Noob style info needed, (i have searched a bit)

[turboglenn]

In prepping for dyno pulls on my friends car that should be making in the 700hp range, we had to pull the new 4 spider CD and replace it with a welded one since we couldn't find the VCE the owner has. Well in all this he remembered the fact that if we put cups in the front we could run it as a rear drive only car.

I know the rear drive setups break kinda easy but is it launching that breaks them or can they not handle say 400-500hp? We both were sorta excited to maybe do some reardrive rolling tire roasts as wellas some RWD "Driftin" (a.k.a. powerlisdes )

can a 2g 97-99 t-case and rear end handle the power? I figured if the shock from launching was kept off then the tires would most likely spin before breaking anything but i cna't be sure and thought i'd ask for some feed back. I have done this before but it was on cars making no more than 350hpand boy was it a lot of fun.. WE plan to limit the boost while playing on the closed course parking lot.. BUT can the rear end handle the power to dyno the car that will be in excess of 600hp???
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I've talked a lot about this car in the past and in case there's doubts of it's existance here's a few snaps from putting it together the other day..99 GXX wqith only 47thousand miles because it's always down to upgrade the next part he breaks.. the easiest way to put it is to say the AC compressor, alternator and PS pump are still stock..the rest = not so much

it's hard to see because the body has been blocked out and needs cleared again but anything that couldn't be bought in carbon fiber was wrapped in carbon fiber cloth, resin'ed in and clear coated. it's truely a beautifull car in person, and the powertrain is now slouch either.. 9;1 aluminum rod engine, 280 cams with kiggly beehives, PTE6765 turbo, Link stand alone ECU, 250hp direct port N2o, TRE "high torque" trans with evo 1-4 gears (Stock 5th) OEM T-case, OEM rear end, 4" aluminum driveshaft (had a carbon one but it broke).. Last dyno was 682hp on my old PTE6776RS, looking to break 700 this go round

 

[turbo98eclipse]

Wow I cant find the power ratings and upgrade path from the rear diff anyplace!

 

[MY1GDSM]

What about a 3000 gt pumpkin and axles and Upgraded 300m transfer case output shaft I would imagine if it's holding up on Jeff's car it would in this case?

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/drag-strip/400112-so-thats-whats-been-going.html There was a bunch of pics at one point of them putting it in IDK what happen to them though... .

EDIT: Kind of missed part of what you where saying

Why not go see how far you can take it before it does break

I would definitely say IMHO it would be the Shock launching that ended breaking something I'm not at that power level (700hp). But the only time I have broke anything in the rear(short end DS axle) was after years of very hard launching and it was my fault for not pre-laoding it enough and from getting traction not spinning... .

 

[turboglenn]

The rear drive "conversion" will only be temporary, like myself he's on that after having AWD won't give it up for anything . We both just wanted to have a little RWD fun and possibly dyno it that way instead of in the traditional FWD mode. If i hadn't had a couple inner axle cups laying in the floor the other day while modding his down pipe for the new V-band outlet on the turbo this would have never come up but now we're rather determined to see what it would be like on the street at those power levels, just like the old GN's i use to work on, being able to set the rear end sideways at 70+mpp would be insane