Front "lokka" or Chip

Chip !!!!!! And you have answered your own question.....

A lokka for me. I drive a 3.0 and whilst they aren't powerful it goes as fast as I ever need it to, the lokka makes 4WDing so much more contolled and that's why we buy them, for the 2% of the time when we need that extra traction isn't it.

Lokka!

It WILL improve your off road enjoyment, (assuming that you travel places that test you and your car's ability). It will allow you to traverse country slowly and safely that otherwise may have been inaccessable.

I haven't driven a 2.8 in quite some time, so don't really know what their on road perfromance is like, I also can't say for sure whether a chip will improve it.

I am a big fan of difflocks, and not just for 'extreme' use. We are all better off if the bloke in front of us was able to negotiate an obstacle slowly and without wheel spin than if he had to approach it with 'greater momentum' after a failed attempt. Many will say that they have 'travelled all over' and never 'needed a diff-lock', personally, I switch mine on before I 'need' it.

I had lockrights in the Troopy and they were the best purchase I ever made for that car!

cheers

Chip for sure. Offroad they transform the 2.8 & 3 L Patrols almost like they have a lower gear pulling from far less revs. Makes handbrake starts on steep hills far easier requiring less down changing & you can idle your revs down to get over a rock ledge and then still accelerate away. Without it as you'd know, get low down in the revs & it just bogs down and wont recover particularly in sand.
On the road it of course has better power which we can always do with more, handy when towing too.
The Locker.................well it's good for getting you over an obstacle 2 or 3 times a year that the car wouldn't have made without it & probably allows you to go a bit easier on the tyres & transmission by walking through slower but then you'll need the chip 1st to be able to go that slow ;-)
Cheers Craig..............

Looking at you rig pic, I reckon you'd be wasting your money on a lokka....it won't do squat up in the air:-)
I'd be leaning towards the chip, it might help you get more 'air time'.

Cheers
Glenn

Hi Stefan.
I had a detroit in the front of my 3lt pajero & it really made a difference. The only problem was that the steering had a mind of its own. Some 3 point turns became 5 point turns.
I now have a chipped DID pajero with the MATT system & I now have the best of both worlds.
Regards.
Vince.

Hows it going Stefan,

I was talking to a guy at work who had had a lokka , I thought they were a cheaper answer to an air locker and was interested.

I thought they must be ok as you never see them on ebay , my mate at work rekoned they were really hard to set up and the engagement got more extreme as the lokka wore

If you get your vehicle chipped it may be more driveable on and off road.

Glenn.

Locker?? Chip?? Locker?? Chip?? Locker?? Chip?? Locker??
Ah bugger it !!!- Won't don't ya go get a Toyota...

Stefan,

I went the Chip first and now the Air Lockers. If I went the Lockers first I may have saved my front diff.
The chip improved my fuel consumption by 2L/100KM and the auto transmission doesn't hunt on hills as much. Then there is the camper. I've got to check every now and then to see that it's still there. :)