MD wrote:Duk, the only way you are ever going to fit a one piece shaft in a GTV (or any other transaxle)is to have an inboard shifter or massage the tunnel big time with a 10lb hammer.
Now if we dream a little and say you actually joined me in that quest and you are now shifting upstairs
This I have thought about. But being a road car, getting you shifter mechanism to integrate nicely and compactly is a little off putting. I thought about trying to apply something like the piccy (found on GTV6.com), but........
MD wrote:I would see that a carbon fibre one piece shaft with BMW donut up front and either a CV or UV at the rear would be the bees knees, the ducks nuts and whatever else says bonza !
Not using a front donut is just too harsh on the gearset for no appreciable gain.
I saw a picture of a BA Falcon sedan tail shaft on Ebay. They use a rubber coupling at the gearbox, so must use a pilot bush on the shaft. These couplings slide onto the V6 flywheel but would require bolt sleeves like you made, to allow for the Alfa's skinnier bolts. A uni joint in the middle and CV joint at the diff.
So if the shift mechanism is mounted inside the car, the BA sedan tail shaft could/should be a decent supply of required parts to build an unbustable (well, you'll smash the TA before 1 of these) tail shaft for a V6 and maybe a 4 banger, even if it is still a 2 piece shaft.
Another thing I thought about was a single piece, 3" diameter Chromoly shaft.
3" x 0.095" $35.00Aus/foot (bloody drag racers

). Where's Mats for some input about suitability of Chromoly for single piece tail shafts?