RE: NEW savage x ss
The diff cups are neat. They are aluminum cups with steel pin guides(seats). They could have just used the steel guides in a plastic cup and it would have been a vast improvement, but they went aluminum... nice. Although the choice of aluminum might have been because the cup walls got so thin when they added the clearance for the guides, and plastic simply wasn't strong enough. Still nice.
I was a little disappointed that the steel spur is the HD model and not the lightweight racing spur, but it makes sense for them financially. They did use the vented bell though. Again, nice.
My only concern is the TVP design. There is still no support under the forward mounting screws on the engine plate, but it's better than before and probably strong enough for everything but the really rough stuff.