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Finnster · 05.27.2010, 10:48 AM

Looks pretty good Ben. I was working on a mount for a Sav for a while, but gave up when Mike was coming out w/ the universal mount, and finding that designing in CAD is a pita. Mike makes it look a lot easier than it is.

Unfortunately the universal mount has been OOS for a couple months and no updates on an ETA.

The only issue putting in a CD in a sav the the limitations onf gear ratio, especially if you want to use the bulletproof diffs. They are a low gear ratio (3.22 iirc) so if you want to go a CD and run big tires etc, you need to come up with quite a reduction in the CD/pinion. Even an extreme 10/50 ratio only gets 16.1:1. I wouldn't bother running 0.8mod gears either.

Perhaps Mike is working on something to go with the Savage 5B kit he's developing. Ditching the tranny would be nice. Mech brakes are easy to do as well, but honestly I'd stick w/ motor brakes for simplicity and lack of brake fade.

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Finnster KillaHurtz Offline Posts: 2,958 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucks Co, PA	05.27.2010, 10:48 AM Looks pretty good Ben. I was working on a mount for a Sav for a while, but gave up when Mike was coming out w/ the universal mount, and finding that designing in CAD is a pita. Mike makes it look a lot easier than it is. Unfortunately the universal mount has been OOS for a couple months and no updates on an ETA. The only issue putting in a CD in a sav the the limitations onf gear ratio, especially if you want to use the bulletproof diffs. They are a low gear ratio (3.22 iirc) so if you want to go a CD and run big tires etc, you need to come up with quite a reduction in the CD/pinion. Even an extreme 10/50 ratio only gets 16.1:1. I wouldn't bother running 0.8mod gears either. Perhaps Mike is working on something to go with the Savage 5B kit he's developing. Ditching the tranny would be nice. Mech brakes are easy to do as well, but honestly I'd stick w/ motor brakes for simplicity and lack of brake fade.