I'm not losing traction...

[moorec614]

So after having my SRT for a week or so now, I've started to fool around with it. The weird thing is, I haven't broken the rear loose yet. Its not that I want to, its just that I thought it was incredibly easy and happened all the time, and I'm curious as to why I haven't.

I hold the traction button until I hear the ding, put it in first with autostick, get it up to about 5 mph, then roll into it fairly quickly. There is no loss of traction on the 1-2 shift either.

I just had the newest flash done, does it have more stringent traction control? Or do I need to be at a full stop to get them to break loose?

[CoolVSRT8]

seems like you got good tires man unless your running big heavy chrome wheels.
turn off esp do a brake stand and watch the smoke pour off

[NWH_300C]

i know a lot of people who would really like to have the problem of NOT losing traction! sounds like good tires to me too

[yamabob]

i've got what are supposed to be good tires and I can't stop the rear from lighting up

[moorec614]

They are stock RSA's, but they look brand new. Stock wheels.

I guess I'm just worried that something is wrong / my power is down for some reason.

I reckon I'll go to the drag strip some time and see what the trap speeds say.

By the way, what's a brake stand? Do I just stand on the brake and floor it? Wouldn't that be hellacious on the rear brakes?

[yamabob]

that's what a brake stand is. From all accounts the RSA's stink at traction. Not too bad on the brakes as you just hold the car till the rev's rise

[EricG]

Pull fuse 11.

Also, the Predator is what turned our cars into such tire-spinning beasts. There is so much torque management on the stock tune it's pathetic.

[moorec614]

I pulled fuse 11 last night but that was to deal with the ESP / BES light.

What does it do for traction?

A Predator is on the wish list.

[LuckyAce]

Fuse 11 resets the fuel controls, so if you were aggressive, it calculates that - giving more acceleration and power at the cost of mileage, if you were more passive, it calculates for that - giving less acceleration and more mileage. Adaptive driving.

[EricG]

Originally Posted by moorec614

I pulled fuse 11 last night but that was to deal with the ESP / BES light.

What does it do for traction?

A Predator is on the wish list.

Pulling fuse 11 does a lot, more than I know really. But one thing it definitely does is resets the transmissions adaptives. It makes the car instantly feel stronger and you may spin the tires easier.