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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff
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Wed, 27 July 2005 02:08
 
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KE55 diffs are 1350mm from wheel mounting face to wheel mounting face.
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff
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Wed, 27 July 2005 02:30
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bit wider dude, its more like 1370 - 1380 depending how good u are at measuring
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff
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Wed, 27 July 2005 02:52
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thanks guys i really appreciate your help 
im chopping a vl diff to use seeing as i have a disc lsd one laying around.
so yeah i plan on running 15" commodore wheels. im going to have to get commodore struts in the front somehow.
does anybody have a length of the front struts from top to stub axle handy?
sorry i know this is a pain lol
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff
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Wed, 27 July 2005 02:59
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also some basic measurements from the radiator support to the firewall. and width of the usable engine bay
i owe you boys!
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff
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Wed, 27 July 2005 05:29
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bump:) please ke55 owners i need your help^^^
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 06:14
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much appreciated mate
720mm is the exact lenghth of my engine. minor mods will probably have to be made,no biggie:)
also the radiator support unbolts from these cars doesnt it?allowing the engine to be instaled from the front rather than dropped in from above?
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 06:19
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According to the NSW RTA's "guidelines for light vehicle modification" the biggest engine with forced induction you can put into a vehicle originally fitted with a 4cyl or rotary and weighing less than 1100kg is worked out by multiplying the tare weight of the car by 2.5. this will give you an engine capacity in ml's (cc's).
KE55's weigh around 900kg which gives you a max engine capacity for forced induction of 2250cc's.
Anything bigger than this will probably need to be engineered as an idividually constructed vehicle (icv) which then has to meet all the current ADR's.
If you want a copy of the guidelines I can email it to you.
If you do go ahead and get it registered though it would be an awesome little car  .
BTW I added some measurements to my previous post. Hope they are usefull.
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 06:21
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Radiator support bolt's in  .
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 06:35
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yeah i noticed your measurements magically appear lol:)
if you could email me that would be great. your being a great help:)
ps its funny i got a conflicting story when i rang the rta today
leighdnb@yahoo.com.au
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 06:49
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Email sent.
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 06:52
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you are 100% correct  boohoo.
so i either do it as a individually constructed vehicle.or get me a dead rb20 block and borrow its numbers 
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 07:26
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I just had a look at the RTA website. Last time I looked I couldn't find the guidelines but they appear to be updated. So it seems I have sent you an old copy  .
I'm going back to read them both and see if anything has been changed.
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 09:21
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| rb30 boy wrote on Wed, 27 July 2005 17:40 |
nah ma its still the sam unfortunately for me. what so bad about a mild 350rwkw engine in a ke55? 
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Haha!! Awesome.. Aside from the fact that your power:weight is close to 1:2! Get it up to 1:1 and I'll be really impressed.
Also, you MIGHT have trouble getting that through the front rad. support area. Just have to go in more from the top, easy enough.
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Re: help please:) measurements of ke55 diff/engine bay
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Wed, 27 July 2005 09:45
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lol 1:1 is time to fit wings!
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