High Speed Stalwart

[Ron King]

One day I may need help to fuel it.
It is a rich mans toy and I am only a humble motor mechanic.
My stolly is on historic plates and drivable, but I have much to do to get it to a standard I am happy with and reliable, let alone swimming it.
Treating rust and painting is a huge job on this sort of vehicle.
Its off road performance and especially suspension is good so far.
I have not had the vehicle long so I am still learning.
The preselect gearbox has a lower first gear ratio and is the reason why the saracen etc can run a higher transfercase ratio.(ie more top speed)
The preselect box cannot be used with the stalwart because of the need the drive the water jets from the top of the box.
The alvis manual gearbox used has a crawler ratio of 8 to 1 which I believe is limited of being a lower ratio by the need of the gearbox to be flat and compact.( ie a bigger gear will not fit )
The only other options for a wider spread of gear ratios is the transfercase, which is a very special item too and can not be replaced with another type.
I think a two speed transfercase ,may be possible at great cost by reworking the standard design and fabricating various new gears and housing etc ......far ,far beyond my means.
ideal tranfercase reduction of 2 to 1 for road use and 4 to 1 for off road.
The stolly is somewhere in the middle.
Thanks for the information Richard.