Nitro aftermarket gear and axle parts
Nitro Gear and Axle is a premium USA manufactured range of high quality gear and axle products that have been precision engineered to suit customised four-wheel drives along with other vehicles.
The Nitro Gear and Axle programme also caters for performance 9” Ford axles, gears and spools with Torsen LSD’s available for a wide range of vehicles including four-zwheel drives.
Drive or gear ratios play a crucial role in determining how a vehicle’s engine power is transferred to the wheels. When larger wheels and tyres are fitted to a vehicle, it can affect the overall drive ratio. This results in reduced acceleration, higher fuel consumption and increased wear on both the engine and the transmission.
Nitro Gear packages ensure optimal performance when fitting larger wheels and tyres to a vehicle. This is imperative in order to maintain optimal performance, fuel efficiency and power delivery.
The advantages of adjusting a vehicle’s drive ratios through the fitment of Nitro Gear packages are many:
Optimised performance: Maintain or improve your vehicle’s acceleration and responsiveness, allowing it to perform at its best with the fitment of larger wheels and tyres.
Preserved fuel efficiency: Ensure that a vehicle’s engine doesn’t have to work harder to turn the larger wheels, which leads to increased fuel consumption. Adjusting the drive ratios can help maintain or even improve a vehicle’s fuel economy.
Engine and transmission protection: Larger wheels and tyres can put more strain on the engine and transmission, increasing the likelihood of component failure. Changing the drive ratios can help alleviate this stress, prolonging the life of a vehicle’s critical components.
Enhanced off-road capabilities: For 4WD and other off-road vehicles, adjusting the drive ratios can improve traction and torque delivery in challenging terrain, ensuring better control and stability.
Nitro gears are precision manufactured from an 8620 Steel Gear Forging that is Rockwell tested for hardness, triple lapped for smoothness and precisely machined employing a five cut process. The advantage of this process is that material is removed in a slower, more efficient and accurate method, resulting in gear sets that are arguably the quietest on the market with a set-up that is significantly easier and less time consuming during fitment.
The Nitro range has applications and ratios that other brands do not. An example of this is the fact that Nitro was the first aftermarket supplier to offer the current Hilux / Tacoma gear set options.
Nitro was born from enthusiasts who recognised that the industry needs and wants quality replacement or upgraded gear and axle products at an affordable price, supported by a two year product warranty. Original Equipment gear sets are designed to work with standard wheels and tyres, they do a reasonable job with standard ratios for both price and general usage.
Nitro was the first aftermarket brand to kit each entire gear kit installation into one easy part number. So instead of having to manage dozens of part numbers for inventory, technicians can order one part number and know that they have everything they need.
Ease of installation is a standout feature of all Nitro Gear kits. Nitro gears are manufactured at the same facilities as most OE gears, offering a unique benefit for technicians who are just regearing a vehicle to adjust for larger tyres (and other
minor upgrades from standard). If it is a relatively fresh install, the Nitro Gear packages will set up typically to factory shim spec.
This means that once the existing gear set is measured and the new Nitro gears are set up to that spec, more times than not, it will set up perfectly straight out of the box. This is a unique feature offered by Nitro. Many workshops will quote book time but if the job can be done in half the time and it doesn’t come back, that equals higher profits on not only that job, but in allowing the technician to move to the next vehicle on the booking schedule.
Nitro Gear and Axle product stock level inventory, in Australia, is based on local workshop demand. This ensures a faster supply service for a premium quality, precision engineered automotive
Roadsafe is the nation’s exclusive distributor of Nitro Gear and Axle products for the ever growing Australian 4WD and general automotive aftermarket. Also available in New Zealand.
For more information contact Nitro Gear or look at www.nitr o-gear.com.au