Paul Bell

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I thought all LS1 F-Body cars had aluminum driveshafts?

Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

95'FiReChIcKeN

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^^^+1 From what I know lt1s had steel and ls1 aluminum... if you really want one they go for about $100 on here.

FirstYrLS1Z

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Auto trans LS1s':2.73s' got steel,3.23s' got aluminum.

Paul Bell

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Well, yep, I do have 2.73's.

Thanks.

01ssreda4

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yep....

StuntmanMike

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Is the aluminum that big of an advantage? Would it be worth the 100 bucks to swap it out?

Paul Bell

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That's exactly what I'm doing. Found one here in the classifieds for a hundred bucks and I'll have a DS shop give it new joints and spin check it's balance.

redbird555

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I was wondering if it was worth it too but wasnt ready to drop the coin for it..... I got lucky and found one at a junk yard a few days ago, got it for $15 bucks and swapped in new u joints. Its probably about 5-7 lbs lighter tan the steel one i cant say I feel a differenc driving but 5-7lbs rotating mass is a lot so idk...

Paul Bell

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I'm not expecting any changes when I put it in. My brother had a '86 5.0 back in the day and he said of all the minor bolt-on mods he did, upgrading to an aluminum driveshaft was the only one that he felt made an improvement.

I'm making the change because I'd like to drop a few pounds here & there when I can, the current one surely needs U-joints at 160K so it has to come out anyway and it's pretty rusted up & fuggly.

cambirdracing

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98 Z28 auto,3.42 had steel. At least my wife's car does.