So you drove the welded diff on the street.  How long did your rear tyres last?

Wayne wrote:

> > >
> > > Does a welded diff run alright on the track, or is it only good for the
> > > drags.  Does the metal need to be heat treated after welding or can
> > > anyone weld it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Adam Rowe
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >  Adam,
>         I have found that a locked diff (or BOC Blue flame spool as we used
> to call it)
>  felt much better than an LSD. It wasn't in a datsun, but a commodore (my
> current
> 1600 has a locker, but I havn't driven it yet), and it handled like it was
> on rails.
> I had an LSD in it for a while, but I don't think it felt as good, then
> again, I had the
> locker in for about 3 years , and being a street driven car  I was very used
> to it
> as i drove it every day.
> The can be a pain in the butt on the street as it can feel jerky doing tight
> (slow) corners
> and u turns. The only real problem I ever had was snapping passenger side
> axles which
> didn't happen too often., But it made great every gear single wheel skids
> after that.
>  We never heat treated the gears prior to welding. Just find someone who can
> weld GOOD.
>                                 -Wayne.
>

--
Adam Rowe
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