[Shotimes] Sunday car show burnout!

[Ron Porter]

Frankly, I'm a bit curious about the Rickety solution of putting a band
around the diff to hold the pins in.

I have nothing against the Quaife. For dedicated track or auto-x guys, or
cars that will be kept for a long time, they are great. For a $2,500 SHO
(well, I have about $3,500 in mine), once-a-year track days don't justify
the $2,500 Quaife+install expense.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Doucette [mailto:Kirk.doucette@verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:24 PM
To: Donald Mallinson; 'V8 SHO Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Sunday car show burnout!


? The roll pin that holds the diff pin in, wears-breaks and lets the diff
pin float, grind, wear through things until is gets caught, and SHOBOOM

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:05 PM
To: 'V8 SHO Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Sunday car show burnout!

Ron,

I know that the open diff can sometimes lay two patches, and
I was glad to see that mine happened to do that, but that is
about 50% of the time.  I have watched hundreds of "burns"
at the convention drags, and most of the time is is just ONE
wheel.

Why the diff goes is anyone's guess.  The people that make
them say that one wheel spinning is not good for them, but
they can't lay the blame there all the time.

I know we talked to lots of people in the past that swear
they never did a one-wheel spin and the diff still went!

Still, I like my Quaife, and any non-quaife SHO won't come
close to staying with me, no matter how much power they
have, coming out of a low speed corner on a track!

No feeling equals the first corner you can hammer at full
throttle without having the inside tire burn, or having to lift.

Add to that the knowledge that my tranny won't go belly up
is well worth the price, for a car you plan on keeping.

Don Mallnson

Ron Porter wrote:
> And, before I let this go.......!!!
>
> Don said he laid down two tire stripes, which I have also done on many an
> occasion.....no extra diff work requires when you do that.
>
> So, the answer is.....don't do a half-ass burnout, go for the gold and
spin
> both tires!!  ;-)
>
> Ron Porter