PST carbon fiber driveshaft arrived

[Kilgore Trout]

It is not the amount of stress. It is the amount of stress over time. It happens to bicycle frames and forks and they are under a lot less stress than a driveshaft I would imagine... One day your fork just shatters, it can be quite painful...

 

[Figment]

wheel hop will also make them explode. but i would still love to have one

 

[AirWolf87]

It is not the amount of stress. It is the amount of stress over time. It happens to bicycle frames and forks and they are under a lot less stress than a driveshaft I would imagine... One day your fork just shatters, it can be quite painful...

Guy trust me I fly a turbo charged Cessna 172 with carbon fiber Wing struts (wing supports) and a carbon fiber prop......trust me they do not break into a thousand pieces over time. ferrari makes some of it's chasis with it. The airforce uses it in some of its stealth fighters. Technology has made it so cured the right way, carbon fiber is one of the stroggest materials available today.

 

[StangPro]

We tested one of these a while back:

http://www.stangpro.com/html/articles/driveshaft.htm

 

[tomustang]

We tested one of these a while back:

http://www.stangpro.com/html/articles/driveshaft.htm

good read

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Guy trust me I fly a turbo charged Cessna 172 with carbon fiber Wing struts (wing supports) and a carbon fiber prop......trust me they do not break into a thousand pieces over time. ferrari makes some of it's chasis with it. The airforce uses it in some of its stealth fighters. Technology has made it so cured the right way, carbon fiber is one of the stroggest materials available today.

Perhaps I have outdated information...

 

[hersheyman]

I had clearance issues before due to bad fitting of my flowmaster mufflers, so an aluminium driveshaft would had never been fitted.

Blumi

So you're saying that an aluminum driveshaft is larger in diameter than the stock steel one? I have 2 1/2" Magnaflow catback and plan to get their X-pipe. Would I have any problems with the FRPP aluminum ds fitting?

 

[DropTopPony]

So you're saying that an aluminum driveshaft is larger in diameter than the stock steel one? I have 2 1/2" Magnaflow catback and plan to get their X-pipe. Would I have any problems with the FRPP aluminum ds fitting?

the aluminum one is larger in diameter.

 

[01LaserRedCobra]

I have the PST carbon driveshaft with the aluminum yokes for my cobra. Yes it is expensive, but I can afford it and my car is pretty modded out. I was skeptical of it at first but happy that I have it now!!

 

[YardSpecial]

Good info !

Pinion angle should be checked after lowering........
Thats where the vibration generaly comes from, the wrong angle.

 

[WillDuhhBeast]

good read

second that!

 

[myponyrocks]

wtf... flameless tech.

I'm trying to get orders to Germany so I can beat the stang up on the A-Bahn can't wait

 

[AirWolf87]

Perhaps I have outdated information...

i have had a carbon fiber bike fork break on me when i was a kid though. I think it was carbon fiber. im sure the way they make scarbon fiber for bikes isnt the same as cars or aircraft.

 

[blumi00GT]

The problem with carbon fiber is, that it is 3 (or so) times stronger than steel in one purpose, but very week in the other. For a driveshaft counts: it is strong in the torsional (rotating) force. But - let's say - when you use it as a baseball bat, it will break in a second.

It matters, how the carbon fibers are laid out on production.

Blumi

 

[blumi00GT]

Nice driveshaft. The cool thing i've heard from some guys using them is there is a rebound effect with the carbon fiber. Kind of like a rubber band. Where the power is absorbed into the driveshaft and sprung back out like a whiplash. Not sure how true it is but i've heard it from more then one source.

That is true indeed. But the effect works in the microsecond-area. So you won't feel it, but the amount of stress to the cars rear end is reduced.

 

[AirWolf87]

That is true indeed. But the effect works in the microsecond-area. So you won't feel it, but the amount of stress to the cars rear end is reduced.

if it reduces rear end stress i imagine it might reduce some stress to the engine too right?