Having lost a Driveshaft at Speed... I can tell you that the Pro Shop Doug
talks about is Truely important....
I was running a Stock Drive shaft with the D Motor Last year and when it
decided to part company It took several Parts with it to include a Richmond
T-10 and Yolk for the 9"
I bought a Nascar Driveshaft and from now on won't run anything less....
Trust Me.... This stuff oughta scare you if it doesn't..... when the trans
broke in half The shifter Smacked my Leg pretty good ..... The Drive shaft
Hoop did it's job and luckly for us the Shaft went out with out taking a
tire or Catapulting the car.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: Driveshaft
> In a message dated 02/23/2000 8:50:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> saltracer@netscape.net writes:
>
> << What do ya'll think of running a 2" od extra thick wall driveshaft in
our
> flathead powered modified roadster? It would give a little extra room.
And
> do
> you know who would sell this kind of driveshaft? Phil
> >>
> Phil,
> My MR driveshaft is a little bigger, 2 1/2"-3" as I recall, but I
think
> that most driveshaft specialty shops could make you one out of about any
size
> tube that would take the HP. Remember, the 1908 to 1948 Ford driveshafts
were
> a solid 1" bar turning inside a hollow torque-tube. The only limit might
be
> the size tube that your couplers would require..............Ardun Doug in
CA
>
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