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[Dan Clark]

how do i turn off traction control?

[nikon]

you have traction control?...I didnt know that was an option on a V6....well on my friends Z28 the ASR button is right next to the foglights....I thought v6'ers only came with SGS(second gear start)

[Go4broke]

there is a swich above the radio that turns it on and off if the light is on the SGS is on but once you turn off the car its turns off.

[blackbyrd]

6r's do come with a tcs but it doesnt work the same as on a v8. it controls the engine power like if the wheels break loose the engine starts slowing donw like with a rev limiter or speed governer. if you have tcs there should be a switch where the convertable button would be and it just clicks on or off i dont think they put them on without the switch. but when ever you tourn the car off and back on tcs will come back on. i had it on my other firebird it was kinda nice in the rain but other thatn that it just got on my nerves and im glad i odnt have it anymore.

[99Camaro99]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by nikon:
you have traction control?...I didnt know that was an option on a V6....well on my friends Z28 the ASR button is right next to the foglights....I thought v6'ers only came with SGS(second gear start) <hr></blockquote>

yep they have it right where our SES button is. It's funny some ricer Firebird kid I met (told me he had a SC when he's bone stock) told me he has 215hp w/o traction control on. I couldn't help but laugh at him. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]
BTW, I spanked his car badly in a race one day just to shut him up. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Dan Clark]

i know what second gear start is and i know where that button is and i know that on older model t/a's they have the button in the center councel. is that where mine is suppossed to be? all i know is that when i hit the brakes hard sometimes, a low trac light comes on, i was just wondering if i could disable that trac somehow.

[99Camaro99]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dan Clark:
i know what second gear start is and i know where that button is and i know that on older model t/a's they have the button in the center councel. is that where mine is suppossed to be? all i know is that when i hit the brakes hard sometimes, a low trac light comes on, i was just wondering if i could disable that trac somehow.<hr></blockquote>


if you have the SGS button then you don't have the traction control system (for acceleration). However all Camaro/Firebirds have anti-lock brakes and a slew of other things to help the car have traction during braking. The car is letting you know it senses low trac (during braking) if one wheel is spinning at a different speed then the other wheels. The ABS system then tries to compensate.

edit: I just read you last post...you want to disable it during braking?!?!!? Are you nuts! Well anyways if you really want to do that, I believe if you unplug your VSS sensor then that screws up the ABS system, thus removing "traction" control for a controllable stop.

[ December 16, 2002: Message edited by: 99Camaro99 ]</p>

[Dan Clark]

ok, i get it now, so its not the usual traction that i hear about with acceleration; it is only involved in braking. so, hell no! i don't want to disable it. [img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

[Clayton]

well i don't know what is worse, not having traction control or your traction control having a mind of its own like mine...