not to snake a sale here but fred, wouldnt you be better off with a truetrack or the like? do you really want a detroit locking up when you power on in a turn? seems like a good way to back it into a telephone pole.
not to snake a sale here but fred, wouldnt you be better off with a truetrack or the like? do you really want a detroit locking up when you power on in a turn? seems like a good way to back it into a telephone pole.
... oh this is for a racecar, If you really want to go fast I suggest a detroit or spool. If you want to do burnouts leaving the mall go for a limited slip. It will have a little rougher drive if the camaro is just a cruising car but I'm sure you know that.
I'm not going to take it out inless someone wants it but nothing should be worn when I put it in I completly rebuilt the axle with chromo shaft.
John, I know guys who autocross with full detroits that like the predictability and reliability of their detroit. Detroit lockers aren't near as noticable in a car, nor are spools. You have to remember, it's a 25" tall tire that is only 10-11" wide with an inch of sidewall that you're trying to convince to slip in a turn, not a knobby 35+ tire with a 8 inch-ish squishy sidewall. I would prefer something like a zexel-torsen, but finding any diff under $450 for a 9" is worth checking into.
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
yeah, we used a zexel in our race car. it's very nice. just wasnt sure if they made them for a 9". ours actually came out of an audi awd "transfer" case. i would just think that, with a detroit, after coasting through an apex and powering out you could get really loose when it locks up and the inside tire uses up all of it's tire circle in the long direction. once you got used to that, im sure it'd be fine, but you'd never be able to exit a corner as quickly as you could with a zexel style that will bias torque and speed.
In a road racing situation with broad sweepers, I would agree with you on the zexel. But, as far as autocrossing, the guy I'm thinking about that was an SCCA Solo II Champion did so with a detriot locker in his 9 inch. Autocrossing is more of a surgical attack on short corners, with a need for faster, shorter reaction and response, so it makes sense that a detroit would work better for that than it would for road racing.
Oh, and I think the True-Trac is as close as they get to a zexel for a 9inch.
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
I have a tru-trac - think I should start road racing my truck?
Seth Stewart '04
2000 Suburban DD
1995 F150 SAS - Needs more work to sell
1998 GMC pickup - sold
2003 Yukon XL - wrecked/motor donor
1975 Scout - TBD
1976 Scout - parts truck
1972 IH 1310 dually - TBD
196? Scout 800 - 302 roller
ZING!!
I'd Baja it, it's already got the stance!
Boats and hoes
Stumble in to the liquor store
With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
I know just what I'm lookin for
Thunderbird will do just fine.
I did buy some front gears for it, should be shipping now.
Seth Stewart '04
2000 Suburban DD
1995 F150 SAS - Needs more work to sell
1998 GMC pickup - sold
2003 Yukon XL - wrecked/motor donor
1975 Scout - TBD
1976 Scout - parts truck
1972 IH 1310 dually - TBD
196? Scout 800 - 302 roller
what gears are on it travis possibly 4.56? if so i would maybe be interested in buying the whole 3rd
He who dies with the most **** wins, after seeing your collection you are in the lead no doubt!
just leave it in there. what does a spool cost anyhow?