spool weight difference
I will never ever run a spool on the street again.
The narrower the tire, the better the spool works on the street. Dragging a 14"wide tire around a corner with a spool gets old.
the car stopped turning and went straight toward the concrete.
Only issue I've noticed with the locker is you need to keep the air pressure the same in both tires or the car will jerk to the right under hard acceleration.
Running a spool on the street is very hard on the tires going around corners. Honestly it takes the joy out of driving a car on the street.Tom
ON THE STREET:
Firstly;
when you make a 90* even with just 10inches of treads, staying in your lane, the tires have to twist the cords, because the edges are traveling in different arcs; and so at different speeds from outter to inner edges. So between the two tires, there are four majorly different speeds going on back there. For all I know, some parts of each tire may actually appear to be turning backward relative to other parts, depending on who's letting go first.
But the tires don't like to twist. When they are stretched out as far as they go, they snap loose. During the stretching the car rises up. At the snap, it falls back down. (or vice versa, I can't actually witness it from the front seat). So as soon as this starts, the back-end is going; up, down, and sideways, and waddling like a big fat duck. In your bucket; your hips start moving sideways in time with the waddling, which tugs on your arms, which, if you're not concentrating, will cause the steering wheel to turn just a lil, in the opposite directions to the waddling, making it even worse.
So then, just cruising around at slow speeds (below 30mph), this becomes an exercise in concentration during every stinking turn.
Like said above; this gets old.
Secondly;
I like to drift around the turns. With a spool, I cannot start or stop a drift in mid turn. If I start during the duck-walk the suspension is already dancing. So the drift thus begun is already "out of control" and it looks like I'm an amateur at it. If I lift in mid-turn, the car is almost guaranteed to lurch, and resume the duck-walk again making me look foolish. I am "pretty good" at drifting, I have been told so, by more than one cop. So I don't like for people to think otherwise. ..... lol. That stinking spool was embarrassing.
Like said above; this takes the joy out of street driving.
Thirdly;
If one side of the car has better traction than the other, then, under power, the car will try to drive in a circle. If the traction is changing from side to side, then the car will switch back and forth.
Like sorta said above; who likes surprises like that.
Fourthly;
I have a manual trans. Ever try backing into a parking stall, that requires steering to get there ? with buckets..... lol. With the spool, the duck-walk, power-steering, and nothing to hang onto, my head was bopping back and forth so bad even my kidneys were laughing. And toeing the clutch with 3.55s, while my head is spun around to see where I'm going? Forget about it.
That spool was only in there for 7 days; which is all I could stand. I wouldda switched it out sooner, but had no opportunity. The decision had been made within hours of installing it. I really did try to give it a chance.
Works great in a straight line, until you turn to go down pitroad, lol; slow down eh....
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