[96Mike]

I am putting the spare (original) 3rd member with the torsen back in my 99 1LE. My 96 Z/28 conv. has the original Auburn with a set of Motive 4.10's in it. The current 3rd member in the 99 has Strange axles, Auburn racer carrier, 4.10 Motives, T/A cover, a very large pinion nut, etc. Originaly I was just going to move the Strange axles over to the '96, but I'm now considering moving the entire 3rd member over to it ? Any potential probs. running the heavier sprung posi on the street ? The '96 has 295/18's on it, and will rarely see "sticky" tires except occasional track use. Either way I have to pull the axles as the '96 has Wilwood 4 pistons on the back (6 piston front), and I need to move the backing plates. The LT1 makes 365 rwhp, but is scheduled to be converted to a nastier LS1 once I rebuild the engine from the 99, which had 445 rwhp

[trackbird]

The racers diff has a "floating" cross pin. In a corner, the outside axle shifts inboard some (due to play), hits this pin and presses on the clutch pack to make the diff lock up better (using the cornering load on the rear tires as extra clutch load). So, I think it should lock, but you don't want it "as locked" in a corner, so it's a bit of an odd design (on the other hand, people seem to love them, so maybe I'm looking at that wrong). That's the big difference.