Doc's KE20: - really coming together now

[banpei]

Nice progress! And the engine bay is looking way better this way!

[Gtsi-R]

great progress thomas!!

nice to see!

[The Doctor]

Today i swapped the engine in!
So from today, my car is officially a TE21 instead of a KE20!

Was bloody hard work on my own, but i'm glad i managed it!

at first i bolted the flywheel, clutch and gearbox to the engine, Corolla looks at it from a small distance :




Then it was time to swap in the engine. Stubborn as i was, i left the front ARB in place, even though someone told me it wasn't gonna fit. I read on the internet that the '74 models got a different ARB, so i left it in place. WRONG!

2 hours and a removed ARB later:





It's in!



Was well chuffed with that! This moment i've been looking out for for soooo long. Finally the car is REALLY coming together!

Ran into some small problems, i took the gearlever out in 5th gear position. And when the engine was in the car i placed the lever back in the wrong position and thus activating 2 gears at the same time! Not good for your forward motion! Also need to adjust the gearlever a bit, it came out of a Celica TA22, which has the gearlever pretty for up front, underneath the dash. The KE20 is, obviously, a little shorter then a Celica! The gearlever comes out exactly in the same spot as in the original gearbox, but is tilted to far back. So with this setup i can't do my 100mph 4th gear e-brake entry drifts no more! Time for a little heat and some unbend-action! ;D




After that i decided to bolt all my front garnish in. It's almost looking like a car again!! :o




Well chuffed with that, so i made my own end-of-day shot! (and YES, i seem to have the ability to make every part of my body dirty whilest working on cars! )

[NoHachi]

Nice going Thomas! Damn impressed at you dropping the engine in solo.

[RT]

Fantastic!!

Great work!

[banpei]

Damn nice work!
Getting more jealous on that little rocket every time I read your topic.

[The Doctor]

well, it's still a dead rocket atm! It looks 'finished' in the last shots, but i've got a LOONG way to go!

[robokill]

Gj getting the engine in now it needs to start running

[parrot]

Looks brilliant! Must be a huge lift psychologically. Can't get much bigger progress than bolting the running gear in.

Which model whiteline sway bar did you use? I heard somewhere that a TA22 bar swaps in but have no confirmation of this.

[The Doctor]

i used the KE20 specific bar, they don't list it anymore now, sadly.

and yes, i was so happy saturday!

Tonight me and D.Wars are going to glue the rooflining back in it's place. So after that it's windows, cage, seats and then the interior is 90% done!