Anyone running a spool in their car?

[Quikstang]

My car is down until summer, putting another tranny and rear end in it. I am thinking about just ditching all the posi - bull and throwing a spool, some good axles and maybe stepping down to 3.55's. I have heard bad things about spools on the street in the rain, but my car is light duty, weekend warrior... There is probably a 5% chance I will ever get caught in the rain on drag radials... Just seeing if anyone else has chose the relatively cheap route on building a rear end.
p.s -- oh yea, and what is the difference in a regular spool and a mini-spool?
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[blackened88lx]

A mini spool replaces the internals of the differential to achieve a full time lock. A full spool replaces the whole differential with what's basically a solid chunk of metal. A full spool is stronger. I have never owned or driven a vehicle with a spool, so I can't say from experience, but I have heard it's not so great for anything but a straight line.

 

[GTOreturns]

Theres a few guys in here that have them in there daily drivers. I wouldnt !

 

[mob]

If your in the rear end, and its a weekend car, I would do it in a heartbeat.

 

[Modular2v]

have one in mine and love it

 

[86bluecobra]

I was thinking about installing one but even in the summer we get a lot of rain and i would hate to put that car in the ditch.

 

[ronburgundy]

ya the extra dollars for an auburn pro or an eaton would seem like nothing compared to ditching your car.

 

[Mustang78]

if the trac loc is slipping, i'd rebuild it..it will work fine for drag racing(especially when new), and still work properly on the street, i rebuilt mine a month ago and love it

~Mark~

 

[86bluecobra]

I have the kit to rebuild mine down stairs. Just waiting for a nice day to take the rear apart. Never rebuilt one before this should be interesting.

 

[Mustang78]

it's easy, i had to remove the steel shim behind each spider gear for it to totate back together with the 2 extra friction plates..test fit that pin before installing into the car, i had to grind the flatspots all the way to the top and bottom of the pin, on both sides

~Mark~

 

[86bluecobra]

thx for the info. I'll remember to test fit that before i reinstall it.