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Old 27-03-2005 | 05:49 PM
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At what power do you think you would bend them? As was looking to them today and they dont seem very thick for the pwoer that goes through them
Old 27-03-2005 | 05:54 PM
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I think Rod managed to break his so take his power figures as an upper limit
Old 27-03-2005 | 05:55 PM
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I know Rod broke uprated ones So had to have some more mods made to them. But just wounder what power/torque std ones would be rated too? not that im worried as i know the std diff will give out long before
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I've have thought that the CV joints will give way long b4 the actual shafts
Old 27-03-2005 | 06:18 PM
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depends whether the car is road trim or stripped, size and type of tyres etc
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