New Mustang v6 (no mods) suffers driveshaft failure, talk about cost cutting!

**Alex3000gt** · 12-23-2011, 09:52 AM

What is the speed rating of the tires? Could be another accident waiting to happen.

**UTRacerX9** · 12-23-2011, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by AudibleSilence

Skimped? They put a limiter on the car to prevent you from having exactly this happening. People are acting like these things are blowing up left and right at 60mph.

I have a feeling that in a few years, we'll hear a lot more about driveshaft failures from stock cars, just from people who engage in stoplight races or occasionally take it to the track. It really doesn't make any sense to have cut corners on the driveshaft, as others have noted, it would cost ~$250 for one of us to put an upgraded shaft on it? That probably equates to about $50 for Ford to have done it with a proper size/strength DS from the get go.

**green-lantern** · 12-23-2011, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by arm0red1

hatuhs gonna hate!

Yep

I see so many Mustangs around here it makes me want to puke.

**BigTyla** · 12-23-2011, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by green-lantern

Yep

I see so many Mustangs around here it makes me want to puke.

Better than seeing a Camaro though.

**IPD** · 12-23-2011, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by BigTyla

Better than seeing a Camaro though.

so many goddamn camaros in this town. there's a lot of mustangs too...but the number of NEW style mustangs is dwarfed by all the fox bodies thru 04 shitpiles.

**green-lantern** · 12-23-2011, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by BigTyla

Better than seeing a Camaro though.

Lot's of those too but I guess you could say I'm more of a Chevy guy when it comes to domestics.

I'd give my left nut for a ford GT though.

**IPD** · 12-23-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by green-lantern

Lot's of those too but I guess you could say I'm more of a Chevy guy when it comes to domestics.

I'd give my left nut for a ford GT though.

screw the GT. both nuts for a last-production-year pantera.

**green-lantern** · 12-23-2011, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by IPD

screw the GT. both nuts for a last-production-year pantera.

Both nuts > Pantera

Is the 3s not unreliable enough for you Thadd?

**HilbillyHomeboy** · 12-23-2011, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Alex3000gt

What is the speed rating of the tires? Could be another accident waiting to happen.

I believe they are T, which is 118 mph. They use the Michelin energy savers, which is another trick they're using to get the 31mpg.

Jeremy

**R/T93** · 12-23-2011, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by HilbillyHomeboy

I believe they are T, which is 118 mph. They use the Michelin energy savers, which is another trick they're using to get the 31mpg.

Jeremy

As ABM said, CAFE laws are governing car design and production, for the worse.

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