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camguynj · 01-30-2021, 10:37 AM

For those those that have an aluminum or carbon fiber driveshaft do they make the car quicker from 1st to 2nd without being at WOT? and between the other gears?

Vegas Bound · 01-30-2021, 06:16 PM

No

hammdo · 01-30-2021, 06:40 PM

Just smoother operation but, with the CF version I saved weight...

-Don

camguynj · 01-30-2021, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas Bound

No

Thanks, appreciate the reply. BTW very nice times

camguynj · 01-30-2021, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by hammdo

Just smoother operation but, with the CF version I saved weight...

-Don

I knew they were lighter, was hoping the easier rev up would translate into improved quickness/nimbleness from 1st

Thunder70 · 01-30-2021, 09:38 PM

I have the aluminum one it doesn’t feel like it’s jerking when going at slower speed like stock driveshaft

1JEWLDSSRS · 01-31-2021, 07:53 AM

I have the DSS one and in 1st gear it goes thru it much quicker than the stock one. It allows you to "spin" her up quicker over all if that makes sense to you. And it is much smoother too.

camguynj · 01-31-2021, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 1JEWLDSSRS

I have the DSS one and in 1st gear it goes thru it much quicker than the stock one. It allows you to "spin" her up quicker over all if that makes sense to you. And it is much smoother too.

Would you say it feels quicker/more nimble going from 1st to 2nd at only half throttle ?

RankSS · 01-31-2021, 02:11 PM

I would describe the one piece as being more "athletic".
Don't really think it will make the car faster. Most put them on for durability.

1JEWLDSSRS · 02-01-2021, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by camguynj

Would you say it feels quicker/more nimble going from 1st to 2nd at only half throttle ?

In my car? With the 4200 stall, yes sir. She gets up to speed a lot quicker that it did with the stock unit. Just seems like it, it allows the revs to spool up quicker, kinda like a gear change, it seems to multiply the TQ better, and MY 1st gear is useless!! I start in 2nd now and it still is kinda useless but not as much as 1st is. lol.

Black_SS10 · 02-01-2021, 06:36 PM

It will not make you faster. Honestly, I couldn't tell much of a difference between the factory and the aluminum DSS one I had. I haven't put the DSS shaft back in. Just sits in my garage since I had to cut the bolts seized in the diff spacer.

camguynj · 02-01-2021, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 1JEWLDSSRS

In my car? With the 4200 stall, yes sir. She gets up to speed a lot quicker that it did with the stock unit. Just seems like it, it allows the revs to spool up quicker, kinda like a gear change, it seems to multiply the TQ better, and MY 1st gear is useless!! I start in 2nd now and it still is kinda useless but not as much as 1st is. lol.

Guess you notice it with the auto-trans gearing combined with the stall converter

1JEWLDSSRS · 02-02-2021, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by camguynj

Guess you notice it with the auto-trans gearing combined with the stall converter

Oh yea, I'm not one to tell stories, I tell you like it is for ME. It was a big difference in my car for sure. Anytime you take weight away from any rotational mass, like light weight wheels and slicks, and DS, you gain the ability to "spool up" quicker and get the car moving easier, in my opinion, in my Camaro. The way I can explain it is with the stock DS when I would throttle up in first she went like,, waaaaaaaaa 7200,shift to second,,waaaaaaaaa 7200, shift to 3rd, now it is waaa 7200,shift to second,,waaa, 7200 shift to 3rd. That 7200 is where my shift point is set at. Anyway, just MY experience with mine..

.. Everybody's experience will be different, because all the cars are not the same. Good luck.

CamaroCracka · 02-02-2021, 10:25 AM

I switch to a 3.73 to reduce the car's desire to bog off the line, and that helped quite a bit. It needed all the help it could get so I put an aluminum shaft in and that seems to have helped it even more, but the lower gear definitely did a good bit more than the shaft.

01-30-2021, 10:37 AM	#1
camguynj Drives: '13 SS/RS LS3 BRM Cammed NPP Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: NJ Posts: 3,812 View My Garage	Does one piece driveshaft make car quicker ? For those those that have an aluminum or carbon fiber driveshaft do they make the car quicker from 1st to 2nd without being at WOT? and between the other gears?

01-30-2021, 06:40 PM	#3
hammdo 'It's an experiment' Drives: [COTW 2/09/15] '11 GPI LSA SC Z/LE Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 8,694 View My Garage	Just smoother operation but, with the CF version I saved weight... -Don __________________ 747 RWHP 794 RWTQ "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." - Enzo Ferrari See My Build: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=385577

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1JEWLDSSRS Drives: 2011 SS-RS Join Date: May 2011 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 11,435	I have the DSS one and in 1st gear it goes thru it much quicker than the stock one. It allows you to "spin" her up quicker over all if that makes sense to you. And it is much smoother too. __________________ TSP STAGE 3 CAM,231/246 @112 LSA 614/641 LIFT, CIRCLE D 5C-4200-4500 CONVERTER,LOD INTAKE.CORSA EXHAUST. DSS 1 PC DS. PEGASUS SOLID CRADLE MOUNTS. 486RWHP/475RWTQ.LOTS MORE.

01-31-2021, 02:11 PM	#9
RankSS Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Saskatoon SK Can. Eh Posts: 365	I would describe the one piece as being more "athletic". Don't really think it will make the car faster. Most put them on for durability. __________________ 2010 Camaro SS RS, Maggie with 3.4" pulley, 60# injectors, ADM dual fuel pumps, ADM Stage 2 Cam with Brian Tooley springs and pushrods, black CAI intake, Stainless Works long tube headers w/gutted cats, ZL1 Diff w/offset bushings, Pfadt lowering springs, Pfadt sway bars, Pfadt solid sub frame mounts, BMR trailing arms and toe rods, Hurst short throw shifter, Painted on Hugger Orange stripes, Forgestar F14 Piano Black wheels, Nitto NT05 rubber.

02-01-2021, 06:36 PM	#11
Black_SS10 SomeguyK Drives: 2010 Black 2SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: FL Posts: 1,947	It will not make you faster. Honestly, I couldn't tell much of a difference between the factory and the aluminum DSS one I had. I haven't put the DSS shaft back in. Just sits in my garage since I had to cut the bolts seized in the diff spacer. __________________ TMS 427, Dart iron Block, Forged assembly, Frankenstien heads, AGP TT 62/62 BB turbo's, AGP/Fore triple fuel system, Tilton clutch, Holley 1 7/8 shorties, Technostalgia tail lights,Oracle, Aeroforce, MGW shifter,Flowmaster, Pegasus subframe bushings,BMR trailing & toe arms,Z28 UCA bushings,Zl1 rear sway bar,Prothane,BMR,Goodridge brake lines,Ridetech HQ coilovers,3.91,Trutrac,billet caps,DSS axles,HE offest,built TR6060,1LE diffuser,Havoc spoiler,SSclones,20in MRR 017, Pirelli P Zero, Nitto NT555RII More to come.

01-30-2021, 06:16 PM	#2
Vegas Bound Account Suspended Drives: 2013 Sparkly Red One Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Hospitality State Posts: 2,558	No

01-30-2021, 09:38 PM	#6
Thunder70 Drives: 2010 ss camaro Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Mercerville N.J. Posts: 42	I have the aluminum one it doesn’t feel like it’s jerking when going at slower speed like stock driveshaft

02-02-2021, 10:25 AM	#14
CamaroCracka Drives: 2010 Turbo LS3 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Palm Bay, FL Posts: 2,734	I switch to a 3.73 to reduce the car's desire to bog off the line, and that helped quite a bit. It needed all the help it could get so I put an aluminum shaft in and that seems to have helped it even more, but the lower gear definitely did a good bit more than the shaft. __________________ 2010 SS - On3 kit with downpipe cutout, CTR 78/80, CompCam 239/251 620/632 122+4, E85, Z28 suspension and ZL1 diff with Outlaw axles. Gen6 ZL1/1LE brakes. 2011 Vert - 416/w 230/236 .612/.602 115lsa, 1LE suspension w/32mm rear bar. Z28 diff. ZL1 brakes.