dsddcd

Well I am at a cross roads, I have some new found torque and should have more soon. I am starting to throughly plan my drive train upgrades. I have an R200 diff kit already but I have heard lots of stories about the problems with the Drive Shaft shop axles and drive shaft.

Question 1:
Have you had any problems with the Drive Shaft Shop axles or drive shaft? IE: Part Longevity, Fitment, Balance Problems, Breakage........

Question 2:
I don't anticipate more than 350Ftlb of torque and I am not going to run anything but street tires, looking to upgrage to a 275 or larger, if I use a PuddyDad rear end will the factory axles and driveshaft hold up?

phils2k

to answer question two

i had the orginal puddy rear that was built for my build, i have 420 ftlb torque, still have my stock axles (138k)

the only difference to you is that i still only run 245 rears

dsddcd

Mase told me the same which is what got me thinking about it.

What options did you take from PuddyDad

Also, I haven't heard how did the car do this go around with Mase?

phils2k

i had the full diff what puddy offers, i had one built prior to his new crush sleave, puddy then built another one and swapped it over for me, so i have not what he offers in his stage 3 build. dont quote me stage's as its been a while

i have had the diff on for 15000 boosted miles, and ask mase how i drive the car

sorry what did u mean by ' Also, I haven't heard how did the car do this go around with Mase? '

dsddcd

I thought Mase was just in the UK and he was going to work on your car some more.

phils2k

ah we had a problem with my car i will post up, nothing to do with mase or anything like that just a failure in an injector

boostedf22c

I never had any problems with the DSS axles or driveshaft. Well, there intro level stuff, 2.9 or whatever they call it, broke. But there 5.9 or whatever they called it, I never had any issues with.

I did break a couple of R200's though.

s2kadrenalin

Honda9krpm broke the R200 diff a few years ago too.

Spoolin

I dont dig or drag race mine on the strip, but I do have the DSS 2.9 axles that are supposed to be good for around 650 whp and with 440 tq on mine before, I havent had any problems with the axles or R200 diff.

A51_AP1

I know it's slightly off topic since your talking specifically about the R200.

Here is the reasoning why I went with the PuddyMod

-Cost is slightly higher, I believe the last time I talked to Ben, his highest cost build is around $1000 less than what the R200 is.

-PuddyMod has great support, he will take care of ANYTHING that goes wrong with your diff. Although its a hassle to drop the diff and ship it to him...It's well worth it. To me at least.

-DSS replacement axles are $1000, OEM S2K axles are fairly cheap ($100 @ NAPA w/ Lifetime Warranty). I really wouldn't want to replace a DSS axle.

-The R200 does seem to be able to handle high RPM lauches, the PuddyMod diff requires you to be a much more careful driver.

My last point is that my diff has preformed flawlessly, I do HPDE events in it, without any problems. Customer service w/ Ben @ PuddyMod is the best in terms of working things out with you. Hope that helps you just a little bit.