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Originally Posted by Schurkey
Friend of mine had a '68 Chrysler Newport as his "high-school" car. 383 2bbl. The car would have been ten years old or newer. The thing had enormous torque--power-braking would scare people in the next lane over, it was like the car was going to lift up one side and tip over.
Wound the driveshaft up like a pretzel leaving a stop sign. Car coasted to a stop on the other side of the intersection. I won't promise the car had radials. Might have been mostly-worn-out stock-size bias ply tires on stock wheels..
Quick trip to one of the local Treasure Yards netted him a bigger-diameter shaft from a full-size Chrysler with a 440 as original equipment. Fit like it was meant to.
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great story, i had friends in HS with cars & stories like that or their parents cars they borrowed & beat the crap out of.
i dont doubt driveshafts, yokes or u-joints can & do break. strange that mopar 2 barrel would do that but im not familiar with how theirs were made or if the 2 barrel versions were weaker than the bigger engine stuff... or the history, coulda been exposed to major shock or misalignment or whatever to twist the actual shaft like that.
just saying its not at all normal for that to happen in a street car, aside from some very uncommon stories like that where it happened to someone you know or maybe even yourself 1 time back 20-50 years ago on an unknown condition part. depending on the car & its purpose, a
good condition OE d/s should be fine with some good solid u-joints.