I wish i had a five sped in my rolla is this possible does it fit in that small tunnel, and whats one of the easier motor conversions that will give me a little more go?

Any bigger K motor will basically bolt in.

 

5 speed should basically bolt in, although a little cutting of the tunnel might be in order. Felix, our resident KE10 guru might be better for that one.

 

Try doing a search on google.com or in here on both the above topics. We've said it once, we've said it a million times, google.com is your friend.... ;)

Edited October 7, 200422 yr by Redwarf

I did a write up on this WAYYYY back when I did it...

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/articles/gearbox/

 

If you need any help shoot me a PM

hi papasmurf, what is in your car now, just the standard 3k and 4speed?

 

the 5 speed will bolt in, you will just need to cut a new shifter hole further back to suit. you may have to massage the tunnel a bit to clearance the gearbox. if you use a late ke70 box you will need to drill a couple of extra holes in the gearbox crossmember. you may need to extend the reversing light wires.

 

if you are currently running an original gearbox you will most likely need to replace the input shaft part of the tailshaft with a later one to suit the 5 speed. this just swaps onto your original tailshaft with a new uni joint.

 

note, there are 2 different types of tailshaft and diffs in the ke11s. some have jap diff (where the diff center unbolts from the front of the diff housing) and borg warner (diff has inspection plate which bolts onto rear of diff housing). make sure you check this so you can get the right input shaft bit for the tailshaft.

 

if you currently have an auto, i think i have all the bits laying around for a manual conversion (minus 5speed).

 

3k, 4k and 5k will bolt straight in. 2 of my cars have 4ks and ke70 5speeds in them at the moment. have a 5k to go in my ke15 in the next week or so. not really to much to worry about putting in a later engine. about the only concerns are:

 

later engines have finer thread bolts holding engine to box.

engine to box strengthening brackets on manifold side can interfere with steering drag link (leave off).

4k and 5k have higher deck heights so you can have problems sometimes as your exhaust may rub on the floor after an engine change, especially with extractors.

Oooh, KE15 getting engine upgrade ;)

yup.

 

a 5k built to pretty much the same specs as current 4k. will also be running twin SU's thanks to Peter. should go a bit harder ;)

So are you going to take me for a drive and make me giggle like a little schoolboy again? ;)

haha, i'm sure it'll have more giggle factor. ;)

Doug - i would love to have a ride too - oh and to meet you in person aswell ! ;) !

Teddy - sure, guess one of these days we will meet up. always nice to put a face to a name.