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Detroit true track
thermidorthelobster:
--- Quote from: "Eeyore" ---If memory serves, Trasher has had expereince of the Detroit.
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Is that a Freudian slip?
lambert:
So what we are saying is that for general fit and forget use a pair of friction slip diffs will be on top of most situations?
and for when they aint get a rope!
barny:
I'm lost :oops:
Range Rover Blues:
True trac types, the Auto Torque Biasing are also popular on track day cars due to being less severe than friction type LSDs, as the later can be too severe. Steer with the throttle anyone?
What I dislike about the Detroit Locker is that effectively it is a locked up dif with no planet gears, rather it has a freewheel mechanism that needs grip in both wheels to 'unlock' the faster-moving wheel. So in a turn on highway the outside wheel is no-longer driving. This will induce some understeer and explains why Detroit Lockers CANNOT be used in the front axle. On a vehicle with an LSD or viscous centre diff the increased differnence in axle speeds may also cause problems.
For me it has to be ARB air lockers. There whne you want, not there when you don't. Switchable even when driving, positive, reliable.
There are situations when having a locked up diff makes thing worse and a Detroit locker doesn't give you the choice.
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: "Bigbluemaverick" ---So what we are saying is that for general fit and forget use a pair of friction slip diffs will be on top of most situations?
and for when they aint get a rope!
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Generally...
Friction LSDs are the best for fit and forgeting (which is why a lot of manufactures use them), a true trac (with left foot braking) will generally go further and a manual locking diff takes the most effort from the driver, but will go the furthest.
As for being on top of most situations, over 90% of the time an open diff with a little momentum is enough in my experiance, but then for some people that 10% of the time is much more important.
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