ZDigital1
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Pretty slick set up and available at the Drive Shaft Shop
http://www.driveshaftshop.com/
For Those Who Have Not Seen a Carbon Fiber Drive Shaft
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Pretty slick set up and available at the Drive Shaft Shop
http://www.driveshaftshop.com/
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Very cool. Do you mind me asking how much?
KNG SNKE
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Looks nice.
AviP
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Beautiful. 4.2 lbs only and $1300 bucks. I betcha that engine will rev like a puppy.
ViperGeorge
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Given the small size of the driveshaft it hardly seems worth the effort or cost to change. I doubt I'd notice the difference.
ZDigital1
Viper Owner
To me, it is all about minimizing spinning weight so I changed the drive shaft and all brake rotors. Brake rotors alone, i lost 120 pounds by
switching to StopTech, I am preparing the car to attend some mile events. I still have some safety mods to address next.
Steve M
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Doubtful...the mass of a driveshaft is located very close to the axis of rotation, so any decrease in that mass will produce little effect. Carbon fiber has many benefits, including superior strength and a very high critical speed, but in an application like this where the driveshaft is so short, it really doesn't make a huge difference. They certainly look cool, and you'll likely never break it, but are these driveshafts really a weak point in these cars?
happy56
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will you be in Williamsburg in April?
ViperGeorge
Enthusiast
Exactly. Rotors and wheels on the other hand are definitely worth it.
120 lbs???
ZDigital1
Viper Owner
Sorry about that, I meant to say 32 pounds. I was thinking overall weight changes with other mods that have been made.
Ah, that makes more sense. I was wondering how many rotors were on your car. LOL
ZDigital1
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challenger&viper
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What are the other mods ??
Can u list them, please.
And do you notce any improvement after you put the carbon fibre driveshaft ?
Kai SRT10
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Another advantage of a carbon fiber drive shaft is safety. If a carbon drive shaft breaks, it disintegrates harmlessly. If a metal drive shaft breaks, it can break other things.
GTS-R 001
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The factory drive shaft is hollow aluminum, there is not much weight savings at all with going to a carbon drive shaft due to the minimal length of the shaft and the extra Yoke material required for a proper bonding surface to bond the carbon to the yokes. I would be surprised if you are saving even a couple of pounds
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