Jahblazey405

Hey y’all, just wondering if anyone would have any info on whether or not it’s possible to mate the 300zx yoke to the 350z driveshaft? Bought a Vh45de with 300zx manual gearbox and if I can use the carbon fiber driveshaft then that would be the easiest route. Don’t want to buy the yoke and driveshaft until I have an idea of whether or not it’s possible as they’re hard to source and expensive where I come from.
Cheers for the help.

dkmura

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You need to find a local driveshaft service and take the parts to get an estimate. Experts can give you an accurate answer, rather than guesses.

MicVelo

My $0.02 USD...

I would be leery of customizing a 350Z driveshaft (hereinafter, "DS") by a run of the mill driveshaft shop. The carbon fiber DS is constructed using a press fit between the yoke and shaft. Very strong with it easily meeting the standard torque standard (something like 2k Nm). I would think that your average shop would suggest using adhesives, the way they were built early on. I have doubts about the safety of a DS sloppily glued together. I needn't mention the danger of dropping a driveshaft, especially at the transmission engagement point. (Pole vault Z car...) Better run a safety hoop with that. Sure, take it to a shop and ask but if they do not have experience with CF, be wary.

I would instead have a custom drive shaft fabricated from good ol' chromoly. Not that expensive to do and you'll take out a good portion of the FUD factor.

This is just uninformed, old school opinion. There may be guys/gals out there running some really trick stuff I've never heard of..

Jahblazey405

ah yes that makes sense, I’ll see if anyone in my area does driveshaft work and have a talk to them about it, see if they have any ideas. In New Zealand I need a safety hoop to get my car road legal anyway so that was always the plan but I will also look into getting a custom one made, less dodgy that way