Wheelhorse racer, Thanks for the info on ackerman. I am not sure what I am going to do with my front end yet.
Placed an order with EC today.
I ordered...
rear hubs
rear sprocket hubs
rear sprocket
tranny quick change hub
tranny sprocket
king pin spacers
tranny plate bushing
split collars
and a MCP brake set-up
Also ordered 8" rear wheels but they were on back order. Was going to order tires, but what good are tires if I dont have rims????
I decided I am going to go with pillow blocks in the rear end to hold the axle. So the Metal addition to the rear end you see in the previous pics, will be coming off. I will build a support for the pillow blocks to set on out of 1" square tubing, and weld it into the frame and reinforcement structure. I think using pillow blocks will be stronger than flange bearings in my case, and it will also provide me with ride height adjustability by placing spacers between the frame and the pillow blocks. Yea, it will not be as easy to adjust as the adjustable cassettes, but I am OK with that.
I need a little help getting the right sprocket/pully combinations to start out with.
I will be runing a 16 Hp opposed, 700 tranny, and 16 inch rear tires. I planned on starting out with an 8" pully on the engine, 5" on the tranny, 12 tooth sprocket on the tranny, and 48 tooth sprocket on the axle. Am I even in the ball park for where I should be?