Kevin's TE27 Project
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Re: Kevin's TE27 Project
Roland, yes I'll defintaly roll out to see you soon.
The BOSS has been great to me recently. She purchased a set of FlexForm fiberglass springs for me a few months back. It took them a while to build these but they are so much lighter than the factory metal ones.
i did run into an issue though... the holes were a bit too small. 3/8 were the sizes but the car needed a bit more.
i did run into an issue though... the holes were a bit too small. 3/8 were the sizes but the car needed a bit more.
I had to make a run to the local HF store... picked up an elcheapo micrometer...
3/8 is the size of the eye on the new spring...
turns out the hook up parts from the TE27 are 25/64 in size.
Somehow i made a brain fart decision and bought a 25/64 drill bit from OSH. Ended up not being big enough... So i went back to OSH and bought the size up from that 13/32.
The old reading off of the old leaf spring...
All drilled out, test fitted and good to go. 13/32 was the size to be, . It is a mm bigger but didn't give much if any play.
So far I haven't tested it out to see if it's made a difference. Unluckily, i smashed my rear brake lines while jacking up and down the car. Time to go make new lines...
3/8 is the size of the eye on the new spring...
turns out the hook up parts from the TE27 are 25/64 in size.
Somehow i made a brain fart decision and bought a 25/64 drill bit from OSH. Ended up not being big enough... So i went back to OSH and bought the size up from that 13/32.
The old reading off of the old leaf spring...
All drilled out, test fitted and good to go. 13/32 was the size to be, . It is a mm bigger but didn't give much if any play.
So far I haven't tested it out to see if it's made a difference. Unluckily, i smashed my rear brake lines while jacking up and down the car. Time to go make new lines...
btw in case anyone is wondering what I ended up ordering.... below is what i submitted to them.
http://www.flex-form.com/products.asp
The measurements used for their order form was as follows:
A-dimension overall = 45".
B-dimension center pin = 19 5/8".
C-dimension arch height = 2".
D-dimension chord = 44 3/4".
E-dimension bolt diameter front = 5/16", back = 25/64".
F-dimension width = 2".
Car weight = approx 2000 pounds, with a typical Corolla weighing 440 pounds per each rear tire. Spring Rate is 150.
I have to give thanks to Tom for passing the information to me. I found him and his corollas on the following website [i think it's his website] and emailed him. He has alot of useful information:
http://oldcorollas.com/#!featured/toms-sr5-109
http://www.flex-form.com/products.asp
The measurements used for their order form was as follows:
A-dimension overall = 45".
B-dimension center pin = 19 5/8".
C-dimension arch height = 2".
D-dimension chord = 44 3/4".
E-dimension bolt diameter front = 5/16", back = 25/64".
F-dimension width = 2".
Car weight = approx 2000 pounds, with a typical Corolla weighing 440 pounds per each rear tire. Spring Rate is 150.
I have to give thanks to Tom for passing the information to me. I found him and his corollas on the following website [i think it's his website] and emailed him. He has alot of useful information:
http://oldcorollas.com/#!featured/toms-sr5-109
Re: Kevin's TE27 Project
Wow! that's really cool! please let me know how you like them. Thanks for sharing that information
"As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character." - A.W. Tozer
the rattling and bouncyness finally did me in. This past 3 day weekend, i pulled apart the front suspension and took a peek under there. Turns out the front shocks were dead... I took a few trips to local autozone and oriely but they couldn't find me a strut insert to fit. So I called up Techno Toy Tuning and drove out there. They were very nice and assisted in finding me a close match. 85 Toyota MR2 rear shock or p/n Tokico HZ1086. I ended up picking up the t3 camber plate as well. Brought the new parts home, test fitted, reinstalled, just need to redo the brakelines and bleed the brakes.