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Old 03-01-2016, 06:14 AM
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Default Re: AWD, worth it or not?

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Originally Posted by Snowman3725 View Post
How would you run awd in a king hauler with the stock trans? No front output shaft and no clearance to fit a drive shaft from the rear
Not sure that I will stick with a stock Tamiya 3 Speed but there are ways to do that if a guy wants. Some people have lifted the transmission up on spacers and then ran a driveshaft to a divorced transfer case. I have seen where somebody had a new transmission shaft machined to drive off both ends. It all come down to creativity in the end.

Here is how the Late, Great Freedygeardrive did it;




Another idea:


Here is how Smallhaul Scott did his;




Of coarse a using different transmission would be easier, one with a built in transfer case. As they say there is more than one way to skin a cat.

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