Who makes off-roadable V-drives???

[atomicjoe23]

Who makes off-roadable V-drives?

I am accumulating parts/designing a budget desert buggy. . .mid engine/RWD IRS. . .I want to mount the engine right behind the seats with the transmission pointing forwards (manual transmission. . .I know the shift pattern will be funny, but it's just right to left instead of left to right. . .not hard). . .I originally thought I would just use a spare transfer case I had laying around to re-direct the output of the transmission back to the rearend by using the front driveshaft output, but then I realized that the output isn't centered and clocking it so that it would be centered would make it hang down really low which isn't acceptable. . .so unless someone can make a suggestion for getting a transfer case to redirect the transmission output back towards the rear-end and centered I think I'm stuck with using a V-drive, but I know pretty much nothing about them including who makes them.

Thanks!

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[partybarge_pilot]

Casale.

[pphat]

Family owned and still in business in California: http://www.casalev-drive.com/Home.html
Used v-drives show up on ebay fairly regularly, too.

[ScottWisdom]

Check out this build. It's a 4wd Class 1 / KOTH cross-over.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...=777973&page=8

[Haycock]

if its going to be IRS why run a V-drive? if you are going to use a solid rear end you could use a t-case, just offset the diff on the axle.

[JEFFRPM]

Check out this build. It's a 4wd Class 1 / KOTH cross-over.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...=777973&page=8

Looks nice BUT what is he going to do about the driveshafts rotating the wrong direction?

[Tech Tim]

Looks nice BUT what is he going to do about the driveshafts rotating the wrong direction?

Run the axles upside down.

[stuckthrottle]

Why not run a transaxle?

[partybarge_pilot]

Well, cost for one.......

[stuckthrottle]

I didn't catch where he mentioned what engine he was planning on using. A (good) reconditioned bus box can be had at around 1000.00. Whats the cost of a good v-drive? Factor in power loss through all of it too...
Of course, if he was using something big, he would need a bigger transaxle and then cost would go way up.