I overheard a coworker today talking about getting an aluminum driveshaft for his car. I thought I might ask if anyone here has done this to their Dak. Not sure what problems it might lead to or if there are any at all. I dont really tow/haul much weight around or race it. Just the occasional burnout/red light launch. Maybe do that about 2 times a month. Not really sure if the costs involved would be worth it either.

 

I dont know why I didnt do this first but I did a google search for 'dakota aluminum driveshaft' and came up with some info. Apparently r/t's have them(some if not all) andI read thata few other people had them put on their trucks. Did not read all the results so I didnt see too much about the costs involved or what kind of results they had. I'll look a little more after I put the little one to bed. Just hope she doesnt poo in the crib like she did to the wife earlier today! (Glad I went to work)

 

i've heard nothing but positives, except one negative
when you lay the truck to the ground (like in my sig), the aluminum one has clearance issues. i think.

 

ya, alot of daks came factory with an aluminum drive shaft.

 

Does the Aluminum drive shaft give any performance?

 

it's lighter....

 

I could of guessed that but wondering like how much would it affect much? Gain maybe a couple hp?

 

It does not gain power but has A lighter rotational mass so it does not require as much power to rotate the shaft. It is like putting lighter rims on the truck.

 

mine is aluminum and it's really thick. the first time i saw it i thought to myself why does it have such a huge driveshaft? i just assumed they were all aluminum.

 

Same here. First time I crawled under my truck I was like, "dang that thing is huge!"