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23805
anyone here got a tailshaft loop fitted to a ke55? what did you do about the exhaust and the brake/fuel lines getting in the way? any photos?...
rob83ke70
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Dec 6, 2008
9:28 am
23806
Here in the US they add ethanol to our gasoline (at about 10 percent).  The politicians herer have been talking about increasing this to 16, or even 20...
James
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Feb 23, 2009
3:06 am
23807
... Nup, they just want it to prop up your greedy corn farmers. Ethanol is not even an appropriate short-term solution, nevermind long-term ... Your metal...
john slee
indigoid
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Feb 23, 2009
3:22 am
23808
I ran into massive problems when running my old 4K on Ethanol Blends. I only used to use BP fuels and a few years ago when they introduced the 10% ethanol...
Nick Bajic
grimwolge
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Feb 23, 2009
3:31 am
23809
hi guys i have a couple of bits that i dont want to throw out but i will not use again off the top of my head i have a couple of ke10 grills, a rear and...
Alex Bates
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Feb 23, 2009
3:40 am
23810
... Eek. I forgot about carb floats, that'd be nasty. :-( What went wrong with your fuel pumps? I did over 25k km in my ST185 with 98RON E10 fuel (mainly...
john slee
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Feb 23, 2009
3:52 am
23811
... I never left... I truly despise web forums as they are horribly unusable in either of my mobile phones' browsers (Nokia E71, Palm Treo750), whereas Gmail...
john slee
indigoid
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Feb 23, 2009
4:07 am
23812
Yep, I did have a Carb Float part company inside the carby on my 32/36 DGV... I wondered why it was idling like a pig and hard to start. One of the two floats...
Nick Bajic
grimwolge
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Feb 23, 2009
4:16 am
23813
LOL, Hi John. Offtopic : Its interesting to see how people access mailing lists & forums. I run AE86DC and we see web hits from Symbian operating systems every...
Nick Bajic
grimwolge
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Feb 23, 2009
4:23 am
23814
... Nup, they just want it to prop up your greedy corn farmers. Ethanol is not even ... an appropriate short-term solution, nevermind long-term I agree! I'm...
James
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Feb 23, 2009
5:59 am
23815
< Even with a failing interest in Corollas Is there a general drop in the popularity of old Corollas or is it just on the forum? Here in the US I'm having more...
James
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Feb 23, 2009
6:07 am
23816
I am looking for a twin carb setup for a K series I have a 3k and I need a bit more power. A complete set would be much preferred as parts in the US are dear. ...
Philip Rodda
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Apr 9, 2009
7:50 am
23817
Couple on ebay at the moment... They are here in Aussie land though! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220388900654 and a linkage kit...
Nick Bajic
grimwolge
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Apr 9, 2009
8:14 pm
23818
I was actually thinking more along the lines of the factory twin carbs...
Philip Rodda
philip_rodda
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Apr 10, 2009
11:30 pm
23819
Good luck. Even being part of "the scene" I have only ever seen ONE authentic 3K-B twincarb setup in real life and maybe one or two come up on ebay over the ...
Nick Bajic
grimwolge
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Apr 11, 2009
6:11 am
23820
... I gave away a set not that long ago. Was originally after money for it but in the end just posted it and stopped caring EFI is far better IMHO. John -- ...
john slee
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Apr 11, 2009
7:14 am
23821
i have owned 3 sets over the years they dont really make you go faster, they just make the car use more fuel and make more noise per below 'proper' carbs or...
Alex Bates
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Apr 11, 2009
7:36 am
23822
I'd agree but disagree there. I think that combined with other modifications, they will make your car go faster, but by themselves, probably not noticable....
rob83ke70
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Apr 27, 2009
11:47 am
23823
We're continuing with our 1972 KE20 Peanut rally project. We ran our first 2-day rally last weekend and found that we REALLY need to fix and/or upgrade some...
Jordan
jordanhilsen...
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May 3, 2009
2:32 am
23824
With the rear end, i think i'd be more inclined to keep the leaf suspension cause your talking about a crap load of fab work in fitting and setting up the 5...
robert
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May 3, 2009
1:17 pm
23825
Yeah, I'd like to replace the leaf suspension, but it would be a huge job...I guess just swapping the rear end and adding some coil-overs and a bigger sway bar...
Jordan
jordanhilsen...
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May 4, 2009
7:03 pm
23826
Guys, I've been reading your emails for a while now. You seem like a pretty good bunch of guys. I wanted to say Hi! and introduce myself (& to ask for some...
Sonny Culbertson
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May 4, 2009
10:18 pm
23827
Hey there, Sonny 8-) From: oldcorollas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oldcorollas@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sonny Culbertson Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 3:18 PM ...
Jordan
jordanhilsen...
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May 4, 2009
11:00 pm
23828
Yeah, I'd like to replace the leaf suspension, but it would be a huge job...I guess just swapping the rear end and adding some coil-overs and a bigger sway bar...
Jordan
jordanhilsen...
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May 4, 2009
11:00 pm
23829
... tradingpost.com.au - the paper version of which was 'huge' before ebay became popular (big enough to feature as a running joke in the movie 'the castle') -...
John McKenzie
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May 5, 2009
7:45 am
23830
... Being that it was stock, it might pay to investigate welding baffles into a replacement stock unit - it's possible it let go due to oil starvation. I think...
John McKenzie
jmac_jmac_jmac
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May 5, 2009
7:47 am
23831
Yes, good point there, John. I think it's just old and we're driving it hard, but when we find and install a suitable replacement, I'll keep an eye on the diff...
Jordan
jordanhilsen...
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May 7, 2009
10:09 pm
23832
Find an auto sparky who can find something from the Bosch alternator catalogue that will fit. They did that for my RS Turbo when the factory alt died. Cheers ...
Nick Bajic
grimwolge
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May 7, 2009
10:19 pm
23833
... Seconded - absolutely nothing magical about nippondenso, or whomever makes toyo alternators past and present. You'll actually find it's fairly standard...
John McKenzie
jmac_jmac_jmac
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May 8, 2009
1:13 am
23834
I need to upgrade our stock alternator to something that a). uses an internal regulator, b). puts out something like 70 to 80 peak amps, and c). fits on a...
oldcorollas
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May 27, 2009
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