One of the great things about the Salibury diff is that in wet or slippery
conditions the car does not lurch and dart from side to side as it does with
a "locker". I believe this diff is by far the fastest in the wet and the
easiest to drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'SHANE Ingate '" <hottr6@hotmail.com>; <owner-fot@autox.team.net>;
<vinttr4@geneseo.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: Quaiffe for TR6
> As I believe Uncle Jack pointed out, this is a topic that has recycled
> several times, but it's still good to see since it updates with recent
> experience and it reminded me that I need to do some work to peyote to
gain
> clearance for a much bigger finned aluminum diff cover this year.
>
> Peyote came with a Quaife, my cheater TR3 had an open diff, and then a
> locker, and now Peyote has a salisbury. there's a welded diff in a box
in my
> trailer in case of Salisbury malfunction, but I've never used it.
>
> A quaife is marginally better than an open diff--you can corner harder
with
> it and it will bias the toque--as a wheel starts to lose grip it won't
> exacerbate the problem like an open diff will, but once the wheel loses
grip
> all the drive is gone and the car understeers. On the plus side you
learn to
> open your steering and be smooth in corners, on the negative side, it's
> frustrating to lose drive just when you need it to tuck inside someone.
>
> The Detroit locker is great once you get use to the sudden lock. You
stay on
> the pedal and throttle steer. Effective, but a little hard to get used
to.
> And it seems like it's got to be hard on the car, though I never found
> evidence of that.
>
> The Salisbury is wonderful but the oil gets hot. I like Greg's solution,
but
> I also like the modulation and smoothness I feel the way mine is
currently
> set up. It doesn't get so hot that it's destroying the oil--no
> discoloration, temp on the diff cover is not blistering paint or even
too
> hot to touch after a hard session. That means it's not losing too much
power
> since the only place for that power to go is into heat.
>
> The salisbury diffs are not cheap, but well worth it. Mine is good for
at
> least a second or two at all the track I run. Maybe more--it's hard to
say
> where the changes come from.
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