Hello, About 10 months ago i perchused a blue KE55 coupe, The car was totally standard, had a straight body and 150,000kms on the clock. When i first set out i was going to buy an imported 100kw motor and put it in the 55. When MACCA put his KE55 up for sale which allready had a 86kw 4age I decided to buy that, convert it to manual and drive it around. When i picked up the car and drove it back down to tassie we had some problems but got it down there ok. When we checked it throurghly we found that the body was pretty rough, with both bog and rust and the entire arse end had received a big bump. So we decided to swap all the running gear into the blue corolla which had a strait body and a good interior. Im in the process of doing this now and I just thaught i would show everyone. SO here are the pics

Blue Corolla 1 -

Blue Corolla 2 - http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf02211 ww.jpg

White Corolla front - http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=68jd.jpg

Interior - http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mvc010f2c x.jpg

Interior 2 - http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mvc015f5o f.jpg

Surge - http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mvc006f2v i.jpg

Bigporter - http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf02619l n.jpg

lift - http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf02570k b.jpg

White corolla stripped - http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf02338 ps.jpg


Wheels - http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf02317 gc.jpg

Those wheels are for sale if anyone wants them as is that steering wheel with boss kit

Steeing wheel - http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gfhfghd8c y.jpg


The celica struts and brakes are going in to for some better breaking up front with help from some bendix ultimate pads and rebuilt callipers. All suspension in the blue corolla is handled by monroe gas shocks, 2" lowering blocks in the back and 2" lowered springs in the front. The white corolla had monroe gas shocks in the back which will also be up for sale if anyone wants em oh and lowered springs in the front which will also be sold.

The blue corolla no longer has the super sedan mercedies hubbies and now rolls on celica 14" steelies and 185/60 recaps all round. Other than a sports steerer and sitting a little lower than the average bear the blue corolla should be a bit of a sleeper when its finished up and had a respray.

More updates when progress is made.

[Updated on: Wed, 09 November 2005 13:06]

Well ive been getting bits ready for the conversion, because the old setup had a gay auto setup ive had to get a few things ready to convert to manual, ive got my hands on a 86kw flywheel, clutch and pressure plate which i hope will be fine, a bellhousing and T-50, corona master and slave cylinder for the hydralic setup and hopefully the tailshaft should fit in without any trouble. Ive got some cams which should give a bit of poke but cant remember the specs off the top of my head but ill get the sheet soon, they are wade cams from memory.anyway ill post up some pics.













I baught a complete celica front end for 80 bucks from the wreckers, this was initally very cheep but in the end was more expensive. The strut inserts where leaking and stuffed, one of the brake disks was rooted and one of the control arms bent. So after another trip to the wreckers and 70 bucks later I got another disk and control arm. I got the disks machined at co op toyota for FREE! and monroe gas shocks from bursons for $172.73 and I think that the bendix untimate pads where like 50 bucks. So that brings it to a grand total of like $372.73 which first was estimated at being about a $200 job.

[Updated on: Wed, 28 September 2005 10:20]

Well after giving the motor a service and a bit of a clean up its almost ready to go in, just need a set of extractors and some engine mounts. so if anyone has some tuned length 4-2-1 extractors for a 4age let me know!
Just a quick pic of the 4ag ready to go

[Updated on: Wed, 09 November 2005 13:02]