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Ected In the mail today comes a little brochure from
Reider Racing, that has (NEW!) an Auburn Gear
differential that looks pretty cool. It electrically
switches between a regular Auburn limited slip
and a pin-locked condition. Of course, Reider's web
site remains its usual unfriendly, no-prices-shown,
information-coming soon.
The brochure indicates retail "from" $595. This is
not so far off a T-2R price and depending on how
the un-pinned Auburn really behaves in the twisties
I could see this as an option. According to the
slick sheet, the Auburn biases torque to the wheel
with traction using some torque-driven clutch
compression (not just a static preload). My
question to the Auburn guys, here, is: do you power
through tight turns with one wheel spinning or none?
The exploded drawing shows plate clutches in a stack,
so I guess this unit is rebuildable unlike the cone types.
Pinning actuation is through a big-*** coil electromagnet
that (by the pictures) goes inside the case. Now I wonder
what effect this would have on those 3-channel ABS
rears where there's also the reluctor / ABS chopper
sitting kinda right there in the enhanced magnetic field.
They make no mention of what types of rear might be
supported with this chunk but I'd guess the S-10s /
baby Blazers (hence Camaros even if unintended) won't
be ignored.
From the limited material it sure looks like a good street/
strip differential. I'm mainly interested to know how an
Auburn (of this configuration, the plate-type) compares
against a T-2R in aggressive slalom (aka rush hour)
and hard turns (wet roads too) and take the lock option
as a twice-a-year track-day bonus.
Anyway, thought some of y'alls might find this an
interesting new development.
Reider Racing, that has (NEW!) an Auburn Gear
differential that looks pretty cool. It electrically
switches between a regular Auburn limited slip
and a pin-locked condition. Of course, Reider's web
site remains its usual unfriendly, no-prices-shown,
information-coming soon.
The brochure indicates retail "from" $595. This is
not so far off a T-2R price and depending on how
the un-pinned Auburn really behaves in the twisties
I could see this as an option. According to the
slick sheet, the Auburn biases torque to the wheel
with traction using some torque-driven clutch
compression (not just a static preload). My
question to the Auburn guys, here, is: do you power
through tight turns with one wheel spinning or none?
The exploded drawing shows plate clutches in a stack,
so I guess this unit is rebuildable unlike the cone types.
Pinning actuation is through a big-*** coil electromagnet
that (by the pictures) goes inside the case. Now I wonder
what effect this would have on those 3-channel ABS
rears where there's also the reluctor / ABS chopper
sitting kinda right there in the enhanced magnetic field.
They make no mention of what types of rear might be
supported with this chunk but I'd guess the S-10s /
baby Blazers (hence Camaros even if unintended) won't
be ignored.
From the limited material it sure looks like a good street/
strip differential. I'm mainly interested to know how an
Auburn (of this configuration, the plate-type) compares
against a T-2R in aggressive slalom (aka rush hour)
and hard turns (wet roads too) and take the lock option
as a twice-a-year track-day bonus.
Anyway, thought some of y'alls might find this an
interesting new development.
