How many are running a spool on the streets
How many are running a spool on the streets In the market for a 9" now and just wandering how many of you like running the spool on the road. Also I see you can get a mini spool for the stock rear. What is the difference between a full and a mini spool.
im putting a 4.10 and mini spool in my car in about a week, just for the simple fact that i hardly drive it, and its cheap, im not about to buy a good posi unit for a 10 bolt. a mini spool goes inside your existing carrier, replacing everything else in it, where as a full spool completely replaces the carrier.
lots of guys run full spools on the road... it doesnt turn well in parking lots, and it can be a handful in the rain, but on a normal dry day driving around, its fine.
on the street, you will want a full spool. a mini spool is for dirt track cars....
the diff between the two is this:
with a full spool, the diff is just one big piece of metal.. the ring gear bolts to it, and the axles slip into the spools splines.
with a mini spool, your ring gear is bolted to your old open diff, with the spider gears and such replaced with the a small chunk of metal. that small piece is the minispool.
now while people have run them on the streets, they also have broken them.. minispools were intended as cheap ways to lock the rear for dirtrack cars.. they have problems with the stress put on them with sticky street tires on asphalt doing parkinglot turns... they're just a bit on the small side for that..
since you dont have a diff to swap to a minispool already, just get a full spool.
on the street, you will want a full spool. a mini spool is for dirt track cars....
the diff between the two is this:
with a full spool, the diff is just one big piece of metal.. the ring gear bolts to it, and the axles slip into the spools splines.
with a mini spool, your ring gear is bolted to your old open diff, with the spider gears and such replaced with the a small chunk of metal. that small piece is the minispool.
now while people have run them on the streets, they also have broken them.. minispools were intended as cheap ways to lock the rear for dirtrack cars.. they have problems with the stress put on them with sticky street tires on asphalt doing parkinglot turns... they're just a bit on the small side for that..
since you dont have a diff to swap to a minispool already, just get a full spool.
Jon
i wouldnt waste time beefing up the 10 bolt it will still break even with axles eventually if you make enough power. im only putting a spool in mine right now because i cant afford a 9 inch yet, no way in hell im putting any more money into it though.
I researched this before, and the only mini-spools I found were for 26 spline axles (g-body cars/S-10's). I was also told they were not strong enough to take much abuse. Trending Topics
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If most of your driving is interstate or rural, such as my driving is, then you well seldom even notice you have a spool. I've driven eighty miles in the rain with a Camaro with a spool and M/T drag radials, I kept it at 55 mph and never had a problem. Bob
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Ive had a spool in my car since May.
I am so glad its finally out. Bloody horrible at slow speed, and when parking etc. And if trying to go round corners with any speed at all, the damn car only wants to go straight.
I will NEVER drive a car with a spool again, unless it only goes in a straight line.
But as others say, if you can live with that, once at normal driving speeds, driving sensibly, you would hardly notice its in there.
I am so glad its finally out. Bloody horrible at slow speed, and when parking etc. And if trying to go round corners with any speed at all, the damn car only wants to go straight.
I will NEVER drive a car with a spool again, unless it only goes in a straight line.
But as others say, if you can live with that, once at normal driving speeds, driving sensibly, you would hardly notice its in there.
If most of your driving is interstate or rural, such as my driving is, then you well seldom even notice you have a spool. I've driven eighty miles in the rain with a Camaro with a spool and M/T drag radials, I kept it at 55 mph and never had a problem. Bob
This is exactly my expierence with a spool. I don't even notice it till I get into town and the tight turns I encounter there. I am not as confident about the rain however, It can be done obviously but for me the pucker factor would be high.
