CARBON FIBER DRIVESHAFT

[2010 BADSS]

Wow! That's impressive! I can't wait till after the Holidays!

[the rich dude]

Originally Posted by Driveshaftshop

There seems to be a debate on a yoke VS a billet plate, here is our take on this. This is what was posted to a question about it on another Forum


those billet drive shaft couplers dont make vibrations???



No not at all, in fact the way the pins stick out of the trans and diff show just how straight it can be. The pins are ground with the bearing surfaces on the trans and diff (if you remove this pin for any reason and have a problem you cant go back to stock or our verified system) so its an exact center line. the billet plates are machined on center and the flanges mount at a larger diameter and pilot making it better than any u-bolt style yoke. We have recently done extensive testing with our new balancing machine with Roush/Fenway on a vibration problem NASCAR has been having. If you have ever seen a race team set up a rear end they use a ball mount that sits where the u-joint mounts to check the run out on The pinion yoke, all yokes have run out. They check them to make sure they are not beyond tolerance (and quite a few are) with the plate and flange we have been able to get a more concentric center line, in fact when we tooled up the new balancer (spins 9500rpm) we ended up using flanges instead of yokes because each time the yoke was taken off and remounted it was not with in tolerance for the balancer (centering on the splines). The flanges hold true no matter how many times they are re-mounted. Roush took a few flange samples with them to make pinion mounts for the flanges.....

This is a picture of another company's billet part, i'm not sure who's part is is but i see a few things that make it bad. The bum rap from most parts is a company not knowing what there doing and trying to make products with out understanding how to keep proper center lines. We 1st measured the thickness at 6-12-3-9 o'clock they have different measurements. the other thing i noticed is they are not turning the outer diameter, this is what you reference all measurements from and should be concentric. That one in the picture was supposed to be brand new also. there is so many banged up ends i would have been afraid to use it in the balancer (the reason it was sent in) our billet plates use longer bolts with a back up nut to ensure the bolt never comes loose. also the higest grade bolt is used to make sure a bolt will never break (or come loose) see the attached picture

i'm sure not all are done this way but it shows our commitment to part excellence and backed up by real world testing not just by being put in a car and claiming. Our shafts are balanced with the billet parts attached, Every CV shaft will have to use this type billet parts for the CV end so claiming its not good would be misleading to those who are unaware of how shafts mount. take a look at our billet mounts, there lighter and race proven for over 10 years in many record setting cars. (if you purchase one you will even see balance drill marks on the billet mounting plates)
dont go for the "never had a problem" we ensure you will not....






If there one thing my Dad who started this company in 1967 taught me was this, Learn how to do it correctly and then and only then see if it makes sense to sell it. If its not correct you will have the chance to make it right but never give up. We have spent the better part of this year looking at the problem most company's have with the carbon fiber bonding, almost every failure on carbon fiber shafts will be the bond, they say things like the glue got too hot and other excuses to mask the fact that the bond was not correct. We have done extensive research with the company that sells the tubing, 3 engineers from 3M and also engineers that produce the aluminum parts (along with our short 35 year stint of making parts). between all of us we have come up with a better profile in the tube and bond area that will exceed any traditional method of bonding today. We have even gone further than most to have this bond tested by a destructive testing lab and have confirmed this method to be superior to any bond type out there. take a look at one our many test shafts in the picture. The U-joint crosses broke before the Flange,bond or tube.....

so there you have it, fully balanced billet parts along with a better bond you decide.

Is there any weight savings with this shaft over the stocker? Also could you pm me a price please Thanks

[Kyle2k]

Originally Posted by the rich dude

Is there any weight savings with this shaft over the stocker?

[ls2 goat]

Originally Posted by the rich dude

Is there any weight savings with this shaft over the stocker? Also could you pm me a price please Thanks

I think the real thing to think about is weight savings of the carbon fiber vs an aluminum rated at the same power level.

[Kyle2k]

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[Driveshaftshop]

We have released our 3-1/2" aluminum Cv shaft, it weighs only 17lbs and has been flawless in testing. take a look. the carbon fiber shaft will be lighter but only by the tube. the ends for carbon fiber bonding have to be longer so they are a little more weight.

http://www.driveshaftshop.com/domest...ece-driveshaft

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Driveshaftshop

We have released our 3-1/2" aluminum Cv shaft, it weighs only 17lbs and has been flawless in testing. take a look. the carbon fiber shaft will be lighter but only by the tube. the ends for carbon fiber bonding have to be longer so they are a little more weight.

http://www.driveshaftshop.com/domest...ece-driveshaft

Looks great, can't wait to see the CF one! From the description where it says there may be some exhaust clearance issues, I take it the stock driveshaft is smaller than 3.5"? And if I recall correctly the CF shaft is 3.75" so it too may have clearance issues? I have 3" pipes so where is the clearance issue on the car?

[Driveshaftshop]

Originally Posted by Doc

Looks great, can't wait to see the CF one! From the description where it says there may be some exhaust clearance issues, I take it the stock driveshaft is smaller than 3.5"? And if I recall correctly the CF shaft is 3.75" so it too may have clearance issues? I have 3" pipes so where is the clearance issue on the car?

doc, our carbon fiber shaft is 3-3/8 so it should have no issues. the only reason i listed the "possible" clearance issues is we not seen the single shaft in every exhaust offered so I wanted to be up front about it. so far none have had an issue and we have 9 of them out and running right now. I would guess a 3-3/4 tube would be something to worry about but as i said were not using that large a tube.

[Kyle2k]

What is the stock driveshaft weight?

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Kyle2k

What is the stock driveshaft weight?

Somebody weighed one with all the joints and it weighed 24 lbs.

[Mcnairbear]

Originally Posted by hypurone

Have you talked to these guys:

http://www.driveshaftshop.com/domest...on-fiber-shaft

I hope that is a typo on the price!

Hey man, what size wheels and tires are you running?
Im tied between different sizes

[Mcnairbear]

Originally Posted by khabboub

i thought a new driveshaft would be like 2K, not 10K.

You guys are crazy. Lol the driveshaft is 1399.00
Where are y'all seeing 10,000.
You could buy a parts car for that

[ghosted]

It's been over 5 years since the last post in this thread, you think they're still listening?

[Mcnairbear]

Originally Posted by ghosted

It's been over 5 years since the last post in this thread, you think they're still listening?

Yeah i just noticed lmao. Im retarded
Still getting used to the forums. New to this.
But it would be cool if they did lol