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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:22 pm 
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:13 pm 
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i love how all the drift kings pop there heads up and tell everyone how your gonna lose control. Coz they know best. rah rah rah..... shut the f**k up.

Mini spools are very predictable! If u give it s**t, u know its gonna swing the a** out. In some ways thats safer!

The only reason i have an lsd in my car is because of the extra tyre wear a minispool would use.

There used to be a product called LOKKA, for 4wd air lockers, but they also do borg warners... I think its roughly 600 bucks, same price as a good nick lsd. I dont know anyone who has a lokka in there falcon tho.
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:00 pm 
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Ive got a minispool coming my way.. should be arriving tomorrow... interesting to read these mixed reactions. Ive got a single spinner and really don't like it... loose traction way too easy. I know an LSD would be the way to go, but with wagons, the price for those are even more (rare).
I know you can buy LSD hemisphere and stick that in blah blah blah... but a minispool is easier and cheaper. As for dangerous. I think the minispool would be alot more predictable, sure dangerous when no traction in the wet. But there would be alot more traction on take offs (in the wet).
I can only really see tyre wear been the main issue, then there's the getting used to wet driving with a minispool. oh and the legalities involved.


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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:08 pm 
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a spool is as dangerous as a new lsd, so if you know how to drive it wou;ld be fine also as some one said its more predictable which is also safer, every C*** is just sooking cos its illegal, any C*** who cant drive is gonna crash with or with out a lsd so who cares its there own fault.


any one with 18" wheels on there standard falcon that came out with 15' rims has an illegal car its dangerous.

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:22 pm 
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*SMART a*** REMARK* they're just whinging cos they're jealous :P he he


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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:29 pm 
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sickd wrote:
a spool is as dangerous as a new lsd, so if you know how to drive it wou;ld be fine also as some one said its more predictable which is also safer, every C*** is just sooking cos its illegal, any C*** who cant drive is gonna crash with or with out a lsd so who cares its there own fault.


any one with 18" wheels on there standard falcon that came out with 15' rims has an illegal car its dangerous.


haha you rock.

Enjoy ur spool justfordima.. :D and enjoy the tyre bill :P.
also start saving for a new axle :)
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:36 pm 
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well i had a locker in for 9 months and thrashed the f**k out of my car everyday, even went in burnout comps, had 5 people in it, did u-turns, reversed while turning, drove it to work everyday, all the things your not supposed to do with a mini spool and never hurt an axle, when i pulled them out after 7 months they hadnt even started to turn the splines.

dude as long as you realise you have to treat your car with a little more respect then before you will love a mini spool, dont let the guys who couldnt drive a nail home with a fry pan put you off.

as for being so illegal, pfft, let em prove its a locker and not just a tight lsd.

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:56 pm 
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blackjack_original wrote:
Whats a minispool??? Something like a welded diff?

http://www.fordmods.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=575
yobbo, spools/minispools and lockers are 2 different creatures

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:37 am 
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intercepter, please dont take this as a dig at yourself, but.....


whether its welded or spooled, the end result is the same.
i agree spool's arnt for everyone, but to just say they will cause you to crash and blah blah blah is just a bit over the top, sure they can be more dangerous then an open centre but then again a standard car in the wrong hands can be a weapon, just have to learn to adjust your driving style to suit, hell, my mrs drove my car all the time as well, including in the wet, but she was sensible and didnt drive like a d**k and all is well.

 

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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:27 pm 
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well ive got my spool. and probly putting it in at trade skool this week if dad finishes the shed tomro. thanks to all those C*** who think im gunna crash good to see the encouragment. just cause ive got a spool doesnt mean im going to put it in and then hold it flat as soon as i drive out or the shed. ive drivin a couple of cars wit mini spools actually thats wat i first learnt in for the first few weeks i got me Ls. any catch you fully sick no it all C*** later
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driftomatic wrote:
catch you fully sick no it all C*** later


ahh the innocence, vast wisdom and experience of youth......

if you only pay attention to one bit of advice this year, this is the one:

"learn from other peoples mistakes, you wont live long enough to make them all yourself"

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:09 am 
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and we'll never hear from him again....
are we gonna get him a wreath??? i think not!!!

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:54 pm 
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Wanted to get a mini spool put in my ef but not to sure if i want to now after reading some comments im not sure if i wonna risk the axcel breaking. what would be the best thing to put in was thinking a lsd but not to sure how much they are to put in or if they are legal
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:46 am 
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Kaaz or a True Trac. Had a spool. Ended bad. Never again.

 

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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:51 pm 
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Nice thread mine....8 years....... :wink:

 

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