Daily driver spool?
Daily driver spool? i have a question im thinking on getting a dana 60 spool with 4.10 gears but i heard that u cant really drive the car alot with the spool is it true? Im probably thinking on getting it by the end off next month {dec} probably drive the car for 2 months as my dd, would it be bad for the car or it doesnt matter if i drive it as my dd, or should i stick 2 true track
Can you? Certainly...would I? Never...my definition of street friendly is very strict in that it needs to handle well in tight spots (parking lots). I don't like the idea of chewing up my expensive tires that wrap my 18x11 rear wheels...
I have a spool in my weekend/fun car and it's not too bad. I would not want to drive it every day though just for the driveability issues, not to mention chewing up tires all the time.
My buddy has 99 t/a that he was running a ford 9" with a 3.89 spool. He bought my old bike last year and he gave me his car for the weekend while he took the bike b/c he couldn't pay till monday. well lets just say that after the weekend I was glad to give the car back. Driving around town with that spool sucked. I hated it. He said the same thing about chewing the tires. He has gone back to his stock 10 bolt and going to a 12 bolt I guess.
i agree with with ls1 girlfriend, iv had my 9in with spool in going on 3 years now. and i tell ya what in a 6 speed car after going threw 4 10bolts in a not even a year. you will like the idea going ot the track and launching at 6000+ rpms and not woring about a rear to break. only time you can tell its in the car is in a parking lot or drive ways. all so if you run a tire like the MT street radail or nitto, it will hardly chatter. and mine dont eat tires that bad, my heavy foot is what eats my tires worse
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I guess what you can take away from this thread is that if you live at the drag strip, and only care about straight line performance, a spool is probably your best option due to its damn near indestructable nature. If you expect your car to take corners worth a damn, stick with a posi.
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Verdad Gallardo thanxs alot u guys yeah the car is going too be a daily driver only for like a month or 2 at the most after that its just going 2 b garage so it wont b that bad if i drive it for a month or so right my work is only 3 miles from my house M-F thats the only time that im going 2 use it, one more thing how those the spool responds on the street races do u guys still launch ur car hard and gets traction, or those spool only helps u out on the track
Originally Posted by white mongoose
thanxs alot u guys yeah the car is going too be a daily driver only for like a month or 2 at the most after that its just going 2 b garage so it wont b that bad if i drive it for a month or so right my work is only 3 miles from my house M-F thats the only time that im going 2 use it, one more thing how those the spool responds on the street races do u guys still launch ur car hard and gets traction, or those spool only helps u out on the track
Originally Posted by MeentSS02
I guess what you can take away from this thread is that if you live at the drag strip, and only care about straight line performance, a spool is probably your best option due to its damn near indestructable nature. If you expect your car to take corners worth a damn, stick with a posi.
i know what your saying man, but only time turning yo ucan tell my spool in in the car is slow speend turns, i can take other jsut like i did with my old 10bolt.
Originally Posted by silverZ98
i know what your saying man, but only time turning yo ucan tell my spool in in the car is slow speend turns, i can take other jsut like i did with my old 10bolt.
Long story but in the last 6months ive had a 9inch with a detroit locker, spool, and tru-trac. Lots of money to figure out what i liked. The locker imo was the worst invention ever, the spool was next and it wasnt bad at all. The only problem was it would eat up tires like none other. I ended up with the tru-trac. It feel like a stock posi unit. I love it and would never get anything else.
thing is cant get a truetrack for my 35 splin axles
Originally Posted by SPRAYED 01
Long story but in the last 6months ive had a 9inch with a detroit locker, spool, and tru-trac. Lots of money to figure out what i liked. The locker imo was the worst invention ever, the spool was next and it wasnt bad at all. The only problem was it would eat up tires like none other. I ended up with the tru-trac. It feel like a stock posi unit. I love it and would never get anything else.
thanxs alot u guys, u guys help me out alot i think i am going 2 go 4 the spool im going to take that risk off driving the car for a month or two cause when i go to the track i wana leave hard off the whole and dont worry about nothing thanxs what do u guys think about the rear end that im going to get the dana 60 spool 35 spline 4.1o gears center alluminum center?
Originally Posted by white mongoose
what do u guys think about the rear end that im going to get the dana 60 spool 35 spline 4.1o gears center alluminum center?
