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05.23.2005, 08:51 PM
For a while I had been working on a custom monster truck project using Maxx diffs. I was working with a custom center transmission consisting of just a shaft with an integrated slipper clutch/spur gear mount. The problem I ran into is that I wouldn't have been able to gear properly because of the relatively low gear ratio of the Maxx diffs (2.846:1). I did make a special gear/motor mount that utilized a total of 4 gears (including motor pinion gear) that had a built in Revo slipper clutch. This made it possible to get the perfect ratio without using gigantic spur gears and microscopic pinions.
The reason why many buggies [and truggies] can use a center diff is because the F/R diffs have a ratio somewhere around 3.25 (3.14 for Ofnas). Since getting a 1/8 buggy, I have found that I can mod it so that there isn't a center diff, but a shaft with a spur gear mount that lets me use up to a 64t 32p spur. When put with a small pinion, this would be very ideal. Now I just need to get a slipper clutch onto this!
SH Z-Car, Custom Crawler, 8s Savage, 12s XTM XLB 1/7 buggy, 4wd 4-link rear/IFS Pro4 truck, Custom Hyper 10 Short Course, Belt-Drive Mammoth ST 1/8 truggy, 4s 17.5 MM Pro HPI Blitz
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