So i may be wrong, but lots of road racing series use spools, do they not? Or even a selectable locked differential, which is damn near the same as a welded dif.
Is he right or wrong?
Jacob Allen
Jose Martin
What the fuck is a spool?
Austin Moore
basically an axle coupling that replaces the differential.
Austin Jackson
A sppol is basically a block that connects the input shaft of a diff to it's two output shafts. It makes sure that both left and right output have the same speed.
No, there aren't any road racing series that use spools, because a spool actively prohibits you from achieving different wheel speeds. What you're thinking of is a limited slip differential, which allows a certain amount of slippage which is essential to turning. A selectable locking diff is usually used offroad, where you can keep the axles locked together for long periods of time without getting any driveline windup, because there's not enough grip to create any.
However, you can find spools in dragracing, and in drifting, so he's wrong: you CAN find a spool in a professionally built racecar. Also, mini-spools are cheap, but a full carrier replacement spool isn't exactly a cheap part, and you'll need it if you're throwing 1500hp at a set of drag slicks.
Add.: Welded diffs are shit, and should only be used in situations where there is near-zero grip, so entry-level offroading and drifting.
Nathaniel Price
here is a professionally built race car that has a spool
its also the fastest car around the hurrdurrring
William Sullivan
some GT1 cars use spools and selectable locked differentials. i know of 1 series that a few cars use a spool.
John Howard
Jesus fucking christ you kids are morons.
A spool is for going in a straight line. A dedicated drag race machine.
Hudson Price
[citation needed[, because no modern racecars use spools anymore. LSD>spool for road racing.
The 956 is a famously bad example though. The reasoning behind the spool there was to keep the axles together so you could pit in endurance races, despite suffering a diff malfunction/breakage. It was clearly not the perfect setup, because those things are notorious for their understeer.
Anthony Bennett
detroit locker isn't an lsd, is it?
Tyler Cooper
He is wrong.
Most people use spools for drag racing.