tigris wrote:
A few notes on your original post:
95" WB not happening in a midi without a repurposed fwd setup or long. transaxle
Check this front engine setup:http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/ford/1908857-custom-divorced-borg-warner.html
Go with a moderately off the shelf solution when possible or something proven in other builds:
Save yourself the trouble and use the brakes from your donor spindles, if this project has any prospect of completion you need to keep it simple and minimize any unnecessary adapting, you can always upgrade to lighter calipers later.
Same with driveshafts, use the donor unit ujoints, custom shafts, again, keep the diff/tc in the same family and you can use a single setup and just cut the lengths for your needs (I'm investigating the exploder awd tcase, 8.8s front/rear, off the shelf ffr rear axles/moser cut cv shafts on the front, mark williams will cut your rear hubs for those axles-thats what i did for my miata v8)
245 tires overkill for 300 hp awd
t5 is light, cheap, and gears are available for high hp
Lol, yeah, the original 95" WB was more than a little optimistic now that ive got some measurements. At the moment im looking into a couple of options (im looking at your link now) and i think im going to do something in the 150-200hp range for the original build but still making provisions for a larger and longer powertrain combination for upgradability.
Im actually looking at the 8.8 diffs, but the awd explorer transfer case wont work for my needs. Halfshafts are easy for me to figure out if i go with my mitsubishi differentials because im most familiar with mitsu parts. but audi halfshafts need to be looked into, because i might be able to use the whole diff to hub portion and save some effort.
Im going for the 245's because i already have some spare wheels for that size and it will be going to a local roadcourse.
T5 is exactly what ive been trying to figure out, but besides fabing up a custom extension housing to match up with the excessively long mainshaft(again adding more wheelbase) the only option is having a 4x4 length mainshaft built(which may actually be a possibility surprisingly, hopefully it pans out) but its going to be expensive.
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