Line lockers?

[MAC-VN]

ok guys i got offered line lockers n minispool all installed for 400 is it wrothe it

anyone here have line lockers iv neva had chance to try em are they good

[STEALTHY™]

What is the purpose of the car?

Burnout car?
100% Street car?


If you never do burnouts, theres no need for a line locker.
The price is good (considering a proper line locker kit is $200, and the spool is $100ish)

Line lockers are good for burnouts, flick the switch, and back brakes are off. Meaning easily spinning the wheels.

[MAC-VN]

What is the purpose of the car?

Burnout car?
100% Street car?


If you never do burnouts, theres no need for a line locker.
The price is good (considering a proper line locker kit is $200, and the spool is $100ish)

Line lockers are good for burnouts, flick the switch, and back brakes are off. Meaning easily spinning the wheels.

gonna do burnouts n street car so yeah its my prject u rekon its wroth me getting it

[STEALTHY™]

gonna do burnouts n street car so yeah its my prject u rekon its wroth me getting it

Yep. My car is a street car that has burnout duties when i can be bothered going to the comps, so its with it for me to have one.

[daron]

i know someone with a line locker and he loves it
if you plan to do long burnouts this is a good thing so your brakes don't glow red and burnout

[STEALTHY™]

Who Daz ?

[MAC-VN]

so i take it i shud get it done
cos if i change cars i can always take it out

[daron]

come on nathan have a think hehehe

i would leave it in when selling it wouldnt be worth thr headache taking it out unless ya can find a brake dude to do it cheep

[Morton]

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend uninstalling a line locker. I assume, for safety's sake, you'd want to run a whole new brake line to each side. At least you wouldn't have to run them to the back, I guess

[daron]

the one i know is done under the bonnet (propper B&M) its tapped into the brake metal tubes
ya dont even notice its there

[Morton]

Yeah, and the point is, if you ever want to remove the line locker, you have to completely replace the brake lines

[Fun_Bucket]

Question, if your driving and then stop, and apply the line locker, is it effective immediately, regardless of any pressure or fluid remaining in the lines?...I've always wondered...

[Morton]

It locks the lines with however much pressure is applied downstream at the time.

If you activate the line locker with brakes disengaged, the front brakes are locked off.
If you activate the line locker with brakes engaged, the front brakes are locked on.

[centy]

read up on the comments in the forums about spools first and search the web.
don't listen to stealthy he is just plain wrong.
There are always a small number of people who believe in faires and the spools don't affect the way your car handles.

[azkwazere]

read up on the comments in the forums about spools first and search the web.
don't listen to stealthy he is just plain wrong.
There are always a small number of people who believe in faires and the spools don't affect the way your car handles.

man... if there in one guy who knows spools its stealthy...

aZk.

[STEALTHY™]

read up on the comments in the forums about spools first and search the web.
don't listen to stealthy he is just plain wrong.
There are always a small number of people who believe in faires and the spools don't affect the way your car handles.

Oh get over yourself. You were wrong, deal with it.

Lets back track abit, you linked me to several forums with other comments about spools, ALL of which the comments posted, the people actually said they had never driven a car with a spool, and were just describing it from a passengers point of view, ie, no ****in idea!

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII have a spool in the car i drive to work. I drive it.......I feel how the car handles, and i know the characteristics. If you want to take someones word who has been told what to think, then do so, but keep your 'my mates uncles dads cousin says' to yourself, and let the people WITH experience help those who don't yet have it


Either way, next time read the thread, he's asking about a line locker. He just had a quote which included the spool (which he hasn't asked about.....)

[georgeonboost]

i might get a line locker and try it in a few weeks. might sound like im going off topic here, but i also have a spool and drive it daily and have no problems at all. for people that havn't actually driven with a spool, don't go by what other people tell you. make your own decision. im with Stealthy all the way....spools are simply the best.

George

[Morton]

I love spools. Driven two cars with them, and if you can handle a car they don't create any issues.

That said, I find they generate a little understeer - but that's to be expected when both rear wheels are forcing the car in a straight line

Nothing that can't be corrected with some right foot, though


Awesome example: I believe V8 Supercars aren't allowed any sort of slip in their differentials. i.e. they all run full spools. And those cars don't seem to have any handling dramas.

[STEALTHY™]

Awesome example: I believe V8 Supercars aren't allowed any sort of slip in their differentials. i.e. they all run full spools. And those cars don't seem to have any handling dramas.

Correct. But V8 supercars having spools is about as real as 'faires' (whatever that is....)

[daron]

It locks the lines with however much pressure is applied downstream at the time.

If you activate the line locker with brakes disengaged, the front brakes are locked off.
If you activate the line locker with brakes engaged, the front brakes are locked on.

or ya leave foot off brake and hit the switch and gives you only front brakes and no rears
good for skids
really depends on what ya use it for


and the lines can be undone and original put back where its spose to go its so easy

[Morton]

That's true - if you hook the locker up to the rear brake lines, you can lock them off

But if you're going to ever use the line locker to launch a manual hard at the lights, you want the locker set up on the front brakes Nobody likes fiddling with commodore handbrakes during a launch

[STEALTHY™]

That's true - if you hook the locker up to the rear brake lines, you can lock them off

But if you're going to ever use the line locker to launch a manual hard at the lights, you want the locker set up on the front brakes Nobody likes fiddling with commodore handbrakes during a launch

I use my clutch pedal when i launch. Line locker is cheating

[Morton]

But then you can do that dreadfully unrealistic thing they do in Hollywood, and spin the rear wheels before actually launching - in a manual car

[STEALTHY™]

But then you can do that dreadfully unrealistic thing they do in Hollywood, and spin the rear wheels before actually launching - in a manual car

Fast and the furious strikes again!

[danja]

So I'm not trying to start the old spool war, just asking for my own curiosity because I've never driven one.

How do you find your tyre life? What tyres do you run and how long do they last?

How is the control in the wet compared to a differential car?