Toyo R1R

It has been a while since I posted on this blog. I have been off overseas on holiday. Just before i left I committed to some tyres. After much deliberating over what tyres to get, I ended up going with Toyo R1Rs. Luckily for me I found a bargain on eBay!! I managed to...

Let the wiring begin

After a bit of a break from the car due to hurting my neck, I am getting back into it.  I have decided to start to tackle the wiring.  Luckily for me I did pay to have my engine wiring loom modified by Alecam Motorsports in Queensland.  It was the best couple hundred...

The engine is in!

What a milestone!  The engine and gearbox are in!  Now that I have run all the lines down the transmission tunnel (thanks Dave for the tip) I could finally bolt the engine into place.  Surprisingly it went in a whole smoother than I expected.  I had my trusty helper...

Indicator and steering wheel

Being the fussy person that I am, I decided I didnt like the tatty look and feel of the original Corolla KE30 steering column stalks.  They really looked there age.  Plus as I dont plan on having windscreeen wipers I removed the wiper stalk from the left hand side of...

Front brakes all done

So today I finished plumbing my front brakes and almost finished off the rear.  It was a little more tricky than I had hoped for.  Making sure everything sat snugly against the frame was a bit of a pain. For all the fittings I went down to the local brake place and...

Hard fuel and brake lines

,I finally got around to picking up some hard brake and fuel lines.  The fuel lines are 5/16 and the brake are 3/16 bundy.  The first fun task was to try and straighten the tube out as it comes in 8m rolls.  The brake line was quite easy but the fuel...