Thread: Defender Td5 traction control, can it be turned off

Ruslan and Larry are correct. It's in the rave manual.
I won't get into why you need to torn it off but there are times you do. It has been proven on a trip
I ran where we hit a huge dune and hp and no traction control won. The tc on stopped it short

Originally Posted by weeds

lets say two td5's side by side one with traction control and the other twin locked my money would be on the twin locked, i'm only thinking this as a twin loccked car has four wheels driving all the time unlike a TC controlled car...

My money would be on driver

My explanation would be TC driven wheels stop when no traction (off the ground, muddy soup, etc.) More power goes to "active" wheel, so it gets more torque. We have to remember an engine has limited power, so spinning wheel wasting it, and only 1/25 goes to each active wheel in moment of time. Using a throttle pedal becomes an art. And if you have "quick" foots, breaking time to time helps to move even further. I guess drivers in twin locked cars relaying mostly on lockers and deep throttle.

Lockers is good, I'd install one in rear axle only. TC is good too, and it's already there, virtually free

Twin locked will always win.

Originally Posted by sclarke

Twin locked will always win.

thats where my money is.....i a bet at a whole heaps less revs

Originally Posted by Sly

I know it can fail you at the worst of times/locations. Shurely there is a way to opperate with out it.

Isn't that the truth

Recall our trip out of Wombat PO - the TD5's traction control failing whilst towing Ivan

Did wonders for Ivan's smoking habit