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There is two scrapes on the driveshaft. One of the scrapes is more cosmetic, while the other does have a slight indentation. The first mark is 7 inches from the center of the driveshaft, while the second mark is 9 inches.
I can get it really cheap, I'am thinking it should be alright on my car do the lesser horsepower. What ya think?
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Silv6: what is the benefit of a aluminum driveshaft?<hr></blockquote>
It is about 10-12 pounds lighter than the steel driveshaft, and they are 1 peice so they free up more horsepower to the rear wheels. Most V6's have the two pc. steel driveshaft, so going from that to an aluminum should be a noticeable difference.
94 Camaro 3.4 A4 <br />T-Tops<br />In the process of an LS1 swap.
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Camaro_SLP: It is about 10-12 pounds lighter than the steel driveshaft, and they are 1 peice so they free up more horsepower to the rear wheels. Most V6's have the two pc. steel driveshaft, so going from that to an aluminum should be a noticeable difference.<hr></blockquote>
Only the M49 (T-5) cars had 2-piece driveshafts.
<b>15.41</b> @ 89.80 & 15.45 @ <b>91.64</b>, 2.21 60ft, 3,440 raceweight, using <b>OEM</b> Equipment. <br />\'98 L67/M49 w/ 134,000 miles before spun bearing. \"<i>It\'s all stock, Baby</i>!\"
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by CamaroRob97: Yep mine has a 2 peice also.<hr></blockquote> M49 cars came with 2-piece driveshafts. You have an M49 car Rob.
Jason, if yours did, you got a freak car. There were a few M49 cars produced with 1-piece driveshafts also.
But so long as there were no shortages in parts. Normal GM protocol required a two-piece driveshaft for the manual transmission cars, and a 1-piece steel driveshaft for the automatic cars.
<b>15.41</b> @ 89.80 & 15.45 @ <b>91.64</b>, 2.21 60ft, 3,440 raceweight, using <b>OEM</b> Equipment. <br />\'98 L67/M49 w/ 134,000 miles before spun bearing. \"<i>It\'s all stock, Baby</i>!\"
my family has owned 94 and 95 firebird with auto's and 2 pc and 2 95 auto camaro's 1 3.4, 1 3.8 and they both have 2 pc. i wouldnt say its just for m5 and selected autos
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As best as I can tell why they did it. Mind you this is only my personal idea. Was initially to control wheel hop on the manual transmission cars.
They have an ultra low first gear ratio of 3.75:1, that combined with a 3.23 open rear and 225 ft-lbs means you can light up that peg-legger at will.
Without posi, wheel hop is amplified due to one tire being compressed and released as it handles torque. Combined with the already twisting pre-load of the axle wheel hop is insane.
To help combat this, it's my belief that GM used a two piece driveshaft, with a hefty weight to it to help cancel some of that extra torque the manual's get over the automatics.
My wheel hop was like everyone elses - bad! When I swapped to a 1-piece driveshaft, I quickly noticed that there was a slight performance increase that translated to even more wheel hop. Making mine go from bad to horrible. I flat couldn't launch it with any degree of power coming out of first or it'd turn into wheel hop.
Then I installed the posi rear end (along with 3.42's) and it killed about 50% of my wheel hop. To now it only starts getting ancy if the road isn't perfectly plane.
So when I do decide to get lower control arms, that should completely rid my car of wheel hop.
But I think that was GM's quick answer to giving the Manual V6 a bit much power without a limited slip differential as standard equipment.
<b>15.41</b> @ 89.80 & 15.45 @ <b>91.64</b>, 2.21 60ft, 3,440 raceweight, using <b>OEM</b> Equipment. <br />\'98 L67/M49 w/ 134,000 miles before spun bearing. \"<i>It\'s all stock, Baby</i>!\"
The only 93-97 (and some 98's) V6 F-Bodies that I have ever heard of with 1 piece drive shafts were installed by the owner, not from factory. I remember pre-CamaroV6.com days when that was a BIG modification!!! Everyone wanted to change out their 2 piece shafts for a 1 piece. My Firebird wasn't a freak... it was as base as they come. Nothing special about it. 2 piece drive shafts were standard on all pre-98 V6 F-Bodies.
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