- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Been thinking about this for awhile, wanted to write it down and see what others think.
It would be pretty bitchen to adapt a set of portal hubs for a SxS onto some kind of AWD car, that has a decently capable AWD system. Something smaller, less weight for less chance of breakage. I don't want to say a Subaru, but it might be a good choice?
SxS's are getting pretty damn big & powerful these days and they're running bigger & bigger tires. If the weight and HP are getting close, why wouldn't they work on a car? You can get a set of dual idler portals with a variety of lift heights and gear reduction ratios, 30%-60%? Dual idler would be stronger far as the actual gears are concerned. I've seen 4" lift portals to 8" lift or more, which is insane. I think 4" lift and a 30% reduction would make up for larger tires and give more gearing for offroad, since a car will lack low range. Run a light weight 31-33" tire, if it would fit in the wheel well. Looks like portals cost around $4k for a set of 4.
The places see issues with this are getting the shaft splines to work at the portal hub, the car brakes, steering, control arm mounts, etc. But since both are a-arm vehicles, how hard could it be? (famous last words)
I don't know how well they'd do at freeway speeds over time, I know that's been a issue with portals in the past and SxS parts aren't really designed for that kind of stuff.
It would be pretty bitchen to adapt a set of portal hubs for a SxS onto some kind of AWD car, that has a decently capable AWD system. Something smaller, less weight for less chance of breakage. I don't want to say a Subaru, but it might be a good choice?
SxS's are getting pretty damn big & powerful these days and they're running bigger & bigger tires. If the weight and HP are getting close, why wouldn't they work on a car? You can get a set of dual idler portals with a variety of lift heights and gear reduction ratios, 30%-60%? Dual idler would be stronger far as the actual gears are concerned. I've seen 4" lift portals to 8" lift or more, which is insane. I think 4" lift and a 30% reduction would make up for larger tires and give more gearing for offroad, since a car will lack low range. Run a light weight 31-33" tire, if it would fit in the wheel well. Looks like portals cost around $4k for a set of 4.
The places see issues with this are getting the shaft splines to work at the portal hub, the car brakes, steering, control arm mounts, etc. But since both are a-arm vehicles, how hard could it be? (famous last words)
I don't know how well they'd do at freeway speeds over time, I know that's been a issue with portals in the past and SxS parts aren't really designed for that kind of stuff.
