Sure we have thought about a face plate version. This would allow an even stronger trans because we could make the gears wider because we don't need room for synchro rings. However, the well is not bottomless. We need to see how things are gonna go and get some of our money back first. Also, I wouldn't make a lesser quality gear, we would use 8620 steel instead of premium 9310. That would probably knock about $500.00 off. That to me didn't seem significant. As for making a 23 spline version. It wouldn't be any cheaper. The problem with doing an 8620 version is that we just DOUBLED the amount of parts that are gonna sit on the shelf. Inventory is money sitting there. That isn't gonna fly with how much we have out on this project.
Jamie