Ford Traction-Lock?

Ford Traction-Lock?
I'm beginning to believe the traction-lock in the '93 is slipping. With street tires, I get two even burnout trails, but with the drag tires I'm feeling slippage at launch and getting suspect burnouts. I am considering a set of 4.30 gears with a Detroit True-Track Locker differential but meanwhile someone suggested draining and refilling the rear with new gear oil and friction modifier. It has about two years, 14,000 miles and a couple hundred or so track runs. Is the fluid change a waste of time and money? Or is it rebuild time?

Re: Ford Traction-Lock?
I'm beginning to believe the traction-lock in the '93 is slipping. With street tires, I get two even burnout trails, but with the drag tires I'm feeling slippage at launch and getting suspect burnouts. I am considering a set of 4.30 gears with a Detroit True-Track Locker differential but meanwhile someone suggested draining and refilling the rear with new gear oil and friction modifier. It has about two years, 14,000 miles and a couple hundred or so track runs. Is the fluid change a waste of time and money? Or is it rebuild time? Definatley a rebuild time........ put that detroit locker in there if its strickly a track car and don't look back. Auburn gear makes a good POSI unit as well.

Re: Ford Traction-Lock?
Definatley a rebuild time........ put that detroit locker in there if its strickly a track car and don't look back. Auburn gear makes a good POSI unit as well. Therein lies the rub. I have no interest in making this a trailer car. It's a luxury highway cruiser at day and a track demon at night. Can the True Track take the highway with 4.30s is the question. No, it's not a daily driver, but I definitely want to drive it to track events, sometimes long distances. I have a friend who just tore up his Auburn - not to knock it.

Try the Eaton. The one in the Lightnings take a lot of abuse.

just rebuild the stocker and stack the clutches tight a stocker goes like this shim clutch 2 shims clutch 2 shims clutch. the way I did was shim 1 clutch shim 1 clutch 1 shim clutch, I would also grind all the fiber off the clutches for more space to get more clutches in. You will need a extra set of clutches along with your old as long as the old ones don't have any ears broke off .its a pain the butt putting it back together but it works great. also run some synthetic gear oil in it. Cuz it will be tight its cheap and works just like a stocker only much better. We ran low 11s like this for years till I got tired of buying clutches every year and rebuilding it. Also by grinding off the fiber there is no clutch fiber to wear out.

I know shit about the rear end and tranny.

I say rebuild it, or go eaton or auburn. If you want to be limited to track and almost no street then go minispool. :twisted:

I have an auburn pro. Noisy, but gets the job done. Not rebuildable though. Sounds like you don't want to go too aggressive, so I'd say the eaton would work for you. Or rebuild and upgrade the stocker...

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