Thread: ATB Diffs

Of course he would. Torsen diffs aren't much use without traction control when you lift a wheel. Torsen plus the traction control is what makes things like the ATB such a brilliant option in the D2

Oh not this old chestnut again
ATB`S might be brilliant but you can not beat positive locking diffs

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Of course he would. Torsen diffs aren't much use without traction control when you lift a wheel. Torsen plus the traction control is what makes things like the ATB such a brilliant option in the D2

Yep I understand that. He does say he was braking which should get the ATB going...mind you he might not know how to drive. Cheers

Anyone that was on Outerlimits years ago would remember Sam/Stangerover's Lockless buggy.

It used TruTracs and Haultech's pneumatic TC, and in comps it would do 99% what a fully locked rock crawler would do.

My brother is fitting a electric locker to my mates D2 this week. Keen to see how it goes. It's going on the rear because my mate wants it there but having it on the front when climbing a hill probably makes more sense (ie because of rear load transfer means there will be plenty of rear wheel traction and the front needs all the help it can get with little weight there). Cheers

Nothing beats elockers in my opinion. I have a ashcroft atb in the centre diff and its amazing, add to this my front and rear elockers and everything is easy

Originally Posted by rangieman

Oh not this old chestnut again
ATB`S might be brilliant but you can not beat positive locking diffs

Depends what you're doing with them
ATBs offer a cheap and effective traction aid for probably 80-90% of the driving people do in D2s, even if only to remove a weak link from the drivetrain.
For the 10-20% who want to go beyond what others drive then absolutely, a fully locking differential will offer much better control off-road and get you through the tougher spots, but in those cases both the type of driving you're doing and the mods required go beyond the locker itself. I wouldn't want to run a locker on standard D2 axles, whereas I'd be comfortable running an ATB on them.
And I am aware that anything an ATB will improve off-road a positive locker will probably do better
But for people who want to do a little bit better without the need for full lockers or the want for the expense of them

Originally Posted by rangieman

Oh not this old chestnut again
ATB`S might be brilliant but you can not beat positive locking diffs

While this made me laugh out loud...... (Specifically the emoticon head butting the wall)

I could not have said it any better.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Depends what you're doing with them

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

ATBs offer a cheap and effective traction aid for probably 80-90% of the driving people do in D2s, even if only to remove a weak link from the drivetrain.
For the 10-20% who want to go beyond what others drive then absolutely, a fully locking differential will offer much better control off-road and get you through the tougher spots, but in those cases both the type of driving you're doing and the mods required go beyond the locker itself. I wouldn't want to run a locker on standard D2 axles, whereas I'd be comfortable running an ATB on them.
And I am aware that anything an ATB will improve off-road a positive locker will probably do better
But for people who want to do a little bit better without the need for full lockers or the want for the expense of them