Two Things What I Bought Today

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Shame there is no green with envy icon.

Word of advice Hirst, not all AE86 parts will just 'swap over'.

I will let you knoew how mine goes over the next few weeks as I am putting a 4age into my 4k KE70.

I do know that my front suspenion top mounts are not ae86 fitment and are infact KP60 style.

Also, you need to source a ae70 pedal box and gearbox cross member too, as these are a direct fit (or try ones from a TE71 maybe if you can find one, I bet there all the same, but mine are from an AUS AE70.)

also,you can use the ae86 fuel tank, to save messing with the injection system. (i bought a ae86 to just swap all the parts over to make it a simple) and also, the rear axle is a straight swap to, but you can ue the std rear axel and use an early (Zenki) diff from a ae86 to save cas, but it wont be AS strong as the ae86 axel as they are thiner.

seats don't bolt straight in to but thats ok as your keeping your std inside like me!

you will need to source a ae86 xmember as its eaiser than making new engine mounts etc, then you know its all fitted good.

You should use a better rad that the std one,a ae86 item is the best swap.

And ae86 rear suspension is all ok, but the fronts you can use ae86 struts/hubs/brakes but you will need to buy them and the steering knuckleas they are not long enough as std.

like I said, I will post a better detailed explanation as I have found out in the past that people tell you things will fit and they end up not fitting etc.

but on MY ke70

the front top mounts are ke70 but someone else I know who is doing a 4age ke70 conversion said ae86 one fitted?? But his was a later facelift version so maybe thats why!??

Some interesting info there, I did wonder about the front suspension to be honest. Luckily there's a lot of off the shelf KE70 stuff available in that regard. Just hope the Charmant suspension is the same as the KE70, it wouldn't surprise me if it was a little different to have a more soft ride or something. We will see! Unfortunately my driveway is going to hamper any lowering efforts, my mate couldn't get his Alfa 155 Sports down it at all and my dad's 407SW scrapes badly when he comes in. Might need some clever thinking there.

You keep us all informed of that KE70 build so I get an idea of what works and what doesn't. A lot of the info you hear around is a bit patchy and makes a lot of assumptions! Don't fancy shelling out hundreds for bits to find they're all useless so I'll watch yours first. You should have yours ready well before I even begin anyway. Incidentally what are you doing regarding the gearbox, T50 box? Someone said you can just use the K50 box but I'm not too sure I like the sound of that, surely it wouldn't be able to handle the power for long.

Hey and I like those wheels too! Problem is they have a diamond cut lip which is long gone, shame because I bet they looked absolutely great brand new. I could refurb them in the future maybe for "show use" or something, just so I can do things like put it to standard, then turn up at some snooty show and park it between all the Jaguars and Ferraris to see what happens. Don't worry about it too much though, all the mods I do will be reversible and everything will be in keeping with the car. 99% will be mechanical mods, as an example the most extreme visual mod is changing the mirrors which are mismatched ones anyway! I just want to improve the driving experience, the looks are pretty much spot on. All the bodywork is staying standard, won't be any bolt on flares or anything crazy! Think more confusing choice of personal import than bosozoku road machine!

And the tin plates are lovely, makes you wonder why they do them all plastic now, you see them all looking rough and leaking water in etc. on cars only a couple of years old. These are still mint.

I echo what you say about not spoiling it though, the mint LGX model on eBay was an absolute stunner, top of the line car with the spokey LGX wheels and everything. I have nightmares that it is being currently ripped apart to make a budget drift car with the lovely sofa style seats lying in a skip somewhere while some cheapo bucket seats are boshed in their place. Just to say nothing against drifting at all, but I hope no one gets the wrong impression with me wanting to put LSD on the car and drop in what is essentially a very popular drift car engine! I just want it to drive nicer than it does now (which is pretty good really).

Hi guys

yeah, once I start putting the parts over from the ae86 onto the ke70 I will write up a full photo report in the reders rides section etc. I would do it as I go along, but then I don't pay it the attention it deserves etc.

I plan on keeping mine as it is, with the adition of JDM twin headlights and grille, and I cant decide if I want to get rid of the rubbing strip down the side??

After that, it just a case of the car becoming a ae86 running gear wise.

The whole reason I am doing it is because I could just drive my ae86 but I wat something different but I want a ae86. I love ae8s really so this is bet of both worlds.

'just bought an ae86'
i could 'just' buy one if i had 'just' 6k for a nice rotten one
"diff tax"