Brennan

Cheers. Haven't seen the diff out of the Volvo yet so not sure how heavy it is. Waiting for the wrecker to grab one out. and yea they are supposedly 27 spline the same as the jeeps. Hopefully it's lighter than the hilux I am trying to avoid.

Hey guys, I think i have decided upon a volvo dana 30 diff for the ke70, and considering getting one of these eaton lockers: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DTL-912A588/

Cool little video;

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Before i go ahead, anybody have any opinions? ideas? how this may go so terribly wrong?

Will be mainly a street car, with the altezza engine powering it as seen in my build thread

Cheers

Spent the day trying to fill in the gearbox tunnel/floor.

also think i may have sorted a diff, looking at a dana 30 out of a volvo, its the exact width needed, has big discs, and best of all apparently it can take one of these
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DTL-912A585/

Or even a air locker which could be fun.

cheers, Low'n'slow, its Dads 34 coupe

visted every wrecker i passed in palmy today, hunting out a



but nothing what so ever.

Ended up at a volvo wrecker down in the ashhurst and measured up a rear diff of sum of the older ones and got about 1390-1430 so pretty dam perfect. No lsd's in stock though.

lmao um cheers Chees, Gotta love the poor mans ae86

Cheers oftensideways, that spoiler looks mean on the ke30! cant wait to see it in person somewhere.

And thanks Truenotch, sounds great, will see what i can do.

Ahh interesting, my lips are sealed.

sweet, cheers. will check them out, what did you use the front diff for? Whats in your 86?

yea cheers man, will be going to some wreckers on monday to see what i can find. Someone should sell them on trademe with the altezza lsd already in them, for lazy people like myself.

made the gearbox x-member today,



Tomorrow is to fill in the tunnel, where it has been cut out.
Then modify the cable clutch, and send off to the electricians?

Still Need a diff! anything lsd and solid axel. Will shorten if i have to.

took the back seat out today, and wow what a mint ke70 i have.

Next Minute...

Oh well, out with the grinder

And...

Gearbox in
 

too easy

Started Saturday with

Ended up with

So stoked. Fits so mint!
Just need to cut some of the tunnel out to get the gear box in.

Striped the engine off the unnecessary parts such as the steering and ac pump.
Made some lifting points to attach to engine hoist. and drop it in for the first time tomorrow.

love it, so clean, wish my gx71 was that little bit older and had the fender mirrors

Its xmas,

now to get it in there.

ordered a engine, should hopefully be here very early this week.

Also received the donation of some rims today.



Just what i wanted, plan is to widen the outer lip, for an overall width of 9-9.5 inches,
powdercoat in white or maybe black. and stretch on some decent tyres.

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So picked up mx5 rear diff and subframe today.

And it is not even close to fitting. Would have to cut quite a bit into the back seat and chassis to work.

So I am after a ae86 diff I suppose.


Cheers

Agreement

Also since it has no room for mufflers or evan exhaust underneath, Im thinking i will run lake pipes,

and was told that turbos muffle the exhaust note by quite a bit so was thinking twin turbo the v6??

Would be a really simple very low boost setup with no intercooler??

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Nope not Steve's lol.

Im considering buying a 1uz, trying it in this to see how it fits. and if it does not look like a easy fit keep it for the cressida??

Chevys of this era only came out with 6 cylinders tho so the v6 isnt so bad

Finished sanding the doors, boot and hood down;

ANd started painting, love the colour;

Next

-Get the Fenders and hood sandblasted, then paint them too

-Make some body to chassis mounts

-And start to assemble back together.

Did some work on the mould for the spoiler today. Sort of a test fit to see how big it will look on the car;

they are 195/60/15 on a 15x8 and came factory on 195/65/14's, the tyre shop kept the same rolling distance between the 14's and 15's when i got them. just waiting for them to wear down, and will get some 185/55/15?? not selling they wheels, its only a daily.