2002 Mustang Traction Control
09-13-2006, 01:35 PM
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RE: 2002 Mustang Traction Control
it basically works with your ABS to apply the brakes and retard you timing when ur tires break loose. I hate it...I turn it off as soon as I start up my car...unless its raining
09-13-2006, 01:45 PM
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RE: 2002 Mustang Traction Control
ORIGINAL: djb1187
it basically works with your ABS to apply the brakes and retard you timing when ur tires break loose. I hate it...I turn it off as soon as I start up my car...unless its raining
it basically works with your ABS to apply the brakes and retard you timing when ur tires break loose. I hate it...I turn it off as soon as I start up my car...unless its raining
09-13-2006, 01:45 PM
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RE: 2002 Mustang Traction Control
Been a while since we've had one of these...
What djb says is right... but going a little more in-depth...
It will first apply the brakes using the ABS module, if this doesn't help the spin, or it judges wheelspin to be too bad, it will do one of two things depending on it's judgement... apply the brakes more aggressively, or retard the engine timing... if that doesn't help the final step is to do the other of whatever the last two choices were, ending with retarded engine timing and applying the brakes harder than for just a minor spin... in either case, with a stock engine's power, even on ice with ZERO traction, if you keep it WOT in first, it'll stall it out (manual, of course), so the system is adequate.
If it decides to retard the engine timing, it is only temporary, once the green spinning tire light on the dash goes out, timing is returned to 100% of normal... the light may be on and it may not be applying the brakes.
The owner's manual recommends to leave it on in the rain and snow 100% of the time, but for dry, favorable conditions, you do not need it.
It's been raining hard the past couple days, I decided to go WOT in second, and after like 4200 RPM the rear broke loose and started to go sideways a little so I backed off the throttle enough to stop the spin, then glanced down at the dash and the light hadn't come on... it's not a perfect system (and happens to be a bit like traction, never there when you need it, and you can't seem to get rid of it when you want to
) but it does work pretty well.
What djb says is right... but going a little more in-depth...
It will first apply the brakes using the ABS module, if this doesn't help the spin, or it judges wheelspin to be too bad, it will do one of two things depending on it's judgement... apply the brakes more aggressively, or retard the engine timing... if that doesn't help the final step is to do the other of whatever the last two choices were, ending with retarded engine timing and applying the brakes harder than for just a minor spin... in either case, with a stock engine's power, even on ice with ZERO traction, if you keep it WOT in first, it'll stall it out (manual, of course), so the system is adequate.
If it decides to retard the engine timing, it is only temporary, once the green spinning tire light on the dash goes out, timing is returned to 100% of normal... the light may be on and it may not be applying the brakes.
The owner's manual recommends to leave it on in the rain and snow 100% of the time, but for dry, favorable conditions, you do not need it.
It's been raining hard the past couple days, I decided to go WOT in second, and after like 4200 RPM the rear broke loose and started to go sideways a little so I backed off the throttle enough to stop the spin, then glanced down at the dash and the light hadn't come on... it's not a perfect system (and happens to be a bit like traction, never there when you need it, and you can't seem to get rid of it when you want to
) but it does work pretty well.
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