It's pouring outside today and that got me to thinking. I live near Chicago and the roads get pretty nasty in the wintertime. Does a traction lock also help prevent loss of control in slippery conditions, in addition to its other benefits?

 

Do you mean putting the trac-lok in the rear axle or the traction control button in the car?

 

I mean an LSD. I know what they do and maybe that makes this kind of a dumb question. My gut would tell me that having power to both wheeels would definitely help reduce fishtailing in the snow... not taking into account the extra hp power I'd already have by the time i put in gears and LSD.

 

Traction lok helps you get out of sticky situtations such as being stuck in mud, snow, etc. As for control its EASIER TO LOSE CONTROL WITH TRACTION LOK.
-P.

 

Yeah, when it's raining out I have to take it easy or the rear will get loose. If you have a CAI and a torque tune look out......lol

 

I'm up in Lake County, and got my car in January. I really thought traction was going to be a lot worse than it was. Snow wasn't all that bad (with TCS, of course, I turned it off to see and I was all over the place) and ice was worse, but still manageable.

I laughed when you mentioned the rain today...I was thinking this morning during my ride that I might want to consider larger wheels with lower profile tires. I like the stock rims (I know I'm one of the few), but the stock tires could handle better.

 

You're totally right. The car stock doesn't handle all that bad in snow. I got mine in late spring, but I have driven a coworker's V6 auto in snow and with the TCS on it's pretty easy to control.

Slightly worried about my 45 mile daily commute in the winter if I up the hp and tq though. Guess I'll have to be careful.

 

I'm here in Lake County too. This past winter I put 90 lbs of kitty litter in my trunck and I really didn't have any problems - even driving home on that Fri night in that horrible snow storm.

 

LOL, yeah I remember that snowstorm. Pretty much the only bad one we had this year. I left work early that day and my usual 45 minute commute took me over 2 hours. That was when I worked in Addison. I live in Elgin and now I work in LaGrange, so my daily commute is now about 1:15 each way.

I had the same idea about using sand or kitty litter in the trunk... even asked Doug at BamaChips if he could make me a tune that would seriously limit low end torque that I could flash in on snowy days. I haven't heard of anyone ever doing that, but it was worth asking.

But who wants to talk about snow??? It's June!!!!