Thread: Hopefully this year's drive train will be better.
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Unread 09-11-2005, 18:40
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Re: Hopefully this year's drive train will be better.
Yeah, I'm going to agree with the previous comments. The '05 KoP is excellent. All we did was convert ours to 4wd with the same kit sprocket, and add different wheels and wheel sprockets. We left four CIMs in the drivetrain and had one of the most powerful non tread robots. And, unlike previous years there was no "death rattle" from the transmissions or motor fondue. Sure a shift-on-the-fly fourspeed kiwi drive rocks, but if we got that in the KoP, what would people like Andy Baker have to do? Look, 587 has never shifted, nor done anything fancy. We're a sixth year team. Also, we won the 2003 VCU GM award with drills at right angles and bigger pneumatic wheels. The only problem I have with the KoP is its mass, but it is a very solid chassis and gearbox.