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Originally Posted by Emerikol
Cheesy, a thought occurred to me on the input side; why not take the crank to a local machine shop and see if they can fabricate out a straight crank, with the same setup on one side to drive the gearbox (what would be the output side on the factory crank), and an input drive on the other side that you can swap sprockets onto? Then, you can put a sprocket on the both the output of the engine and the input shaft (what would be the new straight crankshaft), and change your gearing very easily? I'm sure you're light-years ahead of that with your planning, but just thought I'd throw an idea your way.
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That was kind of Plan A. Lack of room in the frame was the main issue I changed horses mid stream. At least this way, I get a lot of aluminum welding practice with my TIG outfit. Which I still haven’t even plugged in yet.
Nice thing about having the FSM is I now know the primary ratio, 1.9xx:1 or 89/45 as far as the gear teeth go. When I convert the transmission input to chain drive, I at least have a baseline.