- Location
- Foresthill, CA
Princess I will assume her final resting place this weekend *moment of silence*, and all driveline components are going to be pulled, R&R'ed and then re-installed into Princess II.
One turd is already being re-polished, as a new trussed and reinforced 8.8 housing will be finished soon.
Second turd that that needs polishing is the trusty old 231 case. In short, it has served 9 years in the most extreme conditions you can find with never a false step, and the last five years it has been tortured by the 6.31 to 1 first gear of an NV4500. Valiant service indeed.
It has come time to re-build the unit, but since it will now be living behind a 300 ft-lb stroker, I'm thinking it might be time for some simple upgrades. I already have a 32 spline output, so I was thinking of taking the internals of a 231 C (Chevrolet) case and using some of them in my 231J. What parts out of the Chevy case do I want? I assume the chain is wider, and I bellieve the planetary gear set has 5 pinions rather than 3? So basically, I would want everything out of the Chevy case except the mainshaft? Do I need the case as well, or will the annulus gear that is pressed into the Chevy case press right into my case?
Give me the lowdown so I can hunt down a donor and get to work, wheeling season is fast approaching!
CRASH
One turd is already being re-polished, as a new trussed and reinforced 8.8 housing will be finished soon.
Second turd that that needs polishing is the trusty old 231 case. In short, it has served 9 years in the most extreme conditions you can find with never a false step, and the last five years it has been tortured by the 6.31 to 1 first gear of an NV4500. Valiant service indeed.
It has come time to re-build the unit, but since it will now be living behind a 300 ft-lb stroker, I'm thinking it might be time for some simple upgrades. I already have a 32 spline output, so I was thinking of taking the internals of a 231 C (Chevrolet) case and using some of them in my 231J. What parts out of the Chevy case do I want? I assume the chain is wider, and I bellieve the planetary gear set has 5 pinions rather than 3? So basically, I would want everything out of the Chevy case except the mainshaft? Do I need the case as well, or will the annulus gear that is pressed into the Chevy case press right into my case?
Give me the lowdown so I can hunt down a donor and get to work, wheeling season is fast approaching!
CRASH