Broke my driveshaft at the track.
04-12-2008, 03:00 AM
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badblackz is right my car came with 273's and it was the steel
stocker that broke. the question is are m6 and a4 driveshafts the same length or not. let me know cause i'm in the market,
stocker that broke. the question is are m6 and a4 driveshafts the same length or not. let me know cause i'm in the market,
04-12-2008, 03:25 AM
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I just did that about 2 months ago. Went to SAR, Mickey's, and floor jack in car, ended up stripping a lug 
and had to run on my 275 nitto's. First 5 passes launched off idle. 6th pass, adjusted the qa1's, set to 20 psi and heated em up good, dumped at ~2500-3000, twisted the ds at the loop like a coke can, didnt even make it passed the tree. My poor car had to spend the night at the track.
The PST from EPP is a nice piece, just a little hard to get in w/ a saftey loop. I had to lower the cross member (tunnel mounted tq arm) to get it in.
and had to run on my 275 nitto's. First 5 passes launched off idle. 6th pass, adjusted the qa1's, set to 20 psi and heated em up good, dumped at ~2500-3000, twisted the ds at the loop like a coke can, didnt even make it passed the tree. My poor car had to spend the night at the track.The PST from EPP is a nice piece, just a little hard to get in w/ a saftey loop. I had to lower the cross member (tunnel mounted tq arm) to get it in.
04-12-2008, 03:31 AM
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hmmm thanks for the info guys, so if this is true it means that my 2.73 rear car has the steel Driveshaft, and from what im hearing from your guys they are not any stronger than the alum. ones. would you all recommend me replacing my steel to an aluminum DS after the T56 swap or do you think the steel one would be fine
04-12-2008, 03:34 AM
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hmmm thanks for the info guys, so if this is true it means that my 2.73 rear car has the steel Driveshaft, and from what im hearing from your guys they are not any stronger than the alum. ones. would you all recommend me replacing my steel to an aluminum DS after the T56 swap or do you think the steel one would be fine
04-12-2008, 04:25 AM
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just be careful with the steel ds mine broke cause i hit the rev limiter at high rpm. ive heard the steel driveshafts arent in balance anywhere after 100mph. after blowing mine up i think im gonna try an alumnum one
04-12-2008, 09:35 AM
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Pretty sure all the A4 GU2 code cars (2.73 geared cars) came with the steel and the GU5 code(3.23) came with aluminum.. regardless of the year. And M6 cars all came with aluminum i think. Problem being with the steel ds are they can get off balance over 120mph and can break the tailshaft on the trans.
Your right
He was driving some sort of suv though 