A driveshaft safety loop is an essential part of any high-performance front-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicle.
In fact, many tracks and race sanctioning bodies require one once you reach a certain speed/elapsed time threshold, or if you’re running specific tire types (e.g. slicks).
Basically, what a driveshaft loop does is keep your driveshaft from whipping out of control if you happen to shear a yoke, U-joint, or if the driveshaft itself splits. It protects you and your car from catastrophic damage caused by a flailing driveshaft.
Even if you’re not driving competitively, a safety loop is cheap insurance on any high-performance car with a driveshaft.
They’re relatively easy to install on most vehicles.
How easy? The folks at Stifflers Suspension installed one of its driveshaft safety loops on a 2015 Ford Mustang in about an hour.
Better still, they filmed the process—check it out:
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