Luke's SR KE70

[luke04]

Yeah i priced up doing most of that work to the cream one, for the price i got the white one for you cant argue, shitloads of work on the shell and sus

just ebay $40 mirrors man

[declan]

the 31 diff conversion itself is a couple of grand haha.
are the fender mirrors spring loaded base?

[luke04]

I have no idea of the exact details on the 31 diff conv, but isnt it just a case of chopping mounts from the ke70 diff and moving them onto the skyline diff?

and nah not spring loaded man

[bigm]

are they CYB flares for ae86? got any other pics. reminds me of mine

[luke04]

dont have the best pics cause it rarely comes out from under the carport haha

AFAIK they werent ae86 ones because he had issues getting them to fit well, they are a universal one from boostworx over here in SA, presume same as jjr universal ones

In other news, turns out the assesor that looked at the car is a mad old school toyota fanboy, had a good chat for 20 minutues and got a pretty boss cost to buy it back with a decent amount of coin still my way

front guards and mirrors are spoken for, as are seatbelts and passenger seat, all other std bits are up for grabs including a pair of ma61's in decent condish and some 4 spoke 14x7 start jap rims in decent offset

will get details of the rest once i see whats salvagable

Still having issues with ignition on the white car though, need to double check some wiring...

[luke04]

Update

Got everything 100% together but engine still wont crank, ECU has power and relays tick over, fuel pump primes and engine is getting fuel

Dodgy China rad decided it had little leaky leaky also

Going into Cece at Jaustec this week hopefully to get it sorted

[luke04]

Holy bump from hell

il try to update this with what I remember, it’s only 830 and I’m already counting down to home time…
So in the year I neglected build threads-

had to re-do engine loom as we could never get it to fire on all four (trying to troubleshoot something that’s done in all red wires is a nightmare)
Worked a treat
‘Drove’ it at last years SMM/G7 drift techniques…
And when I say drove, that’s a pretty operative term, I was preeettyyy horrible…
First time in the car that’s only moved under its own power two days before… So got there with no alignment, still with an Alternator wiring loop chilling with a test light in the engine bay (actually its still there today…) and the longest I drove the car was off the trailer that day.
Safe to say I took a lot of adapting to an e7 with moderate power and decent suspension setup. The knuckles were ridiculous, I never realized how utterly shit they would feel until then. So hard to handle compared to stock setups

Couldn’t grasp skid pan or anything for the life of me. Spent the day doing donuts…


Packed up early and headed home, first thing Monday morning it got rego, threw a sickie next day, got the alignment sorted and proceeded to drive it practically every night. Enjoyed it much much more and realized how much a proper alignment effects things

Also changed wheels around this time
15x8-11 SSR reverse mesh


15x8.5 -13 heroes mesh

Tried to blast them on, leg hairs hated life


Did matsuri, had a blast, drove a bit better but really should be back on stock knuckles.

People were more interested in the car carrier/bus we came in though, will try to dig up photos of that

Parts have progressively come in as I can’t control my credit card spending…gone to a stiffer and lower rear end with AJPS bits, worked on the cooling system as it was sitting above 100 all day at matsuri ( Gktech fan, r33 fan shroud, proper ducting). Gktech sump, few cosmetical changes, revised fuel system to fix surge issues.

Masturi vid- I throw some pretty neat 360’s at turn one….



Did a few more pracs, fixed flares and fitted fender mirrors which look like arse :/
Threw the keys to a mate who lets me borrow his trailer ( note, gas lift trailers are the shit!)

Watched him nearly end up with Stewy bryants 32 four door lodged in the radiator support at turn one. Keep an eye on my mirrors for terminator light!


Think this was just before that prac


Just getting back from a few weeks away on holidays, have ripped off the front end and decided to go back to metal guards. R31 LCA’s going in, castor being wound in a tad (currently 6 deg) and might mess around with the strut tops to compensate. Have a common issue currently with LCA bushes being flogged out due to the castor, last resort is rose jointed LCA’s so will just wind it back for now.
Didn’t realise how high we put the bolt on flares till I sat standard guards on-




S13 front end, standard guard

Got other more wheels coming from streeter and another pair of mesh on their way, need to harass a mate about some pintara diff gears as these 3.7’s mean I struggle to use 3^rd in the esses

Will try to keep this updated a bit more, car has been reliable as all hell, just struggling for seat time as I’m always relying on others to tow me. Really need to solve this ‘tow car’ situation, boring daily cars suck

[Jman_KE70]

clean looking car mate, i've noticed it around the pits at mallala a few times now.

[luke04]

Cheers mate, it's far from clean though! Good from far far from good

[luke04]

Started pulling it to bits to fit 31 control arms and check the condition of the rest of the front end.


Discovered rack end and to rod end had been chopped down on one side to accommodate a lock spacer. Tie rod end had been held on by two threads for a year :/

Pulled LCA’s out, went to put new one in and discovered it originally had 31 LCA’s…


Original on right, recently purchased 31 in centre, and some spare s13 ones on the left

Cracked the sads at the fact I’d wasted time, but once I checked the condition of the LCA bushes, I was happy that I was swapping them over. As expected, they were rooted, and had only been in a year.
Will be running less castor but im still considering rose jointing these LCA’s to avoid further any problems

Had to extend the panhard rod, great bit of kit from AJPS but I think whoever did the diff conversion missed moving the panhard mount? Someone feel free to clarify if that is required with 31 diff’s

Wacked metal front guards on and instantly loved it. It won’t even turn or roll, but that doesn’t matter as the starter motor is cactus


Not fun replacing starter motors when the bolts on the bell housing are 5mm from the firewall, already gone through two thanks to the original wiring problems.

Also got a spirit wing, some volk mesh that landed on mothers doorstep this morning

Yes, the car lives at the parents place, where I don’t live, its pretty cruisy, free storage, free food

And somewhere on a boat from Japan are these


15x6.5 unknown offset ( pressure around +15 to +20) Im dearly hoping they are 3 piece, streeter seemed to think so. If so they will cop some wider lips.
And another nardi that was an impulse buy

So at the moment it just needs to be raised a tad up front, bit more flare on the guards, new rack ends cut down to a proper size, another starter put in and an alignment.
Will aim for next prac 29^th which will give me shitloads of time to perhaps start on rear guards and get the exhaust sorted

Sorry for the shit photos, will have some better ones once i can roll it out of the carport.

Might as well chuck up one of the few skid pics from matsuri-