ORIGINAL: Nichepi

Any how many of you have ACTUALLY HAD a CF unit?
I myself had used tested CF shafts since 99 on a 99 cobra, 01 cobra, 04 cobra and I'm waiting for our 06 unit.
In every instance the unit we had was lighter (aluminum ends) and better then any aluminum unit we got from FRPP or other competitors in the market.
Our CF unit with aluminum ends for our 01 cobra with a replaced solid axle weighed only 11lbs.
We saw night and day benefits immediately such as reduced vibrations (most the time most vibrations disappeared), quick rev matching, easier shifting, HP and trq gain through dyno numbers and so on. No rusting and these units tend to be internal balanced so theirs no external weights.

Granted the prices over all have been much more then aluminum units but I'd never on my worst day with a CF unit ever say I'd take an aluminum unit instead.
And under very few circumstances have I heard CF shafts coming part on a street or race stang. As examples I’ve wheels fly off and hit the shaft on the ground, slid off of tracks and I just didn’t see these units come “flying apart�.

I would ask chevykiller to show me some of his personal examples of these showqueen items on his mustang or vehicles to back up his claims through direct usage.

I give the benefit of the doubt to many whom start taking about CF units and not having one due to cost but I think many of the statements made above were false.

Now for a majority of the market I would say yes an Alum unit is the path you should take due to vehicle needs and budget. But just some of the points made above I have never seen. And I can say through years of direct usage I have never seen these problems.