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The plastic ones? I did them myself, quite fun learning to paint

KE is all go, just need to get the driveshaft balanced and hubs redrilled and then we'll be all go! Just gotta make sure she's all ready for Hanmer in a few weeks..

So the KE30 is all running now, taken it for a drive and am very happy with the performance increase. I have also bought a Link G4 Atom which I will get around to wiring in at some point, which then I'll take it in to get tuned nicely. Taking in the car to an engineer tomorrow to get the restud sorted so I can get rid of those whorey bikkies on the back One of the fuel injector seals had carked it so decided to replace them all. At $9 each they're kinda crucial so price didn't worry me New radiator hoses for the bottom piece, new radiator would have been EASIER however the one in there at the moment is huge so don't see the point Modifying the clutch pedal to suit the master cylinder Kinda shitty photo, but here is the fuel pump assembly The metal piece there connects to the drain port of the fuel tank. Had to get that made up by the engineers across the road to suit, then it is gravity feed to the pump Happy with how the exhaust is looking, pretty tidy overall. Though it has a small leak somewhere, ill wait a week for the hole to go black so I know where it is exactly Nearing completion, just a small amount of wiring left to do. Waiting on my new coil/ignitor to arrive Skip forward a few days and it's aaaaaall go!! new Accelerator cable as the old one was probably 40cm too long due to intake being on opposite sides Pretty close with the intake/water. Probably isn't ideal however I just can't find a hose tight enough to work so will probably make a custom one one day in the near future New cam pulleys. Haven't really tinkered with them yet though will are needed for when I get it all tuned I also bought some new rims. Lenso RS5's. total diameter is only about 4cm more than that modgies and Toyo's on at the moment so no worries about clearance. Also found out the guards have been rolled all ready so that saves any trouble Also got my A pillar plastics painted. found some on facebook. Guy only wanted $20!!! If anyone knows these cars, finding some in this condition is rare and to only pay $20 instead of around $150. I'm stoked

Starting to get pretty pumped for this. Road trips are boss

Hard luck with the engine going kaput, i'm trying to acquire a KE25. Would love to enter the scene of rally

what museum are you guys going to? I'll probably come along to all of this

Payment made

Looking forward to seeing how it looks with a respray!

Like this? Those are out of my KE20, getting them reupholstered to white/cream with black plastic edges whatever they are called when I get around to that car Not fan of factory brown, bright colours look best IMO. Makes people look

Yeah it really is, but if I re did the interior that's more $$$. I might look into it at the end of the year, depends how funds are.

*new pics* Nearly finished, taken a lot longer than originally first planned Sorry couldn't make it to the palmy meet, will 100% be there for the next one once this is all done!

So been a bit of progression. It was down at the electricians getting all the loom wired up which took a couple of days. Also the water outlet/inlet needed to be modified as the thermostat bypass was corroded so water would have leaked everywhere pretty much, so get them welded over and drilled some holes in the thermostat to allow a small amount of water to flow through till the thermostat opens. Also got my driveshaft back which fits nicely Topped up the Diff with some LSD oil, and also the Gearbox. Just need to do the new fuel line and clutch assembly (master/slave cylinder and line etc)

Sweet as, i'll get that all sorted. 4age is nearly done. should be in the KE by the end of this week so really looking forward to going for a cruise!

sweet. Ill get onto the 8am one too, good time as well. How about the return time?

sweet, once the time for thats been made ill get onto the ferry booking

same here, what time you gonna go down? any convoy been sorted?

So what time are us north island boys going down on the ferry? Will get that booked and this paid asap

Started the 4A-GE conversion yesterday, got the new Diff in (Hilux with LSD) however got a few more bits for the engine which are getting couriered over and won't be here till Monday so can't start till then! Hopefully I can get it done before the Palmy Meet on Tuesday...

So over the last couple of days got my new Diff in (Toyota Hilux diff with an LSD), old engine and gearbox out. List of what has been done to the motor in the last day *NEW* Water pump Spicket bearing (between crank and gearbox spline) clutch kit (thrust bearing, clutch, pressure plate) cam belt cam belt tensioner got my head re shimmed, to all have a clearance of .3mm (as per cam specs) Monday the engine and gearbox will be going in, then the drive shaft needs to be sent for shortening and convering to a one piece shaft, with a T50 spline end (22 I think) and Hilux end. All good fun!

See you on the 22nd, KE is getting the 4AGE conversion this week

I will partake in the convoy too

Yup, still have those in the shed. They'd come with the stock rails that came with my red seats if you wanted to as I just modified my original KE rails to suit. Overall they're in good condition, though one is missing a cushion

(*more pics*) Getting this all up and go ready for hamner springs

So I decided it might be wise to take the crank in to get checked. All was good with it and got it polished. Also decided I may as well get it balanced as well as the rods and flywheel (Which I also got lightened). Am pretty confident this engine will last and be a top performer, will be keen to get her on the dyno once she's all up and go Will aim to get the head on it done in the next couple of days. Still have to decide if I will get new valve springs though I probably won't since using stock ECU for now

4age and new diff will be in my KE30 in a few weeks so will be a nice gentle cruise down.