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Originally Posted by j cAT
you are not very good with these early 80's vehicles .
yes they had speed limiters ...now I believe they cannot be tuned /adjusted..I guess if you send out the computer to be altered anything is possible...
with your vehicles thats your business what you do to them ...
your drive train is only as good as the weakest link...
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Stock drivetrains are usually pretty tough and speed wont hurt them torque can but not speed.
The 90s cars the driveshaft had a critical speed that worked out to like 158mph on the Impala SS so the car was governed to 154mph. Even if the 80s driveshaft was a smaller diameter it couldn't be much and it is roughly the same length so critical speed would not be that much lower and would still be above what the vehicle could attain. Meaning the drivetrain would have no meaningful weakness in this discussion.
Heck the 90s cars one guy was running 9s at over 140mph at 4500lbs before he had driveshaft troubles. I think he was a little nutty for pushing it that far but it is interesting to see just what lowly "stock" parts can handle and it is a LOT more than most people want to give them credit for.
Yes I understand I am talking 90s stuff but these cars actually share a surprising amount.
I owned a 84 and 85 Caprice when I bought my 96 10 years ago and before that had a 82 Delta 88 so I HAVE been around the boxies a little bit.