Finished the car at about 3pm today & went out for a bit of mapping , on 600+ bhp the performance was incredible & on a different planet to my old conversion, so Mark decided to give the Nitrous a blast, started at a 130bhp shot, but with bottle pressure over 900psi it would have been a lot more than that so was running over a genuine 750bhp, acceleration was so brutal at this level that it took me completely by surprise, the Torque would be around 650ft/lb so that’s why.

Mark then wanted to see what happened in 2nd , well now we know.
These are the up-rated Zoo shafts , but they simply twisted in half.
Mark had been testing Leons 900+ Supra in the morning ,I will let Mark compare the two cars.
Had offers from Zoo & Martin to supply new shafts, but a total re-think is required because i was using my road tyres not Street Drag radials & no launches were tried. Have already contacted a Drag racing company , who have suggested the material new shafts should be made of, so will be looking into this.
Saw the potential of a 750brake Cossie today & even Zoo's uprated shafts aint even close to coping. Will be there on Sunday cheering the Cossie boys on ,with a great big grin. Watch this space in the next few weeks, thats all i will say.
rOD
PS . Sunny may post other picts as my virus scanner has taken a dislike to Marks pictures & keeps sending them back.

 

 

Bad news mate

Really wanted to see it running on the day

 

Unlucky Rod, dissapointed for ya mate. But I'm sure when it is finshed it will be an absolute beast.

 

that must be fookin HUGE torque to cause that

 

AWSOME !!

but feel for ya rod with all the last minute effort youve put in , have a few of these and if they stop servin tell em ya story , just dont go too

 

hi mate,

sorry to here this,

i still remember kevs escort from last year twisting his first go!

from whot i remember turbo systems said at the time the original shafts would be fine,

kev now has uprated ones which work for him,

if you had the drag redials on you would have had even more strain on it,

so as you say, rethink needed,

it might be worth asking the guy in norway? with the big power saph which ones he uses,

 

FUCK ME, there must be some harsh power there
Sad news though Rod that TOTB 3 is out the window for you

 

 

sorry to hear that Rod...was a good effort to get everything done though...hands up to u and Mark and everyone else involved

bassboy

 

rod,

from the pic its unclear,

is it the drive shaft , or the prop that has broken?

 

OMFG

Wow can not wait to see what she does in anger when finished

Good luck to both you and mark

Mike

 

Sellholm tuning in Sweden makes axles for dragcars. An M3 in Sweden wich run in the mid 9's use these axles and the car has about 750 bhp. The axles i s rated for times down to 7,5 sec quartermiles.

http://www.sellholm.com/main.html

How does the engine cope with that kind of power?

 

Its the up-rated Driveshaft thats broken. 5mm thick tube, twisted like butter.

 

Its the driveshaft, the problem is that the pic is upside down

 

Shit that some power there

 

hmmn id be more exited about what its gonna be like when the right shafts are in


i can see a record breaker comin on

 

Was designed to withstand up to 750bhp, so no probs, it felt so strong , totally awesome.

 

like i said on the phone, the thickness is not the issue!

 

Thats fucking shite news

Why did u not buy quaife / zf ones tho or are zoo's made by these companies ?

 

why you useing tubes?





the group a ones dont brake! and before you say, they use them on the thunder saloons over 600 bhp and massive slicks 12" plus on the rear,

not heared of them braking any,

 

Is that solid steel?

 

yes i belevie they are,

 

Yes a good day and a bad one, I had been out mapping a 900+hp Supra in the morning so I was expecting the Cossie to feel fast but not that fast, How wrong was I in the lower gears it felt as fast as the Supra but we never got to try it at high speed to compare, But I have been in some of the most powerfull Cossies in the country but nothing compares to this one,
We will be looking at the prop aswell as driveshafts to be safe, So within the next month or so will be at Brunters with PF for perfomance figs.

Mark

 

Its now the right way up.

 

am i being thick or am i getting confused, are we talking about the prop shaft, or the drive shaft?

as i have not seen tubular ones before?

 

What kind of gearbox is this car running?

 

GT2 It runs a Tremec TKO.

 

Rod

my god your not having any luck ..... Rod there is a place not far from us that can make you some proper motorsport shafts if needed with uprated vc's and shaft for the cos

marco

 

Does it need much work to fit?

 

rod,


why did you not use the group a ones,

my mate has spares sat in his garage for his thunder saloon.


he has never had to use them as he can not brake them,

 

Tube is stronger than Solid . Its going to need a more exotic material im afraid.

 

Rod

if you want i can ring TAL for you and see if he has any on the shelf let me know asap...... i can collect them for you tomorrow if he has some on the shelf .....if needed but you might have to meet me 1/2 to collect them

cheers Marco

 

rod,

nip down to my house tomorow morning and i will not look as you remove whot you need from one of my cars,

 

The drive shafts on Rods car are a Cossie/Jag highbrid so are custom units.

Mark

 

yeah great shame though! always next year!

 

HOLY DOG SHIT!!!! That certainly takes some torque to do that!!! Very impressive but very sad at the same time as I was REALLY looking forward to see it go at TOTB.

Can't wait to see it in PF with the figures, I'll buy that mag & I aint even got a Ford anymore!!!

 

well as i said before rod,

why reinvent the wheel, if sold shafts work for group a

i would have thought that was the first thing to try,

the 600 bhp thunder saloons with there 12" wide slicks could not brake them raceing,

 

oh shite yes mark i forgot about that

 

Not really
Modified Bell mousing & a few small mods. Special clutch required & custom prop. Sits 30mm further forward than T5, so interior trim moved to suit, looks standard. A nice solution to the Cossie gearbox prob.
Roid