Sell me on the one piece driveshaft please!
02-12-2010, 11:32 AM
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Sounds good so far. The only lowering my car has is the Roush rear springs and stock in the front. Do you think I will have to worry about the pinion angle swapping over to a one piece shaft? I really don't wanna have to fool with installing an adjustable control arm if I don't have to.
02-12-2010, 01:02 PM
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your answer is that every car is different and most likely the Roush drop will NOT affect your pinion angle....at least not enough for you to have to get it adjusted with a UCA etc. Taco bill has a write up on this in the stickies above in this section.....you should be fine but have a trusted "rear end specialist" available that knows the S197 and your fine!
02-12-2010, 01:40 PM
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Wow... every time I come to this forum, I find something else I HAVE to buy. 
My next mod will be gears (thanks to the great info on the boards, I know where I'm going with those)... next will probably be the driveshaft.
Does anyone have before/after acceleration numbers? Shaving off 20lbs of rotating mass sure should make a measurable difference.
My next mod will be gears (thanks to the great info on the boards, I know where I'm going with those)... next will probably be the driveshaft.
Does anyone have before/after acceleration numbers? Shaving off 20lbs of rotating mass sure should make a measurable difference.
02-13-2010, 09:11 AM
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affect what? if your talking about ET then yes it should speed you up a bit. If your talking about HP and TQ, No, I think it actually lowers those numbers overall a little. But you feel more power lower in the rpm band.
02-13-2010, 12:32 PM
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Wow... every time I come to this forum, I find something else I HAVE to buy.
My next mod will be gears (thanks to the great info on the boards, I know where I'm going with those)... next will probably be the driveshaft.
Does anyone have before/after acceleration numbers? Shaving off 20lbs of rotating mass sure should make a measurable difference.
My next mod will be gears (thanks to the great info on the boards, I know where I'm going with those)... next will probably be the driveshaft.
Does anyone have before/after acceleration numbers? Shaving off 20lbs of rotating mass sure should make a measurable difference.
02-13-2010, 04:32 PM
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I just bought a 3.5" direct bolt on driveshaft from shaftmasters. I'll let you know what I think when it arrives. Their website says 18.5lbs (all of the mustang's do, regardless of size..), but I read on another forum is was more like 16.6. I've seen alot of weights for the stock driveshaft, ranging from 38-48 pounds...