[Fot] Limited Slip Unit

[Kas Kastner]

I'll agree there.  the locker does not fit street use or wet weather very 
much due to the locking and unlocking when the wheels slip in the wet 
surface, but on the track, tough parts and great performance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Van Vlack" <jerryvv at roadrunner.com>
To: <WEmery7451 at aol.com>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Limited Slip Unit


> Bill, I had a Detroit Locker installed in a street TR4A and I can say it 
> was a huge mistake. Track is one thing, street is another thing all 
> together. Maybe it would behave differently in a solid axle car but in my 
> case when I'd get on the gas I could jump an entire lane of trafic without 
> moving the wheel. Same when I got off the gas. Maybe other things were 
> contributing as well, I don't know but if he wants to drive his TR3 on the 
> highway I'd tell him to think twice before doing so or at the least be 
> ready for some wild rides.
>
> JVV
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <WEmery7451 at aol.com>
> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 3:53 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Limited Slip Unit
>
>
>> Dear FOT,
>>
>> Back in the mid-60s, Bix Durbin flipped his TR-3 end over end, and 
>> decided to
>> hang up his racing efforts.  I bought his limited slip unit, and raced 
>> with
>> it for a few years until I stripped the teeth off of the pinion gear.  I 
>> then
>> went to the welded up differentials.
>>
>> I recently gave this unit to Dan Styduhar, who has been helping me work 
>> on my
>> car for the last several years.  Dan has also headed up the SAE Baja 
>> racing
>> program for many years on the Pittsburgh branch campus of Penn State.  He 
>> wants
>> to install this unit in his TR-3 for autocrosses, hill climbs, and 
>> possible
>> vintage racing; and would like to know who manufactured this unit.
>>
>> I realize that I can't send an attachment of pictures to the list.  Are 
>> there
>> FOTers who would be willing to look at the pictures and try to identify 
>> the
>> manufacturer of this unit?  I could send the photos to them individually.
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