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67 Fairlane 434 ci/464 hp/488 tq-RIP
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I drove a spool on the street for years and found it to be pretty easy
except when making turn arounds that were tighter(tires are sliding
the whole turn... as for the rain.. it was fine.. the tires were the weak
link in the rain.... but over all I could control it very easy due to knowing
what it was going to doLast edited by MR P-BODY; May 25, 2013, 07:44 AM.
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Originally posted by Dino98T/A View PostI have a Detroit Locker in my 9" rear from quick performance(98 Trans am). I dont really care for the noise and clunkyness of it. Yes, it will withstand a pounding. But if you drive on the street the "popping" noise from the locker(in turns) gets old quick.
If I had to do it again I would have got a spool...
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Originally posted by BBO Javelin View PostI went to the track last night to make a few passes in my 94 camaro to work the bugs out before DW.It's a 6 speed car with moser 12 bolt rear.It's best pass was a 7.10 1/8 mile track.Long story short it blew the spider gears out of the posi on my 5th pass and don't need this happening on DW,I leave the line at 5500-6000 rpm's depending on how well it's hooking and don't think a clutch posi is ever gonna hold up.So I am thinking of spooling the rear and was wondering how it will act on the street.
I guess you already got your spool, but I was going to say, with a 12 bolt, get a Moroso Brute Strength. It's an eaton style posi (completely rebuild-able) , but much beefier than standard diffs. They only come in 4 series, which means 3.73 or numerically higher gears.
I had a spool in the Chevelle until recently, and I grew to hate driving it on the street - mostly because it felt like I was going to rip the new bushings out of the suspension pieces or crack something. If you aren't going straight, something or another is always in a bind.
I had the spool in the car for 12+ years, so it felt normal... until I put a open diff in the car recently for cruising... man, it's so much easier, quieter, and smoother to drive now.
Also - in the lower pic, it looks like the pin the spider gears spin on is quite galled. They get that way from doing one wheeled burnouts. If both wheels are spinning at the same speed, the gear doesn't spin on the pin at all. One wheel burnout, galled spider gear, overheated or seized... pow.Last edited by yellomalibu; May 25, 2013, 10:49 AM.
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Originally posted by Dino98T/A View PostI have a Detroit Locker in my 9" rear from quick performance(98 Trans am). I dont really care for the noise and clunkyness of it. Yes, it will withstand a pounding. But if you drive on the street the "popping" noise from the locker(in turns) gets old quick.
I suppose you can get used to anything, if you want toMy fabulous web page
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Car is hardly driven on street anymore so spool seems the way to go,just long drive on DW.It's still a full weight car even still has a/c.It needs some weight removed from it and a cage put in,cause I'll be limited to a 11.50 on DW.78 se trans am,67 rs ss camaro,69 BBO Javelin,55 chevy and a bunch of other junk that needs finished.
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Originally posted by BBO Javelin View PostCar is hardly driven on street anymore so spool seems the way to go,just long drive on DW.It's still a full weight car even still has a/c.It needs some weight removed from it and a cage put in,cause I'll be limited to a 11.50 on DW.Dan, Co-Pilot Drag Week 06
Drag Week '11 just Me and my Dad in my 53 Chevy, which was his Dads old truck
Drag Week '12 plus one day...Me and Dad in my 53 again....
Drag Week 2013 with my father in law.. New BEST ET/MPH 11.87@112
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I've gone 10's with the Tru-track (helical gear) set-up, stick and automatic. For Drag Week the last few years I used a locker as I couldn't get a 35 spline axle Tru-trac carrier. Strange makes one now. Stupid heavy with decent power, 800 ft/lbs.
I've done the spool on the street thing and I don't care for it. You pays your money and you takes your chances.Drag Week 2006 & 2012 - Winner Street Race Big Block Naturally Aspirated - R/U 2007 Broke DW '05 and Drag Weekend '15 Coincidence?
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spool in my beater 78 malibu around 8000 miles, on 275 street tires and drag radials. I love it, only annoying turning tight in a parking lot , the tires chatter bad. I've autocrossed it at KC Goodguys in 2011, it was a drift fest. Drove the balls off it 3 times and never hit a cone.
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