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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Both designs have tradeoffs and their use truely depends on design intent.
Since I'm of the pro ring design, I'll put forth what I see as it's biggest pros and cons:
Pro: Less stress on the whole module -- with the ring low (near the ground) you have a significantly shorter lever arm and therefore much lower stress (see above post). This will allow you to make your side plates thinner (and lighter) while increasing their robustness.
Con: More framework. The frame must contact the module at 2 rings that are not close to each other. That means more framework and possibly a heavier chassis.
Ring designs tend to have less ground clearance as well, but with the side gear that low in your design I don't see that as much of an issue.
If anyone else would like to chime in, I'd like to hear y'alls opinion as well.
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The "ring" can be put at any height you want really so ground clearance is very tweakable.
And building a frame to go with the "ring style" using 1x1x.0625 box tubing works very well weight wise as opposed to pure top mounting which would require heftier frame members