Stever

I was at a speed shop a few days ago and the subject of ring and pinion gears came up. You know, 3.73s and the like. Well anyway I had those installed on my car and one of the mechanics there said that that should have really made an improvement in excelleration and should have made my wheels spin. I told him that unless I pop the clutch my wheels don't spin. He then asked if I had my traction control turned off. I told him probably not. He asked if I had a switch on my front panel to turn it off and I said no (and I don't). Anyway he told me that by turning the traction control off that it would helpe my acceleration. Is this true? If I do turn it off what are some of the disadvantages of doing that?

01stangt

loss of tred....but if ur wanting to spin the tires or accelerate fast...traction control should be off....it takes fuel from the engine to stop the wheels from spinning....therefore the rpm's go down until u let off the gas and the wheels get traction again...traction control off=FUN

RiCe_KiLlEr

i dont have a traction control button, but can i turn it off with my tuner?? there is a place on the tuner to turn it off, and would it run better at the track with it off???

rbstang

... from my understanding it uses the the brakes to slow the wheels down. using wheel speed sensors to make sure each wheel is going same rate... i could be wrong though.

monkeydude3

actually it cuts spark... if you cut fuel you risk running stupidly lean

RiCe_KiLlEr

so turn it off with the tuner or no????

rbstang

how do you not have a traction control button?? its the middle button next to the foglight + rear defroster it says TRAC OFF and it turns orange. but yes the predator can turn it off.

RiCe_KiLlEr

not all the mustangs came with a traction control button

02BLACKVERT

If it dosent have the button then it dosent have traction control

2000GT4.6

+1

But I thought that all mustangs had traction control?

I wish I had had my tuner turn off my T/C in the computer, its a PITA.