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Old 03-31-2009, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by stocker
Under what kinda conditions do you use the different diff action on the ball diff?
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its half personal preference, and half road conditions. We run on carpet, and its a fine line before grip flipping. So i run mine as tight as possible, two reasons, i get max drive from both front tires on corner exit, and it also (i feel) reduces front grip a little. I throw it hard into corners, it takes changing your driving style. My brother and father run a little looser diffs, as i do want them to spin tires coming off corners. With the tight diff, the car usually pushes like crazy on corner exit too. so you have to 'point and shoot'. Looser diff will still steer where ever your steering, and will drop power to the front tire that has the least weight on it. So if your racing asphalt, id try it at different stages, hell id even try a few gear diffs with different oils in them (10,000, 5,000 etc). Again this is just personal preference.
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