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I no longer have posi traction, how bad it that?

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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:30 PM
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I no longer have posi traction, how bad it that?

Will it hurt the performance of the car and how can I fix it.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:37 PM
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Get a 12 bolt
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:39 PM
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yeah, thats bad. Need a new posi unit.
Time to upgrade to 12 bolt or Moser 9 inch.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:40 PM
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Well... it's not too bad. I mean it won't affect driving car around town or anything. But what happened is your auburn carrier has chewed itself up enough where it won't grab for posi. It's kind of hard to explain, but that kind of carrier bites into itself on either side and that is how it provides posi(along with the springs and other stuff). It sounds like your carrier has no more bite left. If I were you, I would buy an Eaton carrier cuz unlike the auburn carrier, the Eatons are rebuildable. But your performance loss will be bad. These cars don't even like to hook up with both tires turning, much less just one. It's not the end of the world though thank god.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:46 PM
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How much will it cost to get it fixed, if I was to go get 12 bolt.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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12 bolts are $2k up to $3,500. A take off limited slip from SLP is $99.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 05:52 PM
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Unfortunately, they are expensive 1800 to 2500
If you are bucks down you might try to rebuild the stocker but they are notoriously weak. I have gotten mine to live with 3.73s and a TA rear end girdle but I run street tires all the time and as long as your spinnin your rear should be fine, if you run a full slick and get the car to hook you will grenade the rear in a relatively short time.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 06:39 PM
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yeah you can get a zexel torsen diff from slp for 99$ you can somewhat strengthen the 10 bolt but if you buy full slicks one day you may as well invest in a 12 bolt or 9 inch
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 07:26 PM
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i am not planning of getting slicks, my car does not have big mods so it does not hava a lot of power and i have 2:73s at the back. I was thinking of getting 3:42s and stronger carrier, if i did that would that fix my posi problem
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 07:44 PM
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Go with 3.73's and an Eaton carrier.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 07:52 PM
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you mean both wheels don't burn?

when my auburn wore out, it still locked up both wheels...all the time! no limited slip

the SLP take off is way better, which is what is in there now, w/ 3.73s
Old Jun 24, 2003 | 12:58 AM
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I tried doing a dounut and there was only one tire mark. Also my car is 93 z28 and 3:73s I think will be bit to much for me.
Old Jun 24, 2003 | 01:22 AM
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I would pull another straight line hole shot just to be sure. Maybe when doing the donut the inside tire picked up a bit and did'nt leave a mark.
Old Jun 24, 2003 | 01:52 AM
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Yep, when I had my 2.73's my 315 nitto's snapped my posi. I went with 3.73's and an SLP torsen(take off) differential. So far everything has held together fine.
Old Jun 24, 2003 | 04:30 AM
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I think my posi may be going also. Can somebody explain what the slp torsen(take off) is exactly. Or why it is so cheap? Also how do the gears work with it. You still gotta buy those right?



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