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I fight my spool when parking in my garage, I have to go back and forth about 6 times. Tight alley issue for me.
Andrew's GTO is 100% real street car, I'd go posi / limited slip too if I were him.
Weird, never been anywhere that tight, even parallel parking is normal. Assume anything that passes inspection/emissions with tags/insurance is a 100% real street car. I've seen more issues from limited slips than spools so if anything a spool is the more reliable option.
Weird, never been anywhere that tight, even parallel parking is normal. Assume anything that passes inspection/emissions with tags/insurance is a 100% real street car. I've seen more issues from limited slips than spools so if anything a spool is the more reliable option.
We can agree to disagree. It won't be the first or last time. Different strokes for different folks.
We can agree to disagree. It won't be the first or last time. Different strokes for different folks.
Andrew
It also depends on the vehicle/tires/expectations etc etc. I remember the first vehicle I put a Detroit locker on. Full size 1989 Blazer with all terrain tires and stock power/automatic trans. It was so smooth/effective/easy to get used to that I got pissed off at all of the people who said it was going to be a fiasco on the street.
It also depends on the vehicle/tires/expectations etc etc. I remember the first vehicle I put a Detroit locker on. Full size 1989 Blazer with all terrain tires and stock power/automatic trans. It was so smooth/effective/easy to get used to that I got pissed off at all of the people who said it was going to be a fiasco on the street.
Kinda what people say about faceplated trans, OMG they aren't streetable... really why not because you have to know how to drive?
Originally Posted by Project GatTagO
We can agree to disagree. It won't be the first or last time. Different strokes for different folks.
Andrew
Its all good, everyone has different expectations.
After baking the exhaust manifolds to get the shipping oil off, I went to a friend's house to use his sand blaster. The manifolds really came out nice from the blaster. We had another 65 degree day (after it snowed 8" 5 days ago), so I fired up the Weber again for another 500 degree bake. The manifolds took on a really cool bronze color, so I am definitely going to coat them with the burnt bronze color.
The aluminum castings cool clean and ready for coating.
I always wonder why people say that about a spool, I run a spool in multiple cars on the street and hardly notice it other than in tight low speed turns, if anything its more consistent in its reaction.
100% this ^^^
I ran an Auburn posi in my old 70 BBC Camaro and at the track it would always pull to one side, same thing with burnouts and if you tried to correct it you had to be a lot more mindful.
The spool was night and day better, straight launches and long burnouts were cake because the car was very predictable much easier to reel back in if it got way outta shape.
I think tire size plays a big roll in streetability when it comes to spools, smaller tires will scuff easier while big tires won't and will transfer that energy back into the chassis and feel like the car is binding up because well it is lol.
I've noticed the Detroit TruTrac is very similar to the spool, seems to leave straight and is very forgiving to corrections, I'll be curious to see if its the same when I hit with more power and a trans brake.
My new 9" rear from Quick Performance will have an Eaton TruTrac.
The housing is built out of extra thick material, has a back brace (this might mess up the Ridetech sway bar mounts...deal with that later), has a fill and drain port, etc...
The rubber bushings will be replaced with the R-joints that I already installed in the 12 bolt.
Not sure why these images are rotated, but you get the idea.
Got a Mighty Mouse catch can, set up for boost.
I love global trade. This is a Pierburg CWA150 pump that I got from Tecomotive in Germany. Four days to my door. Amazing!
The CWA150 is a high pressure version of the CWA100 and outflows many of the available pumps on the market. It is also said to be very quiet and will be PWM controlled through the Holley Dominator.
It should fit perfectly on the Volt fan shroud. The little cradle at the bottom, between the fans used to house a similar water pump on the Volt.
