Traction Control???!!!

[v_knot]

Does our Gs have traction control? Is there an aftermarket product that add this feature?

[gdalton]

No traction control but the touring and the sport models have limited slip differential wich do's help on the slippery stuff, and I have no idea if there is an aftermarket vendor for traction control but maybe someone in here will know for sure.

[ales]

Traction control??? It will cost more than the car!

[G-Forces]

Traction control on most inexpensive cars now days is really crappy. It consists of detecting wheel sping and then cutting the ignition for about half a second.

You can get a better limited slip however. Quaife makes a excellent, if not expensive, TORSEN LSD for our cars.

[v_knot]

Next question....Do you need it? What's better than spinning your car out? LOL

[vivisect]

Lsds are ment to be shit for cornering in FWD arent they ?
only for launches and straight line speeds..

[P10DET]

Originally posted by vivisect
Lsds are ment to be shit for cornering in FWD arent they ?
only for launches and straight line speeds..

Whoa there big fella!

Who filled your head with that horsepucky?

A good LSD will give you significant advantage putting power down getting out of corners. An LSD won't do anything in a straight line once you are no longer able to spin your tires.

A Torsen type (ala Quaife) LSD is better than the Nissan factory LSD by a damned sight by all accounts.

BTW, an LSD isn't traction control.

[P10DET]

Originally posted by v_knot
Does our Gs have traction control?

Mine does....

It's my right foot.

[P10DET]

Originally posted by G-Forces
Traction control on most inexpensive cars now days is really crappy. It consists of detecting wheel sping and then cutting the ignition for about half a second.

Actually, that's essentially how traction control works on F1 cars even. Most cause a slight misfire to limit power.

[P10DET]

Originally posted by v_knot
Next question....Do you need it? What's better than spinning your car out? LOL

Putting the power down and beating the guy who is spinning his wheels or his car.

[FlossinPrimera]

I think that you could get TCS on automatic G20s, I'm not sure of anybody that offers traction control on cars with manual transmissions.

[ales]

Originally posted by P10DET


Actually, that's essentially how traction control works on F1 cars even. Most cause a slight misfire to limit power.

That and sometimes fuel cut.

[v_knot]

Originally posted by P10DET


Mine does....

It's my right foot.

That's right George, I forgot you are a Flinstone

[v_knot]

An LSD might not be a traction control but does it functions like a traction contro, or could it be better?

So the optimum launch then would be at around 3500 rpm rather than at the threshold torque (4800 rpm)??? Launching at the threshold torque could potential spinning your wheels, delay one-half or so seconds of critical time, leaving you behind the track. Could this analysis be wrong?

[gdalton]

Originally posted by v_knot
An LSD might not be a traction control but does it functions like a traction contro, or could it be better?

So the optimum launch then would be at around 3500 rpm rather than at the threshold torque (4800 rpm)??? Launching at the threshold torque could potential spinning your wheels, delay one-half or so seconds of critical time, leaving you behind the track. Could this analysis be wrong?

Well it's true that you don't want to spin your wheels to much but you can launch at around 4k + rpm as long as you let the clutch out smoothly to avoid spinning instead of just dumping the clutch and holding on.