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04 Apr 2003 8:16by Ross Williams (Tx70challe
				Just curious if anyone had a locker setup in their chally - Ive heard some good stuff about them except that when it disengages its quite noticeably uncomfortably so..is it that bad and any suggestions on such?
			 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
04 Apr 2003 8:56by Dave-R (Roppa440)
				I do not see any reason for having one. The standard suregrip works fine.
			 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
15 Jun 2003 11:43by Andy Neal (Tweety)
				Unless you want to put a lot of horse power through it, then the 8 3/4 Suregrip is useless. At that point your only practical option is a Dana
			 
			
		
			
				Detroit Lockers
				
Posted: 
15 Jun 2003 16:06by Dave-R (Roppa440)
				Yeah but I know what your defination of a lot of horsepower is Andy and it is a lot more than most peoples! 

 
			
		
			
				Detroit Lockers
				
Posted: 
15 Jun 2003 16:34by Andy Neal (Tweety)
				I don't know about that Dave, I broke one with about 450HP on a normally aspirated smallblock, it has a lot to do with how hard you launch the car and how much grip you have etc. 
You give yours a few Banzi launches on slicks at the track and see what happens? It'll be back to one wheel burnouts in no time dude. 
Unfortunately you can't run a spool one the street, I did but it's NO fun at all. Long term if you have a heavy car making a lot of power the only real option is a Dana, but it's a great heavy lump, I remember reading some non-sense in HotRod magazine about it being only 35lbs heavier than an 8 3/4, I won't even bother to comment here!!!
			 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
16 Jun 2003 9:50by Dave-R (Roppa440)
				You broke it launching at 7000rpm I bet! 
 
You could break anything lad. How is your finger BTW?
			 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
16 Jun 2003 14:06by Andy Neal (Tweety)
				Actually no it only had that wimpy 10" 3000RPM convertor in it, just a bit of 'spirited driving' 
Me finger's good thanks, good job it was on my left hand, tee hee
			 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
16 Jun 2003 16:27by Hans Buijnink (72challeng
				If you think it's wimpy, just pass it through Andy... 

 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
16 Jun 2003 17:01by Andy Neal (Tweety)
				I did a long time back Hans sorry, I now have a nice ATi custom 8" one in there now that was built for a 300HP shot of nitrous! 
If you want a good 'vertor speak to them they are about the best I've found. 
We smallblock guys need to stick together mate, these lardy 440's don't have a hope
