So which is it?

X5 or stock v6 lr3 wheels?

 

I have been working too many late nights The wheel in the pic is from an x5 and is what I will be using until I can get something better. I am concerned a little about the weight of the LR3 vs. X5 and strength of the wheel. Probably okay but not sure. These will be my dedicated off roaders so if they fail it will be a low speed crash

 

Lucky8’s Project Discovery 3 Update : Ugly shoes

Ok so everyone and their stepmother hated the silver rims. I get it! Please stop with the hate mail.
Really
Please stop.

I was hoping the silver and green would look good. Unfortunately for me this was wrong but I have made amends. Here is the rim in black.



Full of chest pounding confidents in my new black rims we headed off to the winter romp.



The best way to describe the conditions at this years winter romp is sugar. This powder sugar type snow made movement almost impossible and if you got off the beaten path , well as they say in the big city forget about it.



After battling most of the nigh through mounds of sugar snow I had no love left for the LR3. I’ll throw this question out there. Why the hell did the engineer responsible for traction control turn off power to the motor when it is needed most?



I had enough of traction control, terrain response and kinetic straps for one night. It was time for bed.



Early the next morning I went out to scowl at the Lr3. Believe me when I tell you this, I wanted it to be good. But every time I need it the truck it would let me down. I finished my tiny breakfast at Big Gs and went back out to give it another go.


Photo by Zack Griswold

The trail conditions changed a little over night for the better giving the Nittos some solid ground to bite. If you listen closely to this video clip you will hear how hard I had to work the truck to get it through what seems like an easy snow-covered trail.


I was able to enjoy the truck a little more the second day, and to be honest everything was getting stuck out there.


Photo by Zack Griswold

There is no poser pic today but I do have two videos and a question.

Video one is a well equipped Disco3 on a 2in lift running snow chains. This truck was in rock mode as it tried to cross a sugar patch. Although both lockers were engaged the computer would not let the truck pick up the speed needed to get across.


Video two is the L8 Disco 3 in sand mode. I had to flog it all the way through the sugar patch. By keeping the REV’s up and all the wheels spinning about the same speed my new nemesis, the computer did not shut down the engine.


Now the question.
What setting in terrain response is your favorite and why?

 

i use d2 mode. takes all the trickery out of the equation

 

There was a pretty good post on here awhile back about how to effectively use terrain response. I found it on another page here: Overland Expo - Overland Tech & Travel - Land Rover's Terrain Response explained

I have never had so much as a slip with my LR3 whereas the DII gets you there, all while shaking, rattling, and rolling. Then again, I've never had mine in sugar. Let us know what you find out as far as performance in different settings. I'm anxious to learn more.

 

If you are in "rock" mode it cuts power and "snow/ice" mode still gives you the power and lets the diffs act as LSD's is that not correct??

 

Mud / Ruts DSC off!

 

jerdog has it right. More specifically, Snow mode is good on the road with packed snow and ice. When it's DEEP and/or powdery, put it in Mud/Ruts, turn OFF the DSC and you will have none of the issues that you described above.

 

I was in Mountain, WI in the same sugar snow 2-3ft deep. The best I found was TC off DSC off and lots of speed when possible. I believe this gives an even 50/50 split between the front and rear. Only got stuck once due to backend falling off the trail and pointing the rear window at a tree, had to be winched out but could have driven out if not for the tree. We actually did not get a lot of trail time because so many of the trails were closed. The snow setting is useless on the trail but great on icy roads. Here is another TRS explained. I printed this on and put it in the glovebox.

 

LR3NJ: Rock Crawl Mode doesn't cut power per se....it just makes the throttle response REALLY sensitive and going fast and/or gaining momentum is nearly impossible in that mode. I truly only use Rock Crawl if I'm driving over big rocks.

Mud/Ruts, to me, is the most versatile mode. I use it most of the time when I'm off-road or in deep snow. It seems to be the least invasive to me and does a great job of locking the diff(s) when needed. ...and yes, also kill the DSC. I do that most of the time, not just in snow. I generally am set up off-road with Mud/Ruts selected plus my "three amigos" (shameless re-purposing of nickname): Lo-Range Icon, HDC Off Icon, DSC Off Icon.

If I am about to go down a steep hill with deep pot holes, I'll turn HDC back on so that it can work as a torque-arrester....otherwise it annoys the hell out of me!

Also I turn it on if I do a hill climb, in the event I fail, I want to have HDC on in Reverse as I back down. Very handy feature!

...how's your D2 sounding NOW, Dusty? Pffffhh...