Thread: "Looking for a H/D drive shaft"

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For My '32 blown Ford coupe.
About 615hp,,,the tranny is a Bowtie Overdrives level {3} 700r4 and rear end is a Moser 31 spline with Wavetrac diff. so I'm pretty good with those parts.
Any input on a good H/D drive shaft,,maybe one from Moser,or Denny's,or??
Thanks

Dennys builds a good shaft, I have one under my 27. Probably a lot of other companies can make one for your application too. Are aluminum shafts now the hot setup?


Don

I went to my local Inland Truck Parts and had them make me one from scratch. Here they're the go-to guys for all the off-roaders, and great guys to work with. Knew their stuff, and made it up quick.

Inland Empire is kind of expensive, Denny's - right in the ball park. Both good though. I have a "spare" made up locally as well for about $100. This is mine from Denny's complete w/web address

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If your roller body/chassis unit from N&N is going to a shop in Missouri to be finished out into a driver, they'll have the engine & tranny there too, right? Wouldn't it be easier to have them responsible for the driveshaft? Or maybe you're looking for suggestions on the suppliers so you can ask better questions of the shop regarding whose driveshsafts they plan to use so you're confident it can handle the power? A bigger question to me would be what rear gears are they going to get for the rear end, assuming you went with N&N's standard 9" Ford. It comes with housing & axles, but no pumpkin.

Another alternative is to buy some billet yokes and a piece of Moly tubing and have it tig welded and balanced. I use them for any really serious horsepower drag cars plus it's lighter and stronger then mild steel tubing.

Originally Posted by rspears

If your roller body/chassis unit from N&N is going to a shop in Missouri to be finished out into a driver, they'll have the engine & tranny there too, right? Wouldn't it be easier to have them responsible for the driveshaft? Or maybe you're looking for suggestions on the suppliers so you can ask better questions of the shop regarding whose driveshsafts they plan to use so you're confident it can handle the power? A bigger question to me would be what rear gears are they going to get for the rear end, assuming you went with N&N's standard 9" Ford. It comes with housing & axles, but no pumpkin.

Yes, only suggestions!!!!
I could just tell the shop in MO. to pick me up a good drive shaft!

Originally Posted by 1bad32

Yes, only suggestions!!!!
I could just tell the shop in MO. to pick me up a good drive shaft!

Just for clarity, your plan is to pick up a finished car from the shop in MO, ready to drive, and have it shipped home to California, right? Engine in, wired, interior done, painted, etc, right? Not being critical in any way, but it's different answering questions to support a build as opposed to answering to support specifying parts for a shop.

Originally Posted by rspears

Just for clarity, your plan is to pick up a finished car from the shop in MO, ready to drive, and have it shipped home to California, right? Engine in, wired, interior done, painted, etc, right? Not being critical in any way, but it's different answering questions to support a build as opposed to answering to support specifying parts for a shop.

Yes,,,,have the car "ready-to-drive"{completely finished},,,but will have it shipped because the weather probably won't be that good that time of year!!!!
Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by 1bad32

Yes,,,,have the car "ready-to-drive"{completely finished},,,but will have it shipped because the weather probably won't be that good that time of year!!!!
Hope this helps.

I totally agree with shipping the car - January/February is not a good time for a shakedown cruise from Missouri to California in a street rod!