anyone still interested in the carbon fiber driveshaft?

 

If someone wants to let ACPT borrow their stock driveshaft, ACPT will make a carbon one. This would be around $900-$1000. Like someone mentioned before, though, someone should accurately measure the weight of the stock one first.

 

that's a good idea. I've seen a cf driveshaft on a 3000gt vr4 and it was bad a s s

 

Would this be a one piece (replacing the rear two pieces) design like Driveshaftshop.com is working on?.. but with Carbon.

 

So whats going on with this?? Anything??

 

there was another thread on this but now tear it up has dropped some new info... maybe zeus will look into it...

 

I know it's been a few months, but whatever happen to this. I believe driveshaft has finally released their Al driveshaft. Has anyone tried it, or had a CF made?

 

http://www.torqline.com/product_detail_26.php

And if you want some sticker shock:

http://www.torqd.com/torqline

 

just a question.. considering you will never see this thing anyway.. why not make it out of titanium.. its stronger and very light.

 

I bet titanium would be kinda pricey but cool

 

I helped fix a couple cars, the drive shaft isn't that light in our cars

 

one reason carbon fibre would be better than any metel is that it wouldn't break parts if it snapped under high stress

 

Titanium really isn't a very stiff metal, so you'd get a lot of twist. You can always try and compensate by making the tubing thicker or larger in diameter, but then you'd lose the material's weight advantage.

And if you thought carbonfiber was expensive....................titanium alloy would be outlandish.

 

i've never heard of issues with evo driveshafts...
many evo's in the 9's and 10's are on the stock driveshafts and they work just fine

 

I just saw this thread and found it ironic. Over the weekend I met my girlfriend's cousin from Huntington Beach who works @ ACPT and asked about the driveshaft. He said they don't have any intentions on making it for the Evo due to it being broken down into three sections. They make one for the STI (which he owns) and adds a good amount of free power (less rotational mass) 29lbs. vs 12lbs. Trust me I was trying to get him to prototype one, but he said they aren't going to make it.