1969 Torino

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

I used that exact same pile of parts on my Mustang. That third member looks exactly the same, pump and all. My only advise I would give, is to take that soft locker out before you install it, there is NOTHING soft about it. Its action was so violent in the turns when it engaged and disengaged that it upset the car. A few times when I was on the ragged edge it started to spin the car. Just my experience, and I was running street tires, replaced it with a Waveloc which worked great. Sucked, had to resaftey wire all those ARP bolts.

I can show how to fix those tire clearance issues, it only requires sawzall and a welder. LOL

I learned on my recent road trip ---- that a locker rear end wants to push the car STRAIGHT when you get on the gas and lock it up. Brian Hobaugh was having to be patient and WAIT to get back into the throttle after doing those crazy U turns in the Auto X....

While we know that we're not supposed to be back on throttle until we are "straight"... Another guy we all know -- Danny Popp -- has a funny motto -- "never straight - but always forward". BOTH of these guys are about as fast as a guy can get. Completely different driving styles.

Funny the little things you learn when hanging out at the right places. The Mustang has a locker -- and I never knew about the "pushing straight".... now that I know -- 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.