Stock driveshaft + 12 bolt = bad idea?
11-17-2010, 02:01 PM
#21
LOL....your car can still get launched and land on its roof doing 50mph if the broken DS hits the ground just right.......
Just get dual loops and go nuts, who cares if they break then. No need to pay big dollars for them either, they can be made in your garage and tac welded into place easily in minutes.
A steel factory drive shaft is all you need. I don't see how any other custom "expensive" shaft is gonna be much better, especially if its just for your street car.
Its a hit or miss thing. My friend has been drag racing for 4 years on his low 11 second car with a factory drive shaft...its still perfectly fine. YET...I broke my aluminum one going 10 mph and my steel one cruising at 80mph....go figure!!!!!!
Same with factory 10 bolt rear-ends.....some just will not break. My same friend is also on a stock rear-end running for 4 years.......go figure again!!!!
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Last edited by LS6427; 11-17-2010 at 02:07 PM.
11-17-2010, 03:22 PM
#23
I broke my stock DS at about 120 on the highway at WOT...... LUCKY for me it broke at the rearend and it just fell down and dragged behind my car until I got stopped. That same day I bought a 3.5" chromoly DS and a DS saftey loop. I refuse to go WOT until I get that in.
11-17-2010, 07:56 PM
#24
I broke my stock DS at about 120 on the highway at WOT...... LUCKY for me it broke at the rearend and it just fell down and dragged behind my car until I got stopped. That same day I bought a 3.5" chromoly DS and a DS saftey loop. I refuse to go WOT until I get that in.
Then I think back...........For the past 8 years I would go WOT and take my car all the way to 150, 160, 170mph like 2-3 times a week........hahahahahaha.....I consider myself lucky to be alive.
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