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Old 16-04-11, 10:59
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Originally Posted by Ron King View Post
The high speeds wouldnt be possible without the drive disconnects as this reduces the drag for advailible power.
I personally found steering the Stalwart is not a issuse if you know what to expect and the disconnects would help greatly with this.
Hi Ron,

I can see it is quite possible the no-spin diff causes less problems if not driving on all wheels, all the Stawarts I have worked on were of course permanent 6x6.

Something that has just come to me is that the Salamander airfield crash tender was faster in top gear, 10.05 ratio, against 12.9 in a Mk1 Stolly, and this was running at approx the same overall weight, and they both have the same 1st gear ratios.

I have spent much time standing on my head working inside them

regards, Richard
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Last edited by Richard Farrant; 16-04-11 at 13:40. Reason: corrected an error
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