Aluminum 12 bolt spool

[Ed Wright]

Guess it depends on how hard your car leaves, but I cleaned the splines out of the right side on the starting line at a national event at Memphis once. Jerry Hass had been with a customer 's Hemi 'Cuda parked across from me. Jerry walked over to ask what broke. Told him I didn't know yet. (Just got out of the car). He was standing on the starting line when I staged. He asked me how many axle splines. I told him 33. He said "Not an axle, aluminum spool?" I said "Yes sir." He replied you cleaned the splines out that side." He asked if I had a steel spool, and if I did what was it? I replied that I did, it was a lightened Strange. He said "There is not 5 lbs there." That he preferred to not use aluminum spools in cars like mine. I put the steel one back in. It was less than 5 lbs difference. It ran no faster with the aluminum spool, not one bit. That failure was 1st round of eliminations, and I had the better light before it headed for the tree. I 'll not use another one. 5lbs in the tires is one thing. Much larger radius. Small circle like a spool? I can 't tell that it is. Lots of guys have them & think they need them. Doubt many back-to-backed them like I had. I left it in there figuring it just HAD to be worth SOMETHING! LOL