Should I say yes to the Blow Job? Not to be confused with "Should I hit it or quit it

[TravisB]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Weak spot? How do you figure? The carbon fiber driveshaft is before the torque multiplication of the transmission.

I have yet to see a tourqe tube handle a bunch of power.....repeatidly anyway.

[kennyd]

Originally Posted by TravisB

I have yet to see a tourqe arm handle a bunch of power.....repeatidly anyway.

rogers is talking about a torque tube , not arm

[Steve Chryssos]

Originally Posted by Tiger

Are we talking cars or girls here?????

Neither. Cars are okay. Girls are okay. But pornstars and blowers both require forethought. We're talkin' about diving in face first without thinking things thru. There is nothing wrong with superchargers, but they generally require some re-configuring of the entire drivetrain. ...And there is almost always some re-engineering after completion. Mazspeed proved that. He's nowhere near the first, and he certainly won't be the last. Some guy with a roots type blower was the first.

[TravisB]

Originally Posted by kennyd

rogers is talking about a torque tube , not arm

that is what I meant also just not what I typed......

[ironworks]

So how many broken torque tubes have you seen? Especially with carbon fiber shafts?

[TravisB]

Originally Posted by ironworks

So how many broken torque tubes have you seen? Especially with carbon fiber shafts?

Well actually seen in person....not many. I know Bob Johnsons broke at least once that i know of, im thinking maybe even twice. There is a local guy in town that has a Z06 (02' ish) with a procharger and he has had problems keeping his together. They are really cool and i hope yours works well I just havent heard many good things about them when it comes to making lots of power.

[wiedemab]

I'm not certain, but I think what Bob broke in his Cuda at RTH was the input shaft to the trans-axle. Travis - you may be speaking of a different instance. I think he had a few different issue initially that needed sorted out. I seem to remember that the failure was mainly caused by some fairly severe wheel-hop. I can attest to the fact that it did have some wheel-hop problems. The track wasn't ideal either. I believe they remedied this after the event, but I'm not sure what all was done (shock valving, bushings etc.????)

Anyway, I have absolutely no experience whatsoever with torque tubes, so take my comments as you may.

Later

[ironworks]

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.......

[TravisB]

Originally Posted by ironworks

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.......

Like I said I hope yours works...it appears you have done some research and thats great. 650 Hp or 500hp which ever John decides on is not a ton of power anyway. Good luck hope to see at least one of your projects with this set up done this year so we have first hand knowledge.......

[Payton King]

From a practical side, slapping a cam in the LS7 the car is going to fly with no hastle or extra weight. From an in your face look, of course the blower would be very cool, but the compartment may get a little busy(not that that is a bad thing, just tight). I like the Maggie or the Kenne Bell blower so as to not have so much stuff going on and still have the impact.

You could really step out and put the new Kinsler IR intake on that bitch..

Regardless of what you do you car if one of my favorites... and feel free to PM me your Porn star loft shoot story. LOL

seriously