Chain Drives

[showbusiness]

Any mudracers,trying to go to a chain drive setup,is this possible to come out of a shortened glide with a sprocket,drop straight down to a sprocket which in turn is going to front and rear diffs. which are both centred instead of offset. Thanks ,any pics or ideas greatly appreciated. SHOWTME RACING/Norm

[showbusiness]

No mudracers out here.

[DRTRCR22]

Well... I sling a lot of mud at the begining of the night, but I don't think that counts... :) :)

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab64/DRTRCR22/Track2.jpg

[showbusiness]

Thanks for reply.Norm

[TheRabbit]

Don't know how I missed this post. You can do it that way or buy the shaft from Power Pro which uses two shafts. One shaft goes between the drive shaft and trans and other shaft runs the front shaft. Will cost you about 950 to $1,000 for everything including chain and sprokets.
No matter which way you go make sure to put a plate on the rear tail shaft to keep from pulling the trans to the right and ruining the rear bushing or bearing. I don't have any pics of mine but can get some if you'd like.

[showbusiness]

I never realy looked at the set ups i guess, i see most are from trany to rear diff. with a sproket on driveshaft and chain going over to connect with front shaft which is probably the best.The biggest prob. would be supporting my output shaft where i was thinking of putting the sproket, any pics out there of set ups. Thanks :? :?

[jbworkman9]

i run front and rear off bottom gear. its one of gary bakers blower chain drive sets ups i had to face the bottom gear and run the industrial grade diamond double 60 chain its a little wider than the standard D60 but works great. the standard chain would break every 8 or so passes .

[showbusiness]

Thanks ,i just didnt know if it would stand.

[TheRabbit]

i run front and rear off bottom gear. its one of gary bakers blower chain drive sets ups i had to face the bottom gear and run the industrial grade diamond double 60 chain its a little wider than the standard D60 but works great. the standard chain would break every 8 or so passes .

Hey Jill. You get Taz fixed? Hope to see ya'll again soon!!

[jbworkman9]

no not yet sent the 7531 and the 7530 back to msd to get them fixed said it would take 3 weeks. so guess ill be down for a little lol. hope to make next race at hubcity hopefully see ya there

[TheRabbit]

Sorry it took me so long, but here are some pics of my set up. It is one of Gary's Power Pro set ups. Top shaft is 1 3/4" and the botton shaft is 1 1/4. Notice the brace on the back of the trans. If you don't use a brace it will pull the yoke sideways and ruin the tail shaft bearing.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/Chain%20Drive/DSCF2856.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/Chain%20Drive/DSCF2859.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/Chain%20Drive/DSCF2860.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/Chain%20Drive/DSCF2858.jpg

[showbusiness]

Thanks,sure looks reliable.Norm :D :D

[TheRabbit]

It is. Just make sure you have plenty of room for adjustment. The chains stretch a bunch when they're new.

[showtimeracing]

What was not mentioned about our set-up is the fact that our front and rear differentials are driven in the center. Both output drive shafts are driven off of the bottom gear of the transfer. To make a similar chain drive work on our set-up, we would have to have an off-set front differential and we feel that it is too steep of an angle to drive the rear off of the transmission. What we thought about doing was having a chain and gear transfer but we thought that it wouldn't be strong enough. What the ultimate goal we want to achieve is to be able to change gears for different tracks as our gear-driven transfer now only allows us to run in 'low range' so to speak. It is hard to go away from such a bullet-proof set-up as we have now but we are just exploring options.

Sorry, showbusiness(Norm), I geuss you did mention we are center-driven! Sometimes I open my mouth before mine eyes SEE!

[MudWild680]

No mudracers out here.

Get the hell outta here
You gotta be kidding me

[TheRabbit]

SCS transfer case. That way you can change gears in about 15 mins.

[showbusiness]

Thanks again,can you bolt them to your trans. or do they need a space between. :?:

[TheRabbit]

Several different kinds. Here is their page.

You put a yoke on both sides.

http://www.scsgearbox.com/default2.asp?active_page_id=123