Hey guys, since I have seemed to break everything including the axle upgrade from driveshaft shop, I had them custom fab a whole new setup for the FD!* It includes everything level 5 33 spline, you name it, its all replaced.* Price is $1900, but worth it imo

 

Very nice! I'm going to ride out this season and see how my current axles treat me and then consider these.

 

Why dont' you just buy a stronger rearend? How much have you invested in all these axles so far? You could have put a Ford 9" in your car for about 2000-2500 bucks and be done with breaking axles.

 

^ If he put in a solid rear or any other rear for that matter, then he will not be legal for some classes... These cars are built around a specific set of rules for that specific class, so any changes that's not in the rule book automatically makes the car illegal in that class..

 

^^ As stated, Its easy just to put a 9" rear in, but that would bump me out of the street class.

 

^^Hopefully I'll be able to see your car at the track sometime soon. I wanna see it run in person.

 

Ok, now I understand. I was like man this guy likes to throw money away. hehe.
Good luck on the new axles. Hope they work out for you this time.

 

nice pieces ernie. do they have more in stock. or is this the first set that is being tested

 

I believe they made a batch, not just a one set. Give them a call.

 

when i call should i ask for the ernie spec axles?

 

No, "***** Out Specs".......

 

nice set up whats the phone number or website for that company?

 

http://www.driveshaftshop.com/

 

thanks man.

 

So did they change the size/spline count on the stubs that go into the diff? That would also require a different spider gear setup for the diff. I hope the material type was upgraded. If not then the weak link is still there. The outer hub is basically the porsche setup so that's a plus although most of the cars I know pulling 1.3 60ft's with IRS don't really break the factory outer stuff but mainly the inner.

 

No thats the same. They asked me if I wanted that and I said no, because of the extra work involved on my end.

 

Do they do just uprated inner stubs to fit the standard axles ?, as I have just bought some 300mm axles already

 

That extra work can make the difference between breaking on every pass. Is much less work to change/upgrade a weak link in the beginning than to be continously swapping out weak parts.
Are the inner stub/cv made out of 300m?

 

Would they be able to make the parts for this now? Like as an option?

 

Dunno. Give them a call.

 

The inner is a standard spline/style but uses a 300m material. The shafts are a larger spline also i think he said 35-36 spline and the outters are a porsche type.
Greg

 

For the serious dragracer then the easiest way to upgrade the inners would be with a spool. For the rest that use the stock type housing/LSD etc. the stock size would have to surfice.

 

Still, its a much better option then we had.

 

Looks very Nice Ernie!!!

 

I've got a set coming to me as well with billet ford inners going into a strange spool... hehe...