Guibos for V8 torque?, like the 917s |
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Guibos for V8 torque?, like the 917s |
DougC |
Jul 16 2004, 10:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 949 Joined: 6-July 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 2,307 |
Hey guy I have an idea to handle torque to the 901s from a V8. It involves a rubber guibo or flex disc. My E30 M3 has one that fits between the drive shaft and transmission flange. Now, I was looking through a book I recently bought entitled "917 the winning formula" all about the great Porsche race car and others like the 907, etc. A great book with lots of pictures and the inside scoop on the early racing successes - I highly recommend. In one of the shots you can see very distinctly 2 rubber flex discs (guibos)between the half shafts and tranny on the 917. I swear from the picture they looked just like the one on my M3. Of course major mods to the shafts and tranny flanges would have to be developed for our application but do ya'll think this would help torque issues. Maybe the BMW parts could be incorporated with larger CV joints? What would be some of the most obvious hurdles? TIA.
Doug C |
skline |
Jul 16 2004, 12:53 PM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
Well, I have had a few BMWs and had to replace those stupid things on all of them. In fact, I have a brand new one for a 325I as a spare, they only cost about 40 bucks or so and a friend of mine is the parts manager for a local BMW dealer. I got it at cost. It goes between the transmission and the drive shaft that goes to the back of the car and is called a transmission coupler. If neglected, I have heard they will break, and could rip the car apart from the underside including breaking off the back of the transmission and even coming up through the floor board. Not something I would want to happen to me. They look like this.
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