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I spoke to someone at DSS and they told me it'll be fine to make a 68" driveshaft to the front with cv joint to the transfercase and u joint at the front diff. Said it'd only be 2.25" diameter and have a critical speed of over 200mph, so it's perfect for what I need.
Torque is staying, wheelbase will be roughly 103-105". Reason for the torque tube is to push the tranny back to be able to mount my seat as low as possible and keep the seats as close together as possible. There is a certain look I'm going for with this car (lemans style like I said in post #1) ..I want a short hood and long rear. Supercar like. If not, then yes I would get rid of the torque tube and mount it traditionally.
I spoke to someone at DSS and they told me it'll be fine to make a 68" driveshaft to the front with cv joint to the transfercase and u joint at the front diff. Said it'd only be 2.25" diameter and have a critical speed of over 200mph, so it's perfect for what I need.
Torque is staying, wheelbase will be roughly 103-105". Reason for the torque tube is to push the tranny back to be able to mount my seat as low as possible and keep the seats as close together as possible. There is a certain look I'm going for with this car (lemans style like I said in post #1) ..I want a short hood and long rear. Supercar like. If not, then yes I would get rid of the torque tube and mount it traditionally.
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If you are trying to get your drivers seat as low as possible then you need to flip th transfer case the the passengers side.
Angles with a CV shaft are no problem. Don't be afraid to get a CV and angle the **** out of it. Especially on the front shaft with the low torque numbers split going up that way.
The torque tube will also be helpful in this case in locating the shifter with that seating location. Headers are going to be the expensive trick on this project.
Angles with a CV shaft are no problem. Don't be afraid to get a CV and angle the **** out of it. Especially on the front shaft with the low torque numbers split going up that way.
The torque tube will also be helpful in this case in locating the shifter with that seating location. Headers are going to be the expensive trick on this project.
Omg! U sir just made my day, I kept trying to find build pics of it and couldn't find any. Awesome! Looks like I'll be able to keep a 2 piece with that 10° incline to the front diff like how I originally wanted.
Headers will be no problem, turbos r going in front of the engine so headers will be facing forward, and now keeping the 2 piece shaft design, I'll be able to keep my seats even lower making more than enough leg room.
I just finished mounting the seat but looks like I'll be cutting all that off and redoing it lol. Hopefully next post will have some pics with a few updates, I've been slacking on it big time.
Also, from the look of the pics, it seems like he's using solid axle shaft for the rear driveshaft. I wonder if that would be a possibility? Would be nice to have a small diameter solid shaft to power the front wheels, keeping everything nice a tucked away.
Last edited by RecklessV; Apr 17, 2016 at 12:59 PM.
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