can you compleatly diactivate traction control
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can you compleatly diactivate traction control
Drag racing my 08 c6, having issues with traction control and my nitrious, as in it seems to really not like it. I can shut it off with button but it still seems to activate in certain conditons. Is there a way to completely diactivate it like pull a fuse or something?
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One push of the button, and traction control is turned off
How could it be any easier ?
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If you haven't found out yet, TC is the default, so it resets itself every time you turn the engine off. If the swiggly tire icon is not lit, TC is on. Make a few passes w/o the NOS to verify the TC stays off after you push the button once. Then make passes with the NOS. If TC turns back on by itself, then the NOS switch/wiring is doing a reset.
Last edited by HOXXOH; Jun 25, 2018 at 09:49 PM.
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Turning off all the nannies is a really bad choice for drag racing.
If you haven't found out yet, TC is the default, so it resets itself every time you turn the engine off. If the swiggly tire icon is not lit, TC is on. Make a few passes w/o the NOS to verify the TC stays off after you push the button once. Then make passes with the NOS. If TC turns back on by itself, then the NOS switch/wiring is doing a reset.
If you haven't found out yet, TC is the default, so it resets itself every time you turn the engine off. If the swiggly tire icon is not lit, TC is on. Make a few passes w/o the NOS to verify the TC stays off after you push the button once. Then make passes with the NOS. If TC turns back on by itself, then the NOS switch/wiring is doing a reset.
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It really messes with the nitrous, when the car tries to spin then it does its thing with the fuel and timing. I have been having issues in the burn out, with the TC off when your driving out of the burnout under power then it activates active handling, if i don't reset the TC button then nitrous will not activate on the run. It would just be easier to shut it all off and not have to do all that messing around before staging the car.
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I am assuming your nitrous getting weird is due to you using a WOT trigger for it and traction control/torque management is closing the throttle to reduce torque to the rear wheels.
The throttle closing to reduce engine torque can be easily turned off/maxed out in the tune. Or you can switch the torque management method to use spark timing only, or eliminate it completely as I said. Most LS cars use both spark and throttle to reduce power when torque management is active. Torque management exists for traction control and also exists to protect the transmission (if you have an auto trans).
Turning it off will keep your throttle open and you wont be turning nitrous on and off (If your in fact using a WOT trigger or your nitrous).
The throttle closing to reduce engine torque can be easily turned off/maxed out in the tune. Or you can switch the torque management method to use spark timing only, or eliminate it completely as I said. Most LS cars use both spark and throttle to reduce power when torque management is active. Torque management exists for traction control and also exists to protect the transmission (if you have an auto trans).
Turning it off will keep your throttle open and you wont be turning nitrous on and off (If your in fact using a WOT trigger or your nitrous).
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