Drive Shaft Setups

[zebedy101 0]

right the time has come for me to start thinking drive shafts for my gti6 conversion and im just wondering what everyone is using?

 

could i use gti6 driveshafts or would i need to upgrade to 309 wishbones?

 

are 1.9 driveshafts good enough to take the extra power and will the fit ok?

 

am i right in thinking 1.6 drive shafts are out of the question as im using gti6 hubs and brakes?

 

many thanks for any help.

 

seb

[Baz 421]

1.9 ones are fine, if using '6 hubs & brakes then you'll at least need them, but 306 ones don't fit!

[zebedy101 0]

so 1.9 ones are the way forward then.... is it best to buy genuine or are the non gen ones just as good?

 

cheers for the speedy reply baz

[tagy 1]

Driveshafts from a motor factors should be fine imo. Preferably GKN ones if possible.

[andyjstone 6]

Driveshafts from a motor factors should be fine imo. Preferably GKN ones if possible.

 

As you may have seen from my recent posts I got 1.9 GKN shafts for my '6' conversion (190bhp) and one snapped off at the spider and the other was chucking out grease on the first track day and a couple of other people seem to have had similar problems.

 

Maybe we were just unlucky or maybe GKN aren't so good anymore - the dealer is swapping them FOC, but for a different make so it will be interesting to see how long they last!