Aluminum Driveshaft recommendation

wrathchild

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Anyone recommend a driveshaft maker? I am the type that dont want to pay extra money for a name.

CCI seems to have good prices. Anyone use one of thier driveshafts? Shaftmasters is on a 6 week hiatus

 

wrathchild

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Does anyone know if the .083" wall thickness is sufficient for an aluminum driveshaft or should it be the .125" thickness?

 

wrathchild

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Really? No one.

 

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Swoope

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way to early to tell.

want to be part of the experiment? so far multiple failures.

beers

 

wrathchild

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Swoope,

Did you have a failure? I am planning on ordering one tomorrow (monday). Would this be foolish on my part?

 

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wrathchild said:

Swoope,

Did you have a failure? I am planning on ordering one tomorrow (monday). Would this be foolish on my part?

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nope,

but i read several forums. and not to name vendors, but there have been some issues..

most bad. i would take some time and read around a bit.

beers

 

wrathchild

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Swoope said:

nope,

but i read several forums. and not to name vendors, but there have been some issues..

most bad. i would take some time and read around a bit.

beers

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Swoope,

Thank you. From your posts here and talking with others, I am going to put an aluminum driveshaft purchase on hold.

 

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wrathchild said:

Swoope,

Thank you. From your posts here and talking with others, I am going to put an aluminum driveshaft purchase on hold.

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We've had one in Scott's 2011 5.0 for 8 months without issue. Several thousand miles, repeated launches on slicks, road course action, & a couple of trips to the dyno. Scott liked it so much that an aluminum driveshaft was among the first round of mods to the company 2011!

2011 MUSTANG GT ONE-PIECE ALUMINUM DRIVESHAFT INSTALLATION - LRS Blog - Read Here Shop Here

It's a 3.5" diameter 6061 T-6 aluminum tube with .125" wall thickness. Pretty beefy!

 

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I bought mine at Brenspeed. My car is a 2011 GT w/auto & 4:10 gears. Much lighter than the stock 2 piece,no problems on the track or the street. Seems to rev much quicker through the gears now.

 

wrathchild

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A good friend of mine bought a driveshaft from "the mustang shop". Hehas ahd it for 2 months or so. It has a horrible vibration around 75 - 80 moh and up.

I am definitely holding off until there is one that is flawless after multiple installs.

 

bigbirdwpg

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wrathchild said:

Anyone recommend a driveshaft maker? I am the type that dont want to pay extra money for a name.

CCI seems to have good prices. Anyone use one of thier driveshafts? Shaftmasters is on a 6 week hiatus

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This is what I had on my whippled '05

Dynotech Driveshaft Custom Driveshafts, High Speed Balanced built to your specifications in Steel, Aluminum and Composite Materials

It worked great, no vibration or any problems.

 

wrathchild

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bigbirdwpg said:

This is what I had on my whippled '05

Dynotech Driveshaft Custom Driveshafts, High Speed Balanced built to your specifications in Steel, Aluminum and Composite Materials

It worked great, no vibration or any problems.

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what was the cost?

 

bigbirdwpg

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wrathchild said:

what was the cost?

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I purchased from Reinhart Automotive. I think it was around 750.00. Lethal Performance and Brenspeed sell them too.

 

Jim Vaccaro

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Check out the new and improved DSS Driveshaft...All new design

 

Jim Vaccaro

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Jim Vaccaro said:

Check out the new and improved DSS Driveshaft...All new design

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The Driveshaft Shop | Home page

 

wrathchild

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Jim Vaccaro said:

The Driveshaft Shop | Home page

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So the new driveshaft that you guys have doesnt require me to remove the pinion nut?

 

bigbirdwpg

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wrathchild said:

So the new driveshaft that you guys have doesnt require me to remove the pinion nut?

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Just got a quote from Dennis Reinhart - $699.00 plus shipping, no adapters, just bolts up he says. It is a metal matrix dyno tech.

 

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thelastsumurai

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does this drive shaft have the provisions to remove the 9 lb dampener. This is very important to me...

 

bigbirdwpg

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thelastsumurai said:

does this drive shaft have the provisions to remove the 9 lb dampener. This is very important to me...

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Don't know, contact Dennis Reinhart at

Reinhart Automotive
3035 Bravo Court, Orange Park, Florida 32065
904-276-5003 Phone, 904-276-2092 Fax

 

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thelastsumurai

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bigbirdwpg said:

Don't know, contact Dennis Reinhart at

Reinhart Automotive
3035 Bravo Court, Orange Park, Florida 32065
904-276-5003 Phone, 904-276-2092 Fax

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Done, called Reinhart and spoke with his son Michael after I got off the phone felt very confident about ordering from them.. And yes the drive shaft does have provisions for removing the 9lb boat anchor.