robertwa
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| posted on 30/6/05 at 09:55 PM |
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Thanks Steve,
I might look into it. The miget/funny car crowd do all sorts of diff ratios and stuff for the toyota rear axle so maybe they have something suitable
to allow for the drive spinning the other way....
Probably a hard engine to find though
Rob
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robertwa
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 11:28 PM |
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Spoke to someone the other day about running a diff the other way. As it turns out, people get confused. The whole axle is flipped over. The gears
still turn against the preferred side, not the coast side. I tried it with beer bottle tops!
The only problem is the pinion is higher up and out of the oil. I don't think it is a problem, what with oil getting sloshed around everywhere.
Thats my theory anyway....
Rob
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sgraber
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 11:39 PM |
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You are comparing apples to oranges. In the situation you describe, the input shaft is still spinning the right way so indeed the drive is against the
correct side. You flip the diff upside down and the wheels will turn in the opposite direction. But in the case of the reverse rotation engines the
input is already spinning bacwards... The diff needs to spin backwards AND upside down!
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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