Sam's ke70

[sam92]

Hey all
Im new to the forum and have got hold of a fairly tidy ke70 thats lived a boring life being owned by several old people, now its going to get some proper treatment :) hopefully i wont slam into a wall anytime soon :P.. plan to keep it as clean as possible.
Its a white flat front 5 speed manual 187000km few decent dents in it apparently some drunk wanker walked over it :S it has a tiny bit of rust starting but nothing major

its 100% stock atm here it is after pulling off the the grandma spec shit and giving it a good tidy up..

plans are pretty much to have a good simple suspension setup and engine wise im going for an sr20de autech setup.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/397436.jpg

Engine/drivetrain

sr20de (autech) 90,000km aprox
modified stock cm to suit sr20 engine mounts
rebuilt rb30 gearbox ( shifter comes up closer to stock position)
custom one peice tailshaft
borgy diff 4.3 ratio (locked) will upgrade eventually
exedy sr20det hd clutch
s13 sr20det flywheel
shortened intake with k&n pod filter
battery relocated to the boot
s13 alloy rad
blank rocker cover with sandblasted finish
full 2.5" exhaust with hotdog and lukey muffler ( need another muffler bad)
2L surge tank, carby lift pump and vn commonwhore external pump. all in the boot

Suspension/ brakes:

BC gold coilovers (ae86)
ae86 ps knuckles
ajps lock spacer
ajps 40mm rcas
xt130 lcas
cusco panhard rod
whiteline 18mm sway bar adj
all new super pro bushes
all new rackends, balljoints, tie rods
jdm ae86 brakes
slotted/vented rotors

interior/exterior

justjap centered steering wheel
bride lowmax (copy) driver seat
lathed up timber dildo gearknob
vdo water and oil temp gauges
striped all sound deadening and put carpet back in
ma61 wheels 14x7 all round atm
rolled guards and fronts are dodgy cut for castor

[Jimmee1990]

Looks really clean, definately a good base to start from. What are your plans for the build?

[sam92]

Looks really clean, definately a good base to start from. What are your plans for the build?


Yeah it was a good find :) my good mate Jake found it while doing his courier run and we went and convinced the old couple to sell it :P

plans for the build are to put a sr20de in it with good suspension for a fun simple n.a setup to slide :) hopefully everything will come together fairly quickly just have to track down all the parts..

[Matt]

Almost too clean to slide.... But yeah if your mind is made up it it'll be a fun beast.

[jakel]

It is a ke70 so... just don't drift pig it like most ke's make it like one of the clean ke70 drifters.

[dbr11k]

what a banged up piece of shit.


haha just kidding, this is awesome! hope to see it 100% the same body wise, with a nice set of rims and a cranky sr sleeping under the bonnet.

[dbr11k]

oh by the way I noticed you're from wagga... I'm from coota, I'm building a dedicated track ksev at the moment, would love to see this in person one day once it's finished!

cheers, Dion

[sam92]

It is a ke70 so... just don't drift pig it like most ke's make it like one of the clean ke70 drifters.

Wont be a drift pig in this its too clean and i want to keep it that way for as long as possible :)

[sam92]

oh by the way I noticed you're from wagga... I'm from coota, I'm building a dedicated track ksev at the moment, would love to see this in person one day once it's finished!

cheers, Dion

im sure you will see it around as im always going to keep this registered :) ill have to let you know if im ever going out your way to check out your build.

[dbr11k]

yea no worries, hope it all for well for you and doesn't destroy your wallet like mine has done haha

[sam92]

So if been to lazy to post but have made some progress :) i have now acquired..

SR20de AUTECH motor box loom ecu etc
BC br series coilovers all round
86 power steering arms
cusco adj panhard rod
ajps 40mm rcas
lock spacers
cheap dished steering wheel and boss kit
lathed myself a timber dildo gear knob ;)

havnt started putting anything together yet waiting on getting some jdm brakes then ill do everything at once :)

[dbr11k]

Good stuff, that's the best way to do it, make a weekend of it and get as much done as possible.

[sam92]

Thats the plan :) i wont start the conversion until i have pretty well everything i think ill need so im not just waiting for parts all the time and can just get it done and back on the road asap...

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/538288.jpg
interior / gear knob i lathed up

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/401020.jpg
gave the louver i had lying around the chop to turn it into a little wing

[blinded]

Fuck yeah, looks awesome man!

Got any plans for wheels soon?

[sam92]

Hey Alex was wondering who you were on here :) saw you today don't think you spotted me. yeah speaking of wheels I bought some ma61 wheels today 14x7
Decided to run with something cheap for now haha and they aren't going to attract unwanted attention since having p plates is a big enough magnet

[sam92]

I got a little bit done today and not so done. i got all my suspension in rcas, ps arms ( stock ones were shit to get off), jdm brakes with rca slotted rotors didnt work out to plan i didnt realise that the stock caliper brackets wouldnt work.

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now i have to ask the olds very politely to drive their car for a few days since this is my daily lol

[sam92]

27091
Acquired lows.

[dbr11k]

Oh my, that is very fukin nice haha.. Lookin heaps good man can't wait to see it out cruising . Are you gunna drive around for a bit with the 4k before doing the conversion ?

[sam92]

Cheers man :) yeah it will be on the road for the next 6 to 8 weeks I reckon once I organise my engine to be shipped. Then I'll strip it down work out what I need and don't and shave the Nissan of top of the engine try to make it a bit more subtle. Then conversion time :D

[dbr11k]

Shit yea! Cruise over too coota so I can check it out ? Haha.. Hopefully by the end of November you will see mine cruising round wagga with L plates on it ;p

[sam92]

Might come out and check out your build one weekend if I'm not busy. Your not on your L plates are you ? Haha. I'd like to have the sr in an running by the end of the year possibly even driving :)

[dbr11k]

I lost my licence so have to sit the L's test haha, so im gunna drive the rolla while I have them. That way its still legal, yea man sounds good

[sam92]

haha what the fuck if never heard of someone going back to their L's you must of done something bad!!!!!! :P
i thought my car would be driving again tonight, i was doing my jdm brake setup and turns out one of the calipers needs a rebuild the guy that sold them to me said they were fine..

[dbr11k]

Lost it for over 24 months so they make you sit your Ls now lol.. I will check to see if I have calipers in the shed when I get home from work, I might have

[sam92]

It will be a lot cheaper to just rebuild what I have and I know they will be right then :)

[sam92]

car is back on the road and feels fucking awesome!! might need to get the right hand caliper checked out its still rubbing slightly and not allowing the wheel to spin freely when i have the car off the ground.
a mate helped me pull it apart and replace the piston and there was a fair bit of rust in there it may just need more cleaning out with some wet an dry..
other then that brakes feel awesome suspension feels good all i have left to do suspension wise is sway bar, bushes and lcas. :)

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/538328.jpg
you can see why this was seized up!!!!
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corolla and my mates skidma ;)
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[dbr11k]

Defect magnet ! Looks so tuff dude!

[sam92]

clears 100mm, wheels dont poke i should be ok im hoping :)

[Sprinter Freak]

looks tuff man, will be killer with sr in it.

[lolwat]

clears 100mm, wheels dont poke i should be ok im hoping :)
your trailing arm mounts are so not 100mm off the ground LOL

tidy as like it, i need to get myself a set of MA's

[sam92]

Measured everything on flat ground earlier trailing arm mounts clear 90mm, stock exhaust hangs 95mm at lowest point so I stand corrected lol. Cheers man I'm happy with the MA's nice and subtle i think, not too aggressive

[dbr11k]

Didn't think it looked legal haha, get a set of rims 1" bigger and it should be sweet ;)

[sam92]

Bigger :0 if anything Id go 13s HAHA

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/538348.jpg
tried on a mates wantanabes

[dbr11k]

You still want this T series ? Need to make room around the shed lol

[sam92]

Yeah man I should be able to come out there this weekend ill message you on Facebook

[Jacobxxx]

You'd want something bigger than t for a SR ;)

Don't like black on white, but that's just me haha

[sam92]

Yeah I don't think I'd run black wheels on it. I'm hoping the t series will get me out of trouble for a while I was going to run a yr22 but the cost, time and effort put me off it for now haha plus it changes the track in the rear

[lolwat]

locked borgy till you can afford to build a F series

[jakel]

Should be right as long as it doesn't cop too much abuse just make sure the cw+p are all adjusted properly and it should last a while, oh and keep a spare center and axles haha.

[sam92]

ill just have to be careful i guess i got the t series really cheap thats why i got it :P if i have to upgrade later then the only thing that will be a pain in the arse is that i have to have another tailshaft made up.

[sam92]

Got some re001s last week 185/60 superpro bushes for all the front end and new wheel bearings and lca balljoints.
and am now running a bride low max fix back that i bought pretty much new off a mate :)

[dbr11k]

$50 for a T series can't complain about that !

[sam92]

Wasn't complaining about it :) just hope I don't break it haha

[dbr11k]

Just go easy on the clutch kicks once the sr is in and you'll be right haha

[sam92]

thats the plan just use the cars weight to throw it :)

[tc-rolla]

Nice rig man. How do you like the bc's?

[sam92]

Thanks man, the bc's are awesome to drive with not sure about sliding yet. Money well spent in my opinion :)

[sam92]

some progress this week :)
superpro bushes just need trailing arm and front swaybar D bushes.
xt130 lcas
wheel alignment and re001s on the front
also raised my car all round to clear legal height and look a bit more sensible, place that did my wheel alignment measured aswell to give me a little more confidence.


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[sam92]

I put a AJPS lock spacer in while i was going havnt got any photos of lock yet

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/538411.jpg
photo from the way to matsuri i was getting a little lonely with no passenger i needed someone to talk to ;)

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grinded the cam cover and got a mate to sandblast it for me. not so obviously nissan now

[dbr11k]

Rocker cover come up good, but good luck hiding the fact its an sr unless you come across a real stooopid copper haha

[Matt]

The car won't feel as dirty now that Nissan word is gone... I like the look of it

[Jacobxxx]

I want that bit of chain back too... Hahaha

[sam92]

Righto pecky ill send it back one link at a time ;)

[sam92]

Cheers Matt I'm happy with it, it should dirty up nicely over time I'm going for a boring subtle look. Dion most cops won't pop the bonnet on someone who isn't breaking the law around here. I'm going to engineer eventually and I hang up the p plates in 8 months

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/538427.jpg
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i knocked off a week early from work so ive made a start i went and got some dry ice to strip the dampening off the floor
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/502874.jpg
lolololol found these in the join of the carpet expired in 2000 anyone keen? :P
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sr is bolted in now, it still has to come out again for a new clutch and flywheel as they were fucked and also the s15 clutch and flywheel wont work with my rb30 gearbox.

even though i have the rb30 box the shifter position is still a fair way back compared to stock will get a photo at some stage.

[Casey-G]

Sick.


im coming to wagga in mine when its finished n were going for a blat up to Sydney. kdeal.

[sam92]

whats in sydney? your lucky you have vic rego ill probably get raped up there haha :P

[sleeper_13]

Would probably reccomend cutting a hole in your fire wall will make it possible to reach gearbox bolts unless when you blow the clutch you want to drop the crossmember or pull the engine out to get to them

[sam92]

I considered it but it doesn't take long to get the motor out if I have to. I got a rb box for free of a mate and another mate rebuilt it on the cheap and I'm going to run a new clutch. Should be fine for a while :)

[jakel]

My 1uz needs engine out to remove box or I can cut the tunnel up when it needs to be pulled out and weld in a bigger one. Also if you can't get the bolts out without taking engine off how easy would it be to remove the box itself?

[sam92]

I don't plan on doing any cutting as Im keeping mine as a simple street/track car.
If I have to remove the gearbox I shouldn't have to pull the engine completely out, just undo and bring forward enough to get to the bolts hopefully.
Ill cross that bridge when I get to it :p

[sam92]

Im slowly getting there and trying to get as much done as i can while im still on holidays, the heat is making it hard to endure though :P
I got a s13 det flywheel off a mate and bought a new exedy hd clutch to suit.
I have also got my fuel system in the boot done, it wasnt as daunting as i first thought it was made simple by a helpful thread here on the forum. i just have to do my clutch master and then the engine can go in and stay in then sort out tailshaft, exhaust, put the 4.3 ratio in my borgy that Casey supplied me and get it adjusted up properly.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/503350.jpg
A bit messy but it should do the job the toolbox is rubber lined and mounted aswell as the lift pump and fuel pump so it should be quiet im hoping haha.

Everything should be done in the next couple of weeks and then the car will be a good looking lump of useless metal until i can get a loom to suit an autech or s15 de motor since the one i got supplied with was cut at the ecu and at the firewall so im missing a metre or more of wiring and have no idea what to do yet.
so my car most likely wont be at winton matsuri like originally planned unless i work something out soon which im having no luck with.

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/538456.jpg
just to give an idea of what im dealing,there is a fair bit of missing wire. anyone that can offer any advice from previous experience would be appreciated

[sam92]

Instead of the usual Saturday night I decided to stay in and get shit done. I have a loom now so a mate came round and started getting into the wiring and trying to teach me "still does my head in" and we got it to start by about 1am for about 5 seconds, was flippin Loud running off the extractors and I thought I'd show I little consideration for the neighbours (top bloke).

Should have it driving in the next couple of weeks I hope, I didn't enter winton matsuri unfortunately because of lack of funds, not having a cage etc.

Anyways I'm sick of talking to myself. Sorry for the novel and lack of photos I get to distracted in wanting to finish the car haha

[Casey-G]

Keep at it Sam.. its apparently all worth it once its running.. :S

I'll be missing matsuri as well, let's try and make the next vicdrift day?

[sam92]

Will be ready for the next vic drift day for sure and ill have time to fix any little problems that pop up :) just hearing it finally run has given me the motivation to get it done haha

[sam92]

sooooo hopefully it will be out on the road by the weekend :) literally just waiting on my tailshaft to be made and have to wire up the tacho.

I think the exhaust is going to be a little on the loud side im running a magnaflow cat and a lukey muffler ill see how it sounds actually driving and not in the garage and then possibly add a muffler.

By the way i bought a mx73 last week and as a bit of a safe car to drive around when i know the cops will be out and about ;) no real plans for it probably just going to keep it completely stock.

[Jacobxxx]

By the way i bought a mx73 last week and as a bit of a safe car to drive around when i know the cops will be out and about ;) no real plans for it probably just going to keep it completely stock.

nek minut manual, coilovers and 15x9s

[sam92]

Don't put ideas in my head pecky :( I wanna start saving money now that my car is almost done not start spending all over again :p

[Casey-G]

1j Auto
Tiny bit lower
And as said 15x9's

Would be a kickass daily n I'd have a more wholesome view of you having something boosted :P

[sam92]

If I ever was too put a 1j in no way would I go auto id wanna skid it. I might even have a crack at towing with it at some stage.

[Casey-G]

$$$$ vs fuckall for auto.. ya fry it n just bang another one in there :P

[Jacobxxx]

Auto does skids @marrvyy

5m is an animal in manual anyway, no need for J

[sam92]

Good point but auto is gayyyyyyyyyyyyy what about 7mgte? ;)

[sam92]

Apparently they bolt in

[sam92]

Auto does skids @marrvyy

5m is an animal in manual anyway, no need for J

I've been shown hills footage of Marv in his beast

[Jacobxxx]

7mgte's are good, friends ma61 skids 4th at QR LOL

[Casey-G]

Does it go through head gaskets? Or do I just hear all the bad stories?

[Jdm-Mcc]

ARP studs and a good gasket with correct torque up and they are schweeet, silly toyota and their incorect head bolt torques

[Jacobxxx]

Apparently turbo variants are all good on the headgasket front, only thing he kept doing was oil feed lines, but went braided and speedy fittings and she's gravy

[Jdm-Mcc]

gravy parmy!

but yeah zac's rig is sweet till mcmahon runs into it LERL

[sam92]

I remember you telling me about this, did that happen while you were up there ? I would have lost it if I was him

[Jacobxxx]

Lil' while back

It's all fixed now though, think he's getting a rewire and doing more burnouts


actually just remembered a conversation we had and he got majored bad so track only now :(

[Jdm-Mcc]

gheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey

[sam92]

That sucks!!!!!!!! Should dodgy up rego :p I hope my car never gets put off the road. I'd just keep clearing it and going again haha

[Jacobxxx]

Don't have to worry if you don't have rego ;)

[sam92]

Wagga has (smart) cop cars now that can scan every plate around them and it flags up as unregistered and any offences you have committed etc. they are sneaky as, cant even tell they are a cop till you have pretty much passed them.

Scary shit :(

[sam92]

ON TOPIC though, I picked my tailshaft up at smoko so hopefully ill be driving the ke tonight :D sooooooo keeeeeeen

[Jacobxxx]

STATIC VIDEO
PLS

[sam92]

Have to run the diff in and then I'm sure it can be arranged ;)

[Jacobxxx]

Static will just speed up the process

[Sprinter Freak]

keen to see this thing finished, how long all up did the conversion take to finish?

[sam92]

Was off the road for about 6 weeks.

It Ran awesome on its first run. Then i Went around the visit the gf and it started to get a misfire and stalled fiddled for an hour and got nothing so I had to bail and leave it on the side of the road :(

[sam92]

FML after all the trouble and having to find another loom thats where the problem is again. i have all my fuses fuel system relays and ecu in my glovebox and whenever you move wires about in there the car fucks up.
A mate and me have been spending hours trying to single out which wire it is as we are sure its right down at the ecu end of the loom but after replacing a couple that seem to be a problem we are just getting the same result so far..

[Casey-G]

Car doesn't like missus..

[willa]

Sounds dumb, but make sure your ecu plugs are pushed all the way in!

also if it was a 4a conversion I'd suggest looking for a loose earth, maybe check them all anyway?

[sam92]

Car doesn't like missus..

Damn she might have to go then, I can't have that.

[sam92]

Sounds dumb, but make sure your ecu plugs are pushed all the way in!

also if it was a 4a conversion I'd suggest looking for a loose earth, maybe check them all anyway?

Me and Harry have been going over everything earths are fine, earth wires in the loom may be a different story. Harry has nailed it down to being in the glove box, when the car is running you wiggle wires and it shuts off. Problem is trying to wiggle individual wires without moving the ecu or other wires so that we can track exactly which one is causing the problem

[Casey-G]

Check all pins are in the ecu plugs properly.. unloom it all and with the car running wiggle each individual wire

[Casey-G]

Lol

"Sorry love.. car keeps breaking and needs attention.. I have to make a choice"....

That would go down well, followed by a barrage of well.. all that stuff they do.

[sam92]

That's exactly what we have been doing man but its hard to wiggle individual wires with moving anything else slightly.

And yeah she just asks every now and then why don't I just have sex with my car lololol

[Casey-G]

Hahahahaha...

Yeah.. well best bet is to definitely take all looming covers n tape off.. might end up a bit messy.. but it will be worth getting anything in the way out of the way.. will also make repairs to the wiring easy if actually needed..

I know funny things happen when the shielding on the cables for like ignition..knock sense.. and other things like the pickup from the dizzy aren't continues from the ecu to the sensor.. so maybe look at that.. and make sure your power grounds aren't directly connected to your sensor ground n such.. it will make havoc of your fault finding attempts.. might be best to look up the wire colours on that particular ecu/engine loom on a diagram or something to make sure they haven't been spliced together in the conversion

[Casey-G]

I know when I was on clutch number 2 of 3 last year the Mrs was thinking the same thing.. it was quite hard to explain to her that I was doing my best without spending the money we had aside for the holiday we took shortly after that.. tired everything from stepping the flywheel till the fingers were practically flat in closed operation.. to even (omg) lowering the boost from 20 to 15 :/

Cars eh

[sam92]

Ill look into that this arvo man cheers.

At the end of the day she will get over it :p when I took mine for a ride when I was running properly she was like ok I see what you've done haha ;)

[sam92]

My wiring genius mate Spent a couple of hours on it yesterday fixed a couple of broken wires and loose pins in the ecu its getting better but there is still obviously faulty shit there to find.

I'm lucky the problems are all in the last 30-40cm of loom and I'm not chasing problems all the way along.

[regginblack]

I just realised you have a build thread. He-ya

[sam92]

Oh shiiiiiit now Im going to have you trolling my thread. It's not much of a build thread lol, it's going to turn into a fix what I break thread soon.

Haha I should be right for a while, literally everything steering and driveline is new or close to it.

[regginblack]

I want your car Sam. I'm jelly

[sam92]

Swap for you 86 man ;) haha like that's ever gunna happen you will be buried with that car.

You will have to take the ke for a drive at some stage when I see you at matsuri if my wiring is sorted which it should be this week :)

[sam92]

Wiring issue is sorted hopefully for good. Now I have my ecu tightly secured in my glove box so it can't flap about. Only thing left to do is get a Sender for oil temp gauge and wire up tacho < how the f###

And here's how boring I managed to make my sr20 look :) it's stock isn't it officer ? 28166

[Casey-G]

Tach wire off coil negitive

Oil sender should be straight forward enough..


Cam cover needs a Toyota badge and a trd oil cap :P

Well done mate

[Jacobxxx]

Can you, Jake and Harry move up here please, i want cool cars around me.

[willa]

Nice work. Needs a heat shield to hide extractors ;)

[regginblack]

Swap for you 86 man ;) haha like that's ever gunna happen you will be buried with that car.

You will have to take the ke for a drive at some stage when I see you at matsuri if my wiring is sorted which it should be this week :)

Both things you mentioned will definitely happen mate hahahaha. Also can you get a fan shroud to suit or make one up?

[sam92]

Cheers guys only had it off the road for 7 weeks inc the wiring issues. Now it's just got little tidy ups to do. And I'm sure ill do other mods over time :)

Haha pecky I wanna sooooo bad oneday, jake never shuts up about how good it is up there.

[sam92]

Gunna see how I go without a shroud first Kumar the car doesn't seem to get past 75 degrees ill see if that changes at an event

[Jacobxxx]

Nismo thermostat does wonders, hottest my s14 has got is 76

[regginblack]

True. Good to have one either way just so you never have to worry about it. Also the clutch fan will only lock if its hot enough to do so, and your running a thermo right? Such a clean engine bay without turbo junk in it! Me jelly

[sam92]

No thermo :p either I've driven hard a couple of times and the temp hasn't risen, sliding may be a different matter but I think it will be fine. STOCK engine = win :)

[sam92]

Don't need turbo junk :p for a long time anyways when vct kicks in fun times are had :) plus not keen on huge power for more breakage and using a dickload of tyres.

[Casey-G]

I object to your breakage and excessive tire wear proposal sir..

Booooost eeeet

[Casey-G]

I also run no thermo.. no worries

[sam92]

I was waiting for you to say something like that haha it deadset would have been cheaper to go sr turbo. Owell having an n/a car will teach me a lot, won't be just picking a gear and putting my foot down :p

[lolwat]

I was waiting for you to say something like that haha it deadset would have been cheaper to go sr turbo. Owell having an n/a car will teach me a lot, won't be just picking a gear and putting my foot down :p

thank fuck a young person realises this

[sam92]

Watching the guys who drive n/a cars is a lot more interesting, just watching how fast they go and how hard they push their cars to break balance.

That is how I want to learn to drive my car and learn as much from it as I can.

[sam92]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mntHPV2Ijg

this video makes me want a little 4age to thrash :P

[Casey-G]

Double post*

[Casey-G]

thank fuck a young person realises this

Old person :P

[Water Boy]

Good work Sam!

[sam92]

Hey woody didn't know you were on here man. Cheers, hopefully will have it at the track soon should come up .

[regginblack]

hurry up and update

[JDMWheels]

Watching the guys who drive n/a cars is a lot more interesting, just watching how fast they go and how hard they push their cars to break balance.

That is how I want to learn to drive my car and learn as much from it as I can.

Couldn't agree more with this!

[Mika]

Watching the guys who drive n/a cars is a lot more interesting, just watching how fast they go and how hard they push their cars to break balance.

That is how I want to learn to drive my car and learn as much from it as I can.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mntHPV2Ijg

this video makes me want a little 4age to thrash :P

This makes me happy. x3 agree, about to finish my N/A 4AGE conversion. Hanging to run it!

[sam92]

hurry up and update

There isnt anything to update man. been constantly trying to make it run properly with no luck and a hole growing in my pocket. it only has a month of rego left to so i need to work it out because the way its been costing me money i wont be able to afford to rego it for a couple of months.

[regginblack]

Have you checked the things Leigh suggested?

[sam92]

Yeah man I've checked! I'm going to replace the old leads even though their resistance was fine I got told they may be failing once the car is hot? Other then that I think it's in the dizzy, I pulled the coil off and I'm going to have it checked tomorrow.

[sam92]

If these attemps fail ill get Harry to take it to his tafe teacher who has an oscilloscope. Should take a lot of the guess work out. I hope

[regginblack]

Hope so man. Fucking sucks. Don't let it get you down though brother, we've all been through it.

[blinded]

Except me, because I stuck with Toyota engines!

:P

xoxo

[sam92]

Thanks Alex, you always know how too make me feel better :) xx

[Jacobxxx]

Hahahaha alex

If you convert to carbs you will have 0 worries

[Pidgey]

<3 <3
hope you get this thing sorted man, super quick! Me likey

[sam92]

Cheers man hopefully i will have it fixed properly this week and will have no more dramas for a while.

I have rego due in three weeks and my pocket hurts, I still need a cage to get it out on the track. I will make it happen soon provided I don't have more issues

[sam92]

FIXED :) and running awesome :D :D

[Kevspec]

fuck yes! great news man. Keen for static vids

[sam92]

Cheers Kev. Maybe oneday just for you ;) me and jake are gunna try enter may practice day most likely in an uncaged class because I have rego coming up in a few weeks and I'm poooooor haha

[lolwat]

good to see its all sorted

[sam92]

cheers man im stoked all the work has finally paid off im still waiting on a temp sender for oil and i need to work out how to wire up the stock ke70 tacho and the car is pretty well complete until i upgrade the diff later on.

on the weekend i went camping with a few mates in the Kosciusko national park and Jake ( in benzo's old corona) and me in the corolla went for a spirited drive through some fun twisty, tight roads. It was an awesome drive and felt good to get the corolla on some roads where i could drive it properly. I couldnt fault the car it drove awesome and felt very good too drive :)

well thats my shitty little short story :)

[Jacobxxx]

Tacho would probably just need some resisters changed similar to 20v into ke70

[blinded]

Tacho booster or something. Had to make one for my corolla to use the factory tacho dash with individual coilpacks. Might have some of the required pieces still left over.

[sam92]

i might pop around sometime this week and have a look if you arent busy. im sick of having no tacho :P

[ketodriftke70wagon]

Really interesting build man. More photo updates!!

[sam92]

Really interesting build man. More photo updates!!

cheers man. as for photos i always do a job and completely forget to take photos, i get too caught up in getting it done so i can drive again.

but since you gave me the reminder i remembered today.

i did all new sp front end bushes a couple of months ago and today i finally did my trailing arms.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507055.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0350_zpse6f870e6.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507056.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0349_zpse4b8373a.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507057.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0347_zpsc9611e3c.jpg.html)

another little job i need to attend to is move the brake hose bracket as far as the solid line will move without kinking because my tyre is catching it sometimes on full lock.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507058.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0351_zps62671017.jpg.html)

[sam92]

i forgot to mention too that I've ordered a CAMs spec half cage through Bond roll bars and have entered May practice day at Winton.

[sam92]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507229.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0360_zpse2e2e068.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507230.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0359_zpsbdba9c3f.jpg.html)
Alex Jake and I all ordered cages together from bond so we spend a good part of saturday putting them in!!
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507231.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0365_zps96db77cf.jpg.html)
unlike Alex with his bright green cage i went for the most subtle colour i could to try and hide it as i drive my car on the street everyday haha
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507232.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0361_zps98e47f79.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507233.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0368_zps351363c5.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507234.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0367_zpsfac4c9ca.jpg.html)
sorrrrry seat. even though it obviously cant be sat in i think it looks a lot neater having the seat in there.
will CAMs want to peel the carpet and seat back to check over the cage at the track does anyone know?

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507235.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0371_zpsf7141a73.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507236.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0374_zpsc2374698.jpg.html)

hope people appreciate less words more pictures, i went to alot of effort to stop and take photos this time haha :)

[Kevspec]

Looks good as bro! Handle any better?

[sam92]

It does actually I was surprised. I always assumed that with a firm suspension setup a cage will make it more slippery. I was proved wrong :)

[Mika]

Looks clean dude! Awesome job! ^^ x2, Handle any better?

[KurtHS]

You dudes staying the night? Might come up for the day just to watch your sexy ass drive. This thing is soooo cool, goes hard! I'll make sure I bring my KE key so I can't steal it again.

[sam92]

Shhh don't tell everyone that ke keys seem to be universal haha ;). I thought you entered as well!!! You better have! I wanna stay Saturday night I'm not sure what's happening yet I'm not keen for 3 hours there 3 hours back plus the event.

[Seventy]

Looks awesome, some tint would hide the cage ;)

[sam92]

Wouldn't suit it in my opinion maybe if the car was a dark colour you could get away with it

[luke04]

Looks awesome man, basic Ke's work so well

dont tint, mines white with lebo spec tint and it looks horrid, need to remove it...

[sam92]

Looks awesome man, basic Ke's work so well

dont tint, mines white with lebo spec tint and it looks horrid, need to remove it...

I agree pull that shit off :) keep tint for newer cars, not our 80's beaters

[regginblack]

Don't stress about them looking. They might need to look at it but it will be once and if you tell them to be carefull they will

[regginblack]

Looking tough btw. Keeping it sexy!

[KurtHS]

CAMS don't inspect the cage it's just Vicdrift guys, they probably won't bother looking at your mounting plates.

[sam92]

Doesn't worry me if if have to pull the seat out and show them, once its cleared its cleared nothing dodgy to see here. Are you entered Kurt please tell me you are

[Water Boy]

Ball park figure on the half cage?

[sam92]

I paid $600. cams approved it was in a group buy so I saved a bit.

[sam92]

Just another update!!
Im going to my first track day this weekend at Winton, so keeen also a little nervous though.
i have just been doing a few last minute jobs to get the car ready here is a bash plate i made for the sump last night.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507771.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0406_zpsddd3dc8a.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507772.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0409_zps0f2a091c.jpg.html)
Alex ( blinded on forum ) did a couple of structural welds for me so thats its not a floppy piece of shit. ( i need to buy a welder and learn myself sometime)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507773.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0408_zps7f8226c5.jpg.html)

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507774.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0411_zpsab24ad30.jpg.html)
one bash plate!! hopefully it holds up, or i just dont need it :P


also tried some mk2s on the other day SOOOOO much want!! i need better wheels at some stage
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/507775.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0402_zpsd648ce8a.jpg.html)

[Jdm-Mcc]

Ha, gheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey

[sam92]

Your gheeeeeeeeeeeey mate, I've seen what you get up too when you think no one is watching!

[blinded]

Name dropped...for shitty welds.

[sam92]

They are never seen and they do their job :)

[Kevspec]

Your gheeeeeeeeeeeey mate, I've seen what you get up too when you think no one is watching!

I have photo evidence that would incriminate the both of you..

[sam92]

Nooooooooooo!!!! Your just at much of a crim for taking photos you sick f###

SKIDS TODAY btw :D

[Jdm-Mcc]

Post it kev, I aint scared

[sam92]

Please post the one that involves jake and Jess

[Kevspec]

The one that involves jake and Jess incriminates other members of the forum haha..

[sam92]

Incriminate everyone !

Anyways on topic:
My first track day went well yesterday drove my car the 2.5 hour drive skidded all day with no issues. :)
Being my first time I was getting a lot of under steer at the start when I wasn't throwing it off balance hard enough then Kumar and Will came passenger and gave me some good tips and told me what I was doing wrong. By the end of the day I was getting somewhere and having a lot of fun, I can't wait to get out there again the car felt awesome to drive and I learned a lot :)

[sam92]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/uvezavu9.jpg
Went for a unplanned random 3 hour adventure to the snow today since I had a RDO and my mrs also had the day off and has never seen snow before.

I was almost gunna stop in and see if you were home Casey if your reading this. Thought it would be rude with no notice though

[Casey-G]

Mad bastard... Here I am living out in the sticks and you don't even drop in n say hi :P
Nah its all good I haven't been home anyways.. Should be home next week Wednesday though!


Car looks good bro

[sam92]

Cheers man! I won't be going up again till season starts then ill be up there a bit on weekends. Ill drop in for sure, hopefully your ute sells and you get the corolla going ;)

[Casey-G]

Meh I'm having second thoughts on selling the ute, rolla will cop a work out on the slopes when its back.. Cruises will be organized.

[sam92]

Can't wait :) should head up to the snow with us a bit this season when you have time provided your not a SKIER haha :p

[Casey-G]

I like me skiiers like I like my victims in the rolla... Rolled.

Board lyf

[Jdm-Mcc]

hahahahaha

[sam92]

I don't have a season pass this year so I don't have to behave as much
Lets play a game jake, lets see who can unclip the most skiers in one day haha

[Water Boy]

Looked good Sammy.

And ill have you know im a skiier.

[sam92]

Cheers Woody, to bad you guys only stopped in for a brief visit the other week :( would have been good to have some beers or something.

I was bound to offend someone with the skier comment :p get a board haha

[Jdm-Mcc]

Skiiers, pssh haha

Good to meet you Woody! that little Seat of your's seems like a rocket.

[sam92]

I put some JDI knuckles in my car a couple of weeks ago ( thanks Kumar for supplying standard knuckles and getting them done I owe you big time !) feels so much better to drive now.

Also replaced my thermostat as my car wasn't heating up properly and put some new brake hoses on while I was going. Car is still off the road now dammit because the new brake hoses I got had metal filings in one of the lines which then blocked up when bleeding the brakes. I have the calliper pulled apart to make sure nothing got in there.

[regginblack]

:heart:

[sam92]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/23/y3a2u3ab.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/23/ry9abe3u.jpg

I got my hands on a cheap strut brace the other week, it was pretty rough so I gave it a sand and some fresh paint and its like new again. It only clears the engine by about 10mm so I'm yet to find out if it will rub on the cam cover when driving. if it does ill have to make some sort of spacer to make a bit more clearance.

[sam92]

Sooo I finally got the car back together and driving for the first time in a month, I put new seals in the caliper that I thought had got shavings of metal inside it and bled the brakes and now the car pulls hard left when I brake. Bled them again and same thing and the pedal feels shit.think there's something wrong with the caliper now :s. What's surposed to be an easy job has become a nightmare.

On a happier note a bought hoshinos and they turned up today :) made everything a little better haha

[Jdm-Mcc]

keep bleeding them, bet there is still air in there hence the pulling at shit pedal

[sam92]

Yeah gunna get more brake fluid an go again this arvo I was out there till almost 12 last night I was over it haha I pulled the caliper off and the piston isn't stuck and its pushing against the brake pads just not as hard as the left and I bled the front over and over again and got no air

[blinded]

Are you using one of those 1 man bleeders or doing a 2 man job?

[sam92]

Gravity bled then got my little brother out for the 2 man job

[sam92]

photo update:

finally got some decent wheels
Hoshinos!! 14x8 -7 up front and 14x7.5 -1 on rear, would have liked the 8s on the rear but they sat outside the guards too much and they only just sit out on the front

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/510213.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0570_zps52c7207c.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/510214.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0575_zps2b19f665.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/510215.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0574_zps2c57e257.jpg.html)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/4/2/510216.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0579_zps2cfd3dcc.jpg.html)

[Mika]

Looking rad dude!

[sam92]

The car is entered in Wintons prac day on sat but is still in the garage and the brakes are still shit!!
Don't know what it could be I have now put other brakes, hoses and a new brake master on and bled the brakes and the pedal is still soft and the car pulls hard left when braking :(

Spent endless hours trying to fix it this week but I don't think the prac day is happening.

[Casey-G]

Bleed at the cylinder first then do the rear left, rear right, front left, front right... I had the same issue with the last car I did, ended up needed the bleed at the cylinder first to get them all to come firm.

I'm not home atm but if I can end up down winton way this weekend man it'll be great to see you there.. No point wasting the entry.. We'll sort the car out.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Motorculture mobile app

[sam92]

I'm trying my hardest to get it down there I just got to think of something that's been overlooked I'm Gunna try take it to someone today

[Sprinter Freak]

The brake line splitter under the master cylinder could have a stuffed seal in it, one of the callipers could also be seized a bit. just a thought.

[Kevspec]

Is the brake pad cracked? If the pad's cracked it'll cause an uneven braking surface on the rotors and etc.

[sam92]

Hahaha kev that is exactly what I found had happened last night! I changed callipers but used the same pads and because it was cracked it wasn't making full contact. Changed them over and all good :) winton was fun. N/a life!!! One pair of tyres all day!!

[sam92]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/15/sa2unu8a.jpg
Winton on Saturday was fun, the car worked sweet all day!! Track was very slippery and my car was being very twitchy and snappy with the new knuckles, it took a couple of sessions to start getting a couple of decent lines happening.
Hopefully some more photos will pop up soon.

[Mika]

Hell yeah dude! Gotta be stoked with that!

[Water Boy]

Skids!

[luke04]

Hoshies look awesome man, suit the white so well.

Still have the ma61's around?

[sam92]

Cheers man! yeah I still have the ma61s, holding onto them they make good street wheels when I know the cops are having a blitz and defecting people + good skidders

[luke04]

Trying to hunt down a set, same idea as you have. For wheels that are common, I can't seem to find some!

This still running stock borgy?

[sam92]

Maybe put up a wanted thread for some? Heaps of people have them, some people want a lot for them though and some people want next to nothing.
They are a good standard wheel with decent offsets for what they are.

Yeah still running the standard borgy with 4.33s I had it shimmed up when I did the engine conversion it's holding up like a champ.

[luke04]

Yeah had a wtb up on a few fb groups but will try my luck here also.

Borgy loves it!

[sam92]

Not much to update but I've put a hydro in now as my cable handbrake is stretched and won't lock up anymore.

Also i have entered my car in Qld matsuri :) Gunna make the long drive up and hope that nothing breaks haha.

[Jacobxxx]

Fuck I'm going to have to trailer so many cars back to my place

[sam92]

Haha probably. As long as I don't blow my diff or have a stack I should be sweet. that being said everything will fuck up now.

[sam92]

On topic do any sr20 knowledgable people think its a bad idea if I bypass my knock sensor ? It's playing up and yes I know what it does and the risks but really what's the chances of my stock motor going bang?

[Jacobxxx]

She be right

[Jdm-Mcc]

Are you sure you can come Sam? wont you be letting your footy team down? Im told your their best ball handler. Dont worry about your knock sensor mate, focus on the ball(s)

[sam92]

I think you meant this message for Zale and he is on the vw forum jake. If I was going to touch balls I wouldn't do it wearing shorts in the middle of winter on a wet muddy field with everyone watching and cheering on who they want to touch the balls.

[sam92]

I'm sure Zale would give you a valid reason on why he thinks its a fun thing to do.

[Jdm-Mcc]

How do you know when footy season is? mate your full of it, ball toucher

[sam92]

This thread is about a sr20 corolla not football mate

[Jacobxxx]

Fuck i wanna pack a scrum right now

[sam92]

Pack a bum?

[Jdm-Mcc]

Pack glens mums bum

[blinded]

FOOTY

[sam92]

So my hydro is plumbed and and working sweet!! i was going to do a shakedown run before QLD matsuri at winton this weekend but my knock sensor is still playing up and the car is running like shiiiit. im still going to just bypass it fuck trying to replace it haha.

[KurtHS]

You don't need a hydro with drum brakes you filthy bastard!

[sam92]

I just got back from the painfully long drive to qld for matsuri, it was a rad weekend and a few hectic weeks leading up to it with my loom already being in Queensland being remade by ( Kevin Rowly) who some people probably know or have heard of and lucky for me i got my full licence and a few days before the trip ( massive relief) and bought a pj ranger a couple of weeks back to tow with so getting the car up there wasnt an issue.
anyways the loom all went back in sweet with all the broken wires fixed and a couple of things wired up that were missed and then we went to start it and no dice :(. kev quickly worked out that my ecu and fingered and needs replacing, being easier said then done being an autech ecu he gave me a silvertop de auto ecu to run it with which was not ideal but manageable. the car struggled to hold long lines and would die in the arse and sit in limp mode for a few seconds which was GAYYYY it ruined so many lines over the weekend. at the end of the day i managed to still have fun and Qld is awesome and they are a great bunch and guys up there and now that my shitty story is at an end heres some pics.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/515060.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/sc1192/media/IMG_0744_zps352568a8.jpg.html)
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[Pidgey]

##### CAN STEER!
Thanks for the passenger runs man, this is one seriously well set up car! So much fun.
Keen for tandems soooooonnn

[sam92]

Thanks Carlson!! Hope I can get faster and a bit more consistent on my lines next time round, with a mint running car haha. I can't wait till your car has the 3s and you come to feb matsuri. I expect our cars too touch at some stage hopefully in a friendly undamaging way ;). Cheers for contributing to a awesome weekend man.

[sam92]

Its been along time between posts, i didnt touch my car for a couple of months there and even cracked the shits and tried to sell it ( glad i didnt) but its fixed now with a completely different loom in it and is running mint. I re registered it last week and did some test skids and decided to go to Winton Dec prac day and get the skids ( for now). Car ran well all day and felt awesome to drive without any of the previous issues ive had.
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https://vimeo.com/81927062 few laps from the weekend, this was the third event ive done at winton. i want to slowly learn to get my lines better and eliminate the need to handbrake so much.

[sam92]

30328 I had a good run with the corolla as a street car but a couple of days before Christmas a couple of cops ( super nice guys) so they thought as they told me they were doing me a favour by saving my life haha. they called in a couple of highway patrols to have a good look over the car and give me a good bummin which i didnt argue because i forgot lube :P got done for sr, hydro, battery in boot, no horn button, cage, wheels, etc etc etc and they told me i had ruined the structural integrity of the car because the rad support is cut a little for air flow to the radiator and apparently the rust through out the vehicle isn't serviceable , apparently my mrs and I were doomed to lose ours legs in a minor collision because of this LOL.

It was a long time coming, it will just be a track car from now on unless i engineer it or sort something out.

[djscheppy]

Such a shame! Bad luck on that mate.
Is definitely a crazy track weapon though!

[Mika]

dam dude! oh well, no restrictions with track cars! go for gold!

[sam92]

dam dude! oh well, no restrictions with track cars! go for gold!

Didn't have many limitations before I was just lucky for a good year haha :p.

[sam92]

I've striped the interior now for more race car feels haha, only lost maybe
10kg and made it feel like a echoing tin can :p. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/a8uhe9e5.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/ume8e6er.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/y5adedah.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/zy3erane.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/va4amagy.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/3u4a2azu.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/esesu9un.jpg