billet input shaft test.

[Rich Buckley]

all 3 of these shafts were in the same truck with same motor, tranny and rear end.


opie shaft (left) made 1 spool up.
TCS Canada (center) 19 or 20 passes
Sonnax (right) 3 passes sofar

 

[BigB82789]

Holy Chit!

 

[sukdasmoke]

Are you serious... I was just about to order an Input shaft....Now I need more advice....

 

[Muddin_dude06]

Are you serious... I was just about to order an Input shaft....Now I need more advice....

You would likely be fine with any of them, he has a tad more HP than your average joe lol.

That is pretty crazy! It is cool that the Opie twisted as oppsed to shearing!

 

[Rich Buckley]

i have had good luck with TCS Canada and Sonnax.

 

[Rich Buckley]

That is pretty crazy! It is cool that the Opie twisted as oppsed to shearing![/QUOTE]

but it would have broke if i didnt pull the converter after the 1 spool up to change the stall.

 

[zstroken]

Sonnax gets my vote.

 

[Boostediesel]

pm sent to you Big Dodge

 

[Big Blue24]

The sonnax shaft looks to have larger feed holes, do you see that as a potential weak link or is there plenty of meat there to sacrifice for better flow?

I wonder if the reason why few break Opie inputs is the fact that his material and or temper is more elastic.

I need a good "broken-in" input for the Junker Drag Truck, you wanna sell that Opie shaft cheap? Probably not, that's a cool piece for a wall-o-shame!

 

[BFD99]

I'm running a TCS.

 

[D45]

Opie billet input and TCS billet output here

 

[SKYNYRD]

was that the opie fat shaft?

 

[Snedge]

What was up with the converter? Did you lower the stall speed ?

 

[Slowpoke]

Yes, the converter was VERY loose, he launched and locked. The converter never "coupled up" before lock-up. I am certain that any of those shafts would have broken or twisted at best the way he pulled that thing back. A fair test would to see how the other shafts woud look after a simular launch.

 

[Big Swole]

was that the opie fat shaft?

Hell No! Have you seen them side by side....It's impressive!




I broke my Sonnax Input with less HP a while back......Went with Opie and was making approx. 50-60 more hp and my Opie shaft looks brand new and straight!


I'm Just Sayin!!!! =)

 

[Scooter's Roofing]

HP doesn't break shafts...

just sayin'

 

[LReiff]

I broke a TCS shaft with less power...forrest I know...just sayin.

 

[Scooter's Roofing]

meanwhile, I wasn't makin' fun of Swole... ask anyone, I ALWAYS say "just sayin"

it didn't even register that he said it till you did! LOL

 

[LReiff]

LOL

 

[Big Swole]

HP doesn't break shafts...

just sayin'

Didn't Say the HP is what broke the shaft!!


I'm JUST sayin!!! oke:

:hehe: