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 Posted: 12-23-2023 10:39 pm
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healeyneil
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To guys who have performed engine swaps, what kind of power / torque will a standard rear axle take?
Not going drag racing or anything! Just road use
I’m thinking about 240 bhp/ 200 lb/ft range
Thanks in advance

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 Posted: 12-29-2023 07:14 pm
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I don't think you are going to get an answer this way.

I think instead you should look for some sort of engineering standard for ring gears. I.e. how do you determine how large to make a ring gear for 200lb-ft of torque. There must be some sort of standards out there for that sort of thing.

Something like this might give you the information you need:

Helical gear design tutorial.

Vance

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 Posted: 12-30-2023 10:44 pm
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Thanks for that, but I was hoping for someone with a more torquey engine to chime in

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