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  Oct. 29, 2011 10:37 a.m. curtis73 Dork

  So I had read several posts asking if the ValueTrac torsen-type differential was any good and everyone's response was "sounds cheap, don't skimp" but no one had ever posted if they had actually tried it. So I thought... what the hell?

  $240 from Ebay, $80 for Koyo bearings and seals. Being installed here in my 96 Impala SS at my shop on Monday. Keep watching.

  I'm told that it is very aggressive, and I should expect turning scuffing much like a heavily-sprung clutch-type posi.

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  Oct. 29, 2011 10:48 a.m. Timeormoney Reader

  Sounds like a great experiment

  Today I had some friends help me change my oil, now my car is covered in hello kitty stickers. I'm 37

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  Oct. 30, 2011 12:56 a.m. donalson SuperDork

  if my s10 was running an 8.5 i'd be absolutely impatient to hear about your results... still look forward to hearing how it works :)... mega cheap for a torsen LSD thats for sure

  "Just because you can think outside of the box, it doesn't mean we are going to let you out of it." ~ John Brown

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  Oct. 30, 2011 2:10 a.m. novaderrik Dork

  donalson wrote: if my s10 was running an 8.5 i'd be absolutely impatient to hear about your results... still look forward to hearing how it works :)... mega cheap for a torsen LSD thats for sure

  it would be easy enough to put an 8.5 in your truck- get one from a 70's F body and move the perches in to where they need to be on an S10.. it may be a bit wider, but wheels with more backspacing would be easy to find..

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  Oct. 30, 2011 8:44 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

  Source the 8.5 then build a 4 link thereby eliminating the leaf springs and gaining a tunable suspension

  Sorta like mine

  It was a vast improvement

  Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax. Jackie Stewart

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  Oct. 30, 2011 11:13 a.m. curtis73 Dork

  One unadvertised snag on mine. Had to order the oversized carrier bearings. The ValueTrac uses the 1.785" bearing instead of the stock... at least on the one I bought.

  The neatest thing since sliced bread

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  Oct. 30, 2011 2:13 p.m. donalson SuperDork

  unless I find an 8.5" with LSD already in it i'd go with a ford explorer 8.8 with posi and gain discs for the same price...

  "Just because you can think outside of the box, it doesn't mean we are going to let you out of it." ~ John Brown

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  Oct. 30, 2011 3:35 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

  I failed to state mine is an Exploder 8.8

  Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax. Jackie Stewart

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  Oct. 31, 2011 1:03 p.m. Vigo Dork

  Interested to hear how this turns out..

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  Oct. 31, 2011 3:45 p.m. daytonaer Reader

  Yay for a cheap torsen setup!

  I put my jeep in a ditch this recent snow partly because of a lunch-box locker that stays locked both ways and partly (maybe mostly) because I thought I could hold a drift instead of putting the clutch in and trying to save it.

  Paid about $300 for the setup btw and its brutal in parking-lot maneuvers. It was responsible for getting me out of said ditch, so I can't really fault it.

  I recall the OBD knockoffs for fwd setups being pretty close to qualfe types other than sub-par hardware, lots of people put in nice bolts and had good units for cheap.

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  Oct. 31, 2011 3:49 p.m. Javelin SuperDork

  Following this with great interest! Apparently ValueTrac makes a unit for the AMC Model 20 (which is in the Javelin).

  Michael Pinto - 73 AMC Javelin 360 / GoKart / 86 944 Sport / 01 Grand Prix GT / 06 Mazda5 M5

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