[Shotimes] Welded Spider Gear?

[Ron Porter]

Then you learn what a few guys have already found out.....the axles are the
next weakest link, then followed by the weak 3rd gear (well, mostly for
blower cars on that one!!).

Clamping down the front suspension, and locking the rear suspension to
prevent squat, would probably do more for 1/4 mile times than anything. With
enough launch rpm, you spin both front tires anyway. 

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jim Heaton
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:18 AM
To: Kerby Haltom; SHOTimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Welded Spider Gear?


Even in RWD, the tires want to go different speed
around corners, yet it worked much better than an open
diff for him. I suppose it would probably understeer
badly in a tight corner.

Seems like you'd do as well or BETTER than a Quaife
at the drag strip...

-Jim
--- Kerby Haltom <kerbyh@netzero.net> wrote:
> That would work great if you only went in a strait
> line.  You have to have 
> some slip in there, or you can't turn in a FWD. 
> That's why a Quaife is 
> called a Limited Slip, not a no slip...
> 
> Kerby
> 
> At 11:25 AM 9/20/03 -0700, Jim Heaton wrote:
> >This reminds me. A buddy of mine used to race
> Datsuns
> >and got better performance by welding the spider
> gear
> >for a poor mans posi.
> >
> >Does that work for FWD? Anyone tried it on a track
> >car? Kind of a poor-man's Quaffie
> >
> >-Jim
> >
> > >The pinion shafts THEMSELVES can/will gall on the
> > >spider gears, and break themselves (I remember
> seeing
> >
> > >sergio's at the 99 convention, looked like
> somebody
> > >had put it on a lathe and milled out .100" off
> the
> > >center!) where it broke.
> >
> >
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