does good traction = $$$$?

My buddy has a 347 and 5 leaf mid eyes,KYB's and Shelby under riders and on a 255/50/16 drag radial can cut a 1.6 60 ft.

I agree about the comment about lockers. I would never have one in a street car. I think they are good for off road rigs and the drag strip. If your going to drive it around town or to cruise night etc, you probably won't like the locker. I prefer traction lock differentials.

The upgraded GT springs work nicely. I have them on my car and really like them. You can also go with the stiffer 4.5 leaf etc. I have Lakewood traction bars and they work pretty well, but I don't run slicks. The traction master bars are a great way to go. There is also a good one called Cal Trac I think, that is similar to them.

Caltracs work great but I have no idea how they work on a road course setting. Even on the street I have tons of traction.

Never minded my Locker on the street. Hell, my car has a spool now, doesn't really bother me that much either. Car is too loud to hear it dragging the inside tire. LOL

my buddy also has a detroit locker, cant even tell its in there.I was expecting to be noisy, but its not.

Rusty67 said:

Lockers aren't really great for street use. You can always have a track-loc upgraded to handle the extra power.

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Some people say that, and that's why I mentioned true trac. However, I've heard that modern lockers are better than they used to be.

Where can you get a trac-loc that can handle slicks? I would think that if you had that strong of a trac-loc, it would behave like a locker or worse any way. I've heard from people that put stronger springs in their trac-loc and changed the arrangement of steels and frictions that they drag inner wheels in parking lots just like the guys with spools.