yet another active handling question
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yet another active handling question
I posted yesterday about doing a 360 with my 01 vert, showing off for a kid. I later realized that I had the car in comp mode. Why did'nt AH come on? I thought that in comp mode you just disabled traction control but that AH was still in place. If that's the case, I should not have been able to do a 360 in comp mode. Any theory's or explanations...
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Burning Brakes
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Re: yet another active handling question (Wt99C5)
No, comp mode only disables traction control. How fast were you going? I've heard (and found out the hard way) that AH doesn't come on if you're going relatively slow. I did a 270 turning left from a parking lot once and AH didn't kick on. Someone said you have to be going faster.
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Re: yet another active handling question (NetJunkie)
No, comp mode only disables traction control. How fast were you going? I've heard (and found out the hard way) that AH doesn't come on if you're going relatively slow. I did a 270 turning left from a parking lot once and AH didn't kick on. Someone said you have to be going faster.
Any other takers on this?
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Re: yet another active handling question (mjager)
I've never done a doughnut in my car, but I would think in order to spin it around real good you would turn the wheel to the lock in one direction and stomp on the gas. Wouldn't active handling know that you wanted to go hard left or right and just let you since the nose of the car is going where you are pointing it too? Just my theory, I won't even stick to it... lol :D
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Re: yet another active handling question (SAXN8R)
I've never done a doughnut in my car, but I would think in order to spin it around real good you would turn the wheel to the lock in one direction and stomp on the gas. Wouldn't active handling know that you wanted to go hard left or right and just let you since the nose of the car is going where you are pointing it too? Just my theory, I won't even stick to it... lol :D
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Le Mans Master
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Re: yet another active handling question (RedHot)
Active Handeling may be good, but it will not over ride the laws of physics. :nono:
Burning Brakes
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Re: yet another active handling question (mjager)
In Competition Mode, TC is disabled and AH remains active. It is my understanding, that while in competititve mode, the AH system will allow for a bit more yaw before engaging to allow for a bit more enthusiastic presentation of the car to a corner. I remember reading this about the AH system on my '99; however, I am not certain if this feature was carried to the second generation AH system in my '01. My driving style tends to engage the AH more so under braking in understeering conditions; as opposed to, taming oversteer through the corner. I have noticed the AH engaging when I have induced oversteer through trail braking a corner, but it is difficult for me to tell if the system is any more sensitive in either mode. In any case, the true fun appears with all systems turned off.
Melting Slicks
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Re: yet another active handling question (mjager)
Another take on AH is that to make a correction its primary response is to brake the outside front wheel for a fishtail under power. Somebody who understands physics better than I can guess if that will actually plant that tire and help with a donut? I do know that the system is supposed to work at very low speeds, for example on ice at slow speed so that should not be the issue. In search of better answer will post if it come in.
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Re: yet another active handling question (StArrow68)
ive owned a2000 vert and in comp mode i coulndt make the car drift in a fast turn. on my 02 i can bring the rear end out as much as i want as fast as i want as long as i want thought ah was no good.reading engineering thread on chevy vette site i think its possible because ah2 doesnt come on as long as your in control of the slide i think sensors in steering tell computer if driver is in control or if he needs help.this is just my guess. plan to ask service on next visit.if i jerk wheel hard and dont correct ah does come on but it seems to only on sudden moves :cheers:
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Re: yet another active handling question (Richin Chicago)
Actually on the 2000 version of AH you can get some throttle retard if if you get a serious amount of slip.