See ya Later halfshafts *vid*

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bladez

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This has not been the year for me, lol. So far every time I have gone to the track, I have broken something.

The first time I went after being tuned, I completely destroyed my Centerforce DFX. I put in a new twin disk, broke it in and finally got to the track this last Tuesday.

First attempt at a pass, burnout, stage, launch at 3500 on the Mickey's with a fast slip and I end up breaking BOTH halfshafts.

I broke the driver side at the spindle and the passenger side at the outer CV.

Right now I'm in the process of building a solid for the car. The IRS is out and I have my donor rear end, just need some parts.

Below are a couple pics and vid of the carnage. Be sure to watch in HD and pay attention to the slow-mo.






 
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Wicked One

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Nothong a little gorilla glue can't fix:D

Sorry man, that sucks. Build it bigger and better.
 
Timspony

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WOW Ken....stock Axles???? ....If you're going to do a lot of drag racing, SRA a must!!!
 
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bladez

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Timspony said:
WOW Ken....stock Axles???? ....If you're going to do a lot of drag racing, SRA a must!!!
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Yep, stock half shafts. I guess they couldn't take the 600+ ft lbs anymore that they were being put through, lol. I drag race on occasion, maybe twice a month I was going to the track.

I'm keeping the IRS on the side and will slowly build it so its more durable, but right now I want to see what the car has in it and the SRA is the way to go. Save some weight too :)

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Were those the stockers ??? Level 5 PROS are rated for 1000+ (1 3/8 DIA)
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I've seen plenty of guys break the Level 5's :(. It would be very disheartening to pay $1,500 for axles and break them right away.
 
Timspony

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Stock Axles won't take that kind of HP for long....and didn't!! ...GL with the SRA Ken! ...Cobra is a beast!!!! :headbang: ...I agree, WAY too much $$$ to build a drag race IRS!
 
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1BIGMOFO

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Ken, just out of curiousity did you have any work done to the IRS when you broke the half shafts or was it all stock? Do you have subframes and an IRS brace?

Thanks man,

Rob
 
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bladez

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1BIGMOFO said:
Ken, just out of curiousity did you have any work done to the IRS when you broke the half shafts or was it all stock? Do you have subframes and an IRS brace?

Thanks man,

Rob
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Rob,

I have an IRS Brace, Sub-frames, and bushings in the IRS. I can't complain for how long the stock half shafts have lasted. I've had the car since 04 and put 25K hard miles on the car.

My car never wheel hopped, would just spin or hook depending on track conditions and how well I had my tires heated up. The half-shafts finally decided to call it quits this time with a clutch that could put the power to the tire and a track that hooked. You can see the twisted metal both breaks. Guess 650rwtq will do that, hahah.

The IRS is like working with glass, you can hit it so hard for a while, but that one time it may just pop, lol.

As I said before, I'm keeping the IRS for a future period once I get kicked out of all tracks (will never cage the car). I'll have my fun with the SRA and get some decent times out of the car!

-Ken
 
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