Slabmaster

After months of contemplating, I pulled the trigger on a new aluminum shaft.

The shop also made an aluminum pinion yoke and hard shimmed instead of the stock crush shim.

Smoother, tighter feel, no more slapping on decel/accel.
Noticable increase in engine getting up to speed. Shift light is there much faster. I thought the claims of a half a second ET gain was a fable to sell driveshafts.
I was wrong!
I'm a believer in light drivetrain!

Stock tonnage of driveshaft weighed in at 43 pounds.
Total weight of new driveline is 16.1 lbs complete.

This was a custom local driveshaft maker. Old school veteran car builder. I contemplated mail order, but went with a local shop. The aluminum pinion yoke doubled my cost, but gets away from adaptors. It's debatable whether it was worth it, but I was caught up in the weight savings moment.

If you live in WA state, this guy is the king of drivelines IMO.
Precision Driveshafts in Kirkland WA.

RobertJ

What was your cost?

Slabmaster

$750 for the shaft and another $750 to machine the yoke. Biggest gain is no doubt the shaft, but I wanted a real clean setup... and had the wifes credit card.

volcomchester18

^^^damn. And lol @ wife's credit card.

Sancho805

sounds good. glad to hear that the alum DS lives up to expectations.