looking at an ecoboost couple of questions

Wes Tausend wrote:

Lessmore wrote:

Thanks for info. I haven't kept upwith a lot of changes that have taken place in traction assist in the last while.

My locker was the Eaton G 80 locker that was available in GM trucks. I don't know if GM now has an electric on/off switch for their locker.
That would be something I wouldn't mind having.

Sideways can be fun. In my younger years....with RWD vehicles I used to love steering by the rear wheel/wheels..... motorcycles and 4-6 wheelers .;)

Les

You are sure welcome, Les.

It's been a while for me too, so I learned when you mentioned the sophisticated Eaton G 80 locker. I found a good animation, Inside the Eaton G80 Locker, on this differential. It appears much superior to the old spring clutches of Ford Trac-Lok and GM Positraction, but probably not as smooth on glare ice as a "good" True-Trac or "best" air/electric locker.

I also stumbled across an excellent animation of the Torsen, Exploded View - Inside the Eaton TrueTrac Differential.

A bit off subject, but have you raced on ice with studded bikes? Amazing traction, better than dirt.I never ice raced but I did take my car out on ice race tracks, after the racers finished...years ago. In fact the ice track was out on the Red River, which as you know also flows in North Dakota. I cut one real fast lap (I thought)in my '69 VW Beetle....then on the 2nd lap...stuffed it real good into a snowbank. Fortunately about 5 racers heaved it out. My GF at the time wasn't too impressed...she was in the passenger seat.



I didn't race motorcycles...but I've had a number in my time. Back in the '60's, had Czech Jawas +CZ's, Yamaha YDS3 and currently have a '78 Yamaha SR 500 (big single) and a '67 Matchless G15CS 750 Scrambler. It has dual carb, sports cams, Norton 750cc twin, shoehorned into a lighter Matchless frame, low gearing, bash plate under crankcase. This is the way they came from the factory in England. They were originally designed as desert sleds.

I wonder if these studs would work on a pick-up? I've used standard-studded Mud-&-Snow tires to great success on-road in the past. They were used on all tires on a 4x4 Mazda (think Ford Ranger) and completely alleviated the rear diff Trac-Lok problem on glare ice. With this little Mazda, I towed a small car on a flatbed (in 2WD/Trac-Lok) from Massachusetts to ND, lots of glare ice after a major storm, no problem.

Wes
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