Locker or LSD?

I've been DD'ing a autolocker for years now.  I sure as heck would NOT want one in a roadrace vehicle.  Dragrace or dirttrack car, maybe.

There's probably a good supply of used factory LSD's for cheap, with everybody stepping up w/ autolocker or selectable locker.

You don't see many sports cars with lockers.  That should tell you something about their relative merits for road racing.

If you weld it up, expect some understeer at turn in if you don't "set" the car at entry to unload the inside rear wheel....you might find a softer suspension helps, i.e. if you lower and stiffen the car with sticky tires, you might have to "dirt track" it in tighter corners, maybe with some left foot brake.

don't lock or weld it, just better off open. I have a Scout of 44's wit a Detroit and a weld rear, it would suck if my track car has the same divablity.

I sure don't want to be racing next to you if you are on LSD

We race on a welded diff. 

I would prefer an LSD but they are expensive.  I am still working on a cheap LSD option.

If I could come up with a cheap and reliable LSD, I would run on.

A stock LSD for a Jeep would probably be good for you guys.

We run a welded diff in the Uncontrollable Mustang. Front tire wear is a bigger issue than the rears. You will learn to drive with the gas pedal in order to get the vehicle to go from understeer to neutral or oversteer.

The big difference between running a locker on the street and the track is that the locker will become predicatble on the track. Since you are running the same turns, repeatedly, you will figure out what the vehicle is going to do at each point of the track. Your driving style will adjust accordingly, as you learn what the vehicle is going to do before it does it. On the street, you never know what is going to come up.

Just my .02

if there are cheap lsds, do that.  or weld your pinion to your ring gear. 

I run a locker on my track car and its the hot setup for the car. Its got a live axle and leaf springs in the rear. BRE (The real Brock Racing Enterprises)  did it with their Datsun roadsters for years. I run the car on the street as well. It does tend to make the back end slide through corners, but once you learn how to drive it, it can be very fast.

Set up the rear suspension on the soft side, and use a big front anti sway bar.

Will

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