SPOHN

I haven't had a chance to get under my car as of yet. Been busy. But like the Z. Does the G37 have a carbon fiber driveshaft also?

ten94skyline

dont think so. i looked at mine while i was under it and it didnt look carbon fiber but also might have been painted or treated. and seems like infiniti would have that listed in their tech specs somewhee.

Kidcane

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I was not even aware a 350 had a CF driveshaft. Can anyone confirm this? Does not sound right to me.


Nevermind found it, it does. I wonder why they did not put that in our car, especially since we are so heavy already.

solopresident

would be nice but like ten said don't think so.

SPOHN

I'll have to see or find out. Even though on the Z it is CF, it's going to look like it was painted black. Almost looks like fiberglass that's been painted. So I don't think you can really tell by looking alone, or I can't. We'll find out soon enough.

Twerkinpnoi

no our cars have a steel driveshaft. I was also let down over the fact that since we are heavy already, the carbon driveshaft would shave a couple pounds

TerribleONE453

yea we are definitely on the heavy side..

shumby

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So who is going to make one?

jnifong

I was going to ask the same thing last week. I know that was one of the perks/selling points nissan advertised for the Z but I've heard nothing about the G's having them. It'd be nice tho

SPOHN

After looking. it's defiantly not carbon composite. I'd like to say steel. But not positive.

Clint@Altered

We've been working on this for a bit. We'll be releasing a G37 CF drive shaft soon!!!

If anyone is interested, just shoot me a PM.

IvoryGT

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350z when it first came out it did have CF as one of the sell points. But I dont know if they got rid of it later.

there are companies out there specialize in CF shafts, it's relativelt cheap also. My friend had a Mach1 bought his for 450 shipped I think. It was pretty light.

SPOHN

What's the reason for the G37 having a two piece driveshaft? I know the wheel base is longer compared to the Z. But is that the only reason? It's not to much longer though.

IvoryGT

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G35 also has a two piece. The reason being there is a magic number (i think 56 inches) for a drive shaft before it becomes rotationally unstable. Meaning you'd have to make it heavier and thicker for a one piece to be perfectly stable. So a two piece is used to cut down on overall cost and weight presumably. A one piece CF replacement would be fine due to less of rotational weight.

UNV-IT46

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they had no reason to put a cf drive shaft. this is not a race car its a luxo grand touring car...