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Power glide input shaft

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#1 ·
I recently broke my input shaft. Who makes the best glide input shaft with a turbo spline. I'm making roughly 2500 hp in a 3200 lb car. My glide now has an aluminum pump that has TCI embossed on the front of it. Does this mean I need to use a TCI brand input shaft? The pump has no part#'s on the front of it.

Thanks in advance
Corey
 
#8 · (Edited)
You may be able too, you'd have to measure the inside diameter of the bolt in stator tube on the back side towards the tailhousing. I believe it's 1.115 or 1.120 you're looking for if my memory is any good. It be nice if you just gotta get a shaft and a couple bushings.

See what Hutch says but that combo in my estimation is gonna be tough on input shafts, don't get me wrong there are some good ones out there, Hutch will be your best bet for getting the low down on which one gives you the best result.
 
#9 ·
Definitely in the range to consider the larger Pro Mod input or going to a turbo-glide setup with the big input especially if there are plans to turn up the power. I am in the same situation. Twisted a input and went to ringless Vasco shaft which is OK for now but I am building a new billet block/head engine that will make over 3000hp and rules make me 3100-3200LBS . I am going to a big input TH400 and strongly considering the new M&M close ratio 3spd. As others have said, the new ringless shaft must have the right stator tube/bushings for correct fluid flow.
 
#11 ·
It depends on what alloy the NASA shafts is?? Sounds like marketing BS to me. 300M, Vasco and Aermet are some of the more popular alloys but there are quite a few new high performance alloys most of which have trademarked names, NASA is not one of them as it was already taken since the 1950's.
 
#13 ·
Stator tube re-work and/or pump change is going to be necessary. Ringless input shaft is your only option at that power level. If you're making an honest 2,500 horsepower at 3,200 pounds then you're going to want to carry a spare input shaft or two on your trailer regardless of what brand input shaft you purchase, and get yourself familiar with quickly R&R-ing your transmission between rounds.


We build our ringless shaft out of H-11 tool steel. We rate it for 2,000+ FWHP. Put one in a guy's brand-X 'glide last year at SCSN (fortunately his stator bushings lined up with the oiling hole in our shaft). Outlaw 10.5 car with a ProLine 540 and twin 94's on methanol. I don't know what it made for power, but I told him the only guarantee I could offer is that he'd be changing the input shaft again, probably very soon, probably that same day, possibly the next pass. I told him I could get him through 4 rounds of racing because I had 4 shafts on the trailer at that time, and wished him the best of luck. He ended up going the whole weekend without another transmission issue. I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself. All that being said, Coan builds the strongest Turbo spline PG input shaft that I know of. Part number COA-12805 is what you're after. That shaft is manufactured from Aermet 100 to the best of my knowledge. Incredibly strong material to use for a rotating shaft under high torsional load. I'd still order two if I were you and just get used to the idea that you're going to break a shaft here and there, especially if you rattle the tires.
 
#21 ·
This is the pump i currently have. If i buy a TCI ringless pro X input shaft will it work with the bushing they supply??


http://www.tciauto.com/tc/powerglide-steel-gerotor-pumphtml/


Your TCI pump will work with a TCI Ringless Inputshaft Part # 749603, your pump will need the Stator support changed to work with the Ringless shaft, you can send it to me @TCI and I can do it for you or I can send you the parts and you can do it yourself.
Give me a call @ TCI 662-224-9376 Jeff Reed