Banone Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I was inquiring about an AWD dyno in Salt Lake City. Their's wouldn't fit our wheelbase but the guy told me about a Viscous coupling eliminator. It seems it's only available for the talan/eclipse. I wondered if anyone has heard of one for our trucks. It doesn't really say how it works but seemed interesting and relatively cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_w Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 It's a spool for your t-case! It "hard links" the two driveshafts together. This is fine for a strip-only vehicle, but it's bound to cause lots of problems with a street driven one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
383ss Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 interesting, but that would not be street friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banone Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I was just looking at it as a solution to run the truck on a regular dyno. It says 30 minutes to install assuming our trucks set up is similar to the eclipse's. Then when done take it back out. I'm not a wizard in auto mechanics so if someone is more familiar on what this piece of equipment actually accomplishes please enlighten me. Would this keep the damage that GM warns about from occuring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTex Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Its going to take you quite a bit longer just to get the trucks transfer case out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_w Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I was just looking at it as a solution to run the truck on a regular dyno. It says 30 minutes to install assuming our trucks set up is similar to the eclipse's. Then when done take it back out. I'm not a wizard in auto mechanics so if someone is more familiar on what this piece of equipment actually accomplishes please enlighten me. Would this keep the damage that GM warns about from occuring? I hear ya... Like Tex said, it's a pretty involved job on the trucks, unfortunately. You can check out an exploded view of the t-case in Tex's post today. Yeah, this would stop that damage from occouring. It pretty much takes the place of the couping itself. Similar to how a spool in a differential locks the two axles together. (really only used in drag racing or dirt track or something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 You would have to remove and disassemble the transfer case. Not a 30-minute operation at all. If you really want a solid transfer case, I'll trade ya my manual 4x4 case for your viscous coupled AWD case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
383ss Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I was just looking at it as a solution to run the truck on a regular dyno. It says 30 minutes to install assuming our trucks set up is similar to the eclipse's. Then when done take it back out. I'm not a wizard in auto mechanics so if someone is more familiar on what this piece of equipment actually accomplishes please enlighten me. Would this keep the damage that GM warns about from occuring? how would this help for a regular dyno??? isn't it the same as full time 4WD with this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banone Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I'm just going off what the advertisment said. It sounds to be a lot more work than it's worth. I'm not sure if you read the description of the product, but it says it enables you to remove a driveshaft without damaging the AWD system. Again, this was just for the talon/eclipse. I was just wondering if this would be an option since finding a dyno capable of accommodating our wheelbase length is such a pain. I couldn't find anything for our trucks, but was wondering if anyone else had. Here is that link again. Viscous coupling eliminatior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Yeah I've heard of them, it breaks a lot of parts, and drags tires around the corners! On a street driven vehicle you for sure want a little slip in there somewhere! Unless of course you never plan of turning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette dude Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 You can weld your stock diff Closed igf you want.. it wil place youmin perminant RWD... Or you could find a junk CD and weld it shut and change it out for dyno pulls... In our case i believe we will remain RWD not FWD just my.02$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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