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DRR Pro |
Your welcome to use the ignore function too...difference in superior is I got this stuff...YOU want this stuff. Technology Ed...I got it and you dont from tires to batteries to drive shafts...dork. | |||
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DRR Elite |
Must be true, I read it on an internet forum posted by a guy that is driven to reply to my posts, by jealousy of my top shelf cars, envy of my thread views about my trailer and cars and hatred of my advice, knowledge and opinions because they don't align with his beliefs. | |||
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DRR Pro |
^^^ Pot calling kettle black^^^^ | |||
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DRR Elite |
that's the only reason you post here...FACT
The TRUTH and the FACTS right there! | |||
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DRR Pro |
LORD GOD let’s not CRASH every thread....anyway ED my 05’ UNDERCOVER I had the same driveshaft as yours I sold to a friend in 2011’ ish...it made it till about 2016 so about 10 years...didn’t hurt nothing let go on the starting line peeled it opened like a can of biscuits....but I replaced mine on my 2011’ with there chromoly one after I seen that... | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Aluminum has a "life expectancy" in a stressful, cyclic application no matter if it's a connecting rod, rocker arm or a driveshaft...also if you shake the tires and have an aluminum driveshaft, get it outta there. 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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DRR Elite |
The original aluminum driveshaft in my firebird, not MW, has been installed since day one, back in 2004. I've made thousands of wheel up passes starting in October of 2008 as well have 60 footed a best of 1.17 without issue so it has not surpassed it's "life expectancy" | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
It will. That being said, from what I've seen the short driveshafts in dragsters are more prone to failure. Adding to that, I think some cars are setup with too much driveshaft angle (especially dragsters) that doesn't help. 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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DRR Elite |
it won't, that driveshaft has been retired. I do agree that many cars, mostly home built bracket cars have too much driveshaft angle | |||
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DRR Sportsman |
I put a GOethe Shaft in my racetech dragster after breaking one of those MW driveshafts. The car was noticably smoother top end as well as the DS sensor showed it smoother also and the car picked up about 1 mph | |||
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DRR Elite |
first I've heard that it is worth MPH | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
By design a U-joint driveshaft accelerates and decelerates as it turns, a CV joint shaft does not. CV=Constant Velocity 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Geez you would think I started a new tire thread....just thought I would share something new that could make someone's fast dragster like mine safer | |||
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DRR Pro |
New Norm.....AGAIN... | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Troublemaker! 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Just a clarification, u joint DS don't always accel and decel when setup up correctly or it's so minor it has no impact on performance. | |||
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DRR Elite |
Thanks Steve, I appreciate the heads up and again, my new car will have a MW CV driveshaft | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Top, if the driveshaft angle is 0 then there is no accel-decel, any angle changes that. But if properly set up there shouldn't be much (if any) angle. When a suspended dragster leaves and the shocks change length it will always cause angle change, having such a short driveshaft in a dragster is where the problem lies. 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
I will let you know what I think after I get one, I have a couple of other expensive projects I am working on right now but its now on my short to get list | |||
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DRR Elite |
Looking forward to hearing your first hand experience and results. | |||
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