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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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I did this at the track on sunday. I figured some of you would enjoy the pics.







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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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please dont tell me that was a tru track, how did it happen man??? im the owner of a 12bolt too, just got mine still breakin it in, i dont want that to happen to me
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 09:42 PM
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that sucks.
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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Yea, looks like he was running a tru trac from the sig. I was looking into buying one of these. Wonder if it would hold up better in a 9".
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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Nevermind, I was looking at mcamarlo's sig. What diff were you running?
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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eaton HD posi unit. This 12 bolt came out of a low 10 sec/high 9 sec car so I am sure the damage was done before I got it. I only put down 345 right now off the bottle.
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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This is exactly what I like to see!
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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The springs will tell you it's a clutch LSD and not a TrueTrac.
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The springs will tell you it's a clutch LSD and not a TrueTrac.
I was about to say the same thing...

Nice pictures! That sucks bad.
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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looks exaclty like my friennds old rear end- sounded absoltely terrible when it happened at the track for him
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 09:42 PM
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Truetracs dont have spider gears, either, do they?
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