Mini Spool Yay or Nay?

[Kieran263]

Hey guys

Would a mini spool be worth the money for my V6 executive???

Thnx

 

[walkahz]

Well its illegal to have one in on the road so nooooo.
Also unless your drag racing it does sfa and makes it dangerous to drive in the wet!

 

[old mate]

ps. most mods are illegal without an engineers cert or epa testing, big deal.

i have one to go in my daily driven vs ute with a v6 and manual. it cant be that bad.

 

[RiCeY]

Had one before and would never again in a daily driver. makes the car a pig to drive at low speeds and carparks are ridiculous. And you WILL snap axles.

Get a decent LSD.

 

[VK SL 3800]

Get an LSD else you HAVE to do a burnout to make a U-turn.

 

[padrickz88]

makes the car a pig to drive at low speeds and carparks are ridiculous. And you WILL snap axles.

1. Low speed driving isnt bad (e.g 10-15km+), get some sticky tyres and light pressure on the throttle and you wont even hear it in most cases
2. There is not garentee you will or wont snap axles I have drove mine daily for almost 2 years, original axles that came with the car from the factory. No broken axles 28 spline axles are actually pretty strong

Also unless your drag racing it does sfa and makes it dangerous to drive in the wet!

LOL doesn't matter if you have a single, lsd or a spool.... if you drive like an idiot you will kill yourself in the wet (or dry)
I know people wont believe this but I can actually go quicker around corners in the wet as apposed to the single I used to have

Alot of people seem to have this idea that in the wet, if one slips the other one will then its all over and in my experience it's incorrect, It's pretty much its the opposite, if one slips its because the other wheel has more grip and is keeping you on the road perfectly fine



Yours Sincerely
Owner of a daily driven spooled car

 

[STEALTHY™]

Well its illegal to have one in on the road so nooooo.
Also unless your drag racing it does sfa and makes it dangerous to drive in the wet!

I lol'd hard........
Probably best not to listen to anyone who hasn't actually driven with a spool before....

 

[RiCeY]

1. Low speed driving isnt bad (e.g 10-15km+), get some sticky tyres and light pressure on the throttle and you wont even hear it in most cases

Youre kidding right, the stickier the tyres the worse it is.

2. There is not garentee you will or wont snap axles I have drove mine daily for almost 2 years, original axles that came with the car from the factory. No broken axles 28 spline axles are actually pretty strong

You were lucky, or didnt have enough power lol

LOL doesn't matter if you have a single, lsd or a spool.... if you drive like an idiot you will kill yourself in the wet (or dry)
I know people wont believe this but I can actually go quicker around corners in the wet as apposed to the single I used to have

Alot of people seem to have this idea that in the wet, if one slips the other one will then its all over and in my experience it's incorrect, It's pretty much its the opposite, if one slips its because the other wheel has more grip and is keeping you on the road perfectly fine

How can you have more grip with a spool? Without one, both tyres have solid contact with the road on cornering. With one, one tyre is constantly losing traction. The only advantage of a spool in the wet is that the car is a lot more predictable.

Yours Sincerely
Owner of a daily driven spooled car

 

[RiCeY]

I lol'd hard........
Probably best not to listen to anyone who hasn't actually driven with a spool before....

Why do you think minispools are illegal? They decrease the ability of the vehicle the hold traction on cornering (which is why most people get them). This in turn would make the vehicle more dangerous in the wet than a vehicle with a normal diff. This doesnt mean youre guaranteed to crash it just means its not as safe as a normal diff for general driving purposes.

 

[STEALTHY™]

Why do you think minispools are illegal? They decrease the ability of the vehicle the hold traction on cornering (which is why most people get them). This in turn would make the vehicle more dangerous in the wet than a vehicle with a normal diff. This doesnt mean youre guaranteed to crash it just means its not as safe as a normal diff for general driving purposes.

I know exactly why they are illegal. I have NFI what your post is on about tho. They are not dangerous in the wet. Theres only one type of person who would kill themselves in the wet with a spool, and chances are they killed themselves when they had their open wheeler and never got a chance to get the spool.

This just in, something thats predicable is unsafe......haha. Please keep replying, i need a new sig

Another spool thread, another bunch of know it alls who have never even driven with one. The op can take the advice of whoeever he wants, but i bet he'll take advice from the few who dail drive spools, over the 'my cousins brothers uncle next door neighbour had one' guys....