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S/C guys: Is it necessary to upgrade my axles to support 500HP?
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S/C guys: Is it necessary to upgrade my axles to support 500HP?
Hey guys,
My stock diff has had some seriously work done to support more power, before I install it should I be swapping the stock axles for the 5.9 Driveshaft shop type?
Any advice would be great,
Cheers!
My stock diff has had some seriously work done to support more power, before I install it should I be swapping the stock axles for the 5.9 Driveshaft shop type?
Any advice would be great,
Cheers!
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No, you wont produce enough trq supercharged to exceed the strength capability of the stock ones. You will go through rear ends and transmission first in my experience. Ive been through 3 rear ends and two trans and have 220k miles on my stock axles.
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do not do axles. waste of money unless ur doing tranny, diff, and axles all together. If you do diff + axles, you move the weak link to the tranny. Which IMO is much worse. I'd rather replace a diff or an axle than a tranny.
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i detroyed a axle racing a zo6 vette, grabbed second so hard that it shredded the inside of the inner bearing on axle. just be careful grabbing gears hard unless u wanna get stranded,lol
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yup a lot of keeping things from breaking is "driving smooth". Be conscious of what you do especially in 1st and 2nd. Most likely to break something. Don't launch from dig. etc
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Originally Posted by MSTSH80' timestamp='1448250678' post='23810035
i detroyed a axle racing a zo6 vette, grabbed second so hard that it shredded the inside of the inner bearing on axle. just be careful grabbing gears hard unless u wanna get stranded,lol
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I broke mine with with a hard launch at the track with drag radials. Never at any HPDE or normal type driving. Either way i just keep a set of stock used axles just in-case but ive since then given up on drag racing.
