Micka wrote:A mortgage.
Close enough, i won't post it because it's vulgar
But Mick is right, the reason i went this way was because i saw american rigs routinely running 500+ HP through drivelines and giving them the hate without busting, or rarely busting. A transfer case is typically subjected to 18-25% of the torque that the axles are, and a gearbox sees half that or less again. Conversely, it's not hard for axles and crown and pinions to be subject to 50 or more times the torque that the engine puts out.
People ask me why i can justify spending what i have on axles, and i reply by asking how can they NOT justify it. Let's say your built Yotanissanmogalicious front end costs 3-4k in total (which is easy done by the time you look at bracing, custom fab, axles, lockers, crown and pinions etc.). If you run 38+ tyres i can guarantee you that you still need to apply some thought and caution and you can still bust it. Now in my case getting to a comp costs well over 500 bucks in fuel, 200-400 in entry, food, and a few other costs on the way. It's not hard to blow a grand JUST TO TURN UP. Now if you bust something, you've spent a grand to sit in the pits covered in oil, watching other people continue driving.
cheap insurance to me.
