helps to strengthen housing only
dte diff brace
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Never installed one, but from what I have seen here, its not designed to eliminate wheel hop.
Its designed to limit breakage due to wheel hop and other mishaps which can destroy the rear end and transmission cases.
Its designed to limit breakage due to wheel hop and other mishaps which can destroy the rear end and transmission cases.
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Racer
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From: CAPE CORAL , FL
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I am still running my fairly stock engine at the moment until I finish building my 6.0 but the DTE brace made a noticeable difference in traction and I cant be happier with Dino at RevXtreme who did the install at a great price!
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From: Saint Johns Florida
I had NLP instal the brace along with hardened gears and shafts,Bilstien sport shocks,when they did my cam and Maggie and flywheel and clutch. I now have over 565rwhp and no wheel hop. Just burns the tires up in 1st 2nd and 3rd gear at anything under 60mph. What a blast to drive. Go for it get the brace for insurance and the shocks and you wont have any wheel hop.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
It seems to be tied to the cold weather and tire pressure. I had gotten rid of it with the bilsteins too and yesterday it was doing it in 25 degrees with 29 pounds pressure. I was a wuss and didnt want to stand in the cold filling up the air.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
From a prior DTE statement:
Our differential strut products were designed and engineered for one primary purpose and that was to protect the transmission/transmission output shaft from fracture in the event of catastrophic differential failure due to severe wheel-hop, vehicle abuse or any other driving event that leads to a differential overload event. To that end, it performs is job by design flawlessly in every case presented and not once that we have ever seen- has the transmission/transmission output shaft been damaged as a result of component mating flange failure from our product's use; other than from collateral damage from internal differential failure not withstanding.
It was *NEVER* designed or *EVER* claimed to be designed~ to protect the rest of the entire differential from fracture due to an overload event...period! Not once have we ever stated that it was designed and engineered to do more than what we claimed.... However, folks have claimed that it reduces or eliminates wheel hop...but we never designed or intended it to do so, nor have have ever claimed otherwise. Many folks have also claimed that it reduces or eliminates differential fracture...but we never designed or intended it to do that either, nor have have ever claimed otherwise.
Somehow along the line, everyone has adopted the notion that it was designed to be the silver-bullet part to protect my "entire car" from breakage. Yet, DTE and our product still gets bashed by some "internet expert, legend-in-their-own-mind" individuals that seem to know more about our product than we do and try to discredit it's benefit every chance they get, despite it's proven positive track record for the last 3 years over many applications.
Our product was designed to prevent the fracture of the of the transmission/differential mating flange in order for the transmission/transmission output shaft to be spared after a catastrophic differential failure event, for that it does very well. We feel it's far easier to repair just a broken differential only when that negative issue arises, than to have to repair the transmisison also in tandem, for which the repair bill often exceeds $4000+ for replacement of the pair.
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It was *NEVER* designed or *EVER* claimed to be designed~ to protect the rest of the entire differential from fracture due to an overload event...period! Not once have we ever stated that it was designed and engineered to do more than what we claimed.... However, folks have claimed that it reduces or eliminates wheel hop...but we never designed or intended it to do so, nor have have ever claimed otherwise. Many folks have also claimed that it reduces or eliminates differential fracture...but we never designed or intended it to do that either, nor have have ever claimed otherwise.
Somehow along the line, everyone has adopted the notion that it was designed to be the silver-bullet part to protect my "entire car" from breakage. Yet, DTE and our product still gets bashed by some "internet expert, legend-in-their-own-mind" individuals that seem to know more about our product than we do and try to discredit it's benefit every chance they get, despite it's proven positive track record for the last 3 years over many applications.
Our product was designed to prevent the fracture of the of the transmission/differential mating flange in order for the transmission/transmission output shaft to be spared after a catastrophic differential failure event, for that it does very well. We feel it's far easier to repair just a broken differential only when that negative issue arises, than to have to repair the transmisison also in tandem, for which the repair bill often exceeds $4000+ for replacement of the pair.
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Racer
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From: CAPE CORAL , FL
I had NLP instal the brace along with hardened gears and shafts,Bilstien sport shocks,when they did my cam and Maggie and flywheel and clutch. I now have over 565rwhp and no wheel hop. Just burns the tires up in 1st 2nd and 3rd gear at anything under 60mph. What a blast to drive. Go for it get the brace for insurance and the shocks and you wont have any wheel hop.
Drifting
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From: Saint Johns Florida
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Although the DTE strut for the C6 is not near as heavy-duty as the one made for the C5, it may help prevent additional, sequential damage should the differential detonate. I don't believe the DTE strut offers any differential side-case support.
Wheel-hop is likely caused by a combination of factors (power, suspension, tires, pressure, road conditions, temperature, etc.). Better shocks may help (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) but isn't it the soft, stock bushings that can cause the oscillations leading-to wheel hop?
Wheel-hop is likely caused by a combination of factors (power, suspension, tires, pressure, road conditions, temperature, etc.). Better shocks may help (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) but isn't it the soft, stock bushings that can cause the oscillations leading-to wheel hop?
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Copied text from another recent post answering the same question~
Update:
The first beta casting is scheduled for installation in a 9-second, TT, 2002 Z06 C5 Corvette we're building for former 3-time NHRA Pro Stock Drag Racing Champion- Darrell Alderman. Intial testing will commence in a Southern State very soon where it's warm and the tracks are open.
Further details will be posted as they become available.
The first beta casting is scheduled for installation in a 9-second, TT, 2002 Z06 C5 Corvette we're building for former 3-time NHRA Pro Stock Drag Racing Champion- Darrell Alderman. Intial testing will commence in a Southern State very soon where it's warm and the tracks are open.
Further details will be posted as they become available.