts off corolla diff
grinded them clean and
setup r31 diff ready to weld
How handy is the old gas axe!
Diffs in, just need to mount swaybar to chassis and sort out the handbrake lines
looking the goods
Easy as that huh! Nice! Might have to look into doing this conversion!
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