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Aug 20, 2003 | 04:50 PM

79bigbore280zx

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does anyone no where i culd get an aluminum driveshaft for the 79 280zx, adn if so wuld it yield any good performance gai s

Aug 20, 2003 | 08:42 PM

icice9

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i dont think theres anywhere you can get that for your car.. your prolly gonna have to get that custome made.. but why??? IMO your not going to get any performance gain from that...if your looking for performance from your 79 n/a.. id get head work done on your car... port and polish your head.. get a set of headders.. and a mild cam.. and you should see a hugr improvement on your power... just a sudjestion...

Aug 21, 2003 | 01:19 AM

280zx Fever

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First id go for a lighter flywheel high lift cam before doing head work.. larger throttle body and AFM.

Aug 21, 2003 | 08:42 AM

jamest_corvel

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MSA just start selling the aluminum drive shart for $399. If you want to keep your engine stock, and you want to get more power in the take off, do the follow:

Lighter Flywheel
Center Force Dual Clutch
Lighter wheels (could be expensive)
Cold Air Inductor

Aug 21, 2003 | 06:31 PM

79bigbore280zx

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ive already got a performance cam port matched intake manifold headers full exhaust ram air intake weber big bore throttle body r200 rearend with 3.54:1 gears and the engine bored to 3.1 litres but i am swapping out my automatic to a 5 spd and need a new driveshaft do i figured y not go aluminum if its already made

Aug 21, 2003 | 06:37 PM

79bigbore280zx

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i also have panasport 16 ich racing rims and am getting a lighter flywheel before i put my car back together

Aug 22, 2003 | 04:31 AM

280zx Fever

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Seriously you are wasting your time with a alloy driveshaft.

What sort of compression pistons are you running ?

Lighter internals would be better then alloy driveshaft

Aug 22, 2003 | 10:26 AM

zpeedracer25

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Go visit your local driveshaft shop and check into what it would cost just to have one made. Surely you could get it done for less then what MSA is asking. Too bad no one makes aluminum axle shafts for these. There is a ton of weight to be saved there!