Inland Empire Driveshafts
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.