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Hey, guys. I am tuning a car for Spa and am now completely stuck with one element. I am unable to purchase a carbon propeller shaft. Why is this? Would you know how can I get it?
How to get a carbon propeller shaft?
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I'd say the bigger question, than how to get it on the new one, is how you've got it on the other one in the first place. Perhaps some odd remnant of the engine donor car being AWD but a RWD 911 indeed doesn't even have a propeller shaft so there certainly shouldn't be an option to install one. Could it be an older swap and possibly a bug that has since been fixed?
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I definitely remember the 992 GT3 RS being able to equip a carbon propshaft when it was first added to the game.
But after checking just now I guess it's been silently fixed, because the part has disappeared from my car with the option to equip it being greyed out.
But after checking just now I guess it's been silently fixed, because the part has disappeared from my car with the option to equip it being greyed out.
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Ok, I see. So it is probably is (was a bug). Then I will ignore that part in my tuning process. Thanks for clarity
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So you think it was a bug before?
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So many people applying gamer-logic instead of investigating...
The Dunning-Kruger effect is where someone has enough knowledge on a subject to think that they know enough to be an expert, but not enough knowledge to know that they're not an expert. This is why it's important to research before answering.
All cars have prop shafts, sometimes referred to as drive shafts. In an FR or AWD car, the prop shaft is used to send power from the transmission to the wheels at the other end of the vehicle. In MR, FF or RR cars, like the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, if the transmission can be aligned with the wheels, the prop shafts can go directly from the transmission to the wheels, which they do in the Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
Here is a link to the part that shouldn't exist if MR/RR cars don't have prop shafts.
www.design911.com
OP, the reason that you couldn't buy a carbon prop shaft for the stock engine may be a bug or it may be by design. It may be that Porsche did such an exceptional job of pairing that transmission and prop shafts, that replacing them with carbon ones makes no sense until you change the engine, or it could be that changing the engine results in the transmission moving and so needing a prop shaft, or it could just be a bug.
I would hazard a guess and say if it's the same for everyone, it's by design.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is where someone has enough knowledge on a subject to think that they know enough to be an expert, but not enough knowledge to know that they're not an expert. This is why it's important to research before answering.
All cars have prop shafts, sometimes referred to as drive shafts. In an FR or AWD car, the prop shaft is used to send power from the transmission to the wheels at the other end of the vehicle. In MR, FF or RR cars, like the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, if the transmission can be aligned with the wheels, the prop shafts can go directly from the transmission to the wheels, which they do in the Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
Here is a link to the part that shouldn't exist if MR/RR cars don't have prop shafts.
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www.design911.com
OP, the reason that you couldn't buy a carbon prop shaft for the stock engine may be a bug or it may be by design. It may be that Porsche did such an exceptional job of pairing that transmission and prop shafts, that replacing them with carbon ones makes no sense until you change the engine, or it could be that changing the engine results in the transmission moving and so needing a prop shaft, or it could just be a bug.
I would hazard a guess and say if it's the same for everyone, it's by design.
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I was only puzzled by the fact that someone did it and I repeated everything step by step and was not able to:
So many people applying gamer-logic instead of investigating...
The Dunning-Kruger effect is where someone has enough knowledge on a subject to think that they know enough to be an expert, but not enough knowledge to know that they're not an expert. This is why it's important to research before answering.
All cars have prop shafts, sometimes referred to as drive shafts. In an FR or AWD car, the prop shaft is used to send power from the transmission to the wheels at the other end of the vehicle. In MR, FF or RR cars, like the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, if the transmission can be aligned with the wheels, the prop shafts can go directly from the transmission to the wheels, which they do in the Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
Here is a link to the part that shouldn't exist if MR/RR cars don't have prop shafts.
Dedicated to your Porsche needs
Design 911 supply car parts, spares and accessories, to both retail and to the trade. Our car product and accessory range includes brakes, exhausts, tyres, wheels and panels and interiors. #Porsche #ServiceCentre #Essex
OP, the reason that you couldn't buy a carbon prop shaft for the stock engine may be a bug or it may be by design. It may be that Porsche did such an exceptional job of pairing that transmission and prop shafts, that replacing them with carbon ones makes no sense until you change the engine, or it could be that changing the engine results in the transmission moving and so needing a prop shaft, or it could just be a bug.
I would hazard a guess and say if it's the same for everyone, it's by design.
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It's worth noting that even in that link for Porsche parts, you never come across the word "propeller shaft" but drive shaft. The key to find prop shafts from the site is to look for Panamera parts and surprise, it's front engine, rear wheel drive and thus indeed has one.
People will use anything incorrectly as synonyms but those two aren't that, a propeller shaft is the one transmitting the power from the engine or transmission onwards, not the one between the differential and wheels. Those are drive shafts, half shafts or axle shafts. And while you can call a propeller shaft a drive shaft, which it in a way is, you certainly can't call the differential-to-wheel shaft a propeller shaft.
People will use anything incorrectly as synonyms but those two aren't that, a propeller shaft is the one transmitting the power from the engine or transmission onwards, not the one between the differential and wheels. Those are drive shafts, half shafts or axle shafts. And while you can call a propeller shaft a drive shaft, which it in a way is, you certainly can't call the differential-to-wheel shaft a propeller shaft.
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