Drive/Half Shaft safety loops.

[FATHERFORD]

So does everyone just want way to much money for these, or are there some for half the price yet do the same thing?

I'm willing to pay $100 maybe, but $200 for some steel bent around a 6" pipe with some $1 u bolts is slightly ridiculous.

 

[jasontiff]

Here are a few, some topping out at $200:

viper halfshaft loop - Google Product Search

A local guy has this for his driveshaft on his '94 and loves it:

BMR 96-02 Viper Driveshaft Loop w/Belly Pan [DSL005] - $249.95 : Performance Parts - Ford Mustang - Cobra - Dodge Viper - Chevy Corvette - C6 - LS1

I hope that helps.

 

[FATHERFORD]

Like I said.... those are a bit overpriced for someone that can make there own stuff.

I can more then likely make something very simular, even powder coated, for under $50 for both half shaft loops and drive shaft..

 

[dave6666]

Product cost breakdown...

$10 - material to manufacture
$10 - marketing and overhead
$180 - product liability insurance when you go racing and your halfshaft grenades and sends bits everywhere and one bit pulled from a bystanders face says Unitrax on it.

 

[FATHERFORD]

Product cost breakdown...

$10 - material to manufacture
$10 - marketing and overhead
$180 - product liability insurance when you go racing and your halfshaft grenades and sends bits everywhere and one bit pulled from a bystanders face says Unitrax on it.

sounds about right.

I'll leave my name off of mine and just say it came from the other guys car and then blame Bush.

 

[Steve 00RT/10]

Make your own for around the $10 bucks in material it would take to do . ....Wouldn't even have to made with round stock in you had 'other stuff' lying around. Looks like a pretty simple project to me.

Steve

 

[dave6666]

There are some decent pics of mine from that thread where I washed all the fuzzy bits from underneath. I can take better ones if you want. A quick note though is that the halfshaft loops are a non-interchangeable left-right type of fit.

 

[FATHERFORD]

There are some decent pics of mine from that thread where I washed all the fuzzy bits from underneath. I can take better ones if you want. A quick note though is that the halfshaft loops are a non-interchangeable left-right type of fit.

Thanks, Ill have to take a look. I already got a pretty good idea on what I'm going to do. Hell maybe Ill make a few extras and sale them for half the price as the others

 

[dun4791]

Thanks, Ill have to take a look. I already got a pretty good idea on what I'm going to do. Hell maybe Ill make a few extras and sale them for half the price as the others

Post up pics and dimensions when you do...........prices too.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Second that. I could use a set.

 

[FATHERFORD]

It will be 2-3 weeks before I can start on this little project. See if I can get a test setup and make a jig. I'll even try and give measurements for people to do it themselves.

Same with seat lowering brackets. I made a set, just need to install them and make sure they work.

 

[ViperTony]

FatherFord...whatever came of your safety loop project? I need to install some soon and was hoping you had made some progress on this endeavor.

 

[2001 GTS]

FatherFord...whatever came of your safety loop project? I need to install some soon and was hoping you had made some progress on this endeavor.

Interested as well.

 

[eucharistos]

me too

 

[ViperTony]

I was going to experiment with this universal loop but I also have a welder and a steel supply co. (with a big bargain tent) is 9 miles away:

 

[sdaddy]

I got a pair of brand new Unitrax loops in classifieds for $150 plus shipping.

PM me if anyone interested.

 

[RTTTTed]

You guys need pics of the 'superior' Unitrax pieces? They would require a bit of work to fabricate though.

I'd just call JonB at partsrack.com for a price. He just sold me a set of "lightweight 1000hp rear axle shafts" for less than half the price! I have an 800rwhp axle that seems to be a little bent on the slip-spline because of DR. Figured I might have fixed them, asked JonB about a single axle shaft and he offered me these 25# lighter and stronger axles for so cheap I couldn't resist. My car must be lighter than a vette (if I remove the spare tire) with my exhuast, wheels and rotors?

Ted

 

[RTTTTed]

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Here's the pic of the rear axleshaft loop.
Ted

 

[ViperTony]

Ted, I just need something...simpler for some cheap insurance. I'm doing a couple of drag days this year and since I'll be under the tranny changing out fluids soon I figure I might as well install the loops. We're not talking crazy Ted-like horsepower...stock for me (for now). I'm just a newbie drag racer looking to have some fun at a couple of private track rental days coming up. Nothing serious.

 

[RTTTTed]

Yes, but if you don't have the bigger axle shafts ... I have extra stockers too though. Dana/Spicer I believe and smaller than the original axle shaft tubes (stronger materials?) that were only slightly used. Also have 1 stock axleshaft and soon I'll have a couple Unitrax 800hp rear axles (1 needing repair to slipspline).

Nothing destroyed in car when axle snapped (at track) but loops are always a good idea.

I think it's wheelhop that destroys the axles, not hp.

Ted

 

[ViperTony]

I think it's wheelhop that destroys the axles, not hp.
Ted

Good point.

 

[dave6666]

Is the ground in Canada at that angle because of the curvature of the Earth's surface?

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[RTTTTed]

Sometimes it is Dave. Other times it is normal. Makes the track fun.

Viper Tony - admit that you'll probably be installing Nitrous Oxide by the fall ...

Ted