Man to be jailed for fitting locked diff...

[isuzurover]

I bet this will make all the hoons out there with minispools or CIG lockers thing twice:

Father pleads guilty over son's death in crash involving illegally modified car - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The court was told Newman paid $200 for modifications to the second-hand car, which prosecutor Adam Hills-Wright said "made it unsuitable for road use, rendered it unroadworthy and dangerous to drive in certain circumstances".

The court heard he fitted a mini-spool, which stop the wheels spinning independently.

Mr Hills-Wright said the modification was "more commonly associated with motorsport" and made one of the wheels "slip or skid on the road surface contributing to the instability of the car".

Or then again maybe not?

[ADMIRAL]

I bet this will make all the hoons out there with minispools or CIG lockers thing twice:

Father pleads guilty over son's death in crash involving illegally modified car - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)



Or then again maybe not?

Not I think. My experience with the owners who install mini spools in road cars, has shown me two things. They have no mechanical empathy, and half a brain.

[Gary S11]

The thing is though, if I dropped my wife'sVY SS comodore back from 3 rd to second as he did,and boot it "asumung I had the traction control turned off" the factory LSD would lock up and behave just like his spool. It really came down to his driving ability or driving for the conditions more than what the spool would do ..my past cars with Detroit lockers in the rear would also behave just the same...it's so sad he has to live with the death of his son

[Vern]

I've always found mini spools horrible to drive in a road car, completely different to an LSD.

[digger]

For what reason would you do this to your car?

only one I can think of...


This man isnt going to jail for just fitting a $200 modification,

he is headed to jail for modifying a car,(making it worse) then driving it at such a speed and in such a manner that he lost control and virtually murdered his son.

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[nismine01]

Who among us has not modified their vehicle in some way, I modified mine, an old Datsun Bluebird, Datsun 1600 motor and gearbox, welded front disc caliper mounts then rallied it.

Digger got it right saying

he is headed to jail for modifying a car,(making it worse) then driving it at such a speed and in such a manner that he lost control and virtually murdered his son.
Man slaughter actually, maybe I just got lucky many years ago.

Mike

[460cixy]

Have driven thousands of Kilometers in sedans with rear ends locked solid and even a range rover at one stage treated with a little respect there fine and more predicable then a Detroit

[isuzurover]

I've always found mini spools horrible to drive in a road car, completely different to an LSD.

x2 Also completely different to a detroit/autolocker IME.

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he is headed to jail for modifying a car,(making it worse) then driving it at such a speed and in such a manner that he lost control and virtually murdered his son.

Yes of course, however if you look back at the original accident witness reports from cars driving behind it says the car was driving normally along a straight road then suddenly started driving erratically and hit a tree. It sounds as if the accident likely wouldn't have occurred if the minispool had not been fitted, and the court ruling and media reports seem to have identified that too.

[PAT303]

I find the whole thing a joke,cars are sold in Australia from new that aren't roadworthy so how is that any different to modifying them?. Pat

[isuzurover]

...cars are sold in Australia from new that aren't roadworthy ???

Which ones would they be PAT?

If you mean the Geely they are legal and roadworthy in WA, which is the only place they can be sold.