But you're going to show us anyway right?

Just a hunch, but did you snap an axle?

 

Oops

 

Too much POWA.

 

PMed.

 

Love the swap. Great work and awesome car.

BTW, saw this in the marketplace and thought you might be interested.
https://my350z.com/forum/drivetrain/...installed.html

 

Im going to convert it to a cobra IRS..or see if it will fit.

 

So you busted an axle on the first run? Or did you atleast get a few in before the axle quit?

 

First launch and it went pop. Ill try again next week.

 

you didn't preload the drivetrain enough.. 350z's are very tempermental.. you have to do more feathering..

 

+1

There are many people with more power and some even on juice out of the hole.

 

sorry for the newb question but what does preloading the drivetrain mean again.

 

bring the car up to a suitable RPM... 4000 RPMS.. 3000 RPMS.. and feather the clutch with the gas... when i had my maxima i would launch from 5000 rpms and feather the clutch... but i'm never tried that with a Z... anyway you have to slowly let clutch out to minimize wheels spin and shock to the drivetrain.. you can't just dump the clutch and kill the gas.. that will break the axles.. especially if you're running super sticky tires like slicks or drag radials

 

Yeah I also have a twin disc(its huge in comparison to a stock Zs twin)..it has absolutely no slip.

 

it was the mud flaps

 

Dude this is the first time ive read this thread and at the end im still having problems breathing with a slight chance of heart failure.

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!! I need some vids man, easier on the launch!!!!

 

As I learned in shop class back in 1970, the weakest link in the drivetrain will break, best to have a clutch that can slip than a broken axle, IMHO. Something has to give. Tire spin, or clutch slip, or broken axle, or broken rear end, etc.

Good luck on getting it back up...we all wish you the best with your project.

 

Well for now I welded the diff. Im getting a KAAZ diff at the end of summer but for now I need as much traction as I can get. My VLSD was smoked making all the power go to the driver side which is why I think it broke. I should be able to launch a little harder now without worrying about snapping one axle...I had a spool in one of my trans ams and it wasnt that bad other than parking and backing up.

 

With how cheap and easy axles are to replace..im okay breaking those. A clutch is much more expensive and more of a pain to replace. =)

 

Freakin Awesome Project Man! Planning to do the same project into my G35, if sikky is up to helping me with the parts. Don't want to take a chance on Hinson. What do you guys think?

 

lol, this reminds me of my honda days. a friend of mine had a h22 swapped civic, and the axles would snap all the time cause the angle was off, he eventually was able to swap axles in 15 mins, he'd do it in the autozone parking lot...