Subject	I haven't seem much of anything snapping on Z's in general
Posted by	Marshall on April 02, 2002 at 4:02 PM
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In Reply To	We are still taking about a NA Z, right? posted by Spongerider on April 02, 2002 at 02:31 PM
Message	I don't think enough people hard core drag race their Z's to really have definite knowledge on which part gives out first. I'm not sure if the half shafts break easily on the Z or not, but from going to the track and looking at other cars, it seems the Honda's break their half shafts a lot, I see Neons breaking them a lot, I see Camaros breaking them, I see Mustangs breaking them, I see DMS's breaking them... it seems that they are the weak point on most cars. Maybe the engineers intentionally make the easiest part to replace the weak link in the chain, if they gave cars really strong half shafts, then something else would have to give out. I don't think the diff will break, they're really strong on our cars. Especially the TT's, they have 9" rears in them. Nissan rears are tough. There's even a 280Z with a 383 stroker running 9's@149+ mph on the stock Datsun R200 rear.
Follow Ups	Pics of the broken driveshaft...... - Chris (NJ) 12:41:49 04/02/02 Ouch! That is why I am getting drive shaft loops. (n/m) - MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z) 12:48:15 04/02/02 Jus get a solid steel one. 5 rwhp isn't worth the hassle. (n/m) - teahead 12:51:56 04/02/02 if this happens again i will, john at powertrain said this - Chris (NJ) 14:10:53 04/02/02 Ouch! So much for being able to handle 800 ft/lbs eh? (n/m) - Grec (East Bay, CA) 13:00:22 04/02/02 He could have put a lot more than 800 ft lbs load on it. - Marshall 13:14:06 04/02/02 this is true, but just fyi, i was on regular street tires (n/m) - Chris (NJ) 14:05:41 04/02/02 damn, that's very rare/strange then... - Marshall 14:09:58 04/02/02 thats what im thinking. the tubing is not thick at all, and - Chris (NJ) 14:13:04 04/02/02 Turn the boost down and you won't have that problem, - Spongerider 13:04:06 04/02/02 You can break that with an NA Z - Marshall 13:20:21 04/02/02 Actually Honda have a different drive system as - Spongerider 13:36:24 04/02/02 The same part usually breaks though. - Marshall 13:59:42 04/02/02 We are still taking about a NA Z, right? - Spongerider 14:31:53 04/02/02 I haven't seem much of anything snapping on Z's in general - Marshall 16:02:34 04/02/02 My diff. busted at the track. :( (n/m) - Spongerider 17:20:47 04/02/02
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