ae86 single piece tailshaft

[awang]

is there any truth? using a 1 piece tailshaft will give minimum drivetrain loss than using a 2 piece tailshaft?

i saw the carbon fibre 1 piece tailshaft for sale in club4ag

[Jonny Rochester]

You only have to think about it yourself. A 2 piece shaft has an extra uni joint and an extra ball bearing. So yes, the 1 piece uses less energy and provides more efficient transfer. It is up to you to work out by how much (and we all guess it is a very small amount).

On a Toyota 1 piece shaft (such as TA22 Celica), and the rear half of a 2 piece shaft (such as RA23 Celica or AE86 Sprinter) there is some rubber. If your custom tailshaft does not have the rubber insulator/coupling then that is what has caused the dirrect feeling.

[H8CHIR6KU]

yeah i will be using a custom 1 piece tailshaft in my drift car. there isnt much advantage but for $250 you cant complain. the only advantage really is direct drive from gearbox to diff. a 2 peice shaft takes more energy to spin than a 1 piece shaft. but like johnny pointed out they are designed as a 2 peice for drivability.

but as for my car fully stripped, spot welded and rock hard suspension comfort is hardly a concern. my only concern is getting the wheels spinning and i think a 1 peice would do a better job of it

if your car is fairly low i wouldn't worry about flogging out unis as the whole setup is fairly straight. but if you worry about that just ask them to make a custom shaft with beefier unis.

and after all the majority of old school v8s run a 1 peice and those machines put out fair amounts of torque, and usually you see them breaking bell housings before shafts. (well i have anyway on numerous occasions)

if your in perth there is a driveshaft specialist on collingwood street in osbourne park. they do customs for alot of american muscle cars and other drag cars. they also made our 1 peice shaft for our rb25 180sx drift car

[todd]

might grab those details off of you aaron, ill be needing a 1 piece for a W conversion soon

[dava]

Thanks for the tip, I ended up heading to Driveshaft Balancing Services in Osborne Park and dealt with Rex who sorted me out with a 1 piece shaft for my AE86.

They were pretty hard to track down - so here's their website.