BlueStang

I just recently read in a magazine that the mustang's can only spin one wheel at a time with the type of rearend it has. My question is, is this true all the time, or just when traction control is on. </P>


My 2000 gt spinsboth tires when i burnout or anything like that. When i bought it, it had a lot of mods already done, and i was just wondering if the previous owner installed a locking differential of if this was stock.</P>


Thanks a lot </P>


Kyle</P>

Jugador1

withtraction controlon they can both spin but u gotta rev real high and dump it, therefore it can spin more than one at a time. and what the hell is a locking differential? ive heard of limited slip (which i believe would give more power to the wheel with more traction when one is spinningright?) but locking? someone explain that to me.</P>

BlueStang

Thanks Jugador. Actually i can spin both tires below 2000 rpm in 2nd gear if i hit it fast enough. So i dont know whats going on or what i have.</P>


The magazine i was referring to is the august Hotrod magazine. On page 54 it talks about the Detroit c-locker. The whole article is about cheap bolt on's for mustang gt's. It says "The locker design will never let just one tire spin;one tire may spin faster than the ring gear to allow wheelspeed differences when cornering, but neither wheel may ever turn slower than the ring gear. It's guaranteed power to both meats in any circumstance".</P>


Kyle</P>

Jugador1

that sounds mad sweet...wonder if it's problematic at times though

converted

Detroit lockers are common on the saturday night circle track scene. They "lock up" the rear on the straights so that both rear wheels will spin. In the turns, they act like an "open" rear so that only one wheel will spin. If you have a posi and try turning at high speeds on an oval, you better be named Kinser or something. That rear end is gonna end up in the fence like Dale Jr. at Chicagoland.

awwimer

a locker locks the spider gears in sequence. If onle the one spins faster it will allow you to turn without chirping your tires unlike a spool that completly mates them. But the anwser to your original question is it is basically a limited slip but called something difernt (traction lock)</P>


it has a clip the pushes the spider gears out to engage both tires in a strait away but also allows one tire to spin at a difernt rate to allow you to turn. your inside tire allways turns slower because it has less distance to travel. Your traction controll has no play in this. All it does is with sensors let you know when your tires are spinning and pull out cylnders to slow them down tell the spinning stops. Like anti lock brakes but the opposite. (one engages when tires spin slower and one engages when tires spin faster.) </P>

03Muskrat

I have read the same thing about the mustangs only spinning one wheel, i dont exactly believe this cuz i have the stock traction-loc thing in the back except for a set of gears and it always spins both tires in first second and third gear regardless of rpm

Dan04COBRA

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LMFAO! Great post man, made me laugh out loud <IMG src=smileys/smiley2.gif border="0"></P>

redneck101

Mine never has spun 1 tire, even going around a wet corner, then punching it.

jeep45238

Actually, traction control attempts to kill engine power by retarding timing and messing with the A/F to keep you from spinning the tires excessively.</P>


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It is a matter of mechanics, not electronics. If you do not have a limited slip or a locker of some sort (A.K.A., you have an open), you will spin one tire when doing a burn out.</P>


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So Kyel, you either have a factory limited slip or an aftermarket diff.</P>