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Originally Posted by Bullnettles
Always didn't because of power loss, now hearing about the 6 cyl Mustangs exploding (albeit, at speeds higher than their governor), I just don't like that, haha.
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Power loss? I'm assuming your talking about the prop twisting under load, and that will be a property of the material it's made of and a "tiny" amount of slip in the center joint splines. *side note, I'm guessing on that, will look when done how this prop is put together* Look at a car with an IDS and equal length halfshafts. Obviously this is done to help mitigate torque steer induced by the a longer one piece design twisting more and esentially not allowing one wheel to keep up with the other (although there may be packaging / cost influences as well).
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any prop spun fast enough is eventually going to hit it's critical speed and potentially fail. That's not the fault of it being a two piece design, that's the fault of the operator being stupid by incorrect use or poor choice of tube diameter/thickness. On a side note, I've heard NASCAR goes through the critical speed of their props, but they go through it quickly enough (getting out of the natural freq range) that it's not a problem... plus it probably is replace after every race...
Don't misunderstand me, carbon fiber prop is choice and you'll see improvement, but there is nothing wrong with what came in your car either.