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To spool or not ? #949645 03/13/11 12:21 AM 03/13/11 12:21 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 39 ontario canada D dart443 OP member
dart443 OP member D Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 39 ontario canada	Building a new bullet for my dart,Bought a dana with a powerlock.Should I be putting in a spool? I do have one just wondering.

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949646 03/13/11 12:26 AM 03/13/11 12:26 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,618 long island NY A Ari440 master
Ari440 master A Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,618 long island NY	spool 1.39 9.85 - 137 mph

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949647 03/13/11 12:31 AM 03/13/11 12:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york hemi-itis I Live Here
hemi-itis I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york	When the p/lock blows up,get a spool HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: Ari440] #949648 03/13/11 12:31 AM 03/13/11 12:31 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 791 Bama Randy.. super stock
Randy.. super stock Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 791 Bama	Spool here. NO don't wait till it BLOWS. it most likley will take out more than just the diff if it goes, if your lucky it wont kill trans/drive shaft or the car if your going down track at anything over 10mph. Last edited by Randy..; 03/13/11 12:38 AM.

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949649 03/13/11 12:33 AM 03/13/11 12:33 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: Building a new bullet for my dart,Bought a dana with a powerlock.Should I be putting in a spool? I do have one just wondering. What do you do with the car

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949650 03/13/11 12:33 AM 03/13/11 12:33 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,214 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,214 Bend,OR USA	Is this a street car, street and strip car or a race only car? If race only use the spool If not a race car try the posi first and see if yuo like it or not If you don't like it change to the spool then, it is not real hard in the car I used a spool in my street and strip car because I didn't have a posi for the gear ratio I wanted to use, 4.10 I may end up taking that spool out now and replace it with a 4.10 posi that I have acquired since then The spool makes backing into a parking space a pain and it is hard on the axles on the street The choice is yours, good luck Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #949651 03/13/11 12:55 AM 03/13/11 12:55 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 39 ontario canada D dart443 OP member
dart443 OP member D Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 39 ontario canada	race car with a ez headed 493 aprox 700hp

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949652 03/13/11 01:02 AM 03/13/11 01:02 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: race car with a ez headed 493 aprox 700hp Spool

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #949653 03/13/11 01:04 AM 03/13/11 01:04 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york hemi-itis I Live Here
hemi-itis I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york	Quote: Quote: race car with a ez headed 493 aprox 700hp Spool Spool it now and sell the power lock HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949654 03/13/11 01:14 AM 03/13/11 01:14 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 39 ontario canada D dart443 OP member
dart443 OP member D Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 39 ontario canada	Thanks guys,that's what i thought.I'm a little concerned about breaking an axle with a spool.

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: hemi-itis] #949655 03/13/11 01:26 AM 03/13/11 01:26 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,910 Eighty Four, PA B G Racing master
B G Racing master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,910 Eighty Four, PA	Quote: Quote: Quote: race car with a ez headed 493 aprox 700hp Spool Spool it now and sell the power lock X2 [IMG]http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq21/ajcasini/max_zpsdppwd9km.jpg[/IMG]

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: dart443] #949656 03/13/11 02:05 AM 03/13/11 02:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,082 St. Paul , Mn. tubtar master
tubtar master Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,082 St. Paul , Mn.	Quote: Thanks guys,that's what i thought.I'm a little concerned about breaking an axle with a spool. I'll go ahead and answer your next question right here and now. Get good axles too. Stock axles need not apply.

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: tubtar] #949657 03/13/11 02:24 AM 03/13/11 02:24 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,207 Menomonee Falls DemonDust master
DemonDust master Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,207 Menomonee Falls	Quote: Quote: Thanks guys,that's what i thought.I'm a little concerned about breaking an axle with a spool. I'll go ahead and answer your next question right here and now. Get good axles too. Stock axles need not apply. Sorry for the dumb question but, can you even get a spool with stock axle spline? I put 35 spline in mine from DR Diff and never looked back SDG Motorsports Hellcat Demon and Redeye Supercharger CNC Porting https://www.sdgmotorsports.com/

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: DemonDust] #949658 03/13/11 04:04 AM 03/13/11 04:04 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,214 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,214 Bend,OR USA	Quote: Quote: Quote: Thanks guys,that's what i thought.I'm a little concerned about breaking an axle with a spool. I'll go ahead and answer your next question right here and now. Get good axles too. Stock axles need not apply. Sorry for the dumb question but, can you even get a spool with stock axle spline? I put 35 spline in mine from DR Diff and never looked back the 1970 and later Mopar car Dana 60 came with 35 spline axles stock Last edited by Cab_Burge; 03/15/11 02:17 PM. Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: Cab_Burge] #949659 03/15/11 09:30 AM 03/15/11 09:30 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,629 pa 572charger top fuel
572charger top fuel Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,629 pa	had stock dana 60 1968 [out of my 440 4spd charger r/t] rear in my car for years we changed the gear and axles to run in the 10s ran many 9 sec and and acouple of 8 sec passes with it never hurt the posi ! i dont' know how the after market posi stack up to a factory one . the rear is in 440drivers 70 coronet , i got a moser with a spool now . only difference is i won,t push easy and it wears out tires twice as fast on the street !!! 606 hemi pump gas best 9.60 at 142mph on motor 05 hemi daytona 1500 go-mango 4wd quadcab 2007 hotrod mag pump gas drags runner up, roadkill nights dodge big tire winner 2018 2019 back to back

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: 572charger] #949660 03/15/11 09:54 AM 03/15/11 09:54 AM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 251 bonney lake washington W w2stroker enthusiast
w2stroker enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 251 bonney lake washington	sorry to high jack, but it's a similar ? my car is 685 hp, dana 60 with a detroit locker. the local rearend guru said going to a spool would improve my 60' times. any thoughts our experience with this change

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: w2stroker] #949661 03/15/11 04:51 PM 03/15/11 04:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 236 upstate, New York jvcuda enthusiast
jvcuda enthusiast Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 236 upstate, New York	Interesting question,a locker behaves like a spool,the difference being a spool weighs less.Would that make any difference in the 60ft?I'm guessing not,but would like to here from someone who made the switch.

Re: To spool or not ? [Re: w2stroker] #949662 03/15/11 05:30 PM 03/15/11 05:30 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 511 Temperance, MI 6 68 HEMI GTS mopar
68 HEMI GTS mopar 6 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 511 Temperance, MI	Quote: sorry to high jack, but it's a similar ? my car is 685 hp, dana 60 with a detroit locker. the local rearend guru said going to a spool would improve my 60' times. any thoughts our experience with this change don't see how its gonna make a difference if the locker is working properly and the car hooks and goes straight. i have a detroit locker in my dart, there a tough unit. only thing i could see is a little bit of rotating weight savings.... 68 Dart GTS "HEMI" 10.30 @ 131 pump gas street car 3780# 69 Roadrunner 511 six pack 10.92 drive to track street car

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