Well Bob did not have a torque tube in his. They converted it to a drive shaft in the car. Which allows you to mount the transaxle at a different height, then the engine. Bob also had wheel hop problems, which is not good at all on heat treated gears or regular gears, it kind works like a grade 8 bolt, it shears before it bends.
There is a local guy here that has a Stock drivetrain corvette that is almost in the 8's, Stock trans, stock diff, stock torque tube, He is waiting for something to break and has been waiting for about 1.5 years and it keeps holding up.
Try calling your chevy dealer and see how hard the parts in your torque tube are to get. I called and the rubber joints in the torque tube were only in Michigan, the local dealer here has never had broken torque tube, except in an accident where they totaled the car.
I have talked to about a dozen guys who have put major power thru a Corvette and they all say that the diff is the weak link. Neil Lea in Alabama did the C5 drivetrain thing like 5 years ago with a big block and he beat the crap out of that thing. The new ZR1 corvette will be running a torque tube with a 100,000 mile warranty.
Thanks for the Love though.......
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