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    Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    So,

    This is my project:

    1978 Toyota Corolla KE30 Two door.
    Will fit a 1,8 zetec with CBR900RR carbs, Ashley exhaust manifold, T9 gearbox and Volvo rear axel.

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    Will put up some more pics later....

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Ok, requested feedback is as follows;

    1) This is ace! I love these Toyotas, and one with an 1800 Zetec will be fantastic! Please post more photos and show us what you are doing.
    2) Is that where you live? That is stunning!!!

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Hi Graham.

    Thats not where i live, but yeas, its a stunning place

    Will put up some more pictures, but I must say, its a lot of job adding photos to this site... Or is it just me... I have all of my photos on photobucket, and i find it a bit weird that it is so difficult...

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Some more pics....

    Found some rust in the floor.
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    Some rust on the left hand sill
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    Since its really hard to find parts for this car, i had to make them...

    Picture of the engine going in
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    Got loads of pictures, but ahve to go now, so will uppload more later

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Nice car/project why not keep the engine Toyota 4AGE???

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Looking good be nice to see it when you have finished it! well done

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    The 4age engine is so hard to find in Norway, so much cheaper and easier with a zetec lump...

    Thanks for the comments, hopefully it will be done before this summer...

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Nice work Timj! For pics, use the uploader at the top of this page. Just take the pics straight from your pc, its really easy!
    Looking forward to seeing your next update
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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Quote Originally Posted by raymondmarble View Post
    Nice work Timj! For pics, use the uploader at the top of this page. Just take the pics straight from your pc, its really easy!
    Looking forward to seeing your next update
    Graham
    All my pics are to big
    So will have to resize them some how.... So it will take a little while then....

    Thanks for the comments anyho...

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    IF you are using Windows XP, get the image resizer, its the best! Here is the link.

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Lovely car, looking forward to seeing more pictures!
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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Quote Originally Posted by raymondmarble View Post
    IF you are using Windows XP, get the image resizer, its the best! Here is the link.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/w...#2TC=powertoys
    Thanks Raymond,
    I use apple.... Any tips then?

    Thanks for the comments

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    Ah Apple, then no, sorry. Try Google
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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Left sill done, just need to prime and then done, over to the other side.....




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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Had to fix some minor damages to the body, and also reshape the rare arches... Putting on some wiiiiiiiiiide fender arches.....






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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Started on the other side... Rust in the same place so just fire up the





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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Here is the fender flares im using... A bit wide

    Need them for the 9" wide rear wheels... just to bad the wheels need to be another inch wider...
    Lucky im putting in a Volvo rear axel, its about one and a half inch wider than the Toyota one....










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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    This is some of the parts going in to the car.

    Zetec/T9 Bellhousing
    Bike carbs
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    Innlet manifold made by DanST Engineering, top guy and really nice work









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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Since its damn near impossible to find new parts for this car, I had to search the web for some new front wings, found one "barely" used one in Sweden and another one in Norway, up in the mountains....
    But, the front valance/plate, was so badly infected by rust, I had to replace it.. Searched for a long time before I found a guy living 10 min from me selling a brand spanking new one
    He also had a new rear panel for the car, so I picked them both up... The rear panel on the car is not to bad, but i figured, what the hell, everything new is sweet so will be changing it aswell....





    Thats it for now, been sick for almost 4 weeks now, so havent done anything to the car other then cleaning up in the workshop so I can start on the damn thing again...
    Also got the Megajolt today from Autosports Lab, and the exhaust manifold from Burton, so will soon be starting the job of fitting the engine and gearbox on the car...

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Hehe, Im waiting aswell....
    Just needs a weekend or two to get it finished for paint, but motivation is low as is the health

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Loving the Toyota...............my Brother has a 1976 4 door Corolla down in New Zealand running a 260bhp Rotary engine.............lots of fun.

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Not much of an uppdate, but Im trying to figure out what kind of clutch I can use... I will use the standard zetec flywheel, but dont know what else... Im thinking of buying the hydraulic clutch release from retro Ford.
    Can anyone please tell me what kind of clutch and pressureplate i will need to use??

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Hei. Jeg kom over siden her sånn når jeg lette etter deler til corollan min.
    Å så at du hadde bytta tiø nye deler.

    Jeg eg har en rust fri corolla heldigvis men uheldigvis så er den front vinga rusta. Samma er den bak

    men en det er det eneste. Jeg har 4 dørs utgave jeg da.

    Men en jeg ser å du skal sette inn en 16v ztec i den.
    Da lurer jeg på, hvordsn gjør du det med motorfester å kasse feste?
    Jeg skal gjøre noe til nærmet det du gjør, bare jeg skal bruke en b230fk fra 940 jeg har stående med data sprut.


    Så så jeg tar imot all info jeg kan få om planer osv.


    ser å du har samme planer som meg med å bruke 240 bakaksel
    så er veldig spent på hvordan du skal gjør de det med oppheng osv

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Hmmmmmm....

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Looks cool! Bit different! Bloody solid shell too!! Why an 1800? Why not 2000? Legal side of things? Emissions? Or harder to get hold of?

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Std 1800 clutch will hold fine. Or a 2.0. With the thinner 1800 flywheel. And either mid the fork or use a diesel tranny bearing if I remember. I'll try dig up my old build and see

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Sorry, 2.0 clutch and flywheel with trannt bearing. Cct133 or 1800 flywheel and clutch with early Capri bearing cct113 this is what I used but instead I opted for an Rs turbo clutch on the 1800 flywheel. Must be the 220 diameter clutch though. Hope this helps. Oh, or resell the flywheel for a pinto clutch, or spend too much money at retroford

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Hi Timj,
    Have got a Corolla myself as well and thinking about doing the Zetec 2.0L conversion.
    Was reading your thread with uppermost interest. Do you've got any update on the build?
    Or could you give me some recommendations?

    Cheers, Maiko

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    Re: Zetec powered 1978 Toyota Corolla KE30

    Quote Originally Posted by Maiko View Post
    Hi Timj,
    Have got a Corolla myself as well and thinking about doing the Zetec 2.0L conversion.
    Was reading your thread with uppermost interest. Do you've got any update on the build?
    Or could you give me some recommendations?

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