how much can you shave off the front 60, i mean i took off the lip but can you go more?
My two cents on the shave is take as much without turning ring gear. I have two buddies that run have dabbled with the shave and the one that has turned the ring gear has been constantly fighting broken ring gears and the rig has been done for maybe 4 years (Atleast 2 R&P's one broke in the snow not even bound up). He's actually in process of doing a "Reverse shave" to get a full ring gear back in there lol The other friend trimmed as much as possible on the housing and made a custom diff cover and has been wheeling his buggy since around '08 I believe with no issues that I'm aware of. Both rigs have healthy power plants.
This is the ground clearance he could get away with without turning the gear. Probably similar to chaplinfj60
I've never done a 60 myself but I agree with Simple'72CJ that shaving all you can while leaving a small gap for your unmodified ring gear of choice is the right amount. I don't like the idea of turned gears mostly due to availability of replacements... If you're on a big trip or at an event and need new gears, next day shipping regular gears is viable but getting them turned is a whole other can of worms.