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Date:         Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:47:10 -0600 (MDT)
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From:         ZUMBRENNEN  JOSEPH CORY <zumbrenn@ucsu.colorado.edu>
Subject:      Re: [68-91] limited slip diff





On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Ken Hooper wrote:


> >Weddle Eng. sells LockRite auto-locking rear diffs for buses, 1968-1991 for
> >IRS bus or vanagons.  2 models, #1310/1311, for 2 or 4 spider gears (4 is
> >stronger than two) price was $311/$345 (or jobbers prices $26 
> This will get you about 90% of the potential traction of the Syncro
> (because a viscous coupling is not capable of transferring full power
> forward, it's rare to lose traction under more than two wheels, &c.). For
> about $700 installed, Tim sez. A locker is the primary performance upgrade
> among serious offroaders, and a 2WD with a locker will out-perform a 4WD
> with open diffs under most offroad conditions.


	Is this the groups concensus?  If so I think that I will be doing 
some heavy research into having one of these installed.  Any differing 
opinions out there? Ratifications?


Cory 
'86 Westfalia
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