Mike Brownlie Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Im starting work on a custom 110" hybrid and i plan to turn the engine around to face the rear, flip both front and rear axles and have a mid engined concept. If i turn an axle upside down is this going to cause any damage to the diff and what would i need to change apart from the obvious suspension components ? thanks Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 You will have the usual problem of lubrication inside the diff. Normally accommodated by overfilling oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 The Alvin Smith Strange Rover worked this way - you might need to re-drill the ends of the axle case to get the castor correct, but apart from that (and having the drain-plug at the top) I can't think of any probs... Are you going to remote link the gear-lever to bring it back to a normal pattern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles tout terrain Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Alot of comp safari motors have been done like this before the days of reverse rotation transfer box's were about from the like of Trevor Milner or Rakeway, my early Simmbugghini has flipped axles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveturnbull Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Alot of comp safari motors have been done like this before the days of reverse rotation transfer box's were about from the like of Trevor Milner or Rakeway, my early Simmbugghini has flipped axles Pete's racer has flipped axles. No issues with diff lubrucation - just wrapping them round trees! We made a new front one a while back as he ripped one end off it. It was quite a lot of work, and even a bit of that mathematical geometry stuff for the castor angle. One thing to watch with the front axle is the clearance of the track rod as an upside down diff gets in the way with it's path if the axle casing is at a standard angle, so you'll need to rotate the casing (from your original 180 degree rotate) to point the diff nose up a bit to allow clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 The Alvin Smith Strange Rover worked this way Cor blimey thats a blast from the past! the 5.7 was a bit of a beast iirc ...probably got some old mags from the '80's in store with some pics cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 theres a 110 chassis on the bay thsts been converted to run in the rear......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 ...probably got some old mags from the '80's in store with some pics They used to run an ad on the back of one of the mags - I would sit for hours looking at it and plotting how one day I would have one. I saw one at a show once and boy, did it look strong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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