yeha u turns are the best especailly when u gotta do them at night.
i never spent a cent on my locker pigdog. got a bloke a work to weld it then put it back myself and "borrowed" diff oil from work.

For me the $1180 extra for the LSD is worth it , we got ours 15 years ago at that time a new one was $750. I was lucky and found someone selling all their 1200 race stuff for $700 which included 1 good LSD and when in need of repair plus a ton of other stuff.....I drove 650 miles round trip to pick it all up but it was worht it.

So end of the day you have to figure out if it's worth it for you.......for me it was. Same thing goes for the close ratio 4 speed , been looking for one cheap but I'm likely going to have to pony up.

Tom

well the cheap topgear ones (cheap in price) were $900
and as sidedraught said nismo ones are around $1200

where as the locker is what $20
even my r31 diff conversion was cheaper at around $400 if i ever get around to getting an LSD

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haha yeah lockers do make U-turns a whole lot more fun, but an LSD would do that too.

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Normally $1200ish plus shipping.

Hey dat51k, i dont think i have ever done a 3 point turn before with a locker !! Just 1 point turns

So who knows how much $$$ are we talking about here to buy a costly LSD?.

Is it like an A series 5 speed, rare as !

Quote:Smartest thing I have read here for a while.

I remember the observation, "Young drivers are the most skilled, & the most killed" It might pay to have a think why.

Well I think we've demonstrated the 2 camps here;

Throw me in the save money for LSD for all the reason listed. LSD is much better but well they can be exspensive.

Lockers are cheap and do the trick you just have to modify how you drive the thing.........read plug your brain in or the tried and true method of slow down.

So if your a cheap arse (I am) then weld em up and see if it's worth it for you (get an extra diff)...........if don't like it you can always take it back out.

Sorry kiddies feel free to throw rocks at me for this next comment................Having raced with open diff , LSD , locker in both wet and dry..........it aint the rear end that's dangerous it's the tosser just behind the steering wheel that cuase most offs. My fav stutdent at the track during his first ever day............."I keep coming real close to spining in 4 what should I do?"
To which I always reply "slow down"

Tom

ive only lost it once in my car....possibally the only corner in geelong that turns to ice when wet
first time driving in town, happened to be raining, looped round rather fast and ended up facing the wrong way...i dont actually blame the locker, bald tyres and the rain is my excuse

only thing i regret was that i had mates in the car and 2 other mates sitting at the lights that i ended up facing

was all good fun though, nothing like clutching it in 3rd in the wet with a locker

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hahahahhah i heard that before..datsun and lockers its wat they were built for lol