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Anybody have any experience with this thing??? its pretty much a spool or mini spool, but without the binding and racheting when cornering..how do you guys think this would work on the street??

 

It's like a mini locker. Properly set up and if you choose the proper springs for your application (it comes with "Strip/Street" or "Street/Strip" springs), it will work fine. You may notice some clicking around corners. If you keep power on from straight line to turn, it may not unlock properly.

Not as smooth as a clutch-type posi, but in the straight line it will lock more securely and dependably.

 

Five7 summed it up pretty well. I run one of these in my 69 camaro and I run a clutch type posi in my 89 camaro. If you mostly do street driving with your car, and only drag race occasionally, I'd have to recommend a clutch type posi. You can't beat the locker setup for killer traction to both wheels in a straight line, but they're pretty rough and jerky around corners, not to mention noisy. People think there's something wrong with your car when you're turning really tight in a parking lot. I started out with the stiffer strip/street springs and eventually switched to the milder street/strip springs, which helped some, but it's still somewhat noisy and jerky. The clutch type posi is waaayyyy better if you want smooth and quiet operation. So it really all depends on what you primarily use your car for. Strict drag racing/occasional street use, go with the locker. Mostly street driving/ occasional drag racing, definitely go with a clutch posi.

 

yea i don't really want any jerking or noise, the girls usually go what the hell is that...I think i'll stick with the eaton..thanx for all the info...

 

I put a powertrax no slip in my 88. I didnt care about the clicking/banging ect that I heard everybody talking about.

But after I got it done. I though to myself those other people most of old units or very quite exhaust, cause I CANT HEAR ANY BANGING/CLICKING, ETC under norm street driving.

I can here alittle clicking (sounds about like a few valves clicking in your engine, but in rear of car) when I make a very sharp low speed turn, like turn 90* into a parking space at under 5 MPH

The way it drives. At 1st you'll notice it, but after a few hours of seat time you'll never know its there.


When you 1st drive it you find if you get on or off the throttle fast in a curve/turn the rear of the car will 'wiggle' alittle.

but if you use steady slow pressure on the throttle you can go to full throttle or no throttle around a curve and it wont wiggle.

Lockers are nothing like a spool or mini spool. Spools locks both wheels together at all times. A locker works more like a limited slip unit.

It will unlock 1 wheel when taking a turn, then lock back on straight aways.

Only diff is it's metal gears doing the work, and not springs and/or clutchs.

The big benifit with the lockers is price. If you don't know how to set up a rear end then you have a $150-600 fee there, then the $300-500 price for the posi unit.

The locker you have the $300 price of the locker, a rear cover gasket and gear oil. Install is easy to do in your yard/driveway in less than an hour....

To sum it up for myself.. If I had to do it over again, would I go with a posi unit or the locker?... LOCKER 100%