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emilio
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 12:30 am: | 
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Hi All,
This weekend I went wheeling in the Sedona area, and there was some spots where the wheels would lose traction. I ended up using the technique of putting on the brakes and at the same time giving the car throttle to simulate a poor man's locker.
My question is this: Does this technique confuse the traction control on the DII? Is it better to use this technique when trying to scale rocks or is it better to just depend on the traction control?
As a side note, I do like using the "poor man's locker technque" because I feel like I have better control over the forward progress of the car.
Look forward to comments.
Emilio |
Craig
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 12:35 am: |
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Quote:does this technique cofuse the traction control on the DII?
Yes, it turns it off....
Craig |
Curtis
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 01:26 am: |
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Emilio,
ETC is a bizarre thing that can work pretty well at times and get confused at others. It is actually pretty amusing to watch from the outside of a vehicle.
The technique you are using is primarily meant for limited slip diffs and not the open diffs that you have. I would venture to say that you might be making matters worse by using your brakes and slowing forward progress. I don't think your technique will be effective at all with open diffs.
That bring said, the best thing you can do is to find a way to engage your CDL (Center Diff Lock). If you have a late 2001 or a 2002 then you may be SOL. If you have a 99'-00' or early '01 then you may have some luck. There are lots of products or homemade remedies to engage the CDL. This will help ETC out tremendously and help you along to happy wheeling.
Curtis |
Frode H�bertz Haaland (Discofrode)
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 01:38 am: |
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If you've experienced ETC not giving sufficient performance in certain situations, you may experience adding more throttle solves your problem... This seems contrary to what you usual do when wheels start spinning (release a bit on the throttle), but it ensures that the wheel/s that still HAVE traction (and thus are not slowed down by the ETC-braking), also gets the necessary force from engine to move your vehicle forwards
(may the force be with that wheel...).
Roverly Yours, Frode |
Chu Son
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 11:10 am: |
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What you're describing is useful. It won't help ETC work better, but I would still employ the brake/throttle technique. If you just "go for it," you can come down pretty hard on a rock.
chu |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 12:08 pm: |
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Frode has it correct. But ETC will fail and you will get more wheel spin with ETC alone. The CDL is really the way to go and the ETC/CDL combo is awesome! Left foot braking is a useful technique but not in the way you describe since it will disable the ETC. |
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