keto_drifts Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 ok so ive got a ke70 I'm wanting to build with an sr20 .. my question is will an s13/180sx rear end fit into my rolla to replace standard diff .. if not how hard would it be to get it in .. i would look myself but i only have pic of diff and my rolla is currently un-movable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irokin Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 How's your fabrication skills? They'd wanna be pretty freaking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keto_drifts Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 I'm pretty confident .. i noticed u have an s13 and the same rolla as myself .. wouldnt be able to tell me some things u can see that would need modifying off the top of your head?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverra23 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 for beginners - how about all the mounts/mounting points and chassis reinforcing to fit an independent rear end into a car that runs a live rear axle. not sure why you would bother with a little ke70. spend your money on a decent live axle rear end and spend your money some where better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yeh it'll be doable but there'll be a lot of work. A lot of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keto_drifts Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 why i would bother is because its different .. i could just whack a cut down 31 diff in it but then itd be like every other modded ke70 (will probs be what i do if this doesnt work). if it can be done then sweet and if not then there was no harm in asking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Surely you'd cut the rear floorpan out of both cars and then fit the Nissan one in the 'rolla?? That would put all your mounts in place with the right reinforcing, you'd just have to match the panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corollaart Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Surely you'd cut the rear floorpan out of both cars and then fit the Nissan one in the 'rolla?? That would put all your mounts in place with the right reinforcing, you'd just have to match the panels. :dance: what he said ,but you would need a lot of skill and no how. I have a mate with a panel shop and builds hot rods and i still shake my head at what these guys can do . rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverra23 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 whats the width of the s13 rear end compared with the corolla. comparing wheel track, not a perfect science since wheel offset plays a part, but gives some idea, shows the track of the corolla at 1405mm and the s13 at 1461 so 56mm or 28mm a side wider. thats quite a bit wider, but probably not the end of the world. shortening everything (arms, driveshafts, cross member) would be a nightmare if you couldnt accomodate that extra width Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keto_drifts Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) whats the width of the s13 rear end compared with the corolla. comparing wheel track, not a perfect science since wheel offset plays a part, but gives some idea, shows the track of the corolla at 1405mm and the s13 at 1461 so 56mm or 28mm a side wider. thats quite a bit wider, but probably not the end of the world. shortening everything (arms, driveshafts, cross member) would be a nightmare if you couldnt accomodate that extra width not registering so i was going to flare guards or get bolt ons Surely you'd cut the rear floorpan out of both cars and then fit the Nissan one in the 'rolla?? That would put all your mounts in place with the right reinforcing, you'd just have to match the panels. i did consider doing that but i don't have the floor .. could get the diff easy enough but yeah don't have the whole s13 to play with Edited January 18, 2010 by keto_drifts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h1_roll4 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 tetsuya hibino has done it to an ae86 http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/tetsuya-hib...ise-ae86/t/1132 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 why i would bother is because its different .. i could just whack a cut down 31 diff in it but then itd be like every other modded ke70 (will probs be what i do if this doesnt work). if it can be done then sweet and if not then there was no harm in asking Masturbating with a cheese grater is different too, but not at all practical. A lot like this. You'd be spending a lot of blood sweat and tears on a set-up that may or may not work at the end of the day, because if everything is not sitting.... just..... so, it's going to be a backwards step. Don't reinvent the wheel if it doesn't need reinventing IMHO. I wouldn't do it, and I have above average fabrication skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeAE71 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Some things are worth doing to be "different" but this one is not :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I think the wheel alignment would be the killer. When you're working on a couple of mm for toein it means every part of the new suspension must be in exactly the right place within those couple of mm. Even welding a mount in will lead to heat distortion that might be enough to put it out by too much. You'd probably end up with a car that oversteers in one direction and understeers in the other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 All of which would be able to be sorted with a decent jig to build it on. It's definitely not a tape measure, cut, shut, weld back together job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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