For the sake of the thread VLT 88, how much was your tailshaft worth? And who built it?

so all the street cars at calder have tail shaft loops i dont think so man

Quote: Originally Posted by [SLY.747] stick your 1 piece tailshafts up your ass ive got one in the new vlt and it rubs on the floor in 4 spots ffs. Man I hated the one I had in mine when it was manual, worst thing ever ! so many hassles with it knocking etc

whats the advantage of a one piece over a two piece? is the centre bearing a weak point?

rb2go: man the vl's have a 2 piece tail shaft

Quote: Originally Posted by wandin54 rb2go: man the vl's have a 2 piece tail shaft Ha ha your kidding right mate? I really didn't know that To make some use of this thread, i'll try find out the andra specs on tail shaft loop position ANDRA : all front engined, rear wheel drive sedan based vehicles with unaltered steel floors, with elapsed times quicker than 12.99 (1/4 mile)/8.30 (1/8 mile), must have a 360 degree tailshaft retainer loop constructed from minimum 3mm (1/8 inch) x 50mm (2 inches) steel strap or 22mm (7/8 inch) x 1.62mm (.065 inch) welded steel tubing, securely mounted and located within 150mm (6 inches) of the front universal joint for support of the tail shaft in event of universal joint failure. It is recommended that the loop be round to minimise loading.

http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=4468 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=3&SubCatID=1078&priorCatID=1078&PrdGrpID=4468) $40 bucks Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by ANK so all the street cars at calder have tail shaft loops i dont think so man Its written right there in the andra rules mate... as was previously stated they have to be 150mm away from the joint as i said before, and a vl two peice center bearing is too far away to meet the rules... it all depends how "strict" the track is... like running 10's without a cage, some tracks u can get away with it some u cant. i raced my car at the perth motorplex which is a strict andra track and got booted for it and i only ran 11.8 i argued the two peice stuff and they showed me the rules and said byebye. for the sake of the thread, i got my tailshaft when i was living it western australia off a place called final drive. the guys name is phil purser and he has that blue vl with the plates vhell that ran 8.98 with a 2jz. and he uses the same tail shaft. he steered me away from goin a 1 piece for the very reason of it hitting the floor. i paid $690 for it. its a full custom one as i have a glide, but i gave them the measurement from diff flange to the center bearing holes, and diff flange to rubber seal on the back of the box and he had it made up for me in a couple of days. mine only hit the floor once. where the shaft joins to the diff it put a big dent under the back seat and its never hit again after that even with a full car.

thanks alot for that.. i think i will be getting a custom two peice made up i hate the one peice and i will also get a tail shaft loop off vpw... any one recomend a tail shaft joint?. se subs would be great

you will need 2 loops now if you have a 2 peice shaft (new rule) at the front of each shaft.told by an andra tech

I was out wsid on saturday and they are pretty strict on this rule now as a mate didnt have one and was not allowed too run with slicks.He had too put the street tyres back on still went 11.8 lol but we tried putting them on a mates cv8 manaro as it was knocking on the door of a 12 and as soon as he rolled in the staging lanes they told him too take the slicks off if he wasnt running a loop and that thing had never done a 12.99 but is what we had a winge about.I got the same as the vpw ones very easy too fit up.

Quote: Originally Posted by MR YEHA I was out wsid on saturday and they are pretty strict on this rule now as a mate didnt have one and was not allowed too run with slicks.He had too put the street tyres back on still went 11.8 lol but we tried putting them on a mates cv8 manaro as it was knocking on the door of a 12 and as soon as he rolled in the staging lanes they told him too take the slicks off if he wasnt running a loop and that thing had never done a 12.99 but is what we had a winge about.I got the same as the vpw ones very easy too fit up. spuin. Do you have to have the loop if your running a 2 piece tailshaft and 10 second passes at WSID? They didnt even check this on my car last time?

Quote: Originally Posted by sohc2 spuin. Do you have to have the loop if your running a 2 piece tailshaft and 10 second passes at WSID? They didnt even check this on my car last time? yeah man thats the case. He has run there with the same setup "vortec blown 304" at least 3 times he tunes the car him self so thats the only changes being made between meetings and all of a sudden it became a big issue.before that no one ever mentioned it or said a thing.Its a built 2 piece as well not standard.There a bunch of funny guys those andra stewards but at the end of the day its for the safety of drivers so what can we say.

In the end, the loops are $50 and 1/2hr of your time. If you're building a drag car, I don't see why you wouldn't do it anyway.

where do you get the loops from and where do i get a good tail shaft mate up for my vl to hold 700rwhp?

vpw

Quote: Originally Posted by ANK vpw whos that?

http://www.vpw.com.au/index.asp Geez, that was hard wasn't it?

it is for people that dont know its a web address, thanks anyway

Quote: Originally Posted by VLT 88 u need a tailshaft loop even if u have a 2 piece.... ive been booted out for having no loop and i have a two piece... has to be no more than 150mm away from the where the box and shaft join. also u can get a 2 piece made up that doesnt break... mine is rated to 1000hp doesn't sound right. pretty sure you just got stooged by some dope scrutineer who didn't know what they were doing??