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Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? #1335081
11/14/12 04:38 AM
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Just curious what you think.
I need one with 1350 U-Joints and was looking at the 3.5" diameter 4130 Chromoly version with their trans yoke.

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: 451Mopar] #1335082
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I have one in the heads up car. Solved an issue we had with to much driveshaft speed with the old shaft. Oh yeah the new one is carbon fiber


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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: Al_Alguire] #1335083
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I have one of his Aluminum ones in mine..

Nice quality of course..




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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: Chris'sBarracuda] #1335084
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I have the moly one as well. Its a nice piece for sure. Just keep in mind its a royal blue color when you get it.Get the MWilliams pinion yoke and Spicer u joint with it.
There's a reason why all the pro's use Mark Williams.Unsurpassed quality.

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: 451Mopar] #1335085
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I have one of their "masterline" alum. shafts. I've used it about 5 years no problems, nice piece 1350 joints and yoke.



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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: Just-a-dart] #1335086
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i got the steel with 1350 joints and both yokes in my high 10 sec car,been pounded on since 2000.it wasn't cheap,but after breaking a stock style front ujoint on the starting line it's a good peace of mind.

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: 451Mopar] #1335087
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Ran a Mark Williams 4" super-lite GOLD Metal Matrix in my old car 6-7 years ago. High quality piece. I paid $1,000 for it back then. Hate to see what it cost today......

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: EvilB1Dart] #1335088
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I got a MW non welded/glued alum 3.5" with 1350's, it is a nice shaft.


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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: jcc] #1335089
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My car has an old Mark Williams CM unit. At 137 mph its at least as smooth as driving down the road in your Imperial doing about 40.

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: Kevins493] #1335090
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451Mopar, Mark Williams is just a short drive from where you are. Go up to Louisville and buy one. Ask for the shop tour and bring along some rags to wipe up the drool!

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Dynotech is very good too, but being local to Mark Williams I wouldn't go shopping anywhere else.


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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: dogdays] #1335092
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Go up to Louisville and buy one. Ask for the shop tour and bring along some rags to wipe up the drool!

R.





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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: jcc] #1335093
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I have one of their mild steel 4 inch shafts. Wanted to buy the 3.5 inch chrome molly and they told me I was too close to the critical speed to run a 3.5 inch shaft. My shaft is pretty long and I probably would have had the same issues as Al did.......


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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? #1335094
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I bought it, but don't have time to pick it up, so had them ship it. My old stock driveshaft vibrated, even after having it balanced, and I just replaced the 8-3/4 rear with a Strange S60 with a spool, and the 1350 moly yoke from strange, so I needed a new driveshaft that was shorter, with 1350 U-Joints, and hope it does not vibrate.

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: 451Mopar] #1335095
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You still have to get up to Mark Williams shop and get a tour. It's worth the drive. I came away wishing I had more money!

R.

PS: Ever get to Bandimere? I'm wondering if Skip Peters is actively racing his '63 Corvette tube chassis split window. He's the way I got up to Williams.

Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: dogdays] #1335096
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You still have to get up to Mark Williams shop and get a tour. It's worth the drive. I came away wishing I had more money






When I lived there he gave me a tour.. Awesome place.. They're head and shoulders above the rest, but not cheap..



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Re: Anyone use Mark Williams Driveshafts? [Re: dogdays] #1335097
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Well, I guess living close has some perks, I already received the driveshaft, looks nice. I was racing King Street and Club Clash Top Street at bandimere until I broke the rocker stand on the heads (again.) My 60' times were not very good as I would launch pretty easy because the old '741 case 8-3/4 limited slip was starting to make bad noises. Nor that I have the S60 with a spool, and a bit more gear, 4.10:1 vs the old 3.91:1, I may be able to launch harder and get some traction.







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