Air Locker vs LSD vs Traction Control Part 1

4x4 Action compare the differences between having an Air Locker, LSD and Traction Control under various real life situations

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ARB
• Air
• Locker
• airlocker
• LSD
• traction
• control
• off
• road
• offroad
• sand
• mud
• bogged

[jan585]

a question, supose that you are in the mud and the water is very high

you have to put the air locker on, doesn't it suck water up then? or can you connect it to snorkel is some way?

[ARB4WD]

We try and mount the air compressor high up in the engine bay or even inside the vehicle to prevent water ingestion. It is possible to remount the air intake/filter to an even higher location if you wish though

[gunnydogs]

Was the tire pressure all the same? it looked like the last vehicle had the tires air'd down a bit.

[ARB4WD]

This was an independent test conducted by Australian 4WD Action Magazine. The journalist who conducted the test is no longer with the publication, but he is renowned for being extremely thorough, so we expect that the tyres would have been running similar pressures.

[bertman668]

im sorry but the "destroying the trail" with tire spin is really not that bad. around here we call it "rutting it up for the next guy" and its just part of off roading

[MrAmansyed]

wots the compressor for?

[lshobie]

Daniel Bongard, a brilliant engineer! I own vehicles with open diffs, the LX470 with traction control and my HZJ79 with arb lockers - the arb lockers are the best for sure.  The traction control on the LX470 does work very well. I've used detroit and lunch box lockers - not so good in my opinion.

[tilley9898]

@theraptor350 yeah, you can go buy a run down jeep for 500-1000 bucks, put 3-5k in it and you got yourself a better off road capable jeep than any of these 50k+ vehicles.

[theraptor350]

and. a good 30 grand give u a tricked out jeep wrangler that can go through anything no matter what! lmao. fuckin craZy! 75 grand! wtf!

[nuclearthreat545]

Thank god this isnt 55 grand in american dollars that'd be so fucking much money for this shit lol

[F0ckUtoob]

If I had Traction Control, Detroit TrueTrac's or Torsen's would be better and cheaper in my opinion.

And cost more than half as much.

The Hummer H1 uses that same system. Sometimes with limited slips you get wheel spin without enough drag to bump the other side. You hear guys talk a lot about bumping the brakes so it catches the spinning wheel & diverts the power to make it hump. A traction control set-up would do this faster & to the spinning wheel(s) only. Very cheap & on-road friendly to.

[rigged100]

Thats crap, the white prado took it a bit quicker, and didn't back off! where as the e.t.c prado, he backed off!! lockers are terrific things, i have them, but they do not get the brakes hot, and they are better than lockers in normal circumstances, because you don't have to turn them on and off, rocking back and forwards to release them, you also don't lose steering ability as you do with airlockers!!! experience not a hunch

[itchyundies]

shit i can buy 1 cheaper in the states and sent back to australia cheaper than buying hear thats real nice isnt it

[ruuman]

no if you actually listen he said "ok daniel, your go mate, drive the hill exactly the same way ramsey did, low range first, little bit of momentum"