That didnt sound good.

I'd have to say there is something else going on with it. The driveshaft should not let go at that speed, or anything really under say 200mph if the car could do it. That is not a very big safety margin, if its limited at 115 and it broke at 135...
I don't see them using a steel driveshaft anymore on these do they?
I know I had a new, bone stock 93 that I took up and down 275 one night way back and had it pegged out, the speedo read 140-138 or something, it was not smooth but it wasn't vibrating all over the place, how is it that something new and so much more advanced would fail?
 
sofa king said:
I'd have to say there is something else going on with it. The driveshaft should not let go at that speed, or anything really under say 200mph if the car could do it. That is not a very big safety margin, if its limited at 115 and it broke at 135...
I don't see them using a steel driveshaft anymore on these do they?
I know I had a new, bone stock 93 that I took up and down 275 one night way back and had it pegged out, the speedo read 140-138 or something, it was not smooth but it wasn't vibrating all over the place, how is it that something new and so much more advanced would fail?
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to get the mpg they wanted everything in the 6 is light. no spare either.
GT gets a 2 piece shaft(supported). they use a 2 piece do to the lack of space between tanks/exhaust(the after market does make larger diameter 1 piece units though) The critical speed goes up as diameter increases.
Maybe the car had gears also?
 
1BADAIR said:
to get the mpg they wanted everything in the 6 is light. no spare either.
GT gets a 2 piece shaft(supported). they use a 2 piece do to the lack of space between tanks/exhaust(the after market does make larger diameter 1 piece units though) The critical speed goes up as diameter increases.
Maybe the car had gears also?
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That's crazy, considering a bone stock 11 v6 will take on my bolt on 92GT. I have an aluminum driveshaft currently, but damn!!
 
lol youtube owns all. BTW I might have shat in my underpants had that happened to me....would like to see a pic of that cars under carriage after that! Wonder where exactly the shaft failed?
 
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