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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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Is there any way of turning off traction control other than buying a t-lok
Old Nov 28, 2008 | 08:00 PM
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Tlok doesn't turn off the traction control system.

You can turn off TCS through a tuner, or just hit the button on the dash.
Old Nov 28, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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LSD has nothing to do with TCS

i disabled mine in my tune, or you can just hit the button everytime as said
Old Nov 28, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Even with tc off in the tune, the rear end will still do its limited slip thing,, aka 'one wheel peel', as designed.
To get rid of that requires a rear end mod of replacing the stock differential with a t-loc or other carrier (true-trak, etc.)
Old Nov 29, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Be aware that the TCS has saved a few mustangs
from the dreaded rear end slide and guardrail incounter.
Sometimes its a lifesaver on the highway in the rain.
Old Nov 29, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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https://mustangforums.com/forum/4-6l-v8-technical-discussions/494238-traction-control.html

here is what i found out about it its more common in the gts so I asked there. there is a link where you can wire it so its off until you turn it back on with a relay pretty easy stuff.
Old Nov 29, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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I agree with 157...while TCS is not a substitute for ESC, it can be a lifesaver. ESC can save an otherwise unrecoverable weight transition and I am really bummed we dont have it. We have all the parts...we just need the programming.

Other than the track...there is just no place to ever have TCS off. IMO, turning it off is about as bright as turning off your ABS. It just makes no sense.
Old Nov 29, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 157db
Be aware that the TCS has saved a few mustangs
from the dreaded rear end slide and guardrail incounter.
Sometimes its a lifesaver on the highway in the rain.
Fair point, but I believe TCS was a leading cause in my rear-end-slide/guardrail encounter.

It was slippery and I went into a slide, and mid-correction the TCS bit down, turning my correction into an over-correction and sending me into a guardrail.

I do agree it's best to just leave TCS alone when traction is poor however, as it's helped me get going quite a few times on slippery & slushy roads.
Old Nov 29, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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You can pull the fuse, but that will disable your TCS and ABS.
Old Nov 30, 2008 | 06:09 AM
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Anybody knows if different wheel sizes between the rear and the front (let say, 255/40X18 up front and 285/35X18 on the rear) can affect the traction control in some way? In this case front wheels would turn at about 786 rev. per mile and the back ones at 775.
I know this is not a big difference but if this system measure the difference between the revolutions of front and rear wheels maybe this will have some kind of an impact...



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