Who's running a Mustang driveshaft?

I'm about to install a driveshaft from a '97 Mustang. Length looks perfect. I suspect the Mustang yoke will fit the C4 (am I right?) but I'm pretty sure I'll need a bastard U-joint for the rear unless I happen to be able to swap the end caps with my current one. Probably not. So, what u-joint(s) are you guys using to accomplish this?

Thanks!

 

What's the advantage of a '97 Mustang driveshaft?

 

Reducing rotational mass, is never a bad thing.

 

So it's aluminum then?

 

Stock drive shaft is a weenie, anyways.

I have eaten chicken wings stronger than our stock drive shafts.

 

I've ran a small stock drive shaft on my car as long as I've had it. from my 6 cyl to the 347 and now the LSX...Detroit locker w/traction control and slicks a few times at the track...
C-4...full race C-4...AOD...Full race AOD w/trans brake...Gear Vender overdrive...and now a 700R4 OD.
275x60x15s...

the only drive shaft I've had a problem with was an unknown aluminum one I tried. I hammered it twice in the street, both times I tore the rear yoke off...
only good thing...I was close enough to my house that I coasted back into my shop both times...

 

I have eaten chicken wings WAY stronger than THAT driveshaft, too!

 

That's all I've run for the last 10 years on my car. Does only drag strip duty and runs high 11's. Never had a problem.

 

The bigger the diameter of the shaft gives it more high rpm stability. Mark Williams has some really good tech info on drive shafts on their site

 

I'm running a 2004 Stang shaft. I bought it new off a company on ebay that had a pile of left overs from production. The length is the same as the Comet/Mav shafts (2dr). Didn't need a combo joint with the 9" rear. The slip yoke may or may not fit, depending on the transmission it's meant for. The 4R70W uses a larger diameter 28 spline (outer diameter, not the spline itself) It's kinda like a 31 spline outer diameter with a 28 spline inner.

 

Yeah? Have you ever broken one?

 

Nope. Bent one.

 

It's not that the driveshaft is weak. Your car just has too much power.

 

Or, you shouldn't jack up your car, by the driveshaft....

 

Are we not supposed to jack it up by the driveshaft? Seems like a nice solid, centrally located place to put the jack.