Trac Off button in 02 GT

danediz · 04-10-2009

when tryin to race in an 02 auto is it essential to turn off the traction control?

ponygrrl · 04-10-2009

Essential? No... Smart? Yes.
Mine's turned off in my tune, no worrying about the pesky button (which is about to be my nitrous arming switch instead).

02mingrayv6 · 04-10-2009

y turn off ur TC when racing?

ponygrrl · 04-10-2009

because when your tires spin on launch, the TC will kick in and slow you down if you don't...

MUSTANG_220 · 04-10-2009

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Originally Posted by 02mingrayv6

y turn off ur TC when racing?

Because traction control is applied braking so if you're racing and at any time you burn through a gear or your tire slips or spins all the brakes engage and from what I gathered from my thread on this using traction control when you're racing is like tying an anchor to your car.

Lol I had this same question except for my 03 5-speed GT