Traction control & engine revs

[robinsonmac]

I noticed today while playing with the traction control, that my engine is more responsive when pressing the gas with it off. I have a LT , 1.8 5 spd.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

I'll try that this morning. I haven't even played with the button yet.

 

[SonicBoy24]

Have you discovered how to turn it almost 100% off?
Press the TCS button once, to turn on the light on the dash,
then push and hold it again until a second light, for StabiliTrak comes on just to the right of the first. This almost completely turns off both systems.

 

[LS1notFOUND]

It is quick to step in but lets you have some fun. best to turn both off when you want the most out of the car.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

Would you have to do this procedure everytime you turn it on, or will it keep a memory of it being off??

 

[Red Sonic LT]

Would you have to do this procedure everytime you turn it on, or will it keep a memory of it being off??

It resets every time you turn On the car.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

thats cool. thanks for the info guys. i'm gonna try it out today.

 

[AustinK]

i love turning it off on the gravel road behind my house! future rally car?

 

[d.p]

if you want it fully 100% disabled press and hold...then pull out the ABS Fuses

 

[SonicBoy24]

if you want it fully 100% disabled press and hold...then pull out the ABS Fuses

Yea that too, only problem is you lose ABS in case you have to get on the brakes hard, or you're driving in wet or snowy conditions.
That's the only reason I haven't pulled it.
My cavalier didn't have ABS the whole time I had it for whatever reason, but the brakes on this car seem real sensitive and the ABS has kicked in a few times in the snow...

 

[LS1notFOUND]

Yeah I did notice when I was trying to...um resurface the tires...that it kicks TC on when slipping gets crazy, but not really sure how much rotation this little car can take before you send axles out the sides or something if it hooks.

 

[d.p]

What is this snow stuff you're talking about lol...

I hate ABS with a passion, I remember getting in a argument with someone in defensive driving about whether or not my car had ABS... Guy shut up really fast when my 1911 peeped out from under my shirt lol, but anyways a trained foot is better than ABS.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

Both systems work great for the times i'm texting and posting on a forum while driving down the road. J/k everyone. Lol

 

[robinsonmac]

Could having the TC on help or aid in having better fuel economy?

 

[laborsmith]

d. p. I did not catch specifically where in Texas the hail and snow was helping make the day's drive memorable. T/C and its older brother ABS work in a positive manner for the majority of drivers who do not have a habit of paying attention to their driving. A skilled driver will do better w/o with this exception: some of thee more advanced systems, available on the ZR1 and ZL1, will come close to equaling what a skilled driver can do.

rob: should have no effect on mpg other than it allows drivers to continue down the road in situations that w/o it they would not have, and in the act of not being able to will cause undo problems for many other drivers on down the road behind them will help those drivers have improved mpg.


Laborsmith

 

[Eric Smit]

And because our traction control is brake assisted, the only thing it can possibly do is hurt, and that would be in rare, specific conditions.


-Eric Smit

 

[laborsmith]

^ ?

Laborsmith

 

[LS1notFOUND]

ABS can do a better job because it only pumps the slipping wheel and tweaks the vehicle in the direction your turning on vehicles equipped with stability control. Panic situations, I'm not talking auto cross or on the back roads where your planning a heavy stop.

Mashing the pedal to the floor and staring at the object in front of you isn't going to help with or w/o ABS.

Most of the time a good tire combo and brakes you'll wont even hear a peep out of the ABS if your braking correctly and its like a silent partner for good drivers.

Then there this....
I'm sure laborsmith has experienced the old winter time "tap the brakes" and ok "we're not stopping for this red light" and you kinda just make your way through before the others go green and everyone is slipping to get going anyway...and the next light you stop even farther back and still end up in the intersection.

 

[laborsmith]

LS1: Man alive, you got that right. Not so much with the advent of the nannies, but in the "old days" boy howdy!

Ah yes, I will toddle off to sleep now with a smile on my face and grin in my heart.

Life IS good.


Laborsmith

 

[MGDavis]

ABS can do a better job because it only pumps the slipping wheel and tweaks the vehicle in the direction your turning on vehicles equipped with stability control. Panic situations, I'm not talking auto cross or on the back roads where your planning a heavy stop.

Mashing the pedal to the floor and staring at the object in front of you isn't going to help with or w/o ABS.

Most of the time a good tire combo and brakes you'll wont even hear a peep out of the ABS if your braking correctly and its like a silent partner for good drivers.

Then there this....
I'm sure laborsmith has experienced the old winter time "tap the brakes" and ok "we're not stopping for this red light" and you kinda just make your way through before the others go green and everyone is slipping to get going anyway...and the next light you stop even farther back and still end up in the intersection.

Hehe, learned to drive in Illinois winters in a 1965 Mustang. Yeah, steer INTO the skid, son! Good fatherly advice.