haha! ya, it gets some looks! and it has scared its share of ladies on the road. and if you follow me too close your going to eat coal for dinner for a few miles.
i have considerd how bad it would be if i broke an axle or somthing at speed. before its back on the road im going to build an upper controll arm type of fail safe brace. this way if somthing breaks the wheel dosnt just flop over like a dead fish and send me to my death.
the saving grace of this rig is that it will never ever hook up, and in the 2 years since i finished the car, ive been too scared to push it past 3/4 throttle. its seen 3/4 throttle twise for about a split second each time and otherwise only ever sees half throttle once in awhile. both times over 1/2 throttle was just to see what it would do, and it has so much more to give at those speeds that i shut it down right away. last summer i left a new laborghini in the dust from a 75mph highway roll with half throttle.... so you can see im scared of pushing it harder, i have a family.

the rear could probly use some shimming. ill take a look at that when i put it all back together.

thanks guys.
the ring and pinion look totaly fine. the spider gears look like thay are getting some wear.
the car weighs 3100lbs. heavy for a hot rod but 70% of that is up front. theres no concern of the frame twisting up. its all 2x3x1/4" steel. every joint is fish plated and braced like mad. the back end will break loose every time but every time it does, it points the car to the left and it scares me. id like to even up the back end grab/spin to hopefuly get it to go streight rather than always swing the back end out to the right. its about the scaryest thing you coud ever drive!!! ive taken a few guys for rides in it that are long time drag racers with 8 and 9 second cars of there own, and it has left every one of them with clattering knees.
its not a drag car so hooking up isnt a real goal, but a hot rod that only smokes one wheel just isnt a hot rod.
my main concern is even with the wheel spin, will the LSD center section risk getting blown to pieces any more than an open style would? or are thay about compairable as far as strength?
i know the weaker point is probly u-joints but im still interested to know if the LSD and open diff are about the same in strength.

ive been interested in jag IRS's since i was a kid and have not built hot rods around 2 of them with good results.