Hello my old friend! My 2000 SS Camaro returns home. Long read

Justins00ss said:
Detroit Locker. It unlocks and locks (pops) going around corners but no where near as bad as a full spool lol
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Heh heh...gee, that`s close enough to a full spool IMO! Thanks for responding, most guys who say "locker" aren`t set up the way you are :D

And I too think it`s great that your son is getting some hands-on with it. IMO you`re building some great memories there, and instilling some good values too.
 
Used to run lockers in Mustangs I drove (as Accumulator mentioned, 4.56’s are radical on the street). These rear ends can be quite disconcerting if you don’t know what to expect. First one I had was in a Boss 302 and the first time I drove it around the block I’d have sworn the rear end was falling out as it ratcheted around the corner. We’d always look in the junk yards for (N)odular carrier 9 inchers to build these on and of course you had to have 31 spline axles. I’d keep a set up of 3.50’s Limited Slip on the stand for Auto Crossing and 4.56’s Detroit Locker if we were headed to the strip. I know this sounds like a pretty low set of screws but I had both Boss 302’s and Boss 351’s that would run to well over 8000 rpm’s and they’d use every bit of it. If you could live with it they were the best “strip first” but still streetable rear end you could have.
 
Don`t you guys with those diffs find that they can cause issues when cornering (OK, cornering hard), especially in the rain? Eh, I find that even the wrong (conventional) LSD can compromise my driving, but that`s just me and I`m *NOT* flaming or anything..whatever works for you is right for you.

It just kinda reminds me of guys who say that an IRS "doesn`t really make a difference" in how a car handles...that`s simply not my experience.
 
Accumulator said:
Don`t you guys with those diffs find that they can cause issues when cornering (OK, cornering hard), especially in the rain? Eh, I find that even the wrong (conventional) LSD can compromise my driving, but that`s just me and I`m *NOT* flaming or anything..whatever works for you is right for you.

It just kinda reminds me of guys who say that an IRS "doesn`t really make a difference" in how a car handles...that`s simply not my experience.
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Think I kind of addressed the Locker end of this question in my “strip first but still streetable” comment. Lockers are most definitely a compromise on a daily street driven car but are certainly a good option for driving straight lines with some frequency.

Side note here: Many of the factory Electronic Locking Differentials available as original equipment today are set up to unlock after a given mph/rpm is achieved. The one in my F150 unlocks at about 45 mph and then resets when you drop below that speed. Some guys race’em but they’re really designed for out in the dirt low speed use. The people I know that are really racing these trucks wire them so that they are not computer controlled.
 
GearHead1- Guess I don`t think about strip-oriented vehicles being used on the street much. That ability to rewire the electronic ones sounds good, I`m a bit surprised they don`t come with a manual override, at least for UNlocking them.
 


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