I like the original equipement idea but I plan to keep the vette.

Are you planning to put a solid axle in place of the independent rear?

Yap solid axles. I guess when handling is a mayor concern and after market components I could see the mods being more intense.

That kind of torque is not unheard of in a Vette.   If you question if the standard drive line is enough, you can change the stub shafts in the diff, and use heavier shafts, u joints, etc of the big block cars.  Those components won't even blink at that torque.   The suspension itself can handle it without a problem.

The hardest thing on the rear is shock loading or droping the clutch at high rpm. It is not set up to do Banzi launches. You can change to a solid axle but the handleing will suffer and it takes a lot of major work to get it in. Not worth the trouble unless you are going strickly dragracing with a high horse power engine. Say 550 +

Frank, check this out:  http://www.dragvette.com/

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I've always wondered if anybody had put in a straight axle,sure would eliminate a lot of problems back there,also must be a way to keep the single spring,c-mon all yuz engineers out there

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Ron it's great for the 1/4 mile.....but not great for road handling.

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