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BHDave Grand Master

BHDave

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Hi guys,

I'll be swapping to an rb25 gear box shortly and i am considering a one piece tail shaft seeing as i will need to get a custom front half done anyway.

I know all about drive shaft angles and such, but as far as i can see the stock 2 piece shaft looks to run pretty straight. I suppose the other concern is the 200k old centre bearing carrier deflecting under load as my rb25 is putting out 280odd rwkw with lots of midrange pull.

Is there any feedback on one piece shafts in gtst's, i have found giant's comments on the one piece carbon vs 2 piece stocker in a gtr, but not much on gtst's which are a touch longer.

anyone?

cheers

Dave

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Bl4cK32 Grand Master

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I run a 1 piece alloy one in my 32 gtst. It goes from the nismo gt pro diff to my rb25 box.

As u said its a straight line, so no need to worry about angles. No where near as bad as say commonwhores.

Mines great, weighs fark all (u can pick it up with 1 hand), and have had no problems at all with vibrations, or noise.

Anyone who knocks em hasnt had a properly balanced shaft in their car.

r33_racer Grand Master

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yeh...about 320rwkws and 280wide slicks and a 4k launch at morgan park off the grid snapped all the unis and spat it out......so yeh there is a rating normally. The hardy spicer one we got made had a rating in torque, however i cant remember it.

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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Who does custom ones Ally or otherwise? Anyone have a link i can checkout?

Being i'm putting mine back in the near future... and i think i have an R33 shaft which is 2 piece in mine, i could go a 1 piece easy enough.

So getting it done now wont hurt, plus lighter is certianly handy!

Last thing i need is to find another weak link :P

r33_racer Grand Master

r33_racer

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Yeh the new tailshaft had beefed up unis, one size under what supercars use i believe, gotta be nongreasable, solid core unis, not hollow greasable ones. But i think the actual tubes inbetween are rated also, depending on wall thickness and diameter. In our case the tubes didnt distort from the initial shock, only from hitting the ground after it was spat out.

BHDave Grand Master

BHDave

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Thanks for all the info.

It's handy to know that hardy spicer will do alloy ones as i had one done for my rx7 by them years ago and was probably going to go back there again for a quote atleast. Some of the prices i've gotten from places close to work for a regular old steel one are over double what i paid for the last one.

Bl4cK32 Grand Master

Bl4cK32

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In our case the tubes didnt distort from the initial shock, only from hitting the ground after it was spat out.

Saftey loop goes a long way with a single piece :huh:

I remember someone had truck unis installed in their line, as they were much stronger than the upgraded items they had origionally...?

r33_racer Grand Master

r33_racer

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funny thing was we have two safety loops, one for each half...magically somehow both halves got past them without even touching them....weird.

Must have been light truck uni's cause you wouldnt fit any out of any prime mover...kenworth, mack and so on. Just too big.

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