FEATURE: FAIZ'S WICKED SR70

If I recall the yesteryear moments, this is the car that has a big impact in our study life. Started its life as an ‘uncle’ car after being swapped with a Corona TT132, Faiz decided to send this precious for chassis and panel restoration few months later. Since then, this KE70 DX spent more than a year in Banting for body restoration. It was a long journey where we had to drive few times from Malacca to Banting to catch up with the restoration progress.

Three years before, it was a DX square light model and it has now been facelifted to GL front parts with fender side mirror.

Mean looking rear end view. The tail light has been swapped to GL, and the rear trunk as well. This kind of bumper-less KE70 reminds me of my late DX Blackbelt, which has been chopped-off and melted for Toyota FT-86 I think.

A nice pair of SSR Star Shark 15” do its job as front navigator.

… while BBS Mesh 15” for the sake of fun going sideways. Notice the ‘zip-ties’ mark of owner’s creativity and completely wiped off tire wall.

The interior has been influenced by Nissan ‘feeling’ with Silvia steering, steering column, and meter panels. In term of cornering, it is more fun now with Bride full bucket seat to hold the driver.

Most of us (Malaysian) are unable to read Japanese, but we like to collect parts or items with Japanese tags. Here are some production data in 1980’s for owner’s reference, and Google translator please.

Due to height issue (owner), he fabricated a custom welded extension e-brake for the ease of ‘locking’ rear wheels. The gear lever has been moved far behind the original mounting since the new transmission is longer than stock K50.

Thanks to Habib’s miracle touch from Pandan Indah. The silvertop SR-20DE from Silvia S15 took place under the hood, enabling this KE70 to obtain more than required power its needed for wangan run.

For the sake of efficiency, the SR-20DE was mounted as close as possible to the firewall to reduce the angular moment.

Who need aftermarket filter when you can make your own.

Going sideways is more easy with fully adjustable camber set, and you can alter back to 0deg for midnight wangan. Spot welded engine bay is a must when you have this configuration.

With larger engine, you can not expect the stock fuel delivery system to do the same task, so Faiz installed a custom made fuel surge tank to supply ample fuel to the engine.

Same goes to the drivetrain system, Townace axle is trusted to transmit the power from the engine since the stock axle would not be able to handle the massive power. Faiz can now smiling from ear to ear as his three years hard-work paid off.