Hey guys just wanted to know if any one has swaped the ke70 rear coil set up and diff in to a ke30

 

 

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ummm, why???????????????

Just be different is all and maby rally/ kahana cross just be eaiser to change spring rates and that sort of thing to suit the track .... i have coil converted a few hiluxes and that but they have a full chassie was just a thaugh is all coz i have a few ke30/55/70 sitting in the yard

Alot of work to change it to 5 bar link, but i can see the reason why.

NO diff steer.

Seems to be a lot of work for a little gain.

 

edit - beat me :(

Edited March 3, 201511 yr by coln72

Just stick a few bars in beside the leafs... You'd need the chassis mounts for the bars anyway, but retaining leafs means you don't have to worry about the coil's seating points.

 

I thought you'd have thinner leafs lying around where you shave the sides to reduce the spring rate. I'm sure it would be easy enough to swap one leaf pack for another, even if not as easy as coils. Have one really soft set for smoothish dirt, one with more lift for dirt with yumps, and one stiff low one for tarmac work. Then have lower bars and a panhard rod to stop it winding up and walking around the place.

The problem with a Ke30 is more the front end not the rear.. No point switching the back and not touching the front.

What about running one leaf to locate and provide the suspension direction and using a range of softer swap in coil springs...

Would probably need a panhard rod to locate the system and then of course the upper towers and lower bottom mounts

would be quite a bit of work unfortunately. Also the standard multilink rear end was a vast improvement over the standard

leaf spring suspension issues that were part of the design. Maybe just get 3 leaf packs made up but it does take a while

to replace them...