View Poll Results: Traction Control on or off when racing off the line?
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As long as you keep the fluid changed those trannies should hold up pretty well. Aux coolers help too. Keeps the fluid from breaking down. I'm putting one of those in soon.
Mines got 107,000 on it, ive been running her sorta hard and shes still tight as ever.
Mines got 107,000 on it, ive been running her sorta hard and shes still tight as ever.
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Definitely turn OFF the traction control.
Only newbies to racing turn it on. If you don't know your cars limits you shouldn't be racing.
Yes, leaving the traction control on will pull your timing and apply your brakes as soon as the tires spin, both of which are not condusive to winning races.
Those of us lucky enough to have the torque of a supercharged engine know that a little bit of tire slip, not outright spinning, will give the best times.....but then if you are also lucky enough to have sticky slicks, it won't matter.
Only newbies to racing turn it on. If you don't know your cars limits you shouldn't be racing.
Yes, leaving the traction control on will pull your timing and apply your brakes as soon as the tires spin, both of which are not condusive to winning races.
Those of us lucky enough to have the torque of a supercharged engine know that a little bit of tire slip, not outright spinning, will give the best times.....but then if you are also lucky enough to have sticky slicks, it won't matter.
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What I do is take traction off to roast em to get them warm and grippy and then leave it off so I can get max launch and make sure my tires dont spin afterwards.
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If you do end up spinning the tires it cuts off fuel and engages the breaks. You definately don't want that. They tell you how it works in the Manual. So just learn how to launch with it off and you'll be set. I know where my tires will spin so i bring it up right before that.
i think in our cars that traction control pulls timing, and in a race that is really a bad thing...
Definitely turn OFF the traction control.
Only newbies to racing turn it on. If you don't know your cars limits you shouldn't be racing.
Yes, leaving the traction control on will pull your timing and apply your brakes as soon as the tires spin, both of which are not condusive to winning races.
Those of us lucky enough to have the torque of a supercharged engine know that a little bit of tire slip, not outright spinning, will give the best times.....but then if you are also lucky enough to have sticky slicks, it won't matter.
Only newbies to racing turn it on. If you don't know your cars limits you shouldn't be racing.
Yes, leaving the traction control on will pull your timing and apply your brakes as soon as the tires spin, both of which are not condusive to winning races.
Those of us lucky enough to have the torque of a supercharged engine know that a little bit of tire slip, not outright spinning, will give the best times.....but then if you are also lucky enough to have sticky slicks, it won't matter.
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Originally Posted by dbtk2
If you do end up spinning the tires it cuts off fuel and engages the breaks. You definately don't want that. They tell you how it works in the Manual. So just learn how to launch with it off and you'll be set. I know where my tires will spin so i bring it up right before that.
i think in our cars that traction control pulls timing, and in a race that is really a bad thing...
Definitely turn OFF the traction control.
Only newbies to racing turn it on. If you don't know your cars limits you shouldn't be racing.
Yes, leaving the traction control on will pull your timing and apply your brakes as soon as the tires spin, both of which are not condusive to winning races.
Those of us lucky enough to have the torque of a supercharged engine know that a little bit of tire slip, not outright spinning, will give the best times.....but then if you are also lucky enough to have sticky slicks, it won't matter.
Only newbies to racing turn it on. If you don't know your cars limits you shouldn't be racing.
Yes, leaving the traction control on will pull your timing and apply your brakes as soon as the tires spin, both of which are not condusive to winning races.
Those of us lucky enough to have the torque of a supercharged engine know that a little bit of tire slip, not outright spinning, will give the best times.....but then if you are also lucky enough to have sticky slicks, it won't matter.
#17
As soon as we get in either the SSEi or GTP we turn the traction control off, even if we are just driving down the freeway.
If it is off, does the computer pull timing if you spin the tires excessively, like in a burn out for instance?
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thanks for ur help hehe i still need to learn a little more about when my tires will spin or not but i think ive basically got it down i usually dont spin
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If it is off, does the computer pull timing if you spin the tires excessively, like in a burn out for instance?
Supposedly it will in the GTP also, but not as bad, the Bonnevilles traction control is supposed the be the GTP'* traction control system made worse, but we always pull the fuse when doing burnouts so I don't know for sure, and I have never experienced it on the street while I have been monitoring with the fuse in. I will probably in the near future write a write up on the GTP and SSEi traction control systems to explain exactly how they work and what they do in every situation, but I don't feel I have enough information to do it yet.
#20
Basically it will let you do about as much spin as you would on a launch, any more than that and it will pull timing, but waiting a few seconds before pulling timing helps ET'* SIGNIFICANTLY because you don't get the timing pulled so you have as much power as you can get for the whole 1/8 or 1/4 mile.
I suppose the fuse you pull is the anti-lock brakes for the GTP...but you can't pull a fuse to avoid the timing retard.