hello.
looking for some more grunt from the S, question is i can get a front diff from an 03 2.0L kia sportage, ive read articles that say only the ones from the 95-02 kias will fit the s2k?
any info on wether the 03 gears will fit and are indeed 4.77?
cheers
jess

 

Jess, I thought the Kia gears were 4.625 which is what I have.

Sorry I have no idea about the 03 gears - where did you read that?

 

i heard the gears in the english kia were 4.778 and the new zealand kia were the 4.65somethings lol
will find a link to the page ive been reading.

http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/08...h/viewall.html

would just like to make sure im buying the right part befor i go pulling the car apart.
not too worries about fuel consumption and barely use motorways so the 4.77 should be the right one for me.

 

That's the issue - they were only ever available from Australia or New Zealand, back when I did mine.

 

When you did yours

 

anyone know about the 03 kia? isit the same mark sportage as the 02 or was it changed that year? if its same mark i might take the risk

 

Well, when I was looking in to it - I ended up buying Paper Lawyers Diff which had the gears in

 

i think im going to buy new gears from kia.
does anyone know the rough cost of them from kia and how much it is to fit them. just roughly.

 

I've enquired about this at kia and I think it was around £800 when I asked a year ago. It's really not worth it, just get some that are made for the S2k

 

lol how much? in america they like 300 dollars!