OEM carbon fiber driveshaft???
Marc Swanson
mswanson at mswanson.com
Sun May 5 05:02:06 EDT 2002
> They're on any of the airbag equipped 80/90/Coupes.
Learn something new every day, thanks!
> Supposedly for
> decreased floor intrusion from the forward section of the prop. Never
> really an issue IMHO. The hardest hit 90q I've seen had the engine pushed
> into the firewall, trans wings broke, carrier blown out, both prop CVs
> junk, and transmitted enough force through the prop to blow both ears off
> the diff and bend the rear subframe where the centre mount
> it.....cool....the carbon prop wasn't splintered nor was the floor damaged.
Wow, I can only imagine the forces traveling down the driveshaft required to
bend the rear subframe. impressive.
I hope you didn't pay much for this car because it sounds like you got a set
of seats out of it and not much else!
Later
-Marc-
87 4ktq
88 90q
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