Yup, they can definitely build it, making it work is a whole other beast.Starting with the mid engine platform he has doesn't seem impossible. Replace the v-drive with a transfer case. Prop shaft off the t-case to a front diff.... Tough part is figure out the front suspension....and then getting it to handle correctly.
So the reports are RG is converting his 2wd to a 4WD. Anybody have any info on this? Has this been done before? Seems pretty tough to get everything working right without starting from scratch.
That's what I was expecting too (not the portal hubs, tho) but that seems to no longer be the plan. I was expecting him to build a proper Dakar replacement. With the rumor of petrol being allowed in Dakar, a twin turbo IFS 4x4 was my guess.Last year at SEMA he told me he was building a lightweight twin turbo V6 truck with portal hubs, but now as I read what I just wrote I have to wonder if RG was just trolling me...
Starting with the mid engine platform he has doesn't seem impossible. Replace the v-drive with a transfer case.
I've seen triton engineering post photos in IG of a front bulkhead for a "Special customer." I'm pretty sure that special customer is RG
It looks like people have been talking about this for at least 2 years:They also have pictures of portal hubs on there. Hmmmmmmm.......
Search results for query: portal hubsI'll add to the rumor mill. While talking with a foreign vendor he mentioned that RG's new Dakar rig will have portal hubs on it. A different vendor said it would "be like the arctic cat thing". Hmmm?!
I was expecting him to build a proper Dakar replacement