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57hemicuda 04-03-2014 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 544951)
I can either make it work for me -- or at least understand what is going on and become more patient coming out of a turn.


Patients has never been my strong suite. I've run many locker in drag cars, with no ill effects, they do exactly what you want them to do. Its the road courses that I hated, stab the brakes coming into a turn, modulate the throttle through the turn, midway through the turn while on the ragged edge the locker would engage, upsetting the car(and the driver)started a 70mph drift. I never lost it, but came close a few times. Waveloc has smooth as butter through the turns, and grabs good when wide open throttle.

Who knows, maybe its my driving style, I'm always driving beyond my ability.

jarhead 04-03-2014 12:30 PM

good to see the updates

Flash68 04-03-2014 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda (Post 545008)
Patients has never been my strong suite. I've run many locker in drag cars, with no ill effects, they do exactly what you want them to do. Its the road courses that I hated, stab the brakes coming into a turn, modulate the throttle through the turn, midway through the turn while on the ragged edge the locker would engage, upsetting the car(and the driver)started a 70mph drift. I never lost it, but came close a few times. Waveloc has smooth as butter through the turns, and grabs good when wide open throttle.

Who knows, maybe its my driving style, I'm always driving beyond my ability.

This is essentially how all my conversations came out. I talked with many people before I grabbed my locker from Roush a year ago. It really came down to personal preference and driving style. And none of us really know until we try it out.

Sounds like your waveloc has worked out for you. I have read nothing but problems with those things and people going back to true tracs.

Track Junky 04-03-2014 05:36 PM

You should have just bought a NASCAR while you were out there. It would have been less expensive and you'd be driving now. :lol:

J/K Rob.....glad to see some progress :thumbsup:

57hemicuda 04-03-2014 05:46 PM

It is funny how much conflicting info flies around on all the different sites. I have no real dog in the fight, just trying to keep someone from having the same headaches I did.

Can tell you I've seen 1500 hp thrown to a waveloc with stickys with no issues. I have personally swept up the shrapnel, and spent a lot of time cleaning crap out of axle tubes when the truetracs let go. They were stupid HP, slick cars, that should have been running a spool.

I do laugh at myself, hating that locker, but loving the dogring box. They are equally as violent, it just seems you can finesse the trans driving it right. The rear does what it wants when it wants. In the end a good driver can make anything work in his favor, but I ain't that guy.

GregWeld 04-03-2014 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda (Post 545008)
Patients has never been my strong suite




That's good because you probably don't have a medical license.... LOL

57hemicuda 04-03-2014 05:55 PM

I'm loosing my patience with you making me feel stupid, that's twice this week.

GregWeld 04-03-2014 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda (Post 545060)
I'm loosing my patience with you making me feel stupid, that's twice this week.



I did get a good laugh out of it though!!



Can't remember what I was texting the other day -- and the autocorrect made me say something else... and I didn't read it before I hit send... and then it's like --- DANG IT!!

Takes two more texts to correct it.

Track Junky 04-03-2014 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda (Post 545008)
I'm always driving beyond my ability.

This has got to be the second best racing quote I've ever heard next to Weld's "What turn did you lose talent in"

TAC 04-03-2014 06:14 PM

Been waiting for some updates Rob. Looking good, the rear tire is right where it should be.
I run Detroits front and rear in my Bronco and there is nothing like......
"Steering by Detroit"
Is that pump in the 9" just for the cooler?
On some of the race cars I used to work on we used an external pump and dry sumped the diff and trans similar to an engine setup.


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