Would T-Lok have helped?

Fred Malibu · 03-03-2008, 08:02 PM

so today I almost had to come home and post pics of something terrible becuase I almost got T-Boned..[:@] (the good part is that in the end I came out unscathed)

So turning left out of a parking lot, I saw that there were no cars coming from the right (2 lanes in each direction), so I looked left to see a car turning into the lot--coast looked clear.. I checked back to the right (being the cautious driver I am..) and started to make the left. But very unluckily there was a car that was blocked from view by the car turning into the lot which was flying towards me (faster than speedlimit.. at least I think so.. I didnt care to recheck and waste time in the middle of the intersection). So I am about to get T-boned by this car and it breaks pretty hard and I gun it making the left.. My car did a large fishtail, kickin back and forth from the open diff.. I caught it the first time it kicked but the open diff over corrected again, causing the car to swing around more.. after regaining control and not dying I went on with my day.. kinda bothered by the way the car "drifted" after I gunned it..

Now after that lengthy story my question is this:

If I had a T-Lok, would I have been able to regain control after the car fishtailed once, or wud the same thing have happened regardless?

I hope this makes sense.. anyone who has had the car lose control for a second knows the snap the car does do correct it..

Thanks a bunch!

FM

MrSandman · 03-03-2008, 08:10 PM

With a t-lok.. you fishtail more because both tires lose traction.

Fred Malibu · 03-03-2008, 08:16 PM

interesting..

so I wudda died with a Tlok? ...more or less?

samv1368 · 03-03-2008, 08:18 PM

it could of hurt and it could of helped.

ODDYSEY · 03-03-2008, 09:20 PM

T-Lok would have helped both tires get traction. However, with the power our cars have without some decent tires, t-lok would have not helped much. Since I put my Nitto 555's on, I have alot more traction, better tires would have helped you out, and add a t-lok ontop of that it would have been a bonus as well.

Yellow Tang · 03-03-2008, 11:28 PM

And Put 200 LBS of Sand / Salt / Toilet paper in the trunk for rear end weight and wiping your ass after such driving mishaps, Glad your ok.

Epimetheus · 03-04-2008, 10:02 AM

I have a question about the T-Loc. With the T-Loc is the axel locked completely or is it more like a limited slip differential? My concern with a lot of city driving that if both back wheels are locked then I will get premature wear when the outside wheels turning radius is greater than the inside wheel.

exx1976 · 03-04-2008, 10:24 AM

Unless you put in a spool (or weld the side/spider gears), there will always be some slip in the diff.

Or you could get a locker.. *CLUNK*

LOL

basketballord · 03-04-2008, 10:26 AM

Epimetheus, yes the T-lok is a limited slip, not a full locker

wolfpup · 03-04-2008, 10:37 AM

man i know how u feel... i almost died the same way.... not cool