After following a number of threads here about turning traction control on and off, I thought I would open up a brief but meaningful discussion about the TCS itself.
I tried turing mine off for the first time the other day and I was amazed and how much faster the car was off the line and how much better it performed overall. I am willing to concede that much of that my be perceptual and even psycological, but I was really impressed. My light hadly ever comes on normally, but the difference in dry surface performance was certainly obvious.
With that said, I then tried to hit a few choice on/off ramps around here at my normal speeds and found that the car was much more prone to getting away from me than it was with the TCS on as it is normally. After about a hour of completely non-scientific tests, I was able to comfortably resume the use of the TCS having been all the richer for the experience, but glad to have it back on.
What I want to know is, do most of you run with your TCS turned ON or OFF? And if you turn it off, what has your experience been relative to handling effects in high-speed corners?
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Gordon G. Miller, III
Y2K NSX #51 Yellow/Black
I tried turing mine off for the first time the other day and I was amazed and how much faster the car was off the line and how much better it performed overall. I am willing to concede that much of that my be perceptual and even psycological, but I was really impressed. My light hadly ever comes on normally, but the difference in dry surface performance was certainly obvious.
With that said, I then tried to hit a few choice on/off ramps around here at my normal speeds and found that the car was much more prone to getting away from me than it was with the TCS on as it is normally. After about a hour of completely non-scientific tests, I was able to comfortably resume the use of the TCS having been all the richer for the experience, but glad to have it back on.
What I want to know is, do most of you run with your TCS turned ON or OFF? And if you turn it off, what has your experience been relative to handling effects in high-speed corners?
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Gordon G. Miller, III
Y2K NSX #51 Yellow/Black