I could use some help from those of you who used a quaife vs spool. i heard good things about both. What scared me about the spool is if the axles breaks your pretty much going into the wall. Any help on this topic would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

***** spool

 

yea it seems as I do more reading a lsd is the way to go... what diff are you using?

 

I dislike the spool in the pits more then anything. Very hard to drive around!

 

From what I've been told Spool=Wall

 

Right now my quaife is a spool

 

quaife

 

Any maintenance needed on it? Or just point and shoot lol

 

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Have a welded diff, been fine for the past 60 passes and the car doesn't move one bit up top. With that being said, I'm replacing it with an mFactory LSD to make the car more pit friendly. It is a pain in the *** to turn a car around that has 8psi in the slicks with a solid diff.

 

i would only use a spool if i have dss pro level axles

 

Had a quaife , works great but seems to wander off the line at hard launches ( 7k 14 psi boost ) . Running spool now and drives perfectly straight. Although I am on 5.9 now. Sucks around pits and turning.

 

I also have the 5.9 have you has any issues with them at all? Dss makes a nice spool I spoke to them yesterday. How bad is it in the pits? Is it near impossible to turn

 

I'm curious the the number of people with a spool that have snapped an axle at the top of the track and pulled them into the wall. It's never happened to me but I think with either diff or spool you shoot an axle at 150 it's gunna be bad regardless.

 

It's not horrible, it really isn't bad without slicks, but the car can turn and you'll be fine.

Is there anyone around you running one that you can try?

 

i use a DSS spool with the DSS pro level axle setup with matched 26' slicks when the car was running never had problems and yes turning the bitch sucks at low speeds but its a race car quit crying about it.

 

Not really they all have diffs lol. I run slicks car isnt on the street anymore.

 

I was also told to go with a quaife - no spool for the same reason... if u break ur goin straight to the wall.

 

i'd like to see these cars with spools hitting the wall when an axle snaps. everyone talks about this like they've experienced it. i've broken an axle at 400hp at the starting line and car did not "go towards the wall" like everyone said it would. in fact the spool let me drive it back to the pits. chances are your axles are going to break at the line anyway.

spools are a pain, but i would not base my decision on "going into the wall" because you bought a spool. i would not drive a spool on street for a few reasons like tire wear, corning, etc. drag only car, whatever your wallet is happy with. spools are half as much as a good LSD.

 

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True.. but given the option of breaking at a standstill on the line, or breaking and having to control avoiding " the wall" or the guy on my right. For me the choice is obvious; although the price-tags disagree.
I just purchased my quaife last week . Keep us updated...

 

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I agree with utilizing an Quaife over a spool. Spend the extra money for the safety and convenience around the pits.

 

Just please buy the drag-spec versions of the Quaife.
Handles more power and less side-to-side bias.
QDF6U23DG = B-series
QDF9U23DG = K-series

 

No maintenance.. I've had the same one for about 8 years now. I did brake a sun gear last year from violent tire shake. Was very cheap/easy to replace.

 

When I was playing with my car, only 5.9s were available and that was the batch that had bad "stubs" made from the wrong material so I kept twisting the stubs going into the spool. I had some close calls and that was enough to put a quaiffe in.