Okay, I tried my little "Ghetto Test" and my EDL seems to be working. I'm going to give it a few more tries as the opportunities present themselves. I suggest you do the same and let me know what your results are.

 

How long does yours take to kick in? If i'm getting any kind of response at all, I know it's not within the first two seconds at least.

 

It might not be. I'm sure it depends on how hard you're launching. The simple fact that you can get the passenger side wheel to spin in the dirt and also get the driver's side to do the same, then your EDL has to be working, because both wheels don't take off at the same time (that's what the EDL is for - slippage).

I don't know how much power you're putting to the ground, or how aggressive your tire tread patterns are, but I'm pushing 22psi on 20"x8" wheels and my tires have a really aggressive tread pattern, so I have to be careful when I get on it, because the car will "walk" on me (the tires follow the road - unless it's well paved), so I have to fight to keep her in a straight line sometimes......which is funny, because that turned into an unintentional test for us today. I was playing around with this guy on a superbike and when one of my wheels would slip, the car would jerk the other way real hard, which is exactly what you would expect from a functional EDL.

Like I said though: I don't think the tire on the pavement matters nearly as much as the tire on the dirt/sand/etc. If you can get both front wheels to "spin out" in the dirt, then your EDL has to be working, otherwise, only one would spin in the dirt, as the other would be the only one getting power.....unless they're both getting equal power at the same time, but that seems highly unlikely. If you want to check that, just rev the car up to about 3,600 RPM (on a safe, clear road - that's smooth) and dump the clutch. Do a real good burnout. Sure, it's hard on the drive-train, but it's a quick and easy was to see - and guarantee which wheel is spinning first.

 

I'm up in Idaho where we're currently inundated with snow and ice. If one wheel is on ice, the other side doesn't spin at all, no matter how long I spin it, or how high I rev it. Brand new all seasons tires.

 

Interesting. Is it always the same wheel that spins?

 

Nope. Same for either side.

 

Then (if I'm not mistaken) that alone should prove that your EDL is working, because you obviously don't have a spool. I think the reason your EDL is giving you the impression that it's malfunctioning is because neither wheel can get traction in the frozen tundra you call home.

 

To clarify, if one wheel is on ice and the other is on dry pavement, the tire on ice just spins and spins, without the EDL kicking in and allowing power transfer to the tire with traction.

 

Ahhhh! That's what I was trying to figure out. That tells me that there's definitely something up. Have you tried that test method on both sides (driver's wheel and passenger's)?

 

Yeah, seems to be the same case on both sides.