Do I need to install a slip joint on my stock driveshaft if I go with a billet carrier bearing. Read somewhere during a search that Paul installed a billet bearing on a stock driveshaft but have also read you need the slip joint.
So Dave, you have a 2 piece drive shaft?
You could probably get away with not running a slip yoke on the track but the street is an entirely different situation. The slip joint is there to ensure there is enough give and take due to hitting dips in the road, pot holes and anything else that may flex the suspension any. Its always buyer beware if you intend to make that rear axle flex any then you had better have a slip yoke and besides they are cheap. There is a company that makes them for lowriders with hydraulics and they are like $250.I never had a problem with the Shaker on the track without a slip yoke.
None of us will ever grow up on here. If we did, we would make smart and sensible decisions like avoid expensive historical engines to build on. I have tunnel vision for bad decisions so don't take my advice, it might create youthful fun.Yeah, I get it. The right way is to get a slip joint back half, will order one this week, this car probably will never see the race track but I do tend to beat the snot out of it on the street. I dont think I'm ever gonna grow up.