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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 03:45 AM
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Does anyone know of anybody making some stronger axles for the tC? I'm getting everything together to start building a drivetrain, but I can't find anyone making some seriously strong axles to guarantee transfer of good HP to the wheels without snapping. I'm building a motor for a daily driver/strip machine, so I'd like to do some hard launches at the track and still be able to drive her home afterwards. Any help will be much appreciated. Scionlife FTW!
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Driveshaft shop.. google them.
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Here I did it for you...
http://www.driveshaftshop.com/pdetail.php?pid=58
Old Aug 23, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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Excellent. I appreciate the help, thank you.
Old Aug 23, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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how much power are running, the stock handles pretty good.. there's only 2 I knew that snapped their axle, chris rado recently did on his 700+hp tc and the other guy was 400+ hp on slicks long time ago.. Its nice insurance though but rebuilding itself isnt gonna be cheap and i dont think they rebuild the whole part
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I'm still pretty well stock, but I'll be getting a block soon, start building an engine from the ground up. I've found all my parts I'll need to make it bulletproof and reliable, except axles.
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if going fully built, then that will be an insurance for you.. its not gonna be the top of the list but at least you know a place to have it built
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The last thing I wanna hear is vroom vroom SNAP
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yeah that would be a nightmare lol.. here's a pic i took from the magazine on rado's broken axle

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