Don Dunbar wrote:

Hi Paul,
I have attached the photos of the Velvet Drive six pinion reduction

unit.

I will evaluate making a alloy housing for some weight reduction.
This unit work's different to the Ford as the output shaft is

attached to the

six pinion carrier.

I am working on a cad drawing and will post it on completion, you

use version

12 Auto-cad from memory.

Regards Don
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      Don,
       Must be 2.5+ or 2.9+ ratio as it is like the 2.85 ratio Ford E6

based psru's

over here with a fixed ring gear and planetary attached to the output

shaft.

      Kelly troyer

Kelly this unit is 2.57 to 1.

Attached a photo of the velvet drive and the Ford ring gear on the right.
Don Dunbar

 
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