iceman26
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 09:04 PM |
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prop length
this my be strange question but is there a min prop length
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mark chandler
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 09:52 PM |
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No, not really.
If you go short enough maybe something like a rotoflex coupling may be more appropriate.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 6/10/10 at 07:36 AM |
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No there is not. I have even seen drag racers with no prop. The gearbox output is directly connected to the diff with a UJ!
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 6/10/10 at 12:25 PM |
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There probably is for a live axle..
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 6/10/10 at 12:58 PM |
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Length isn't relevan't, but there is a maximum angle for UJs, so you need to make sure that the prop is long enough to keep the UJs within
their working limits for all possible engine/suspension movement.
Using only a single UJ between gearbox and diff would require near perfect alignment, otherwise you would get cyclical speed variation which is
normally cancelled out by having two opposing UJs.
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meany
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| posted on 6/10/10 at 07:36 PM |
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interesting read below.
http://www.iedls.com/asp/admin/getFile.asp?RID=10&TID=28&FN=PDF
from here.
http://www.iedls.com/Education-Zone.asp
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