what rear gear to choose for road racing

StrokerScamp said

Really? I'm not trying to argue.....Lord knows you got the experience here, but would you expound on this? My stupid brain tells me a locker would try to push through turns. What would make it better for road racing? I know all the dirt boys down here use open diffs. That might not be a good comparison, though. Learn me sumffin. lol

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Paved oval track most all run Lockers or Torsen if rules allow. Most only allow Lockers for cost reason. Some classes only allow spools for cost reasons. And I don't think there's a big advantage on a Torsen for a circle track car and they add weight.

You have to drive a Locker a little different. Got to be a little more deliberate off and on throttle. Car is just setup a little different (f/r balance) to compensate. Back in the day Trans Am cars ran lockers.

Torsen seems to be a better autocross and street diff. Autocross is very tight and those racers seem to prefer Torsens. There are people that run Lockers in autocross, but Torsens seem most popular.