8" traction....what's out there?

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who knows what units are available for the good old 8"? I've got a strong housing with 3.40 gears that I like, but I really can't stand the lack of traction I get. I have traction bars and have moved the battery to the trunk, but there is no substitute for a good traction lock. I have an old Equaloc in my 3.00 to 1 gears that came with the car, but it is too weak.....even if I rebuilt it I doubt it would perform like I would like it to.....I really need a performance designed unit.

Right now I have the 3.40 gears out, and the 3.00 set is in and I still have bad traction problems. Sure smoking them down is fun, but I really shouldn't have problems coming out of 20 mph turns. Forget pulling out in front of traffic. I can feather the throttle and ride the clutch, but I'm still steering with the rear wheels. In fact, that is the fastest way for me to get out into traffic.....dump the clutch and cut the wheel.....when the rear end swings around I lift off the gas and let the car straiten up. Fun--yeah, but safe???? NO WAY.

I have heard that Currie makes a TSD (torque sensing diff--what ever that is) but I haven't heard about any others. Heck, even the Currie web site doesn't tell you that they have an 8" version, I had to read that in a magazine (nor do they actually tell what the TSD unit is). I've been surfing for days and can only find stuff for the 8.8 and 9.0 rears, not that I'm surprised by this, but I was wondering if I had any other options. If Currie doesn't tell you about 8" stuff, maybe the others don't either.

So if anybody knows something I don't, please tell me. I'm really dreading the next time it rains around here.....I'm tired of driving the Taurus. Thanks.