Hi,

 

I'm about to purchase a KE55. It has a stock diff, i want to get a locked diff.

 

Where should i start looking for one, and a rough price.

 

I can put the new one in, but i am NOT WELDING THE DIFF.

 

Probably another noob question but what is the stud pattern of a KE55.

 

Cheers

why do you want a locked diff? let me guess cause your drift king correct?

Nope, not that clever.

 

I'm trying to set up a car to learn to drift in, at a track, not on the street.

 

And this mod is one of the first in which i have been told will be helpful. It is also one of the ones i feel confident doing.

first result from a google search of "ke55 studd pattern"

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=15077

 

and as for locked diff, no idea, but id advise against it.

no one unless you know them or aren't very dodgy will "sell" you a locked diff, and if you do drive with one you'd better be a dam good drive in the wet. They are just dangerous and dodgy.

Yeah this car will maily be a track car. Only driven on the street if i need to test something out etc, not gunna be a daily or weekender.

 

What would you suggest if i wanted to drive it to the track etc i would need to do.

 

Whats this gunna cost roughly too?

Edited August 19, 201016 yr by 71-BEETLE

don't drive it to the track, drive it on a trailer. As you say it will be a track car it will most likely be unroadworthy.

Take the current centre out and ask someone to weld it for you, if your not a confident welder.

Itd be alot easier then trying to buy one. Also if your intending to use it for a drift rig, don't try sliding it on bitchi until you have stiffer rear leafs and stiffer front springs or you'l just be king of understeer.

Do you want a lock diff without having it welded? The alternative to welding is to use a minispool and I'm pretty sure nobody has bothered to make one up for spindly little corolla diffs.

I have no experience with KE55s.. However, if the axle is similar to those found on KE70s, or if you can modify a KE70 axle to fit, you can get a 100% progressive locking TRD diff for an AE86, or a stock AE86 diff which as far as I remember has got atleast some locking.

 

Having say a 40% locked diff or a progressive locking one (expensive) is great for sliding about. What sort of engine will you be going with? If you've got a stock 3 or 4K, or hell even a 2T, you don't even have to THINK about the diff until you've got more power.

To learn how to drift you have started with the wrong car, leaf sprung rear ends tend to get what we call axle tramp and axle tramp is bad in drifting, start with a ke70/1 or ae71 they are coilsprung rear end and with a decent shock and spring they wont axle tramp, plus they have a steering rack instead of a steering box, i know for a fact you can get KAAZ 2way lsd's for a stock ke70 diff (thats right KAAZ makes a 2 way for a ke70), it is dangerous to drive with a locked/spooled diff in the wet, but i have done it ever since i have owned a rwd corolla, anyways point is you started with the wrong car, why do you think there are so many ke70's out there drifting? Cause there the better setup car from factory

Edited August 20, 201016 yr by SLW42

details on KAAZ 2way for an 8 bold borgwarner please. i'm calling shenanigans.

To learn how to drift you have started with the wrong car, leaf sprung rear ends tend to get what we call axle tramp and axle tramp is bad in drifting, start with a ke70/1 or ae71 they are coilsprung rear end and with a decent shock and spring they wont axle tramp, plus they have a steering rack instead of a steering box, i know for a fact you can get KAAZ 2way lsd's for a stock ke70 diff (thats right KAAZ makes a 2 way for a ke70), it is dangerous to drive with a locked/spooled diff in the wet, but i have done it ever since i have owned a rwd corolla, anyways point is you started with the wrong car, why do you think there are so many ke70's out there drifting? Cause there the better setup car from factory

 

 

any details on this KAAZ LSD for stock ke70 diff?

 

and also any car can get axel tramp if its setup wrong, just so happends that leaf rear ends get it easier.

on the Kazz site there's only options for an ae86

does this mean S series diffs? as I'm under the impression thats what usdm ae86's have?

 

http://www.kaazonline.com/corolla.html

 

also ive heard people talking about a minispool being able to be ordered from repco?

the aftermarket diff available for ae86 diff is for a T series. there are 2 types of ae86 T series (big and small axel, and these only came in jap cars, dunno about US), then there is the T series out of the T18 which have the smaller axel.

 

(btw big axel is like 25.4, small is 24.5 or something, not much in it)

 

the aus delivered ae86s have the S series, which is useless.

 

still waiting to hear back from mr SLW about this rumoured KAAZ for a ke70 diff.