Quaife's don't seem very useful for racing, except as a way to smooth out
your driving. Better than an open diff, but you'll still get a lot of wheel
spin, they just transfer some of the power to the ground. They call it
torque biasing.
Personally, I prefer Salisbury rear ends to either, and I can't say that
you've wasted your money since I have all three, and a welded rear end as
well. You might go ahead and try the Quaife, I ran one for three years in
Peyote and did just fine. But I didn't like the way it came out of tight
corners (to be specific, it didn't) so I switched to a Tran-X and never
looked back. I'd offer my alternatives for sale, but I have three TR3 or
TR3-based projects in my shop so I have plans for all of them.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of J.C. Hassall
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 3:49 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [FOT] Detroit Locker
>
> At 11:47 PM 6/19/2006, Mark York wrote:
> >I just finished installing the rear axle with a Detroit
> Locker in the
> >TR3 racer. [....]
>
> OK, now I'm suffering from Locker envy. I had one in my old
> TR4 and absolutely loved it, but understood that they're NLA,
> so I settled for a Quaife. Anybody know of a source, or a
> source of somebody who might know of a source.....
>
> break
>
> Since the "new" TR4 is still on jackstands, I haven't tested
> the Quaife in corners. Can anyone validate my choice with
> their experiences or did I waste my $$$?
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Hassall
> Blacksburg VA
> jhassall@blacksburg.net
> '63 TR4 in autox preparation - 90% finished, 90% to go
>
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