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Re: [oldcorollas] Re: ke11 suspension upgrades

2009/6/20 oldcorollas <oldcorollas@...>:
>> A man look is a look where you don't have a proper look and don't see
>> things properly...
>> According to my other half.
>
> iguess she knows you best ;)

Actually Stewart this is a pretty common term :-( but thankfully Anna
doesn't use it on me

John

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Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:32 pm

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So far, I've established that the following would be a good idea. Feel free to correct me on anything. Remove transverse leaves from front, install swaybar... 		rob83ke70
Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
7:11 am

to be completely honest, in order to have any sort of 'good handling' in a ke11, you will need to make some significant structural changes that on a 40 year...
Alex Bates
alexb618
Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
7:32 am

It has a set of 185/70r13 tyres on it at the moment, I've never had dramas turning the wheels with 185 or 195 tyres. The rims that are on it will probably do...
rob83ke70
Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
9:12 am

on the 3 ke10s i have had, removing the leaf changed the camber from about +8 to about zero degrees i dont know 'how' but it does! alex ... [Non-text portions...
Alex Bates
alexb618
Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
9:19 am

eight degrees positive holy shit!!! are you sure??? I'd be thinking the ride height might have come down a bit which would make the lower control arms move in...
rob83ke70
Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
9:38 am

you can see it very clearly when you use narrow (145 or 155) tyres and when the front end has fresh bushes and tie rod ends etc. ... [Non-text portions of this...
Alex Bates
alexb618
Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
9:46 am

remember that the weight of the car originally goes into the chassis rails (they are double layer to the cross-member), not the strut towers. some people have...
oldcorollas
Online Now Send Email 		Jun 8, 2009
12:43 pm

so you reckon I should leave the leaves in the front? I was going to put strut bracing from strut tower to firewall to strut tower. APPARENTLY, nothing bad...
rob83ke70
Offline Send Email 		Jun 13, 2009
6:48 am

i woudl say to leave the leaf system in, but get new springs made to bring the front down a bit. alex ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Alex Bates
alexb618
Offline Send Email 		Jun 13, 2009
7:07 am

remember some cars had single leaf and some cars had double leaf springs. start with a single leaf, or get a double leaf reset? Rob, the KE1X already has...
oldcorollas
Online Now Send Email 		Jun 13, 2009
12:44 pm

I've got a ke10 and a ke11 in the yard here, both have disc front brakes, and both have quite a few leaves in the front, are there single leaf front ends? I...
rob83ke70
Offline Send Email 		Jun 17, 2009
11:00 am

maybe you should have a closer look ;) there are single leaf, and twin leaf springs for KE1X. more than 2 leaves is not factory. man look? wtf is that? maybe...
oldcorollas
Online Now Send Email 		Jun 19, 2009
4:20 pm

... A man look is a look where you don't have a proper look and don't see things properly... According to my other half. I had a look at the cars just then and...
rob83ke70
Offline Send Email 		Jun 20, 2009
3:39 am

... iguess she knows you best ;) ... hmm, the design looks a bit different. the silvery one looks like it comes from the front clamp, immediately out at an...
oldcorollas
Online Now Send Email 		Jun 20, 2009
12:12 pm

... Actually Stewart this is a pretty common term :-( but thankfully Anna doesn't use it on me John -- P-plate adventurer -- http://indigoid.org/...
john slee
indigoid
Offline Send Email 		Jun 20, 2009
12:33 pm
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