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[Aren_Hill]

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.

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