Spool on the street ?

Dubob said
I’m running this type in my S60 in my Demon. It locks both tires instantly but operates smooth as butter normal driving.

Mopar 8 3/4" (8.75) Eaton Truetrac Differential

The TrueTrac seems to be the choice of all the pro-touring and autoX guys. It's a smoother transition, which is important for corners. The problem with Detroit lockers is that you can get some chatter out of them during hard cornering, and that can cause a loss of traction in hard cornering. Yes you can tune that somewhat, but IMHO they're better for straight line cars that get driven on the street than for autoX cars that get driven on the street.

273 said
Mainly its a cost thing. Ran out of money lol
Its like $1600 for a fully done 3rd member.

I got an open diff in the shed that i can convert. Guess i just got to save my penny's

Its just a confusing subject. Theres tons of peeps say its no problem. Watched a bunch of guys on youtube say their daily driver is spooled. And others say its instant death lol.

Guess the only way to tell is weld up my spare diff and give a try.

Yeah a built up 3rd member with a truetrac is pretty spendy. I have one with 4.30's that's going to go in with my T56. Best of ALL worlds. But those two items alone cost about 3x what I paid for the car.

A spool is really easy. If you're turning, you are spinning. Period. If you drive your daily like a drift car, maybe that's ok. But I wouldn't recommend it. I wouldn't say it's "instant death" either, but, you're going to get tired of all that squealing and buying new tires. And if you drive in the rain ever it will be a lot closer to instant death.