How fast can you go on stock drivetrain? Tranny, driveshaft,yokes,rear.....

[turboc87gn]

Im slowly building my car to the tens and ive ben doing brake and suspension upgrades first to make the car safe before i go turning the wick up...how far will the stock drivetrain take you? I know the trans is a crap shoot but what about everything else and when replacing what did you replace the parts with and what probs have you had if any....

 

[turboc87gn]

No one knows? How fast have you guys gone before replacing axles,yokes, driveshaft,rear cover, c clips,or bracing the lower control arms?

 

[pacecarta]

No one knows? How fast have you guys gone before replacing axles,yokes, driveshaft,rear cover, c clips,or bracing

the lower control arms?

in order you asked

axles- id replace if launching on stickies or 10s , nhra says you need to do it

yokes - should be ok unless you t brake launch but ill gaurantee you'll twist the splines in the stock trans yoke long before you reach 10s

driveshaft- i'd do it for 10s but many have done with stock shaft and got lucky . at least do spicer ujoints, if doing the shaft upgrade to 1350 joints

rear cover , i didnt have one but its cheap insurance and looks cool

c-clips elims -NHRA says you need them for 10s , they are a pain , i'd do the ford ends instead

boxing lowers - id do this for a stock turbo car , cheap enough and do all the bushings with poly , also not a bad idea to reinforce the front frame mounts for the lowers (weld in the hrpartsnstuff kit)

oh and if its a stock trans , all bets are off once your faster than 12s, for 10s it needs a quality rebuild by a turbo buick trans builder with some good parts

 

[forcefed3.8's]

The Cutlass in my sig has all stock parts other than boxed control arms. Would I recommend it, no.

 

[gs462]

I went 11.43 @ 118 with a 1.57 60 ft time with a completely stock trans rear and only bolt ons, on the motor.