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Offline dragongreen16v

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Traction Control
« on: 13 April 2004, 19:54 »
It's probably been mentioned before in the past but is it true that traction control is standard on the 16v? My car is on an R (98). What does it do, make the car handle better?
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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #1 on: 13 April 2004, 20:05 »
yes.

its the same as on the vr6. its there to eliminate torque steer, it stops doing its thing over 25 mph.
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Offline dragongreen16v

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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #2 on: 15 April 2004, 12:19 »
I've heard you can disable the traction control and make the car a little quicker! Is that right?
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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #3 on: 15 April 2004, 12:25 »
i haven't heard that, it makes sense though.

mr '6 said something in another thread about rumours of a connector under the back seats. wonder if it'd affect the abs or not though since the two systems are linked.
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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #4 on: 15 April 2004, 14:38 »
The black box under the back seat is the control unit for ABS/EDL. So i guess if you disconnect then you won't have any ABS either.
Anyone want to give it a go? I'll let you lot try it first  :D
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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #5 on: 15 April 2004, 14:45 »
^ thats what i'm doing  :D
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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #6 on: 15 April 2004, 15:01 »
Nice one, let me know what happens.
The only reason i haven't tried it is incase the Abs needs resetting. I'm not sure about this, should be ok though.
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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #7 on: 15 April 2004, 15:03 »
no...  i meant i'm letting everyone else try first  :D
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Offline LostBok

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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #8 on: 21 April 2004, 22:28 »
I'm assuming that the 8v doesn't have it at all, even the 98 cabriolet.... since I can spin out / get pretty bad torque steer if I floor it at all - last weekend was fun - nearly 150lb/ft torque and no TC on wet roads!
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Offline iball

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Re:Traction Control
« Reply #9 on: 22 April 2004, 08:46 »
I still don't think my valver has TC!!! It just spins up if I give it some beans below 25mph whether it's moving or from a standing start. I checked to make sure my ABS works in case the previous owner had disconnected that plug and the ABS still works. I have to stop playing around to see if the TC works as my front tyres are getting quite bald now!!!

I think it may have been introduced to later models, Post 95 possibly.

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