Suregrip
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 3:58 pm
What type/make l.s.d is best for an 8 3/4 rear axle?
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 4:21 pm
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 4:47 pm
They are all good.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 5:03 pm
Apart from the bad ones.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 5:17 pm
...and the ones in between...........
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 5:25 pm
I dunno, a man asks a serious question....
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 5:33 pm
More data required - Buying new, second hand, budget....
New clutch type ones are probably the best, then there is the Detriot locker style......I'll get me coat.
New clutch type ones are probably the best, then there is the Detriot locker style......I'll get me coat.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 5:49 pm
I must behave.
Anyway, the only experience I have is of a Mopar Performance replacement Sure-Grip, which I gave plenty of stick for three months then sold the car, but I've heard of them doing over 100,000 miles on the original clutches...but I suppose that depends on how hard you use it.
Anyway, the only experience I have is of a Mopar Performance replacement Sure-Grip, which I gave plenty of stick for three months then sold the car, but I've heard of them doing over 100,000 miles on the original clutches...but I suppose that depends on how hard you use it.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 7:00 pm
I'd rather spend a bit more and get a good'un. It's more street than strip. Want something reliable. If that exists.....
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 7:06 pm
Quite seriously Bish, I would go for the standard MP replacement,
Although other companies like Richmond have a great reputation for their crown wheel and pinion gear sets, I've heard that people find their LSD's a bit of a pain on the street (I think it's called a Powertrax)...the same goes for some of the ratchet style lockers, they are very effective, but a Sure-Grip is virtually undetectable... even when you floor it you don't get any clicks and clunks, just grip or both wheels spinning depending on your power output and if you are using Cooper Cobra tyres!
I await to be corrected, but that's my opinion.
Although other companies like Richmond have a great reputation for their crown wheel and pinion gear sets, I've heard that people find their LSD's a bit of a pain on the street (I think it's called a Powertrax)...the same goes for some of the ratchet style lockers, they are very effective, but a Sure-Grip is virtually undetectable... even when you floor it you don't get any clicks and clunks, just grip or both wheels spinning depending on your power output and if you are using Cooper Cobra tyres!
I await to be corrected, but that's my opinion.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 7:51 pm
Ivor , what's wrong with the 'powr lok', or do you mean the 'trac lok'?
Trac lok came in after the powr lok & was considered not as good.
Trac lok came in after the powr lok & was considered not as good.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 08 8:04 pm
fit a spool & be done with it- thats the advice I was given 
(race only- wont be able to park at asda anymore)
(race only- wont be able to park at asda anymore)Posted: Fri Feb 08, 08 9:34 am
The Powr Lok is the Salisbury diff isn't it?..I had one in my Mini Cooper years ago...with that and the straight cut gears it didn't half make a racket...what's more you could hardly steer the car until the oil warmed up!Adam68 wrote:Ivor , what's wrong with the 'powr lok', or do you mean the 'trac lok'?
Trac lok came in after the powr lok & was considered not as good.
It was the Powertrax differential that I'd heard a few iffy things about...noisy on the street and springs popping out of the unit.
The Auburn Supergrip is supposed to be good, I think they are about 400 quid a pop the Mopar Performance direct replacement is about 100 quid cheaper.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 08 9:35 am
Whoops...touch of Parkinsons on the keyboard! 
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 08 9:55 am
Detroit Locker 