akamcbird Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 custom built ford 9 portals...who needs suspension lift with these on the market http://portal-tek.com/index.php?go=home I'm interested in what you all think about this...
DirtyComanche Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 They're pretty sweet. I don't know if they're proven though. The volvo portals they're based on were only good for 36-37" tires if totally built and in a light weight buggy. They assumably improved the design an aweful lot. However, the only comp buggy that was lined up to run them (that I know of) had a falling out with them. If they are tough, then they're amazing... And you can run a hi9 in them and have issues with your driveshaft angle being too steep in the wrong direction!
jtdesigns Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 Humvee's have hubs kinda like that, but theirs are taller because they use another set of gears and the transmission turns in reverse direction. Pretty tuff too. Never had a problem with them other then replacing a in/output seal on occasion.
DirtyComanche Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 What was failing in the Volvos? Everything on the portal side of life. The boxes would crack in half under the side loading, or they'd break free from the axle tube and spin. The portal gears would carnage themselves (thus, there's some aftermarket gears out there made of some serious alloys), and the output shaft from the lower portal gear, and pretty much everything that was splined anywhere in there. I have no idea if they had any ring&pinion issues, but I doubt it as the stress is really concentrated on the portals. The problem was they were never designed for rock-crawling. I think stock volvos would be pretty slick with a set of 35s as long as your truck weighed under 4000lbs.
akamcbird Posted October 13, 2007 Author Posted October 13, 2007 all of the problems/concerns noted above are all addressed on the page so i guess ill just have to wait to see. just thaught they would make a very uneque manche, spendy but worth it if they are as strong as they say but i did like the hybrid 9 concept of them.
DirtyComanche Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 Have you asked them for a quote? IIRC, they were talking 9g for a steering axle.
akamcbird Posted October 13, 2007 Author Posted October 13, 2007 no i was guessing 2o g.s not to bad if you looked at curries parts runner manche in jp i think total est was 17
DirtyComanche Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 I don't know how complete they were at that price.
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