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nhramnl · 01-09-2020, 08:44 AM

OK, so lightweight driveline components don't provide any performance gain. But they still look really cool, all shiny and machined and lightweight and different. And we spend a ton of money on them, which automatically makes them cooler than regular stuff. And we get the excitement of ordering with the credit card, and then the anticipation of waiting for UPS to bring them in colorful boxes. And everybody else has them, so we have to have them too, just to keep up. And it's really fun to name-drop the names of the manufacturers, in conversation in the staging lanes or at the trailer. They still make our wife mad (which is good), because they represent race car expense (not kitchen remodeling expense). And finally, we just somehow FEEL faster with an aluminum spool, bolt-through differential carrier and 40-spline, gun-drilled axles, don't we? Just lookin' for a silver lining here...

01-09-2020, 08:44 AM	#17
nhramnl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 507 Likes: 8 Liked 358 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Thoughts on lightened ring gears? OK, so lightweight driveline components don't provide any performance gain. But they still look really cool, all shiny and machined and lightweight and different. And we spend a ton of money on them, which automatically makes them cooler than regular stuff. And we get the excitement of ordering with the credit card, and then the anticipation of waiting for UPS to bring them in colorful boxes. And everybody else has them, so we have to have them too, just to keep up. And it's really fun to name-drop the names of the manufacturers, in conversation in the staging lanes or at the trailer. They still make our wife mad (which is good), because they represent race car expense (not kitchen remodeling expense). And finally, we just somehow FEEL faster with an aluminum spool, bolt-through differential carrier and 40-spline, gun-drilled axles, don't we? Just lookin' for a silver lining here...