I got a pretty good idea of what happen. And what had happen was that I didn't take the time to check the vibration's coming from under my car. An d the pic following was and is the out come that took place. After pushing my car for three blocks with help from my friends.

Freeway race with a rolling start from around 40 mph threw third at 9 and some change grand threw forth around 100 or so and around 115+ in fourth the drive shaft bolts had rattled off allowing the drive shaft to fall to the ground slamming into everything under me and finally falling completely off taking my emergengy brake cable too. ******* sucks but what can you do. I got the win that's all that mattered. ]

 

Hmm... congrats?

 

I have never been so scared in my life I just wanted to share with you guys is all

 

@ pic #1

DAMNNNN

 

I would have to say, thats prolly the worse incident you can get, short of rolling your car.

 

dang. Maybe its time for us to invest on a driveshaft loop.

 

I want to see pics of the underbody!

 

Do you think you can straighten that shaft and reuse it?

Maybe take it to a frame shop...

 

i would never re-use a shaft that has been bent like that. once the metal is comprimised, fixing it would only leave fatigue points.

 

100% on that. Besides, its only less than $250 to make a one-piece driveshaft (if this is on a RX-2) with larger u-joints etc etc.

 

besides. freeway race = street race? i'm glad no-one got hurt. but there a better places for that.

 

Hell no i wouldn't use it again there a dime a dozen at the yard and with 50% off coming up on thanks giving weekend starting friday and ending sunday im picking up two for one. The rx-2 drive shaft that i made was built one piece with larger u joints mustang yoke from the heavy hitter years that the turbo II use are the same. Mazda bit the idea from ford in using the same yokes they used on the stangs that they use on the turbo II. Making that drive shaft costed me nearly three bills and my left nut. It pisses me off now cuz it was used for an all motor setup and now im going turbo on it.

As far as pics of the under carage i will post later tonight i got to get the car up in the air and see what is the rest of damage.

 

I just caught up in the moment but i hear what your saying

 

Try breaking the front yoke and having it spin all over the undercarriage because it is still attached to the rearend. Makes you a believer in driveshaft loops really quick. Did that in a friends RX3 and totally screwed the undercarriage not to mention scare the **** out of me. I thought that it was going to come right through the car.

 

Man that is scary business right there. Absolute craziness.

 

I was lucky and blew the rear u at 40mph...that sucked big time and made some funky dents underneath.

I was at maybe 100mph the other day and I was getting vibration....scary. Looping this sucker for sure. Gotta replace my rear end bushings and make sure everythings straight....I can't think of why else it would shake at high speed....the two-piece shaft never vibrated....

 

Did you feel alot of the vibration's up front. And as you drove faster it got wors felt like the front end was going to come off. I was scared out of my ******* mind. It was already too late when i decided to let off the gas. When it broke off and let loose from the car it kick up and back i guess caught and bounced the car up not off the ground or anything but it felt like going over a speed bump.

 

I guess you guys couldn't smell the sarcasm on that "reuse" joke.

Just buy a new one from Mazda. Save yourself misery in the long run. If you are going to run high RPM's on the shaft(=high road speed) stock or carbon fiber is the way to go. I learned the hard way, search for "The $10,000 driveshaft" and read what happened to a custom shaft we had made for the race car.

 

I told this to my friend a week ago when his wheel fell off, as it was told to me by my dad.

"if it doesn’t feel right it isn't."

of course my dad was talking about girls... but hay good advice is good advice!

Glad you won and that your ok!

 

the winning part was cool but it could never replace the blood and sweat i have put into the car and the tickets that have piled up over the years and the memories we have had together

 

Okay WOW i saw the damage under the car and it is not pretty at all. There are whole all under the chassie one that was pretty close to my hip next to my chair on the driver side. Another inthe back where my fuel pump is located and another on the passanger side another right above the exhaust in the back just before the fuel tank a dent in my exhaust and a gash in my muffler. **** MAN!!! Im not even sure if i could put my e brake back on because many of the mounting points for the cable were torne off

 

will post pics later tonight man im lil disturbed nothing to be mad about though thats what i built the car for to race and brake it but not like that im mounting the drive shaft loop on this round that i have been neglecting to put in hahaha lol