Anyone else have a Wavetrac yet?
05-11-2013, 06:54 PM
#1
Anyone else have a Wavetrac yet? I'm doing a build, maybe the first out there? Anyhow, seems well built overall, I do see areas for improvement though. Hopefully wavetrac will consider this, it is spendy.
Here are Some pics for those of you wondering....Look close, you'll see a trutrac with a cracked worm gear. I found a way to mod them to help with longevity. The build itself is being posted up at a GTO specific site, I don't know if actual link posting is allowed here, otherwise, It's at the gastiresoil.
If anyone has this installed and running, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm leaning towards one myself.
Here are Some pics for those of you wondering....Look close, you'll see a trutrac with a cracked worm gear. I found a way to mod them to help with longevity. The build itself is being posted up at a GTO specific site, I don't know if actual link posting is allowed here, otherwise, It's at the gastiresoil.
If anyone has this installed and running, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm leaning towards one myself.
Last edited by 2QWK4RU 06 GOAT; 05-25-2013 at 05:10 AM.
05-12-2013, 01:27 PM
#4
I'd be concerned about long term wear, on the stubs... The warranty won't buy you a set of those. I think it could be an issue on very powerful or abused cars, and if it's one of my set's, that's quite a bit of cashola. We have enough slop in our drivetrain, every bit of reduction helps.
I'll see how this one performs...I should be getting another few in soon, we'll see how those turn out. I may pick one up for myself. Love the fact that it's made local. Besides, my stubs are redesigned and don't really have much of the fit issue. The folks that should be more concerned are the ones running aftermarket gears, but that's a whole different issue.
The bottom line, it's obvious that this is better than the asian made trutrac that many buy because of the price. On the Wavetrac there seems to be many more worm gears distributing the load over the housing and the attention to detail is obvious, I doubt the ARP bolts are gonna break like on some of the trutrac builds I've done. All this I feel is a good reason to support this American made product. The only other LSD I recommend is the Japanese Kaaz unit.
I'll see how this one performs...I should be getting another few in soon, we'll see how those turn out. I may pick one up for myself. Love the fact that it's made local. Besides, my stubs are redesigned and don't really have much of the fit issue. The folks that should be more concerned are the ones running aftermarket gears, but that's a whole different issue.
The bottom line, it's obvious that this is better than the asian made trutrac that many buy because of the price. On the Wavetrac there seems to be many more worm gears distributing the load over the housing and the attention to detail is obvious, I doubt the ARP bolts are gonna break like on some of the trutrac builds I've done. All this I feel is a good reason to support this American made product. The only other LSD I recommend is the Japanese Kaaz unit.
Last edited by 2QWK4RU 06 GOAT; 05-17-2013 at 04:58 AM.
