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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
I disagree. The open diff allows one side to always have traction for stability in a straight line.
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That's how I see it as well. I think the non-driven wheel maintains straight line traction reducing (not negating) the tendency for the tail to slide out. I have an open 3.08 diff with TH400 box and at the time Bridgestone no traction tyres by the way and have found it to be very little disadvantage on the drag-strip - in 1993 with the original very mild 350 motor managed an easy 13.5 second 1/4 mile beating many potentially faster Cobras (their were 20 Cobras on the day) with open and closed diffs mainly because I could keep on it right from the start whilst they were smoking and sliding their way behind me - I was second fastest on the day being thoroughly beaten by a highly tuned 383 with a driver who knew what he was doing and who achieved 12.5 seconds. At the time most of the Cobras were running Bridgestones as they were the only tyres available in suitable sizes in South Africa.