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I hate to say it but this definitely isn't a West Coast Drive (WCD).
That being said it looks incredibly solid for a first drivetrain. Adding a bellypan on the entire bottom would greatly strengthen things. Also how are you planning to tension the chains and what wheels are you using? |
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from the picture it looks like the center wheel is dropped but its hard to tell. |
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Live axles Typically 6wd dropped center (or 8wd in some cases) Direct drive from transmission to center wheel Dropped center wheel Cantilevered wheels |
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Looks good! What is the total weight? And are your center wheels along a line perpendicular to the side plates, or are they slightly offset from each other?
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Has anyone else noticed that the teams who developed the so-called "West Coast Drive" rarely ever refer to it as such? Strange how the name kind of took off.
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Back to the drawing....That is a really nice sheetmetal drive. I'm guessing the middle is driven via hex and from their power is distributed to to the outer wheels which rest on dead axles. Are they custom wheels? The gearbox looks custom two, or is a standard andymark gearboxbox modified for mounting purposes? Great design though, the whole sheetmetal thing is taking off... I personally owe a thanks to team IFI for some inspiration with sheetmetal fabrication...I love seeing all the new with sheetmetal. |
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I believe that this is in fact not part of the sheet metal bandwagon... To me this looks like C-Channel is designed to be welded... Hopefully Stephanie will elaborate further on her drive system and it's components.
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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...c+968+practice Looks really nice! Any idea on weight or thickness of the metal. Also what kind of transmission/gear ratio is that? |
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I'm interested about a couple of things.
1. Are those custom gearboxes? Or are they specific ones you found online? 2. What is the weight of the frame? Other than that, this is not w WCD, or the definition of WCD that I am familiar with. But the frame looks nice. I'm worried that some of the extrusions in the frame leave the the metal between a little thin, but it looks excellent. |
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