Thread: What did you do with or to your Disco today

Anyway, back on topic

I started stripping bits off of mine today... the wrecking has officially begun

Originally Posted by DAMINK

I simply dont agree.
My mate in his cruiser has almost the same power to my car.
Basically the same clearance as me.
He has LSD diffs and i dont. Which means he has more wheels turning than i do.
That simple.
More wheels turning means more traction.
I have crossed my car up many times in ruts. 2 wheels off the ground and the other 2 do bugger all.

Cruiser in the same situation will keep pulling with the other 2 wheels all be it only a % of.
If i put LSDs in my car or lockers then i would agree with you.
Mate your not that far away from me.
Come down the valley some day and we (me, you, my mate in his cruiser) will go for a drive and see.

Mmmm maybe you dream of tojos and missans me thinks

wired up my new carling switches to my winch and light bar refitted my redarc brake controller and wiring is run from my rear light switch tounder the column now to change the wheel carrier and fit the modified one with uhf aerial and rear led light

Originally Posted by rangieman

Mmmm maybe you dream of tojos and missans me thinks

Na man i dream of woman and good times.
You dream of cars.... Thats cool.
Each to there own mate.

Because i compare does not mean i have a preference.
But i think to not compare is to be ignorant.

Originally Posted by DAMINK

lol yep.
3 diffs working and 2 wheels turning.

All the CDL does is make the front and back wheels turn at the same rate.
It has nothing to do with the fact the front and rear are single spinners man.

Yep understand that
Just not my experiece that my d1s have been less capable off rd than standard tojes etc so wondering what is happening

Originally Posted by edddo

Yep understand that
Just not my experiece that my d1s have been less capable off rd than standard tojes etc so wondering what is happening

Same here. LSD in the Patrol/cruiser or not.


Thinking very few cruisers see out their new car warranty period with a functional LSD


LSD's do very little when the opposing wheel is off the ground, expecially unbreakable yota ones.....

Originally Posted by Rick1970

Same here. LSD in the Patrol/cruiser or not.


Thinking very few cruisers see out their new car warranty period with a functional LSD

My mates must be lucky then because there cars are well outside warranty and there LSD works fine.

Originally Posted by Rick1970

LSD's do very little when the opposing wheel is off the ground, expecially unbreakable yota ones.....

Very little versus nothing.
When you talking about every bit counts that's an important distinction.
Simple mathematics i would have thought.
I have had both spinning wheels in the air a few times. Its quite annoying to look at a car labeled 4 wheel drive sit there like a turtle turned over.
Easy to get out of sure. Easy to prevent in the first place? Not always. Throwing money into the car helps.
A little traction out of the 2 wheels on the ground would have been much appreciated in those situations.

I have done a lot to mitigate this.
Increased approach angle as much as possible.
Lifted and big tyres. It helps but only helps.
A lot more to do in order to get the car to a point where i would feel comfortable calling it a 4 wheel drive.
Locker in the rear and LSD in the front.
Yes people actually fit LSDs to discos. Ever wonder why that is?

Originally Posted by DAMINK

My mates must be lucky then because there cars are well outside warranty and there LSD works fine.



Very little versus nothing.
When you talking about every bit counts that's an important distinction.
Simple mathematics i would have thought.
I have had both spinning wheels in the air a few times. Its quite annoying to look at a car labeled 4 wheel drive sit there like a turtle turned over.
Easy to get out of sure. Easy to prevent in the first place? Not always. Throwing money into the car helps.
A little traction out of the 2 wheels on the ground would have been much appreciated in those situations.

I have done a lot to mitigate this.
Increased approach angle as much as possible.
Lifted and big tyres. It helps but only helps.
A lot more to do in order to get the car to a point where i would feel comfortable calling it a 4 wheel drive.
Locker in the rear and LSD in the front.
Yes people actually fit LSDs to discos. Ever wonder why that is?

D2`s with open diffs work realy well and can go a lot further than most stockers but they have Traction control standard.
Yes i have a D2 and its locked why cause i like to play hard with 32" muddies.
4wd`s were and some still are fundamentally 2wd`s One wheel at the front and one at the rear driven and alot these days are 3 wheelers .
So at the end of the day its not the cars fault your just expecting to much from a standard car .
This is the mind set of a lot of Naive people that buy a 4wd`S I can go any where its a 4wd