Drive shaft

[Yuhboyq]

I was thinking of buying a 1 piece carbon fiber drive shaft for my 240sx s13 with sr20. Does anyone know if it will make a big enough difference to make it worth buying? The company clams a 5% decrease in the percentage of power loss through the drive train (meaning that instead of losing around 17 percent through the drive train i would only lose like 12). Can anyone verify this claim?

[clutchbanger92]

Well to be honest, I can't completely verify that claim myself, but I have talked to a few other 240 owners with single piece driveshafts on their rides and they say that a 1-piece driveshaft makes a significant improvement in power transfer and clutch response. But none of them had CARBON driveshafts either...

[Spectro]

yeah, i dont know about the CF one, but i also have a couple of friends who haev the steel 1-piece DS and they love it, they say is more responsive than the 2 piece. I might get one soon.

[clutchbanger92]

Yes, that would definitely be a good investment. Although the carbon driveshaft should perform better than steel or forged aluminium just because it's got plenty of strength and it's also extremely lightweight. I would get the carbon shaft myself if I had the cash on hand, but getting an aluminum or steel 1-piece shaft will get the job done no preblem.

[DevilMB3017]

I have a steel one-piece from The Driveshaft Shop.

Definately a noticable difference. Not worth the cash IMO for carbon.

[fullmetal]

Hey I hate to bring up old threads but has anyone bought a CF drive shaft since this? I got a friend askin me if Iknow anything about them but I got nothin, told him to go with aluminium but told him I'd poke around for more info for him

[supreamS14]

Its not worth the price just get the aluminium shaftmasters DS and a CF hood for the price of the CF DS! Its 12lbs and $314 shipped!