Inland Empire Driveshafts
08-15-2013, 07:41 PM
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Inland Empire Driveshafts Any of you guys ever heard of an Inland Empire CF8200 aluminum driveshaft for an f-body? I'm in a hurry to get my car going for the weekend and bought one from Summit Racing. Hoping it will hold up to an m6 with drag radials and about 400 rwhp.
08-17-2013, 12:39 AM
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I ran one for a while. I never had any issues with it. It looks stock but is quite a bit stronger. Lots of aluminum driveshafts like PST are 3 1/2 and are .120 wall thickness. IE's shaft you quoted is only 3 inch but still .120 thick. A stock aluminum shaft is 3 inch also but only .065 thick (half as thick). The 3 1/2 inch shafts use a bigger u joint like a 1350, where the 3 inch shafts use a stock size. I would say a 3 1/2 is favorable but the IE is far superior to a stock 3 Rivers shaft.
08-17-2013, 08:55 PM
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I ran one for a while. I never had any issues with it. It looks stock but is quite a bit stronger. Lots of aluminum driveshafts like PST are 3 1/2 and are .120 wall thickness. IE's shaft you quoted is only 3 inch but still .120 thick. A stock aluminum shaft is 3 inch also but only .065 thick (half as thick). The 3 1/2 inch shafts use a bigger u joint like a 1350, where the 3 inch shafts use a stock size. I would say a 3 1/2 is favorable but the IE is far superior to a stock 3 Rivers shaft.
08-18-2013, 12:23 AM
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I sold mine only because I went to a 12 bolt with a 1350 u joint. Otherwise, stock shafts hold a lot behind an auto, and one twice as thick should do really well....I didn't intend on having any issues with it.
