Project KE70

[Rob]

Bought another KE70 casuse mine got defected a while ago and my Bluebird got written off about a week ago.
I sold all my old suspension so need to get some more now. all ive got left form my old bits is a 4AC with a puck clutch and a 4AGE with a spun bearing, so gonna put the 4AC in for a while do my sus and maybe one day put the GE in not really too fussed 4AC is good enough, more of a challenge lol.

Its early model front and is light blue at the moment but is half rubbed back so will be getting sprayed a dark grey/silver mettalic and probly run some MAs might paint them white.

don't wanna spend hell money on the suspension, probly just get some cheap couilovers for the front/ corona arms. And ive got some 250mm 4KG rears already just need shocks and a swaybar, will mainly be for hills but still slide it aswell.

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My old Bluey CA20 Reppn

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My Old KE

[SHIFTY5]

nice car man, should look sick when finished. good luck with the build :2thumbs:

[muncher]

Good work! Be sure to keep this updated with ur progress mate...

[slide86]

this may sound wak, but i take it the bluey was series 3 cause of the ca20?

do you still have the car? PM me if you want.....

[starni_boy]

Is that a subaru brumby in the 2nd last pic? Pimp!

[stahlz_ae86]

Shame about the bluebird, I like those series 3 TRX's. Best of luck with the KE.

[mick]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (slide86 @ Mar 12 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=500631)</div>
this may sound wak, but i take it the bluey was series 3 cause of the ca20?

do you still have the car? PM me if you want.....[/b]

Yea he has the car waiting on insurance money.

[pebbles]

shit man, u sed u got rearended but damnnnn
thats some damage

new ke shoudl be sweet
gl with it

[kewagon]

ke70 + bluey = 5 speed, 2ltr ke70
nissan heart in the toyota body FTW

[slide86]

actually it would be FTL

ca20 is a poo poo engine. i have a lot of experience to back this up

[Rob]

yep, CA20s arent too good.

Flared my guards the other night.

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Bit more hammer and dolly work and a skim of fibreglass filler, should be sweet.

[jarrod-os]

wooo!

very nice man :)

done a good job as well dude!

well gl on the build hope to see u keepin us updated :D

[nathanhann]

can't wait to see my old car actually finished and running. Have you got it primered yet?

[Rob]

Not yet man, one night this week.

Picked up a pair of MAs and an AE71 tailshaft on the weekend also, just need a couple of bits for the 4AC conversion.

[nathanhann]

I sent ben a message about the work equips and i got no reply. But ill probably see him sometime this week and ill ask him then. I thought you already had a set of MA's?

[RussianMafia000]

Nice project ;) What have you done with the "end" parts of your gaurds when you flared them? Does the whole lip get folded out or just the main area then the bottom left sort of tucked in? I'm looking at doing mine and I'm not sure what to do at this part

[Rob]

Ill get some better pictures for you when theyre finished. i have to cut a heap out from in front of the wheel for castor clearance

[Rob]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (-=GOODY=- @ Mar 17 2008, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=503328)</div>
Nice project ;) What have you done with the "end" parts of your gaurds when you flared them? Does the whole lip get folded out or just the main area then the bottom left sort of tucked in? I'm looking at doing mine and I'm not sure what to do at this part[/b]

This is where the flaring finishes
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Marking on the guard where to cut out for caster clearance
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After its cut out
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This is the guard when its just about finished
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Also started on repairing the wheel arch, Just tacked in the lip of an old guard so far.
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And painted my Rad Support Rally Black
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[nathanhann]

This car is going to look fucking tuff as when its finished.

[Rob]

Didnt get as much as i wanted done this weekend because i broke the diff in my RX7 and i had to pull that out and weld it back together. but did a fair bit of body work and picked up a bellhousing for my T50.

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big ripple in the door

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all pulled out

found some more rust that had been bogged up <_<
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hoping to have all the repairs done and in primer by next weekend.

[Rob]

Had a heap of mates helping out this weekend and got most of the body work done. And my Bro got a new KE so i had to swap parts into that aswell. I did want to have it painted this weekend but just had heaps of other stuff i had to do.

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Whole car is pretty much stripped now so i can paint inside the door frames etc.

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And randomly found out that 2004 Magna wagon rear springs seat perfectly in the rear of a KE and look to be a good rate aswell. :teehee: definitely a bit stiffer than stock Falcon cuts.

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[Rob]

Finally got some colour on the car :turned:

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[**chumps**]

fkn mad bro :2thumbs:

[Hachi Roku]

nice...keep up the gd work!

[Rob]

Flared guard finished in primer.
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And doors are now painted inside and ready to go back on.
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So if all goes well car will finally be painted saturday. I'm going to rego it on Friday so hopefully after i put it back together on the weekend i can go for a drive. :2thumbs:

[blair]

fuck. not mucking around!

[GraemeRyan]

this is going to look fkn sick!

[LIL BLU MAN]

thats some quick work

[Gullie]

omg thats the colour ive dreamed of painting mine! Wise choice!
its gonna look phat!!!!!!!

[nathanhann]

UPDATES. anything new?

[Rob]

My RX7 is broken, so i bought another KE70 and an AE71 with a full 4AG setup. So this car has been on hold for a while.
The KE70 wasnt running too good, so i put the 4K out of the blue shell in it and just did a basic suspension setup, so thats my new daily.

And I'm putting the 4AG in the blue one and scrapping the AE71 shell cause its defected.

Also bought all of my old suspension back off my brother. so got a pretty decent setup for this car, just need to get front coilovers and a rear swaybar, maybe front aswell and some rcas cause i sold mine a while ago.

Pics and specs of my new daily KE70 will be up later on

[pebbles]

sick 4age!

what you doing with 4ac now?

[Rob]

You can have the 4AC if you want it.

Heres the new daily i slapped together:

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Specs:
Front:
Cut Falcon Springs
Gear oil shocks
XT130 Corona LCAs with new bushes and balljoints
Nolathane Caster rod bushes
5 mm Slip on spacers
MA61 rims with 185/60R14 G3s

Rear:
Locked Borg Warner
2004 Magna Wagon springs cut to 250mm (definitely stiffer than falcons)
KYB Short Stroke shocks
8mm Slip on spacers
13 x 6 + 12?? Skidders with 175/70R13 Random tyres

Wheel Alignment Specs:
2mm Toe out
just over -1 degrees Camber
+3.5 Caster

Engine:
4K with no air filter and no emissions
4 speed box

Interior:
D1 reclinable seat
Random steering wheel

[pebbles]

sick new daily

does the 4ac run and stuff?
if it does ill take it if you havnt given it away already lol

[Rob]

possibly has a blown headgasket, but it runs well, all there apart from the carby and clutch