traction control

02GTRX

I told an admin to shut up...now I live with the S
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Sep 27, 2004
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So im at the strip the other day only to find that leaving the traction ON improves my times by a full half second! who woulda thought that ford designed this traction system to work WITH the car and not against it as in previous models
 
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for beginners, it is helpful. but as your launch skills improve, it hurts you more. the S197 is tricky to launch, but practice makes perfect. i forgot to shut it off once at the strip and got a better 60, but slower ET. it slowed me down past the 60' mark. :( 2nd gear scratch slows you down too with the TCS on.

practice with it off, and your times will definitely improve more with it off. :nice:
 
They do say drag-racing is a drivers sport.. I wouldn't know anything about that, never once been on a strip.

Everything i do is on a road course, and traction control on is a life saver on cold tires or too big of an ego. but every personal track record i've set in the stang for myself has been with TC off.