Savage BL Conversion

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by Dafni

We are building a slipperential savage. With parts from Mike. If you want I can post some pictures....


cheers

Daf

Hey Daf! that would be great. I was planning on a CD/Slipdiff Savage too, but I don't have the time and tools to get it all done properly in any time soon (may or may not have seen my thread.)

Question tho, are you planning on a direct drive unit, or some sort of gear reduction (ie a one spd tranny, like some of the first version slipperentials?)

That was a big stumbling block I was running into. A big spur hangs out the bottom or has to have unfriendly driveline angles (for high mounting.) Likewise, a small spur fits nicer, but offers little gear reduction, even with a small pinion. EG, w/ a 10T pinion & 46T spur, on the stock diffs you only get a ~15.9:1 FDR. Not much if you have a heavy savage and big 40 series tires.
Forget about running the Cen diffs w/ their 2.89 ratio. G/L, I hope to see what you come up with.

[spiftacu1ar]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Hey Daf! that would be great. I was planning on a CD/Slipdiff Savage too, but I don't have the time and tools to get it all done properly in any time soon (may or may not have seen my thread.)

Question tho, are you planning on a direct drive unit, or some sort of gear reduction (ie a one spd tranny, like some of the first version slipperentials?)

That was a big stumbling block I was running into. A big spur hangs out the bottom or has to have unfriendly driveline angles (for high mounting.) Likewise, a small spur fits nicer, but offers little gear reduction, even with a small pinion. EG, w/ a 10T pinion & 46T spur, on the stock diffs you only get a ~15.9:1 FDR. Not much if you have a heavy savage and big 40 series tires.
Forget about running the Cen diffs w/ their 2.89 ratio. G/L, I hope to see what you come up with.

The savage with 40 series wheels, CEN diffs, and 50:9 slipperenital/pinion garing yield about the same reduction as the stock flux with the stock 44:25 gearing

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by spiftacu1ar

The savage with 40 series wheels, CEN diffs, and 50:9 slipperenital/pinion garing yield about the same reduction as the stock flux with the stock 44:25 gearing

I can't see your pix here, but I'm excited to see them later, sry for the hijack :)

When you say 44:25, are you talking spur/pinion? or the internal tranny gears? I assume the former, which is still quite low (~16:1), but workable. Only bad part would be the rapid wear on such a sm pinion. G/L

[spiftacu1ar]

Originally Posted by Finnster

I can't see your pix here, but I'm excited to see them later, sry for the hijack :)

When you say 44:25, are you talking spur/pinion? or the internal tranny gears? I assume the former, which is still quite low (~16:1), but workable. Only bad part would be the rapid wear on such a sm pinion. G/L

I was talking about the spur pinion. The flux stock with 44:25 spur:pinoin is about the same as Big joes, Cen diffs, and 50:9 (slipperential pinion) ratio.