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1. [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: westerneagleracing@worldnet.att.net; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:41:34 +0000; I have run my TR-4A (solid axle) in vintage racing for three years with the stock differential with no problems until it lock - unlocked - and then broke completely at Sears Point. I am down to two; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00293.html (7,849 bytes)
2. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:30:58 -0800 (PST); Ron: You are the type of customer we all dream of...cost wasn't a determining factor. A true enthusiast! - Ed westerneagleracing@worldnet.att.net wrote: FOTs I have run my TR-4A (solid axle) in vinta; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00294.html (8,332 bytes)
3. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:38:50 -0800; If you like the standard diff by all means run one, they are the most reliable and cheapest of all the options. detroit lockers work great but they are not particularly reliable. I have no stats to s; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00295.html (8,698 bytes)
4. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Snook" <jsnook@wcnet.org>; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:00:53 -0500; Hey Ron, IMHO, you should go with a welded up stock dif. You'll love it. You can put the power down anywhere you like!! Jeff Snook http://www.snooksdreamcars.com -- Original Message -- From: westerne; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00297.html (8,522 bytes)
5. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: Fubog1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:05:35 EST; I have run my TR-4A (solid axle) in vintage racing for three years with the stock differential with no problems until it lock - unlocked - and then broke completely at Sears Point. I am down to two c; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00298.html (8,953 bytes)
6. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: BillDentin@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:25:25 EST; Boy that has sure not been my experience. I've been racing one since I bought my car in 1979 (and it was a race car when I got it). They often 'clank' like they fell off during a race. To a point whe; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00299.html (8,299 bytes)
7. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: BillDentin@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:26:52 EST; But don't ask me to help push your car around the paddock. I'm getting too old for that. Bill Dentinger _______________________________________________ Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net http://auto; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00300.html (7,761 bytes)
8. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: steve <colordog.1@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:32:26 -0500 (EST); My dad has run the same Detroit Locker unit since the late 60's. It's still in the car and works flawlessly to this day. Smooth driving always helps all things mechanical. ~Steve ____________________; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00301.html (7,484 bytes)
9. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:33:52 -0800; Ran lockers for years and years. In fact as I think about this, I believe my Competition Dept. paid for the original tooling for those devils. No problems at all, cannot remember ever changing out a; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00303.html (10,055 bytes)
10. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:44:37 GMT; Ron, I have broken 2 Detroit lockers in my 10 years of racing, one about 5 years ago and one last year. The first was at Beaverun. The flange that the ring gear mounts to separated from the rest of t; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00304.html (9,650 bytes)
11. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Jim" <britbits@tiu.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:04:20 -0600; Actually, how reliable a welded diff can be is a function of the welder. I had a welded diff pop a weld.. Which then took out the ring gear on my Spitfire. On an autocross car it took a few events to; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00306.html (9,538 bytes)
12. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:58:21 +0100; I have a welded diff too and I race it for two years now. The car balance is great and the tire wear is much less. Moving the car at the paddock is no problem because the engine has enough power. I r; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00307.html (7,751 bytes)
13. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: greg <gtlund@cyberspeedway.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:49:18 -0700; In reference to the broken welds, I always weld sheet metal over the openings in the dif to contain any pieces if a spider weld gives up. It also helps in reducing oil slinging. Greg ________________; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00309.html (8,561 bytes)
14. [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "jrhill" <jrhill@chorus.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:50:16 -0600; Shucks, I was hoping you'd mention the OTHER solution -- the "Handbrake to one Rear Wheel" technique. Jim Hill _______________________________________________ Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net http; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00310.html (8,520 bytes)
15. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:54:30 +0100; Weld it like this: http://www.tr4-racing.de/download/DSCN0926a.jpg _______________________________________________ Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00311.html (8,777 bytes)
16. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:59:07 -0800; That one wheel method really works great when you have regulations that do not allow other methods of reducing the wheel spin. That was the case when I was racing the TR-3, no diff modifications allo; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00312.html (9,407 bytes)
17. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:07:29 -0800; One little bit to add to the last message. I did find a method of locking the diff when we were not allowed a welded part or an alternate diff, I heated the teeth of the spider gears, red hot, then f; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00313.html (9,498 bytes)
18. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:23:44 +0100; Oh yes, at beginning 2005 I had this "handbrake to one wheel" solution. It did work very well and is a real gain in out of corner speed. You can can go flat out on the throttle and control the drift; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00314.html (9,829 bytes)
19. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:25:56 +0100; Forgot to say - Kas encouraged me to use the handbrake to one wheel solution an I am very thankful for that great idea. Oh yes, at beginning 2005 I had this "handbrake to one wheel" solution. It did; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00315.html (9,356 bytes)
20. Re: [Fot] TR 4 Differentials (score: 1): Author: Hugh Barber <tr6nut@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:50:13 -0500; I used that technique last weekend when my wife got our pickup truck stuck in a ditch. Worked like a charm..... _______________________________________________ Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net htt; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00319.html (7,908 bytes)

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