Detroit Locker on the Street
#315076
05/11/09 05:15 PM
05/11/09 05:15 PM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,271 Vista, California
67Satty
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pro stock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,271
Vista, California
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How brutal are they on the street? I've heard they are noisy and clunk, that doesn't bother me at all.
What I'm concerned about is cornering. There are pretty much no straight roads where I live. The dragstrip is going to be the only straight section of pavement the car will be on.
The kicker is that I plan on driving my car to the dragstrip, which is Barona, which happens to be down a very twisty, narrow, winding mountain road.
I've heard you have to coast through corners with them. If that's the case, it will take me forever to get there, it's nothing but corners on the way there!
So any opinions about running one on a street/strip car? Thanks!
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Re: Detroit Locker on the Street
[Re: 70blackfish]
#315081
05/12/09 07:53 AM
05/12/09 07:53 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,028 Tulsa OK
Bad340fish
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Tulsa OK
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Don't sweat it it will be fine and well worth the performance over a limited slip. I don't run detroits but my Jeep that I drive everyday has lockers front and rear with no bad side effects. If you think one locker clicks alot you should here two .
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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Re: Detroit Locker on the Street
[Re: Bad340fish]
#315082
05/12/09 09:16 AM
05/12/09 09:16 AM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 202 Barboursville, VA
belvedere383
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Barboursville, VA
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I have run a detroit locker in my Belvedere for almost 6 years now. The only time you can feel it is after you drive really slow around a corner or after backing up you can feel it click back into place. But i have never heard mine make any noise other than that. And i abuse mine with the best of them and it has never given me one single issue, probably the best diff i have ever had.
65' Belvedere
496'' Stroker Indy Heads
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Re: Detroit Locker on the Street
[Re: 67Satty]
#315083
05/12/09 10:04 AM
05/12/09 10:04 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI
patrick
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Posts: 16,123
Grand Haven, MI
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what kind of power level are we talking here? what kind of traction? (street tires? drag radials? slicks?)
another option to look at is the detroit tru-trac's...they're a torsen style (helical gear) limited slip.
1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod **SOLD!*** 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)
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