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Old 04-24-2007, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by M758
That is why it is so tough... I might spend $2500 more, but will I have any more fun racing?
There's nothing more fun you can do than racing with your friends wheel to wheel, and drinking beer in the pits after the day, and busting on them, and swapping stories......





except maybe beating them.
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Old 04-24-2007, 12:39 PM
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man you guys really are like pushers... "Come take another hit... you know you want it!"
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My limited slip was spent at the Road Atlanta race and I could definitely feel the difference - tire spin at turn 7 and 10A - plus had to take different brake approach into 10A - definitely cost me some time on the track. Just completed a rebuild so looking forward to next event.
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Originally Posted by mm86911
My limited slip was spent at the Road Atlanta race and I could definitely feel the difference - tire spin at turn 7 and 10A - plus had to take different brake approach into 10A - definitely cost me some time on the track. Just completed a rebuild so looking forward to next event.
You seemed to be getting around pretty good without it.
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How about a word from a full locker driver .... Any out there ?
Old 04-24-2007, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyT
How about a word from a full locker driver .... Any out there ?
Well, the "Red Sled" has a Detroit Locker. Wonderfully simple and unbreakable. "Open" when not under load, "locked"....fully "locked"...when on the power.

Car tends to get set up a tad loose ("tad loose" would send most of you screaming to your mamas), but it picks up a mild push once I squeeze in some gas.

Driving with a open diff or a crappy LSD ? Yeah...to that a lot in the rest of the race fleet. The key is "start opening up the steering early", so you transfer some load back to the inside rear as you pull the trigger.

Also, one of the FWD'ers in the past was a fully welded diff. With FWD and a locker, if you're not in the gas, you don't have any steering. It forces you to be fast...or go home.
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
You seemed to be getting around pretty good without it.
- Thanks but I know there was another second to be had!



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