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locked diff
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:00 pm
by 15exa
i just finished fitting a locked diff to my box, i took it for a drive and i fucking hate it, feel like im gonna brake my wrists trying to hold on to it coming out of a corner.
i knew there would be a loss in handling with daily driving but didnt think it would be that dramatic........
has anyone else out there done this, and have you persisted with it to be able to drive it on a daily basis?????
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:07 am
by photoglossy
You now have empathy for Christine Gibson
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:09 am
by 15exa
photoglossy wrote:You now have empathy for Christine Gibson
really? she ran a locked diff? thought it would have ben LSD.............. damn.
well after driving to work this morning, its not really that bad, just sux when i had to slow down for roundabouts and tight corners in traffic. i think i will persist with it.
it will probably dramaticly increase the speed of tyre wear too wont it?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:15 am
by photoglossy
Yep, she ran a locker.
I would imagine tyre wear would be a fair bit worse due to skipping of the outside wheels.
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:35 am
by Android 360
just don't let it break your wrist like she did!
Re: locked diff
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:02 am
by YES-PSI
15exa wrote:i just finished fitting a locked diff to my box, i took it for a drive and i fucking hate it, feel like im gonna brake my wrists trying to hold on to it coming out of a corner.
i knew there would be a loss in handling with daily driving but didnt think it would be that dramatic........
has anyone else out there done this, and have you persisted with it to be able to drive it on a daily basis?????
Yeah mine is LOCKED,its hard to drive and when on boost, trying to hold it straight feels like your going straight for a pole....tyres get munched, and all suspension and mounts start to wear quick too....better off with a LSD but only a locker seems to hold
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:39 pm
by shanec86
front wheel drive + locker = fail on the street
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:48 pm
by tassuperkart
Youll only learn to hate a locked FWD diff more and more.
Baaahahaha sucker!
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:42 am
by born2run
was thinkin of doin this but see'n ur pain im stayin way away from it. gona keep it open.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:01 pm
by digginganddirt
yeah dude it sucks, i find it bad enough driving me spooled skyline with a locker but it loves it when ya kick the clutch haha
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:23 am
by born2run
nah rwd with locker is ok. my mate had his r31 n his sigma with locked diffs and they were fun to drive even as a daily. the only annoyin part was when doin 3 point turns-more like 6 point turns in sum cases plus the shock to the driveline ouch.
but fwd with locker sounds like a bad idea.
gud luck with it though...
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:09 pm
by Kimmo
Wasn't a locker an option on GTHOs or something?
Prolly not a real flash idea for the street even on a RWD... I imagine it'd make a car pretty damn tail-happy in the wet.
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:10 am
by tassuperkart
GTHO's had a 9" with a Detroit locker. Different animal.
Spooled diffs promote not only savage oversteer in the wet but gross understeer as well.
They are just a total arse of a thing at any time other than on a race track.
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RE: Diffs
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:27 am
by Timmzy
Can you explain what the differences are please?
I don't understand the difference between detroit lockers and these spooled things.
Darren.
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:58 pm
by tassuperkart
A spooled diff is just like a solid axle...like a go-kart. All the diff gears are removed and the axles are just plugged into bolt on "spools" on the crownwheel.
A Detroit is a mechanical locking device that "locks" each axle under power (hence the name Detroit Locker) but will allow the wheels to turn at different rates during a tighter turn.
There is no "rate" or % of locking as in an LSD Once engaged, the Detroit just "locks" the 2 axles together as one.
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