snapped a half shaft, need advice
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Thanks Will.
Why do you have to replace the ring and pinion already? Do you race at Mason Dixon? If so, I think I have seen you run. Who did your rear? Was it one of the available bolts in kits, or a custom install? I always expected the carbon fiber to snap or the u joints to break, but I was surprised to see the weld on the end of the aluminum tube section actually sheared off.
Why do you have to replace the ring and pinion already? Do you race at Mason Dixon? If so, I think I have seen you run. Who did your rear? Was it one of the available bolts in kits, or a custom install? I always expected the carbon fiber to snap or the u joints to break, but I was surprised to see the weld on the end of the aluminum tube section actually sheared off.
I do race at Masons Dixon. I run the MPC Real Street class.
One race, I remember seeing a very nice looking Green C4 with Fisk? wheels... Yours? I wanted to find you and say hi but I was having problems and didn't get the chance. Next time I see your car, I'll make time.
Dominic Cimino at DC Performance working out of Maryland Performance Specialties in Baltimore did the rear suspension and cage in my car. Its a 2005+ S197 Mustang style 3 link rear suspension. It was all custom built. I had a few options under the "stock suspension" rules of the class but the 3 link seemed to me to be a perfect fit for the car... So thats what I told him to build. Dominic does exellent work, he's a very talented fabricator and everything is what I wanted.
Will
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Stuff wears out. The ring gear is cratering on the drive face. 2yrs is about what you can expect out of a 3100lbs car cutting 1.20 60fts on a 275 radial running a regular gear. I'm trying out a REM polished gear this time to see if last any better. If not, I'll have to move up to the 9.5" or 10" Pro Mod big pinion gear sets. We'll see because the car is going to get alot faster next year... looking to be in 1.1X 60fts.
I do race at Masons Dixon. I run the MPC Real Street class.
One race, I remember seeing a very nice looking Green C4 with Fisk? wheels... Yours? I wanted to find you and say hi but I was having problems and didn't get the chance. Next time I see your car, I'll make time.
Dominic Cimino at DC Performance working out of Maryland Performance Specialties in Baltimore did the rear suspension and cage in my car. Its a 2005+ S197 Mustang style 3 link rear suspension. It was all custom built. I had a few options under the "stock suspension" rules of the class but the 3 link seemed to me to be a perfect fit for the car... So thats what I told him to build. Dominic does exellent work, he's a very talented fabricator and everything is what I wanted.
Will
I do race at Masons Dixon. I run the MPC Real Street class.
One race, I remember seeing a very nice looking Green C4 with Fisk? wheels... Yours? I wanted to find you and say hi but I was having problems and didn't get the chance. Next time I see your car, I'll make time.
Dominic Cimino at DC Performance working out of Maryland Performance Specialties in Baltimore did the rear suspension and cage in my car. Its a 2005+ S197 Mustang style 3 link rear suspension. It was all custom built. I had a few options under the "stock suspension" rules of the class but the 3 link seemed to me to be a perfect fit for the car... So thats what I told him to build. Dominic does exellent work, he's a very talented fabricator and everything is what I wanted.
Will
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Yes Will, that would be me! I was looking at the 4 link options from Carroll's Rod and Racecraft, or SkiDownIt (if he's still doing them). Could you explain or post pics of the 3 link setup? I'm not really familiar. The 12 bolt from Carroll looks to be about $5000, maybe you could PM me the approximate cost from DC?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...onversion.html
I have about $6,000.00 in mine but you could knock a bunch off by building with a less expensive Nodular center section instead of the aluminum thru bolt deal I used.... as well as reusing the factory brakes or simple GM metric instead of the Wildwood Dyna-Pro brakes I used, which were very expensive .
Will
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