Swampgarage khanacross ke70

[86coupe]

After the sudden death of my T18 last year, I was left with a void in my life and a brown spot in my lawn that could only be filled by another corolla. I wanted a car to compete in khanacross events that could make use of our stockpile of surplus ae86 and te72 parts. Then this showed up. Perfect!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346220.jpg

It started life as an "S" spec auto ke70 and was converted to 5 speed manual at some stage. It had lain dormant for a while after its duties as a daily driver ended. It was rudely reawakened late last year when a temporary rego permit was slapped on the windscreen and Mr Yoda drove it on one last epic road trip from Brisbane to Cairns.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346222.jpg

It was revolting, but it made it!

Its days on the road now officially over, I set about getting it race ready. Virtually all of the interior went in the bin and we put in some cheap seats, plywood door trim and Italian leather (and electrical tape) steering wheel. A 12v fan on the dash is the only concession to driver comfort.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346224.jpg

The stock ke70 suspension all went in the bin too.

Up front it now has sigma lower control arms and t18 front struts with rebuilt brakes (larger than ke70 ones). Rear end is a t18 t-series with TRD 2 way lsd, gas struts, TRD ae86 lowering springs and no swaybar.

For off road grip, we used some studded ice tyres on the front and some normal snow tyres on the rear.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346226.jpg

We then took it racing and did a bit of this

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and the exhaust did a bit of this

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and we did some more of this

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and this

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and the car came back looking like this

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It handled really well. Brakes were savage, steering was sharp and the rear slid very predictably. However, it was pathetically slow. We soon found the problem

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346238.jpg

No worries, that's easily fixed.

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Now, on the front verandah, we had a car containing much of the driveline out of this

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346242.jpg

So we set about removing all the useful parts

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and as of this evening, our ke70 is now looking like this

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/346246.jpg

Just the wiring and fuel tank left to complete. Shouldn't have any problems spinning the tyres on dirt now.

[Matt]

You got any spare tyres? :P

Should be fun when completed

[86coupe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMiy5MM4wNM

[Jip86]

so what are you doing with the exhaust from my old trueno?

i cant believe that engine is in its third car now. what a whore!

[Stain]

Bits are being used in various cars up this end of the country :)

[86coupe]

Most of your trueno's driveline is in this now. The diff was bent, so we used a t18 housing, but has the lsd centre from the trueno in it. The exhaust was destroyed when it was on the purple car. I've got the cannon from it on my levin.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/348808.jpg

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Running and drivable now. Just the dash and front bumper to finish, and maybe some sort of cold air intake.

[86coupe]

Took it for a short drive this arvo. Much faster than it was before. Hard to steer now - always trying to swap ends.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ersnSM8XI0

[86coupe]

Super dirt turbo engage!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/373534.jpg

Went to our first event this weekend after fitting the 4age. Worn out tyres were a let down, but damn the engine goes hard. Starting to wonder if it really is stock. No problems, ran perfectly and came home with barely a scratch.

We ditched the t18 rear springs and monroe gas shocks on day 1 as the car felt a bit unstable and was prone to spinning. We put the TRD springs back in, and a pair of long stroke, TRD blue race shocks. Much more stable, but this meant we just spun at much higher speed!

Other thing that was apparent was the severe lack of steering lock due to stupidly long t18 steering arms. Pic above is at full lock! So, before the next one we'll convert to ae86 power steering arms and maybe a lock spacer. Might stop the following from happening...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl5fQICrnMk

[ke_70]

man that looks like fun!

[Seventy]

I think I need to get a rally car now.....

[Jip86]

When the trueno turned up from jland the original back tyres were shagged and the rear shocks were on 8 which means it was not driven in a straight manner at all times!

At some point it was converted from auto to manual and when the trd lsd was installed they left the 4.3s in it.

i always thought it went pretty well but i've never been in a car with a stock 4age so i have nothing to compare. But its possible it has baby cams/more compression because its pulls up top!

A mate and i drove from Brisbane to Mackay (1000km) with the shocks on 8 because every time we thought of it we said "we'll soften them at the next stop" we never did!

[86coupe]

Haha, those shocks would be brutal on 8. I've driven Cairns to Brisbane and back a couple of times in mine and its been torture. Setting 1 is great for dirt though and the springs are perfect. It always seemed faster than my trueno on the road and the timing seems to be advanced to something ridiculous. Timing mark is nowhere near the marks on the timing belt cover.

[Jip86]

The only info on the Trd springs that i could find was measured in N/mm and when i did the conversion the front was really soft like 4.5kg or close to it and the rear was really soft too. they had a trd sticker on them that had a part no.

They called it club sprint level or something like that.

You know what, i never checked the timing. it ran beautifully so i never bothered!

[joeschmo_57]

inspirational

[86coupe]

How the engine looks afterwards

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/376642.jpg

and why

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/376644.jpg

[86coupe]

There's a bitumen sprint day coming up this weekend and all but one of the ae86s are still down. Our poor ke70 has kindly offered to take their place.

While it was great for offroad use, we couldn't take it out on the racetrack with that setup, so we've made a few changes.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/395731.jpg

T18 struts and brakes out. AE86 coilovers with massive bilstein shocks, JDM ae86 brakes and QFM A1RM pads. AE86 power steering arms, new tie rods, steering rack ends and lock spacer. Has about double the amount of lock it had before.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/395733.jpg

Strut tower brace

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/395735.jpg

T3 short shift kit

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/395737.jpg

Ice tyres off, Federal 595 RS-R's on

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/395739.jpg

Just needs wheel alignment, oil change and rear swaybar installed. Its only temporary though - next week we have to change it all back again!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/395741.jpg

[ShowUsYourTints]

Really looking forward to more footage and pics mate. Awesome job.

Cheers,
Shazza

[Seventy]

Nice battery terminals ;)

[Jip86]

its very high for tarmac spec,
also eagerly awaits pics/video

[86coupe]

Yeah, those are your rear springs, and the front ones were a bit long too. Had way more body roll than we're used to, but the grip was awesome and it went as fast as Derek's crazy trueno, and 3 seconds a lap faster than mine!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ-_889NN-8

[86coupe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek35eYjHRWw

[86coupe]

Khanacross time again!

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[86coupe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTjStol6w-k

[86coupe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gSK4SdHFBo

[86coupe]

One of my videos started getting a ton of views yesterday. Turns out I was "hoon of the day" on Jalopnik! :sunnies:

http://jalopnik.com/5936944/you-dont-need-buckets-of-cash-for-an-all+out-hoonmobile

[Jip86]

There's not that many midway blue ke70s around i reckon, i'll have to bring mine up your way for a sprint meet so we can pit them up against each other!!

HOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!!!!

[86coupe]

That would be cool. Hoon battle!

[86coupe]

So last weekend Derek and I made the 1200 km round-trip to compete in a mixed khanacross in Proserpine. Two days of racing, one on dirt, the other on the new bitumen kart/bike/drift circuit. Was a really fun weekend. We beat all but a clubman on the bitumen but are far less experienced the dirt. There was even a new 86 there and we destroyed that too. I managed to get a 3rd outright and 3rd in <1600cc class.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/7/5/1/402993.jpg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6_N2vooVNo

[86coupe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtWL3ZbsWug

[86coupe]

Derek even had a go at drifting. Sort of worked. Amazing that a car with a bigport and r888's could do that!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9HC9eAEJdc

[Jip86]

So last weekend Derek and I made the 1200 km round-trip to compete in a mixed khanacross in Proserpine. Two days of racing, one on dirt, the other on the new bitumen kart/bike/drift circuit. Was a really fun weekend. We beat all but a clubman on the bitumen but are far less experienced the dirt. There was even a new 86 there and we destroyed that too. I managed to get a 3rd outright and 3rd in <1600cc class.


god damn it! i didn't even know it was on and its only an hour away.

Must have been their first event on the bitumen track, but the drifters have been using it for over 6 months.

[86coupe]

It's the second one they've run apparently. I would have contacted you if I'd known you could just enter the bitumen day. Only got to do one lap of the track at a time, but was an interesting track. 1200km is a long way to travel for a track day, but we'll try and get down there again when we can.

[Jip86]

coming down??????
http://wscclub.webs.com/photos/BITUMEN%20JUNE%201-2.jpg

[Stain]

The image doesn't work for me?

[Jip86]

http://wscclub.webs.com/apps/blog/

probably to short of notice now

[Stain]

Entire page doesn't load.

[Jip86]

bitumen/dirt khanacross in proserpine this weekend.

saturday bitumen, sunday dirt.

If you know nothing about it then i guess you haven't planned to go!

[86coupe]

Unfortunately no. I'd like to, but was there a few weeks back, and have just raced at Townsville last weekend, so not feeling like another huge roadtrip so soon.

I'm using all suspension out of your car now. Its so soft, the body roll is amazing. Despite that, it grips like crazy and won its class!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kcwQYsmPk

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[Jip86]

I looked up the spring rates by cross referencing the trd part no's once and the fronts were something like 4.4kg/mm.

That's why i had such big swaybars to counter the body roll.

U1.6l class?

4.3s in the rear?

[86coupe]

Yeah, they're mega soft - great for off road. I'm using stock swaybars now and often no rear swaybar on the dirt.

It's in the <1600 class. This year we've rebuilt the motor with new rings, bearings, a ported head and some bigger cams. We found it had blacktop internals in the bottom end, and 7 rib block. Someone has modified the blacktop pistons to clear the 16v valves. Has much higher compression than a normal bigport and the timing needs to be advanced to something ridiculous (off the scale) to make it run. Strange motor.

[Jip86]

Yeah that Trueno had some nice parts in it that's for sure.

How competitive are you guys compared to the next class up U2l i assume?

[Stain]

I suck. Just slide everywhere - almost always get last haha

[86coupe]

It does alright. Obviously the acceleration is pathetic compared to the turbo awd stuff, but its very quick through the corners. It was more than a second quicker than my trueno was at Townsville.

Here's the timesheet from Townsville last weekend. I'm number 26 http://i.imgur.com/Sf0vTiv.jpg

And the weekend before http://i.imgur.com/DMkJkz3.jpg This is a tighter track with far more corners, so the turbo awd cars can't get away as easily.

[joeschmo_57]

That engine is a good find I guess

[86coupe]

Still making epic dust clouds.


http://youtu.be/iTX7qBsK3qI

[Seventy]

Oh man I love seeing videos of this car, cant wait to build something similar hopefully next year
Also that track looks so fun!

[Jip86]

What are the sizes of the dirt tyres? I'm thinking about trying to get a dirt setup as well as Tarmac for mine.

[86coupe]

185/65 14's

We're using some second hand rally tyres for the front, and ebay "rally retreads (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/185-65-14-NEW-RALLY-RETREAD-TYRES-185-65-r14-MUD-TYRES-Road-legal-6-MO-WARRANTY-/190891898431?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c720b363f&_uhb=1)" I'd like to get a full set of new rally tyres when these wear out. The retreads are better than a road tyre, but not as good as a proper rally tyre.

[Jip86]

I was thinking around that size, I just need some mags that clear the hilux/pug setup on mine in 14s.

[86coupe]

Could be tricky. There's plenty of 15" rally tyres too though. It will be insane on dirt with the supercharger. Hopefully get to see it at a track day in Proserpine or Townsville one day.

[Jip86]

Still na, I've been working a lot and renovating my bathroom so I haven't given the rolla much love lately.

It does run 15.7@85 mph now. I should put it on a dyno and get a proper tune in it.

I did see the 15" rally tyres but they are really tall. 65 profile is the smallest.

[86coupe]

Derek tearing up Herberton this weekend


http://youtu.be/ZfxV2szp03g