How fast have you guys gone with 7260 u-joint pinion yoke with straps???

Broke one in my 12 second Duster when it was a stick car. Since then I've gone 9.70's with a solid small joint in the front yoke with an automatic, trans brake at 2700 pounds.

6.9 and 104 mph in the 1/8 with tbrake with 3540lb.
Stock straps

9.95 133 2800 lbs 1.39 60 ft

Have 7260 joints in my old Duster. Leaves hard with 1.40 60 fts. Just Built my low 11 second Barracuda and used them in it too.

Any quicker then that I would go with the 7290's

My Duster and my old M.W. stocker had them My Duster went 10.34 at 128.6 MPH weighing 3450 lbs with a 1.43 60 ft. times they would still be in the car if the 8 3/4 non braced rear end housing hadn't bent up bad enough to tear the ladder bar brackets of the housing The straps stop the for and aft movement, there not intended or designed to bear any of the side loading from the U joint cup, the straps are designed to keep U joint cup in the pinion yoke and prevent any forward or rearward movement of the U joint cups in the pinion yoke As long as you use a good, solid trunion shaft H.D. 7260 joint and a good pinion yoke you should be good BTW, there are two different sets of straps, one for thee 7260 and a different set for the 7290 Don't mix them

11-teens, 1.47 60' best and weighing about 3,550 lbs.
As far as I'm concerned, solid u-joints are the only way to go. Currently I have solid Spicer 7260 u-joints, but there are a couple of other maufacturers who make solid versions also.

OEM yokes and straps are another matter. I have had OEM yokes spread over time which will pound the caps and sling the driveshaft out! Best insurance there is a billet steel yoke, which comes with u-bolts, and is available from Mancini and probably a couple of other sources.

My buddy Mike went 10.0@129 with them in his Valiant. 904/brake/2700#.

6.43 @ 107 my best in 1/8. 10.40 @ 130 my best in 1/4,,I've only made about 4 1/4 passes.