cumminsconvoy
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Rick, I was talking to Gene a while back and he said that one concept that has been suggested before is to make a several year progression toward open driveline by first allowing the non-OEM axles first and then a year later allow the drop boxes and the rest.
This would allow some folks to work into it instead of just jumping off a cliff. For example it would allow Scott Blair back in the class (unless he changes his current setup over the winter).
John mentions the gearing issues and really that extends to both Dodge and GM. If you go Rockwell F106 then you'll really be wanting the drop box to get a decent set of ratios. For the Dmax this would necessitate taking out the whole front suspension and driveline and putting a solid axle up there. This is fairly popular with the offroad guys but it is a big project and is fairly expensive. A lot of Dmax guys would see that as a "point of no return" because you're cutting some stuff off the chassis to do it.
IMO PSD needs to head to open driveline IF you are going to keep it unlimited single turbos.
If you were going to go the other way and start limiting the charger to 3" or whatever, then stock driveline with expensive guts will probably work as it has been.
IF PSD goes open driveline then I'm out of it for a couple years minimum for cost reasons.
Matt will it be a requirement or an option to run open drivelines and do you feel that open drivelines will take the top running psd out of the competition if they stay stock drivelines