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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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Car is a 99 SS, originally a 4 ch setup. Now it has a Strange 12 bolt with 35 spline axles, spool, a 3.73s. Doesn't have ABS or TC

It's not a daily driver, but I do like to drive it sometimes, and my wife likes to go for rides...and a spool isn't very 'saturday night cruise friendly.'

Questions are...
how hard is it to get rid of the spool and get a tru track or something?
A detroit locker is going to do kinda the same thing as a spool, isnt it?
To get ABS/TC, im going to have to send off the axles and back plates, right?

The car isnt seeing crazy power levels, so i dont need the strongest thing out there. (if i did, i would keep the spool). Right now its only an exhaust/nitrous car. But it will be cammed and more N20 eventually.


And since im sure Bob is going to reply to this - Thanks! lol
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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 99FormulaM6
Car is a 99 SS, originally a 4 ch setup. Now it has a Strange 12 bolt with 35 spline axles, spool, a 3.73s. Doesn't have ABS or TC

It's not a daily driver, but I do like to drive it sometimes, and my wife likes to go for rides...and a spool isn't very 'saturday night cruise friendly.'

Questions are...
how hard is it to get rid of the spool and get a tru track or something?
A detroit locker is going to do kinda the same thing as a spool, isnt it?
To get ABS/TC, im going to have to send off the axles and back plates, right?

The car isnt seeing crazy power levels, so i dont need the strongest thing out there. (if i did, i would keep the spool). Right now its only an exhaust/nitrous car. But it will be cammed and more N20 eventually.


And since im sure Bob is going to reply to this - Thanks! lol
Only option on a 35 spline, other than a spool is a Detroit Locker. The Detroit will lock 100% of the time when you are going straght but will disengage andfree spin around corners so it does not drag the wheel(unless you are on the throttle).

Jeff
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