Hey Guys, I bought a powertrax lock right lunchbox locker for my rear 9.5" SF 14 bolt. It turns out, I've got a GovLock. The glove box doesn't show G80 and the truck does the one wheel peel when I punch the throttle on the street, so i assumed it was open. The lunchbox locker needs an open carrier.. not a GovLock. I have a plan to modify the weights to engage sooner and disengage later. I blow right past 20mph so the govlock never even tries to lock up. I think I'm going to slap the lunchbox locker up front. Luckily, it's the same part number. I rarely use 4x4, but when I do, I want it to pull hard with both front tires. I have high horsepower but stock sized tires (currently 245/75R16). I don't need to hear about how lunchbox lockers have left some of you stranded by unlocking completely in the cold. I live in a cold climate and used one for years and it never did anything like that to me. In the past few years, I've seen wind chills of -60 degrees and heat indexes of 120 degrees. I've never had my lockright fail me. I like that you don't have to pull the carrier, you just swap out the spider gears and you're on the road in a hurry. I would just like to hear if anyone has used a lunchbox locker in the front IFS diff and what were your experiences with it. It is a daily driver. I don't use 4x4 often. I won't use it while turning sharp on the road.
I'm estimating the motor makes a little over 600hp. Centrifugal supercharged built 355 sbc. I can lock the rear tires on pavement if I pull the front driveshaft and put it in 4lo. Otherwise, it's all single track.
Thanks for any input. If no one answers, I'll let you know how it works out. .. both modifying the govlock's governors and the front lunchbox locker.
I'm estimating the motor makes a little over 600hp. Centrifugal supercharged built 355 sbc. I can lock the rear tires on pavement if I pull the front driveshaft and put it in 4lo. Otherwise, it's all single track.
Thanks for any input. If no one answers, I'll let you know how it works out. .. both modifying the govlock's governors and the front lunchbox locker.