the original producer of this unit contacted me as we have some history together and run some details by me that may be pertinent. this individual works in the engineering section of a production environment which would have been perfect back in the day but was not the case as he was self employed then in automotive.... needless to say until recently had no intentions of doing anything like this...but necessity tracked him down. i can say he is a ford guy, and still runs a later small ford that will become a monster when its street life comes to an end.
he/they plan to make x amount initially which should put them on a shelf because there is backing, so its not simply a guy trying to do this alone which is a herculean task on its own...lesson was learned the first time.
but whether or not this will even happen will be based on response from the rbv enthusiasts on the various forums. updating and integrating of improvements and of prints etc will take a few months so this wont happen tomorrow. but if there are still a few guys around that desire to do this, speak up. if the number looks good they will do a fairly large batch of them and see where it goes from there.
i told him i would put up some sort of detail like this...hopefully i did not overstep so i dont get punched in the mouth.
the setup is to be a all bolt on, no weld product just as originally intended. you of course have to hunt down the donor case as typical for this type of product.
on a personal note, i have nothing to do with it directly and will make no money in any form from this deal but i am a rbv guy and this i think is a worthy effort. there are other products out there and they are having delivery issues that likely can be solved by this developer. i always see that people wish there was more support for the rbv, but it wont happen unless theres a market for real.
of all the types out there that i know of, this particular setup garnered my interest some years back when it was still just an idea due to how it operates keeping the oil/lube capacity in-tact and retains full shaft support. it was debated as to whether that was necessary, and for me it would be. but this guy went ahead and built it and made it happen, the originator of the thread at the pbb (white rhino) is someone i have had the pleasure to meet and watched him flog the holy living crap out of one of these on several occasions....something to consider, i lived in detroit and he in california and had no plans to meet...just happened and i just happened to know the creator of his doubler.. as a matter of fact i spent some trail time with mr campbell as well...he is literally the og of rbv doublers in initial market.
fair to mention i dont run the rbv powertrain in my main ranger but have extensive experience with these as i have worked on quite a few units and had on trail experience of both success and failure of the various manufacturers over the years from one side of the country to the other on trail...with many of the first operators of these things in original and prototype developments. depending on what engine my bronco 2 ends up with i can see a doubler happening in it. theres more rbv transfer case stuff readily available out there then anything else for the little fords.
there was a time i was unsure of the strength of these cases and over the last 16-17 years seeing them run under various levels of v8 power and good size tires on up to 4.0 and 42 in tires past the line of radical abuse i no longer worry about the issues as they are proven in the field as strong or stronger then all of the chain drive cases for 1/2 tons in the rbv platform up to the mid 90's. while they do fail like anything else, they dont do so without a ridiculous amount of abuse.
its easily the strongest part of a ranger powertrain.
so, have all the rbv doublers been built already that the market required or?????
do you have any other ideas for a trail improvment you need for your rbv??
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