Jo_Rolla

Finally decided to pull the head off. And make sure it's a 5K. 80mm bore. 156mm pushrods and solid lifters. Dished pistons. Good news all round. Next move. New cam. Recommendations? I assume as it's a solid lifters I just get 3k/4k grind? It's got a bit of surface rust bust hopefully the cam place can sort this. I've always suspected I had a bit of an exhaust/intake leak. Some Muppet (being me) put my intake gasket over the original gasket . Will wait for this cam to be sorted then replace the main crank seal in the process. Bonus wheel shot. Scored these from @Taistorm just waiting on some wheel nuts.

Took it for a drive today and the exhaust is a lot better. Can have a conversation at 2500 rpm and it's still nice and loud WOT. Swapped the choke from a 26/27 to 25/27 and it feels more responsive at lower rpm. Is it odd that this piece only has 1 hole? I don't really under stand the intricacies of a carburettor. But my donor carb has 2 holes. In my infinite wisdom I purchased some dashboard carpet from the USA and forgot they drive on the otherside of the road . Nothing my textile skills from 4th form can't handle Will have a go at stitching it up tomorrow. Should come out alright. Managed to pickup a din slot. It's originally from a slant front I think. Trying to think up a good way to fill the space above it? If anyone has an original radio interior piece I would be keen I've got an original blank lying around somewhere.

This photo makes the tip look very much on the piss. But I swear it looks good. My welds how ever do not. Currently if I load up the back with people the exhaust hits on one of the diff mounts so will have a go at shifting it slightly more to the left. Also need to look at some higher spring rates in the rear as these standard cobras sit on the bump stops with about 50 kilos in the back

Scored a decent motherlode of bits and bobs. A chunk of it is for a 2 door/ slant front so if anyone spots any pieces they're after give me a bell and I'll let you know if I'm keeping it or we can sort something out. Got some advice on tweaking my exhaust and have started having a go at that. The outfit that welded on the dumpy really went HAM with the welds pain in the ass to get it flat. Picked myself up a new toy. now i just need to learn how to weld not a bad length

Car is looking amazing. Got any details on the brake upgrade? I've been looking for one that will still fit 13s. How much did it push your offset out?

back in 2019 I managed to score an unmolested 28/32 DCD 23 for a 1500 Cortina. Put it on and it actually runs pretty well. Lacks power down low but otherwise seems decent and have been driving it semi often with this. also picked up a new daily been passing wofs with little to no work which im pretty happy about. been told the seatbelts are on the way out so im on a hunt for some. Has a nice crank bearing leak which is slowing rust protecting my engine bay which will need some attention soon. Otherwise I've committed slightly to a repower and have been collecting the bits required to get it in. will give it a refresh with rings, bearings, valve seals before it goes back togeather came with a K50 with a bell housing to fit an A. grabbed a remote thermostat housing from pick a part. and picked up a 200mm flywheel to marry up a 190mm K clutch with a 4a pressure plate doors are all starting to show their age with some nice rust bubbles so i've picked up some new toys and will have a go at rust repairing and painting them myself. Bonus mini pickup spotted in a friends dads garage discussion link is in my signature

Hey guys, sorry if this has been asked. Just had my starlet fail a WoF for the RCAs under the struts, which have been fitted for 5 or so years. They're Techno Toy Tuning. Anyone had any experience with this? Am I able to get something from a cert guy without paying mega bucks? I found this:Pdf I'm currently removing them to go for a recheck. Cheers

Lifes been slow again. Got the starlet another clean sheet wof () Drove it on and off for about 10 months. Put a new sub in it. Had some bad luck on the motorway . Had to do some pickapart scrounges Got it sorted. water pump decided it was time to go as well, only 50000ks on it, went genuine this time. Coming up on 7 years with the old girl. KP needs a WoF, front wheel bearing and discs skimmed. So naturally I went and bought a weber 28/36 DCD for it instead . Jimmied up my own throttle cable bracket and repurposed the Aisan carb linkage. Works well . Struggling to get the tune right. Took out all the jets and got the numbers. They dont seem to quite line up with the original values for the 28/36 DCD. From what I Googled these numbers should be okay for a 5k. Had a go at it today, seem to be stable with about 2 and a half winds out on the mixture screw, decent idle with the idle screw backed right off, reved out nicely. Took it for a drive and worked well but after about 100metres wouldnt idle any more. and wouldnt start without some throttle. Any help/direction on my carb/jets would be appreciated. Joel.

Been taking it out for a few spins around Auckland Finally got around to installing the new fender mirrors and some much nicer tail lights i've had sitting around for ages. I only had one of the correct bases for the mirrors, so I went without. I may try and create a 3d model of the one i have and mirror when I get some time. I like these fenders a look more. Much cleaner! Scored myself a little workbench, perfect for the 3D printer. Got one of the new wheels on. not sure how i feel about them. Too much rubber for sure. thoughts?

raise it, don't rotor it?

Water leaked fixed. Thermostat house wasn't sealing at all. Picked these bad boys up off TM. 13x5.5 Will polish them up and try them on when I get a chance.

Scored these fender mirrors off trademe as I cracked one of the bases on my current ones, originally for a nissan, should look sweet. Straight off the bat, new engine. Dropped a 5K in (128k's). with the help of @chris rs engine crane. shot. Slight water leak around the water pump but other wise runs mint. List of things to do. Fix water leak Respray front bumper Drive it Fit fender mirrors Spray a box of spare interior bits with black vinyl and reinforce the centre pillar plastics (weak ass things) Make (attempt) some new door cards Re-tint front windows Future respray

ran out of space/motivation/non woffable so I put the starlet in my parents garage where its quietly sat for the past 2 and a bit years waiting for some motivation. Which has finally returned. April2017 first things first,a wof, almost had a clean sheet (Dargaville seems a bit slacker than old Auckland) to say i was stoked would be an understatement. 1 big ticket item. front cross member rust. bye bye Cut up some box section and welded that in Shes now sitting pretty back in my garage with a fresh WOF.

Mar2014 - Moved to Auckland from Hams. Progress slowed. Looking a bit out of place with all these Auckland soccer mums Low + Big Bump = No more mirror, flew off and smash on the front pillar. Picked up a new style from ebay. No good photos sadly. Put the Hotties back on as I was driving 50km daily for work, dropped the revs from 3700 to 3000 at 100km/h. I had a bunch of wheel bearing issues across 2014 and was getting a bit worried travelling 50km + a day with no backup car. picked up a carib for a daily

Feb2014 Had a go at tinting the windows, pretty stoked with how it turned out, pretty dark Had these on for 3 years, failed a wof the other day for being too dark, so i ripped the front ones off, all good will need to re-tint with some 35% instead of 15%. Some random photos

Old vs new. Plus some glam

Had a friend helping with some maintenance. Picked these up sometime in 2012. Had grand plans for them. Originally 13x5 I had plans to widen to 13x7. Time and money ran short and I just wanted them on the car. Dec2013 They're originally from a 78 era KE35 Got them coated off white and wrapped with some 165/55/13

Drove it soldily for a year. very little happening (like I have goals/student budget). Took some glam shots though.

Did some totally uncharacteristic rust/bog repairs for a starlet. Jan2013 All around the boot seal/locing mechanism and some small spots on the fire wall. No proper after pictures sadly.

Took her on a couple road trips. Fully loaded for uni break drive home. Bumps stops all the way. Still looking for some spares I can shorten if anyone has some lying around.

Somewhere in between all this a K50 went in. A 4K went in. A new diff went in. Brand new carpet. Extractors/flows, 2 inch exhaust. All lacking photographic evidence.

All sweet starlets need some fendy mirrors. Got some hockey stick ones cheap from ebay. Sep2012 Before: After: Made up a simple parcel tray as well:

Discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/56681-jo_rollas-1983-kp62-toyota-starlet/

Project thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/56678-jo_rollas-1983-kp62-toyota-starlet/ Let me know your thoughts. Cheers, Joel.

Picked up some Recaro Fishnets in Feb 2012 in okay condition, chucked one in while I got the other recovered by a local guy in Dargaville. Scored these sweet back seats off Hippo on Club-k, he threw in spare black boot carpet as well, legend.