hmmmm the shish ca bob sticks are very selective too. You must only pick the straightest otherwise it will cause damage on the drivehsfat gears. I'm on an extra long chassis so I had to make my own. The ones that I had sittting around didnt do teh work because it cause binding. (Wasnt straight enough) so unless you have some really straight bamboo then i wouldnt even touch it. You could try to boil your pinions to improve their strenght. Oh btw heres a little comparasion: cf = abuot 5x less inertia then the stock. bamboo = half the weight of cf so 10x less inertia then stock. pen is right around bamboo too. I didnt feel that it mattered enough to risk grinding a pinion down so i just bought myself a truck LL drivehshaft from RS and cut it up accordingly. I might have a tut of that up sometime soon. Or, if someone wants then just ask me to write it up. (not really sure if many are interested)

I pulled my old stunt kite out of the garage awhile back and it reminded me to check the kite shop.
I found generic CF replacement rod that I've made into drive shafts.
Just a few bucks bought me a 3ft. long shaft that works perfectly.
I put on some safety goggles and a dust mask then I used the stock shaft as a template and in 1 cut and 2 touches on a grinder with just a very small bit of filing they were done. :wink:
Next, I may go to the auto parts store for a fiberglass repair kit and see what I can do for a chassis...after I get a general plan for it. It's just a rough idea right now. :?

i havent noticed much of a difference butim too lazy to take it out :)

and for those of you who are woried about it shattering its no big deal to replace...is it???

yes like the BIC ones....they are the best size

idn y im still posting here, but im sure a peice of plastic no more longer than an inch is lighter than metal

~SupraKid~

i broke my car antenna and made a shaft out of that it was lighter then the pen shaft but i bent so it won't work now :cry:

Im sure no1 can calculate the acceleration difference, but I used an ink pen driveshaft, look for it in the Tips and Tricks Forum, its good, idn bout the bamboo

~SupraKid~

The bamboo sound like it would crack? Is this mod better than A CF driveshaft? (because I dont really think so) But this is a way cheaper way. How much does it put your acceleration up?

i made one for my '65 mustang the first one broke cuz of my SB engine guess it had too much torque.

but what i did to fix it was that I coated the bamboo in a gloss varnish and it gave it a harded over coat. works so much better now

I just did this as well. I really didn't have to make a notch on mine. I kept making one with a notch and it would never work. I just found that giving some pressure and some lock tite helped it to stay put. I have this coupled to the 11 tooth pinion with stock bevel, and it works awesome.

And the bamboo comes in packs of like 40...lots of d/s and you could sell them or make some for your friends...

nsxdude i've tried both, and i would definitely say that the bamboo drive shafts work better then the pen because it tends to be straighter and is way stronger and just as light if not lighter. Both work well, but i find that its easier to make it out of the bamboo skewers, and definitely way less messy because bamboo has no ink in it :)

there is a better and cheaper way of making an extremely light weight drive shaft..just take an old pen and inside there will be the ink cartridge..its a long clear tube..if there is no ink left in it then thats better ...try and find one without ink because you will have to clean it out otherwise.. then compare it to your drive shaft cut it to length and cut the notches in it...it works very very well...acceleration went way up

wowo guess waht!
ahah! it works! my car accelerates so much faster! yea! go ghetto rigging!

actually, it won't shatter, I did this about 6 months ago, and it still holds strong :wink:
Great minds think alike...

-Markiiu 8)

Are the CF driveshafts really that expensive? Especially since the wood COULD shatter but the CF 99.99999% of the time wont.

Bamboo is very strong, I might give this a try...
Alan

wood doesnt sound too sturdy?

coment on it, tell me if it works or not and if if doesnt i can help