So I am requesting the opinions of fellow CD'ers. I've done a lot of searching on CD to get ideas.
Christmas has come early for us and we have two shiny new supershifters sitting in front of us (ordered a week before the new shifting gearbox was announced by AM
) But I digress...
We have always done a simple dropped 6wd (4 plactions/2 omnis) 4CIM toughbox set-up, each year gearing to try to go just a little faster. This year we feel we have reached our limit on top speed and a combination of bad calculations and poor wiring connections caused us to have drivetrain trouble for the first year in 5 years.
So I want to employ the help of CD to see if you think our setup will ideally work with our new SShifters.
Yes, this will be an off season project, and will be prototyped a few times but I want to at least make sure we are building something plausible as there are so many experienced drive train builders here and we are inexperienced in exploring outside of our regular set-up.
Essentially our idea is a 4 CIM, 6wd center dropped 1/8". Wheels would be 4" performance wheels with blue nitrile treading.
For the prototype we were going to direct drive the center performance wheels with a hex shaft straight off the SS (not cantilevered). The other 2 wheels would be driven off the center wheel with #25 32:32 tooth sprockets.
The gearing on the supershifter would be the 4:1 overall option (low- 24:1, high 6:1)
This gives us a theoretical 15.45 ft/s in high, and 3.86 ft/s in low.
I am however, worried with stalling problems; so to my untrained eyes it appears to have the potential to work well, but I'd like a more experienced opinion though.
Generally my questions are:
1. Do you feel this drive train will work effectively?
2. We usually use #35 chain so will #25 chain break if we get into low gear and get into a real good pushing match?
3. any general comments or suggestions for improvement (different gear ratio that you've found successful, etc.) will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You! Much appreciation in advance.