7.5 Mini Spool on the street question?

[jakedog]

Just got a 80 malibu, it supposedly has a 355, it is a 010 block, it has 305 heads i found, mild cam, mild stall, 400 turbo transmission, and it has the stock 7.5 rearend with 3.08 gears in an open rearend, I was thinkin about throwing a mini spool in for now, it is drivin on the road but not much,i will be driving it to the track, the track opens in 2 weeks and funds are low right now, i'm not gonna run slicks, How bad of an idea is this ? is it gonna brake? How long will i get out of it??? please advise.

 

[Supe]

You'll get the "I've been running a mini spool for blah blah blah and it works just fine."

Unless you're driving on dirt, just don't do it. You're not going to dead hook anyways, so it's not worth the effort.

 

[Anonymous]

Like Supe said,unless you are running on dirt keep your money.
Go to a junkyard and find a S-10 with a posi and swap that in, that will work for awhile until you can afford something better.

 

[grizwald]

You'll get the "I've been running a mini spool for blah blah blah and it works just fine."

Unless you're driving on dirt, just don't do it. You're not going to dead hook anyways, so it's not worth the effort.

just went through the same thing. 250 street miles and 6 passes was all it could handle in my car. the last pass was the first time i ever put the pedal to the floor and i snapped an axle. when i took the rear apart...the mini spool was all twisted up too. spend the extra $$$ and buy a posi or better yet...a new rearend!

 

[jakedog]

OK thansk all I just bought a posi unit hopefullt its ok , thanks to all.

 

[Sickness]

You'll get the "I've been running a mini spool for blah blah blah and it works just fine."

Unless you're driving on dirt, just don't do it. You're not going to dead hook anyways, so it's not worth the effort.

Seen too many 7.5's explode, even when "built"..Mini spools are just crap in any rear..

 

[Malibu355]

What about full spools for any rear? Worth it? I was thinking about putting one in my 8.5 with moser axles and c-clip eliminators.

 

[Sickness]

A real spool is great...People who don't even have them get all worked up and say things like "you can't drive on the street with one, or your car will instantly vaporize"...I have a spool in my streetcar, no complaints here. Just be aware of it...Don't try to be Johnny Road Racer around turns and you'll be okay. It makes it more fun to drive ...But like I said, just be aware of it.

 

[Anonymous]

I have one in my 79 camaro(now), and have had no issues with it. And I am running 295/50/15 cooper cobras on it, and it is fun to run in the winter on snow and ice, or on a right hand turn stab it and go.

 

[Anonymous]

Im running a spool in my 9" and it is a street car that sees some track action. Like it was said before your not going to do any canyon carving with it. But you will turn heads at the local cruise ins when turning into your spot and hearing the inside wheel chirpin. I get more comments on that then just about anything else on the car.