aluminum driveshaft ?
02-10-2008, 05:00 PM
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RE: aluminum driveshaft ?
ORIGINAL: OnyxCobra
Mythbusters is awesome, they'd probably do it too.
I want an aluminum driveshaft more for strength than weight savings, when I took my tranny out i was pretty surprsied how light the stock driveshaft actually was. It is nasty rusty though...
Mythbusters is awesome, they'd probably do it too.
I want an aluminum driveshaft more for strength than weight savings, when I took my tranny out i was pretty surprsied how light the stock driveshaft actually was. It is nasty rusty though...
It's not worth the money at this point. Buy something useful
02-10-2008, 06:02 PM
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RE: aluminum driveshaft ?
Not only is it lighter, but it is way stronger. I haven't seen anyone break their aluminum shaft at the strip. I have one, and I love it. Definitely a better piece than stock. If you have upgraded your axles so they don't break, this is the next weakest link.
02-10-2008, 06:46 PM
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RE: aluminum driveshaft ?
ORIGINAL: jthorn9
Well I just put mine in and the gains are vauge at best. There is a nice difference in weight difference between stock and aluminum. My aluminum driveshaft I felt like I could swing the thing like a bat, the stock drive shaft, well, not so much, it had some weight to it. The car revs a little quicker, don't know about power gains though, I'd like to put the car on the dyno again to see if I gained any power with it just to test the theory, but with new tranny freaking out, I probably won't.
Well I just put mine in and the gains are vauge at best. There is a nice difference in weight difference between stock and aluminum. My aluminum driveshaft I felt like I could swing the thing like a bat, the stock drive shaft, well, not so much, it had some weight to it. The car revs a little quicker, don't know about power gains though, I'd like to put the car on the dyno again to see if I gained any power with it just to test the theory, but with new tranny freaking out, I probably won't.
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