I think the problem with small tube drive shafts is finding the ends
required to mount the u-joints.
John Beckett, LSR #79
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: Driveshaft
> In a message dated 02/23/2000 8:50:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> saltracer@netscape.net writes:
>
> << What do ya'll think of running a 2" od extra thick wall driveshaft in
our
> flathead powered modified roadster? It would give a little extra room.
And
> do
> you know who would sell this kind of driveshaft? Phil
> >>
> Phil,
> My MR driveshaft is a little bigger, 2 1/2"-3" as I recall, but I
think
> that most driveshaft specialty shops could make you one out of about any
size
> tube that would take the HP. Remember, the 1908 to 1948 Ford driveshafts
were
> a solid 1" bar turning inside a hollow torque-tube. The only limit might
be
> the size tube that your couplers would require..............Ardun Doug in
CA
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