Wheeee, I just got off the phone with a guy out in Utah that is making hybrid 9"/ Volvo portal axles. Prices arent too bad by comparison either. 9" center sections, Volvo gear reduction portals (supposed to be stronger and lighter than Mogs) with Dana 60 king pin outer knuckles setup for high steer and disk brakes. It sounds like the killer combo for the FJ project. Rear steer of course. They are a couple months away but I'm in no big hurry.
He doesn't have his website up yet so It's not my place to say. However I did stumble on it rambling on the Pirate board looking at a 9"/ mog hybrid axle setup for sale. If I could figure out a way to get a pic up on here I would but it looks like you still have to be a fully fleged friggn web weenie to do so. No matter how much you pay. I can say it looks pretty sweet and beefey as all hell. Big ass square axle tubes, portal outers. Just sick sick sick. I'm all jazzed about finding them. I could be their first rear steer setup too.
I sent them to the address listed in your profile. tpbradyjr at acsalaska dot net. Maybe the attachments made it bouce but I didn't get a bounce back message.
I sent them to the address listed in your profile. tpbradyjr at acsalaska dot net. Maybe the attachments made it bouce but I didn't get a bounce back message.
I sent them to the address listed in your profile. tpbradyjr at acsalaska dot net. Maybe the attachments made it bouce but I didn't get a bounce back message.
Somewhere in the range of 40" I guess. Depends on tires rims etc. I'm not going to decide now because the tire market it so dynamic and coming up with new stuff all the time.
I want the hub gearing so I can run a 9" center section and run 2 or 3 somethings in the diff. The stress to the rest of the drivetrain is half of what a normal hub produces. I will have lots of gearing options in the driveline itself. The auto TH350 is good for 2:1, the Toy Box is 2 something:1 and the Atlas will be 3 something:1. That will provide lots of options for the trail yet I should still have some highway speed without pushing the engine to redline. Not that I'm planning to drive the thing to Moab or anything like I do the Taco but it should still be able to get itself back around a highway loop to it's trailer. I don't know, maybe it could make it from home to the Rubicon or Fordyce and back in a pinch but that would be about the outside limit for any highway travel. This is going to be different the opposite of the Taco. The taco is a street machine that can be wheeled while this one will be a wheeling machine that can be street driven.
Somewhere in the range of 40" I guess. Depends on tires rims etc. I'm not going to decide now because the tire market it so dynamic and coming up with new stuff all the time.
I want the hub gearing so I can run a 9" center section and run 2 or 3 somethings in the diff. The stress to the rest of the drivetrain is half of what a normal hub produces. I will have lots of gearing options in the driveline itself. The auto TH350 is good for 2:1, the Toy Box is 2 something:1 and the Atlas will be 3 something:1. That will provide lots of options for the trail yet I should still have some highway speed without pushing the engine to redline. Not that I'm planning to drive the thing to Moab or anything like I do the Taco but it should still be able to get itself back around a highway loop to it's trailer. I don't know, maybe it could make it from home to the Rubicon or Fordyce and back in a pinch but that would be about the outside limit for any highway travel. This is going to be different the opposite of the Taco. The taco is a street machine that can be wheeled while this one will be a wheeling machine that can be street driven.
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