does anyone know if they used the same driveshaft in a 85 camaro and a 96 firebird? if so is one better than the other?

also are the parts from a 96 firebird the same as the parts for a 96 camaro if you were to do a t56 swap?

 

I know my driveshaft from my 81 camaro fit the output shaft of the T56 from the 97 T/A it came out of. I know the 4th gen uses a larger aluminum unit but the slip yoke should be the same spline. If i had to choose, I would use the 3rd gen simply because aluminum driveshafts are expensive to modify and every time you change ujoints, you are removing a little bit of the aluminum with it.

The 96 camaro and firebird will have the same trans, hydraulics, clutch, flywheel and pedals.

 

Yes, and yes.

As far as "better", that depends on what condition your current one is in. I don't think there's any significant difference in the part design or anything. 98-up, yes they're arguably better, because those may be aluminum; but not 93-97. Those are about the same.

I've changed U-joints in aluminum driveshafts before, haven't noticed any problem with removing aluminum. An atom or 2 maybe, but nothing to get excited about. No modification is required (for most of us anyway) so I wouldn't worry so much about that either.

 

93 & up are all more presision ballanced, and yes they did make allumnium ones from 93-97, it was an option...I don't remember the RPO code though, they have a special dampener on them that really gets rid of vibration