Alum. drive shaft

[CompOrangeSN95]

Has anyone put and Alum. drive shaft in and if so has it made a noticeable difference?

 

[mikey94gt]

I did, and I noticed a difference, sorta... of course, I put it in when I put in the built 302, so I couldnt honestly tell ya. I do know they help, its less rotating mass. 1 lb of rotating mass is equivalent to 10 lbs in the car.

 

[Win]

I am doing a Alum driveshaft from FRPP in the next couple weeks accompanied by a Fidanza Alum Flywheel. Oh and don't forget the new motor

 

[duff daddy]

I did on the car a few years ago, Very smooth with nice new u-joints and being sooo much lighter, its outstanding. Great mod, helps in lots of ways....

 

[wnracing]

Another thing on the list for me.... What U Joints did you go with Duff? I've heard that Timken @ AutoZone is just as good as anything out there.

 

[greenscobie86]

It definitely helped my car after I threw it in there... Feels smoother and much less vibration. Plus anything thats lighter/stronger than stock is good

 

[orodi]

That Aluminum Flywheel will make the biggest difference

 

[mikey94gt]

sure will. I have an aluminum flywheel chillin on the shelf, waiting for me to put it back in with the next build.

 

[CC'S95GT]

The alumnium ds is also a bigger diameter. Some people have problems with it rubbing on the e-brake bracket

 

[Rice_slayer]

^^ I had trouble with it clearing my driveshaft loop, not my e-brake bracket. I BARELY have any room with it between the loop and itself(roughly 1/2" on each side). It's was a noticeable difference, I changed it out because my stock one was out of balance, so I upgraded in the process. Taking off was weird for the first few times but soon got use to it.

 

[94 DropTop]

Another thing on the list for me.... What U Joints did you go with Duff? I've heard that Timken @ AutoZone is just as good as anything out there.

Timken is the brand of bearings and seals that they carry. The ujoints are Duralast and the Golds, I cant remember the true brand of them but know it wasnt timken unless in the recent months they have swapped venders.

 

[Win]

The FRPP comes with a 1330 U joint which is pretty beefy from what i have been told i am unsure who the manufacturer is though.

 

[duff daddy]

Another thing on the list for me.... What U Joints did you go with Duff? I've heard that Timken @ AutoZone is just as good as anything out there.

Temkin is the shit, they are great u-joints and any other bearing product for that matter.

aluminum fly wheels are shit, I hate them, none of my vehicles will EVER have one put on by myself. I will never use one. If your worried about rotational mass and you NEED the difference in a fly wheel, you best be making some awesome races here, there are alot of other ways to get the same benifit, personally a steel flywheel is better, takes more abuse and hell I havent had half the issues with a steel as some people have had with aluminum's

 

[CompOrangeSN95]

thanks for the info guys, I don't have an ebrake so it's got nothing to rub on, I just replaced my u-joints today with Temkin. To be honest I think I might have an Alum. dive-shaft, this is the first time I've really picked it up and it doesn't weigh much, I'm going to find a magnet tomorrow to find out for sure.

 

[ivan12]

Anyone know if you can put the AWD aerostar aluminum driveshaft in our stangs? I know it can be done to the foxes, but I've never heard of them on sn95s

 

[mikey94gt]

Anyone know if you can put the AWD aerostar aluminum driveshaft in our stangs? I know it can be done to the foxes, but I've never heard of them on sn95s

New one on me....

 

[CC'S95GT]

i have read that some where before. but I don't remember if it was the AWD version or not.

 

[duff daddy]

Anyone know if you can put the AWD aerostar aluminum driveshaft in our stangs? I know it can be done to the foxes, but I've never heard of them on sn95s

yea I have heard that also but I would say no just because I do not know for sure and dont want to spread bad tech on that one.

 

[DropTopPony]

This is where I think I am ordering mine from.

http://www.axle-exchange.com/driveshafts.htm

 

[jwatson21]

another item im looking into