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4horseman 05-18-2016 11:23 AM

What will break first Drive shaft or Flexplate?
 
I am about to put in a built ls6 sae 500 hp. It will be supercharged with about 10-12 lbs. Should I upgrade to a sfi flexplate or the upgraded driveshaft first? I cant do both right now unfortunately and have to play the odds.

Thanks

4horseman 05-18-2016 12:41 PM


Originally Posted by 4horseman (Post 1592240079)
I am about to put in a built ls6 sae 500 hp. It will be supercharged with about 10-12 lbs. Should I upgrade to a sfi flexplate or the upgraded driveshaft first? I cant do both right now unfortunately and have to play the odds.

Thanks


Thanks Brett for the excellent advice, as always.

BLOWNBLUEZ06@RKT Performance 05-19-2016 08:10 AM


Originally Posted by 4horseman (Post 1592240777)
Thanks Brett for the excellent advice, as always.

My pleasure sir.


For the rest of the readers, I chose the flex plate since I've seen the autos do so well with the prop shafts in higher powered builds than this one.

:cheers:

C5Natie 05-26-2016 03:46 AM

I'm still on the stock flexplate with no issues. When I was at 700rwhp I did grenade both driveshafts couplers and destroyed the shaft. The carnage was epic. I went with a solid billet coupler and a poly six shooter coupler.


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