Turbo'd s.b. chev...in a 69 Camaro? maybe?

.. rap at aci.net
Wed Jun 2 15:19:13 GMT 1999


Or you could have had fun with one of the earlier "Detroit Lockers" that had
a mechanical ratchet mechanism that would make a loud ratcheting noise every
time you turned a corner. It made for a car that was a real "head turner"
from the pedestrians - loud clanking and ratcheting noises.
rap

"Todd....!!" wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I'm now mostly a Mopar man, and have a Dana 60 which has a FULL POSI
> most of the time, the posi only 'breaks' when doing a slow tight turn...
> sometimes you can actually hear the clutches 'break'/slip during this
> procedure...
>
> Whereas the Chev type limited slips are only posi's when ya need it,
> i.e. under high load and such...
>
> In comes that GN that was spinnin only ONE tire around the turns (the
> lighter weighted tire, i.e. inside turn tire) when the boost came
> in...(He spun out several times due to the need to spin in order to even
> come close to qualifying for further runs...needless to say, he didn't
> make the cut)
>
> Then ya have the 8 3/4 auburn locker, that has no clutches, just some
> sorta cone thing... never really looked at one, buddy jsut bought a
> brand spankin new auburn for his 8 3/4 when he swapped his 4.10's out
> for 3.23's! it seems to work pretty good, he's only pushin about a
> stock 383 in his 70 Bee, so there's not much power to tell, ya know...
>
> LATER!
>
> Todd....
> http://www.c-com.net/~atc347/toddlnk.htm
>
> Jim Davies wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Todd....!! wrote:
> >
> > > I thought all GN's were posi's, this one musta been a limited slip or
> > > somethin...
> > >
> > I'll bite...whats the difference?




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