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Yesterday I was checking out good old craigslist and stumbled onto a Ford racing aluminum drive shaft for $150.00.
Prior to that I was putting in some serious research time into the T5 transmissions and just how much torque they could be built to handle. Well much to my astonishment they can be built to withstand around 500ft-lbs which is much more than I previously thought. This opens the door to use this transmission exclusively at least to start with which saves me precious weight when compared to the much larger T56 and saves me buko bucks!
So the decision was made the T5 it is!
So that is when I started to research craigslist for options and ran into the drive shaft. It turns out that the drive shaft mates right up to the T5 as it came out of a Mustang
the other end bolted up to an 8.8" rear end which is another component that I was heavily leaning toward using.
long story short I went and nabbed it and in turn helped me to make up my mind in going with the 8.8" rear end as the differential upgrade of choice
The aluminum drive shaft is longer than the original GT6 which is nice so that we can get it cut down to exactly what we need when the time comes. Another bonus is its much stronger than the GT6 unit and way lighter it is almost shocking in fact just how much lighter for having a far larger tube diameter.
So another piece of the bullet proof system obtained once I get the Passat home I will get some major pics posted up on here for you all to check out!
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