Slant Six Forum :: Runnin a spool on the street?

... Also broke a 8 3/4 Mopar axle in a 65 Valiant with a 273 motor...

I bet that was interesting.

I will second DD's opinion about the inside tire "chirping" its way around any corner you take.....because it will be trying to spin as fast as the outside tire is. We built a 68 pro street elcamino, and that thing would make the M/T's bark something fierse. Just my 2cents
Andrew/Kidd

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What's the worse you could do? Lose an axle?

Yep, and if under power (which is when it would usually break), the car will make a hard turn to the side of the broken axle. You will try to correct for the turn effect, and let off the throttle at the same time. Then the car will try to make a hard turn in the oposite dirrection. Ask me how I know.

Or you could be driving on wet road, and go straight, when the road curved.

Running a spool, or welded spiders on the street is in the realm of, "just becuase you can, should you."

Author:	BigBlockBanjo [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:45 pm ]
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... Also broke a 8 3/4 Mopar axle in a 65 Valiant with a 273 motor... I bet that was interesting.

Author:	Charrlie_S [ Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:52 am ]
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Quote: ... Also broke a 8 3/4 Mopar axle in a 65 Valiant with a 273 motor... I bet that was interesting. Actually, I wasn't driving. I had sold the car (drag only), and went to the track with the new owner, to help him get familiar with the car. I made one run, then he got in it. When he launched, it pulled right. It took 3 tries to find the problem. Finally noticed, the car was doing left wheel only burnouts. PS: car would got 12.7's at about 108 mph.

Author:	Doctor Dodge [ Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:52 pm ]
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The thing about a locked diff is that it will squeal the tires as you go around a corner, even when you are not on the throttle. You are really just spinning the inside tire "in place" but it still squeals like your doing a burn-out so watch for cops. DD

Author:	greasy 225 [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:28 am ]
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Again, thanks for the replys, all good info. I did end up buyin one and gears(3.55's and a change to 215/75x14 tires)so we'll see how she turns out in a week or 2. Thanks. -Jesse

Author:	Kidd [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:51 am ]
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I will second DD's opinion about the inside tire "chirping" its way around any corner you take.....because it will be trying to spin as fast as the outside tire is. We built a 68 pro street elcamino, and that thing would make the M/T's bark something fierse. Just my 2cents Andrew/Kidd

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Author:	slantzilla [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:18 pm ]
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Quote: I will second DD's opinion about the inside tire "chirping" its way around any corner you take.....because it will be trying to spin as fast as the outside tire is. We built a 68 pro street elcamino, and that thing would make the M/T's bark something fierse. Just my 2cents Andrew/Kidd I've had a spool and 4.56 gears in my red car. It did not drag or chirp when turning with 245-60X15 ET Streets. It did widen the turning radius slightlty, but not too bad.

Author:	MorganGT [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:01 am ]
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Quote: Quote: What's the worse you could do? Lose an axle? ! Yep, and if under power (which is when it would usually break), the car will make a hard turn to the side of the broken axle. You will try to correct for the turn effect, and let off the throttle at the same time. Then the car will try to make a hard turn in the oposite dirrection. Ask me how I know. Or you could be driving on wet road, and go straight, when the road curved. Running a spool, or welded spiders on the street is in the realm of, "just becuase you can, should you." I've run a welded centre on the street - it was in the car when I bought it (Datsun 1600 - known in the US as a Datsun 510). Was a pain in the wet, and the car went through rear tyres at an alarming rate, scrubbing all the tread off them in a week or so! I broke the right hand diff side gear being a bit enthusiastic one night, which left me with 100% drive to the left rear. At full throttle the car required quite a bit of left lock on the steering to counteract its tendency to pull hard to the right, and jumping off the throttle would make it want to turn hard left due to the engine braking. I experimented a bit on the drive home and found that accelerating hard up to 60 mph then jumping off the gas would change the balance of the car so much I needed more than 1/2 a turn change of lock on the steering to compensate, and the tail of the car would 'wag' sideways by a couple of feet with the tyres squealing!

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