erm, i'm pretty sure those Buick 2 piece shafts have a rubber coupling between them.
i'm wouldn't trust that 50 year old rubber to a 500 horsepower engine.
and you DEFINITELY need to install a driveshaft collar up about a foot behind tail of the transmission.
or, this is Bob's idea:
https://www.teambuick.com/reference/driveshaft_loop.php
here's Yardley's article on rebuilding 2 piece shafts:
http://www.1badriv.com/hardway.htm#Driveshaft
i've put an entire RR tire and wheel underneath a fuel cell cage ( rule spec of minimum of 8" road clearance ) at speed and that was way more exciting than i wanted. that little escapade bent the LF frame horn up +6" and totalled the car. and i didn't even hit anything. i was just bouncing down the front stretch.
pogoing the rear end on a drive shaft would be way worse than that.
also, install a snap chain / strap on the driver's side of the engine. smashing the hell out of your carb and intake and hood is not going to fun if that mount comes apart.
i can't figure out where the article on the engine strap is, i could have sworn it was on BuickPerformanceClub but now i can't find it.
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