I drive a 2007 Nismo KC 6M. I was looking for a non-destructive way of finding the capability of my truck's ABLS system. Unfortunately my wife found a fast, messy, and outrageously effective way of testing while I was not at home...
I'll start by saying that it had been raining almost every day for three weeks so you have some idea of the traction available from my yard. She was backing down our very steep driveway and got the driver's side wheel off into the grass. Winding up too close to the fence at the bottom of the hill to straighten it out, or so she thought, she decided to go back up the drive and try it again.
What she did (as best as I can figure):
Release brake, punch gas--revving motor to about four grand, dump clutch.
What happened:
Left tire made multiple revolutions excavating a large amount of grass and soil (which were deposited all over another vehicle). The truck actually slid back 8"-9" before brakes were applied to the Left side. Torque was transferred, Right tire spun on concrete(!) 4-5 revolutions and moved the truck forward. Left tire continued to rotate slightly faster than the truck was moving, but stopped digging a trench for the remainder of the climb. Right tire continued to power truck up the hill leaving an intermittent black patch until Left tire hit concrete again(hard to see in pic, especially since i waited days to take pictures).
Had the truck not had ABLS it would have probably rolled straight into my fence. I'm most impressed by how precisely the Left brake was applied to allow controlled rotation of the tire (as evidenced by the reduced yard damage) yet spin the Right tire on the concrete.
Evidence:
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The grass afforded negligible traction to my Left tire. I've seen the "roller test" that the Eaton locker is demonstrated on and I believe that in that situation this truck would have results similar to the ones that I described above. I'm totally impressed with the performance of this system and the truck in general.
