SSD not big enough for re-install of Snow Leopard - now what

I've installed an SSD in my MacPro - and it's great! Really fast, no problems. BUT, I can't upgrade the system to 10.6.6, because every time I try, I get a kernel panic on start-up. Apple have advised me to re-install SL from the original disc, but....there's not enough space on the SSD to do this. I have other hard drives that have enough space, but if I install SL there...how do I move it over to the SSD? I'm nervous of moving apps. off the SSD, as I'm not sure which have to be with the system, and which don't. I could leave everything well alone, and wait for Lion to arrive, but would have the same problem then.
Any help would be appreciated.

Did you erase first? no reason SL is too large but I have seen other posts that seem to suggest there are other problems with OS X 10.6 and SSDs.
Mine is 90GB (83GB left for use) and I like to over provision, leave space for temp files and for wear and tear.
10.6.6 combo update @ 1GB has to expand, write temp files, shuffle files around, and could use 7GB during the process.
If you haven't, I'd download, read the pdf manual SuperDuper in the future for smart clone backups, and even put the system on a sparse disk image.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
I suspect the lack of space is from installing over an old system, no? why not include things like size of SSD. you may have chosen small drive and need to consider stripe a pair instead.

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