Gilly's CA18DET KE70

[Gilly]

it will be finished by then, nearly finished now actually. however won't make it to the track, in the interest of maintaining my current lifestyle i must endeavour to put in some quality time with the other half. she doesn't like conversions. it normally means she cooks every night and doesn't see me for a week ,whic isn't entirely fair.

oh and its her birthday on Sunday so yeah better do something for that

i can't believe i forgot that haha!!

[v-tec]

lol buy her entry to Qr for her Bday

Looking forward to seeing this thing man, i vote no guards and 8" front wheels

[Gilly]

w00t!! w00t!!

on time for friday turn key

today

cleaned bay and installed AE86 x member
installed engine and box
layed the loom (not wired as yet)
installed T series
tailshaft
front brakes
removed tank (ready for 86 tank, just need to swap some bits over)
installed exhaust

rims on and on the ground, sits a little high at the front but thats with 10kg/mm springs, when i get some 8's it may settle down a little more, not much but a little. also my flared guards cover more rim and tyre tnah i expect, so i'll be running some XT130 LCA's, originally i thought i'd have clearance issues due to rim offset, obviously not

rears need a definate bash out, tyres are stretched which keeps the tread under the guards however the sidewall still touches the guards, so there is improvements to be made there.

the exhaust fits PERFECT on the KETO, on the 86 it touched the bumper and melted its own little home. on the 70 it sits perfect in the exhaust opening on a nice little angle, i love it!!

needs short bumpers, chrome ones, wreckers time

that is all

Gilly out..

[AmyC]

Nice work Mr Gilly.

[Stuck]

Needs some big dice hung on the mirror to make it look pimp

[driftke70]

nice my good man, coming along swimmingly,

we can both debut our new ketos on the same track day.

we can call our selves, the sultans of slide.

[v-tec]

I saw the poon today, hot sauces on toast

Im not sure why but im in love with the idea of a basically jap spec 4age ke70 (ie jap box, motor, rear end etc) with all seats, sound deadening etc kept in the car... Just as if they came factory with a 4age

Keep an eye out peoples this just may be THE PERFECT KE70

Oh and david, dont you dare put spings and shocks in that thing gilly, bump stops bent over the spring seats are all that car needs

[Joel-AE86]

Sounds like a hell of a machine!

Best of luck

[Gilly]

Stuck i have dice, they came with my pimp pushy

not quite, but i like it

its funny how your focus can change. on the 86 i would've spent an hour stripping as much shit out as i can. i just spent an hour trying to get the shifter surround modified to suit the sprinter shifter boot so it would all look nice and factory. and i put on clean clothes and wsah my arms and hands and shit before ii work in the car to try to not mark my interior it's pretty mint so its a reasonable thing to do

i wish i could keep it that low, the height at the rear will have to reflect the front, plus i nee dthe tyre to guard clearance i think i'll start with a 230mm spring and work my way down if necessary.

car is loosely based around this one, it's a bit higher than i like. i think it will be pretty close.

[driftke70]

i had a brief moment when i got my ke today that i would keep the interior, but i thought about it long and hard, and i just cant live with it, its different for you cause your woman and everything, but i just love stripping cars down to the bare minimum, even if my interior is redicuously mint. Good to see your putting skids before kids.