Wet weather traction with TCS on

[MvM]

I was test-driving a '94 NSX in wet weather. When turning into a corner the rear wheels lost traction for a short moment. Speed was low, no more than 10mph. Road was wet asphalt. Car has Continental 265/35 ZR18 rear tires on BBS RSII-wheels. TCS was on. Does this indicate a TCS-problem or is this a result of the wide Continentals and just slippery wet road.

 

[Lud]

TCS does not prevent you from spinning tires, it simply tries to control it.

 

[Roadrunner]

Lud, You may want to give him the rim size drill. You know it better then most so I wont try. Since this car has been changed and front size is not mentioned. I've had very little problems with traction at 10 mph in rain. Now with my Ford F-150 truck thats a total problem. I hate the truck on wet roads!!

 

[MvM]

Roadrunner,

Thanks for the tip. Actually the car has 17"BBS-RSII wheels in front running Continental 215/40ZR tires.

 

[nsxtasy]

The TCS should work fine with those tire sizes (whose outer diameters are approximately 0.7 percent larger front, 2.4 percent larger rear).

 

[MvM]

Nsxtasy

Thanks for the info. For a moment I was thinking I had to spend more money already ;-)
Unfortunately I'm still waiting to get the car back with the right license-papers. Just counting the days now..