I am familiar with gear reduction boxes in Split window VW Buses.. have worked on those since about '72. but never have heard of them being called Portal Axles. I have also seen them used in a Dune Buggy rotated ...to increase wheel base, not ground clearance. I also have a plan for some .. likely in a 1 to 1 ratio, used in an 'extend wheelbase' configuration. or 'increase ground clearance' configuration for off road types. to enable putting in a stock subaru transaxle turned around.. as the Gear boxes reverse direction of rotation, which is what you need if you turn around a front transaxle . scott turbovans On 3/29/2012 3:50 PM, Jim Akiba wrote: > Best part about the mighty FC, is it's sitting on portal axles... > looked at the pricing for these from dynatrac (the OEM) and they run > 12,500 for the front, and 11,000 for the rears.. anyone want a syncro > with portal axles and have about $50k to spare? We'll do it up.. > > Jim Akiba > |
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