Keep in mind the use of standard U-Joints on Corvette rear drive axles: in 1967 I heard horror stories, corroborated, of great numbers of failed rear axle U-joints with big engines. Dana Spicer recommended maximum torque applied for that style joint at 1200 ft-lbs. Use of rear gear ratios like 4:11 could put 4000 ft-lbs and more on them, they were failing all over the place. The tri-lobed CV joints in use today use needle-bearinged rollers with are super strong, last a long time, and are cheap to manufacture.
Pure nonsense
Corvette driveline and suspension better that 2020 mustang in 1963 when it came out
Horror stories all street trash talk
You put 1000 hp to a driveline designed for 400hp what do you think is going to happen???
Now for your Info…
In 1966 with the intro of the 427
Corvette had upsized unoints, it’s half shafts etc
I’ve designed these systems for 800hp
What do you really think is going to happen if you put 1200hp to it???
No really Einstein, you dont need to go to grad school to know something is Going to break
On the 2 degrees, not for wear, wrong
It’s to keep it slightly off neutral zero so you don’t get goofy driveline harmonic, coupling, and other stuff happening
Going beyond 4 degrees is where stress and wear premature failure comes in, think lifting
But you are doing different stuff and it costs to play, this is one of those costs
From there with this a good book on driveline you can find and study, regardless the X isn’t a race car nor an ultimate off-roaddesigned 4x4 so that’s why as designed it lasts
Unlike the body which disintegrat