[Fran Hall RCR]

Jac,
you may be able to package in a longer 917/30 chassis but you could not get it into a 917k ...you would not get the axle cl and transaxle packaging to work...and as you say still trying to spin the transaxle from the end of one crank will create a more than little whip .

I agree ...deeper pockets allows more accurate replication....