>The "contemporary" racer's solution was to adapt 240Z half shafts;
>usually the Z's diff was installed, too, since the GT6's pumpkin
>was notoriously weak. Nowadays, it seems that some C/V joint solution
>is more appropriate.
>
>What do people use? Where do I start? I know nothing about CV joints... yet.
>
I would start by figuring out how long of a shaft you will need. If you have
1/2 plate adapters,that makes 1 inch to subtract, and the joints tend to
contract with deflection, so you probably have to add a bit to that. VW's,
fiats, BMWs and some others use bolt on joints, so the odds are good that if
you need a shaft length of at least 13 inches you could find a bolt in. The
shaft will need to extend past the face of the cv joint flange at its
shortest[bump in a lotus]in order to be long enough to reach in droop.
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