Thread: Detroit Locker Report - Its fitted

Originally Posted by discowhite

dont know if im keen to turn full lock on the side of a gravell hill.

and yes do not fit the detrooit locker in the front of a constant 4x4!

cheers phil

Looks like the Aussies get a little different terrain to us.

I get a lot of semi-formed roads and tracks heading up the side of a hill in a switchback sort of way. From one switchback to the other requires full lock and they're often quite steep.
Vehicles with aggressive LS diffs in the back tend to dig their way around these corners, hopping and chewing up the track.

This is one of the main reasons I'm steering towards selectable lockers, the other is ice where I need to spread traction among four wheels as evenly as possible (i.e. unlocked all around).
So I'm looking for feedback from drivers who've tried auto lockers in this type of situation.

Originally Posted by rick130

The Soft Locker version of the DL is a vast improvement over the old type, which IMO were a frigging horrible, unpredictable, noisy, clanksome device.
The way they cycled from drive to coast on a part throttle was almost unbearable on the race track, (which is the only place I've used the old style) so I can't imagine what they were like on road.

I had No Spins in a HT GTS350 Monaro, much modified, 370 flywheel horsepower on Roberts Racing Engines dyno, a 1970 Dodge Challenger with 426 Hemi, 600+hp, and in Rockwell SSHD's in a White Road Boss with tickled up Detroit 8V92TA. The Road Boss had a NoSpin in each diff and in the central power divider. They worked perfectly. They did make a clanging noise in low speed tight turns. When you got the hammer down you really appreciated the way they locked up and got you moving. I always wanted to try one in a speedway midget as a change from a solid diff but this would have meant a complete change of rear axle. Solid diffs are a PIA except when moving quickly on the dirt.