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Originally Posted by Old Jag Guy
Thank you Lonnie. I did read one, I think it was a guy in Cali. around 2010(Bugeye)?, but he had axles made, and that's an expense i am trying to avoid. I cant remember if his is wider than the Haynes. I will keep looking, before I give up. Thanks again, Don P.S. I am on the "Locost USA" as Old Lotus Guy, do to the fact that my early Mech. career, I had worked for both Jaguar and Lotus
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If you choose to run with your pinion offset and the stock axles, you'll be OK if you keep the total angle of the propshaft to 5 degrees or less. That's not just hearsay. It's based on some engineering equations used for years. Total angle would be calculated by how much the shaft is up or down looking at it fore and aft (side view)
and how much right or left (top view). The math is pretty simple and I can give some references to it and the equations. I had to do the research because I'm using a Ford Mustang 7.5" live axle and it's offset as well.
Now, that does not tell you if you should change your tunnel to accommodate reasonable clearance around the offset shaft. You'll have to determine that based on the running gear you use and its position in the chassis. I laid it out on by build table surface for my components and you could easily do the same, I'm sure.
Cheers,