Kia Sportage 4.778 ring pinion gear in N/A rear end?
10-23-07, 12:33 AM
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Kia Sportage 4.778 ring pinion gear in N/A rear end?
Apparently the Miata and S2000 guys have been looking to this for a cheap alternative, according to this website:
http://members.aol.com/solomiata/Drivetrain.html
Are our diffs similar enough so we can take advantage of this as well? These gears go for like $300 at a Kia dealership lol
http://members.aol.com/solomiata/Drivetrain.html
Are our diffs similar enough so we can take advantage of this as well? These gears go for like $300 at a Kia dealership lol
10-23-07, 12:48 AM
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Apparently the Miata and S2000 guys have been looking to this for a cheap alternative, according to this website:
http://members.aol.com/solomiata/Drivetrain.html
Are our diffs similar enough so we can take advantage of this as well? These gears go for like $300 at a Kia dealership lol
http://members.aol.com/solomiata/Drivetrain.html
Are our diffs similar enough so we can take advantage of this as well? These gears go for like $300 at a Kia dealership lol
10-23-07, 01:06 AM
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Kia actually uses a number of Mazda parts, like you can use a Kia block in a Miata, as they're the same.
Depending on where it's built there may be some potential for it to be slighly lower quality or potential QC failures, but I'd think that it should be up to the task.
You'd have to graft the FC pinion shaft onto the Kia pinion gear like with any of the other high ratio axle ratios used by FC road racers.
Depending on where it's built there may be some potential for it to be slighly lower quality or potential QC failures, but I'd think that it should be up to the task.
You'd have to graft the FC pinion shaft onto the Kia pinion gear like with any of the other high ratio axle ratios used by FC road racers.
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