HILUX vs LANDY!lol

Ok it slightly modified but what 4x4 isn't!

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Looks like neither of them have the ground clearance

but if you admit it, if the disco had the clearance it killed that tiny tiny hill, how long did the hilux take to get up, i went to make me coffee!!!!

look, it took me ages to find a video of a hilux beating a landy! don't cheapen it snow!

2 sugars Harry?

please bill :-)

Front diff lock is whats needed, they both would have popped it easy peasy.

cant a discovery lock all its wheels? was looking at air lockers for my truck, 600 bloody quid! rather get stuck!!!

lockers are for girls!!!! center diff is all you need!!! and a heavy right foot, lockers are for people that cant drive ;-) hence why merc put them all round in the G wagons

good set of M/Ts center diff lock, and you dont need a lift in a 90 but other unworhty jap cars might need a lift,

id had got up there like going up a kerb!

having a front and rear diff lock is the same as a center difflock?!?! anyway to easy in a defender, no challenge, may aswell get out and walk, would be more comfortable!!!

first time i drove a defender i hurt myself closing the door, i always though defender drivers were trying to look cool with their arm hanging out the window in ALL weather, then i found out they have no choice!!! the door is where ya arm should be!lol

I take your point Snow, but we've got no choice on ours, no centre diff you see. Gots to be a front locker. The debate rolls on . . . . . . . . . . . ..

I do know that the driver of 1st vehicle to get stuck or break down on the rally is going to have to take some serious jibbin, it'll never be forgotten.

sycopaff wrote:

having a front and rear diff lock is the same as a center difflock?!?! anyway to easy in a defender, no challenge, may aswell get out and walk, would be more comfortable!!!

first time i drove a defender i hurt myself closing the door, i always though defender drivers were trying to look cool with their arm hanging out the window in ALL weather, then i found out they have no choice!!! the door is where ya arm should be!lol

no no no

center lock the drive shafts front and rear, so if you dont have grip at rear front pulls out etcr,

lockers on axels will lock the half shafts together in the axel diffs, so both wheels on axel turn together

center lock on ill cross axel if i dont have the reach im going no where

if you have lockers on yea axel you go push the button and drive out a cross axel situation,


the new landrovers have lockers all round for ulimate offroading performance and the car turns them on and off when needed,


the other reason for no having lockers fitted after the 600 for the unit, you will eat halfshafts from brecky, and uprated one when then go the snap in half and are buggers to remove!!

farmerl200

dont you have rear locks as standard?! mum old pajero had rear locker as standard could have be an optional extra, as no centre diff

if mine dies on the rally im gonna ignor the problem and keep driving!!!

knowing my lucky im gonna do something stupid on the plains and break something!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03d1HBNFvs&feature=related

if he had lockers on the axels he would sail through, or longer suspension and cones to allow major articulation, which once i get offroad again i should have with 12" reach shocks and dislocation cones!

*awaits JJ with Gwagon videos*

L200 has centre "lock" by the nature of the transfer box (it's not a differential).

As with any transfer box, this locks the front and rear drive shafts together, therefore giving a guaranteed minimum 2 wheel drive (one front, one rear) or more, depending how badly it's cross axled or lost traction.

This is the same on most 4x4s, unless it has a true centre differential - which needs locking to prevent different rotation speeds of the front and rear propshafts.

Front or rear diff locks lock the axle differential output shafts together.

In the case of some L200 models (some had it as standard - Warrior for example, some as an option), rear differential lock was available, therefore giving a guaranteed 3 wheel drive. Fit a front locker, and hey presto, true 4x4.

snow wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03d1HBNFvs&feature=related

if he had lockers on the axels he would sail through, or longer suspension and cones to allow major articulation, which once i get offroad again i should have with 12" reach shocks and dislocation cones!

*awaits JJ with Gwagon videos*

That wouldn't happen in an L200 that has rear diff lock

landrover lock the props together, giving same speed front and rear, so the transfer box also acts as a diff,

so all id need is front and rear diff lockers to get "true 4x4" but then there isnt much challenging stuff off-road for us landrovers ;-)

nickburt wrote:

snow wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03d1HBNFvs&feature=related

if he had lockers on the axels he would sail through, or longer suspension and cones to allow major articulation, which once i get offroad again i should have with 12" reach shocks and dislocation cones!

*awaits JJ with Gwagon videos*

That wouldn't happen in an L200 that has rear diff lock

only cause you need one in inferior cars

snow wrote:

landrover lock the props together, giving same speed front and rear, so the transfer box also acts as a diff,

so all id need is front and rear diff lockers to get "true 4x4" but then there isnt much challenging stuff off-road for us landrovers ;-)

Many a time I've had to drag a LR out of a simple cross axle.

snow wrote:

nickburt wrote:

snow wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03d1HBNFvs&feature=related

if he had lockers on the axels he would sail through, or longer suspension and cones to allow major articulation, which once i get offroad again i should have with 12" reach shocks and dislocation cones!

*awaits JJ with Gwagon videos*

That wouldn't happen in an L200 that has rear diff lock

only cause you need one in inferior cars

But that's what makes them superior - we get the goodies as standard

meh its cause they couldnt drive!!! its all about grip!!


but if i had money flowing out the door, id invest in front and rear lockers, just for those annoying occasions like once a year when i get stuck,

im gonna regret a lot of things once we all get on a p&p site on the rally, its gonna be follow the leader and who ever gets stuck gets left behind!!!

God help the first one to have a mishap - it's going to be ruthless

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God help the first one to have a mishap - it's going to be ruthless

I'm going to try my very best to make sure it isn't me, an ARB front locker will be present before next June.

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but if i had money flowing out the door, id invest in front and rear
lockers, just for those annoying occasions like once a year when i get
stuck,

You'd best get saving Snow, gonna take me a while to save up for a front locker, never mind 2.

well with out any lockers it will defo be me!!!lol hilux works the same as l200, no center diff, just transfer box! you can get rear locker on some models! not mine though! lol

there is no way i can afford do anything to my truck, so standard all the way!

you got 6 months to play with the truck yet, as long as its ok the day before the event you will be fine