Put your money were your mouth is guys

I have personaly broken 3 axles in the past 3 weeks.

2 drvs side, 1 passenger side axle last night.

I tried factory honda then napa replacements, I now have aaa and napa's lifetime axle warrenty.

I can't stress enuff that you go with aftermarket axles such as raxles w/ a lifetime warrenty.

Good Luck.

 

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Thanks for the info guys. If I get my slicks/drag radials tomorrow I'll be at TR day hopefully running. I'll roll ou tthe first few times, then take it from there and I learn the car/track/traction. This is my first track event so I expect 4 second 60 foots

Kris

 

Kris,

IMO.
If you launch on factory honda axles past 4000 rpms & the track is prepped & you do it more then 2-3 times in a row there is a 90% chance you will have axle issues.

Why is this my opinion ?
I have known 3 people that have broken factory axles on STREET tires at desoto w/ all motor applications putting down around 200 whp including my self.

I broke my drivers side axle my 1st time running my car at Sunshine speed way. This was on one of 10 runs or so (it was dead).

Second time I broke my Pass side axle was this thursday at desoto. These were BRAND NEW napa factory replacement axles with a lifetime warrenty. I had ran these axles in my Black Hatch w/ a b18b & spray on drag radials w/ no problems. (I launched at about 2k w/ my b18b because of my nitrous application).

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Complete story about desoto this Thurs.
I posted on a small forum:

Well the night started out with Zack & His g/f Jessica meeting up with me to go to the track. We grabbed some food & dropped some kids off at the pool.

We get to the track.
Zack makes some passes & has launching issues etc. :-/

I hop in my car and get in line.
Make a pass of 13.9 for my 1st run, not bad I was expecting 14.0's
Next run, 13.9 again.
I was like hmmm lets see what I can do here

So next run I put my napa axles to the test har har lifetime warrenty right ? lol (I launched it like a champ)



Not bad for being on street tires made in Slovensky.



Something told me not to make that last pass, I was very close to pulling out of line before making the pass & just calling it a night.
When I finished my pass my wheels were wobbling like a champ.. and the car was pulling, I thought to my self, shit I fuxored my axle or my tire pressure is too low...

So me & Zack put our tire air pressure back to normal for the long haul home.

Everything was fine until I got on it on 75 before the skyway... the car was shaking like a champ, I procceeded to pull over & noticed nothing bad. So I tried again, same result.
I ended up figuring out my cv joint was shot to hell & the car stopped responding to acceleration all together.

Finally a tow truck shows up after Zack lets me call AAA using his card (YOU KICK ASS )
Take note it took 2 1/2 hours to get this truck.
The guy shows up & he is sounding/smelling drunk... I was like hmm ok who cares.
I hooked up my car to the flat bed after taking my front bumper off & the tow truck guy just chilled lol.

Btw: On the way home we had to stop for him to take a leak bahahaa.





I would like to thank Zack & His g/f Jessica a TON for hanging out w/ me & letting the tow truck follow us to my house.

I personally think my drag racing days are done until I get a trailer & a truck lol.
I wont be able to go to the track and launch at weak numbers & run shitty et's, it just isnt me.
I may consider pursuing AutoX or Just road racing alone. We will see what happens

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All I can tell you is have tools to take your front bumper off.
Have your AAA card ready.
Or you can just cary spare axles & all the tools to change them

IMO its not worth launching like a pussy, why go to the strip if you are worried about breaking shit

So go all out & have fun, I hope you have a good time & don't break anything.

 

Btw, I forgot to let you know that having aftermarket mounts or just mount inserts will help you to prevent axle issues.
The only negative side to these stiffend applications is vibration of the vehicle.

Also a traction bar by jimfab would probably help you also w/ axles & 60 ft times etc.

 

Thanks for the idea's and kind words. I'll let you know what happened tomorrow.

Kris

 

Bring a spare set and an extra tranny fluid and launch it like a man.