Traction Control problems
11-21-2005, 07:34 AM
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Traction Control problems
Hi guys, I have a Civic but i was told you prelude owners may be able to help, as some of your cars have TCS.
my post from the civic forum:
if any body could help me i would be very appreciateive. Thankyou in advance
my car: 92 civic sir2 with B18C (soon to be turbo'ed in 3 weeks)
with the ignition on, all my TCS lights come on ok.
situation A: i start the car on as normal, i get about 30 seconds or so to choose wether i want TCS on or off, so i turn it off and, "tcs off" appears on teh dash. i drive away and after which the lights on the dash go away, at this point pressing the tcs button does nothing and i dont know wether it is on or off.
(i know its on, bcos it drives like **** under heavy acceleration compared to when its off)
situation B: i start the car as above, i can pick TCS on or off. I choose off, "TCS OFF" shows on the dash, i drive away, say 10 or 30 mins later, i can turn it back on... or back off if i wish.
I do a couple tests, and can really tell the difference between having it on or off... "off" giving me extra power and car seems to pull harder, but will wheel spin (obviously)
(on - very little wheel spin and car is noticeably slower)
(so this is all working fine how it should be)
only situations A or B happen, nothing else. i would think there is a short somewhere, but that doesnt explain the consistancy of situation A.
does anybody have any input? i want to keep tcs with my new set up soon, as i will want to keep traction on the sometimes icey roads. and then turn it off for 1/4 mile.
(i hope this makes sense)
thankyou
my post from the civic forum:
if any body could help me i would be very appreciateive. Thankyou in advance
my car: 92 civic sir2 with B18C (soon to be turbo'ed in 3 weeks)
with the ignition on, all my TCS lights come on ok.
situation A: i start the car on as normal, i get about 30 seconds or so to choose wether i want TCS on or off, so i turn it off and, "tcs off" appears on teh dash. i drive away and after which the lights on the dash go away, at this point pressing the tcs button does nothing and i dont know wether it is on or off.
(i know its on, bcos it drives like **** under heavy acceleration compared to when its off)
situation B: i start the car as above, i can pick TCS on or off. I choose off, "TCS OFF" shows on the dash, i drive away, say 10 or 30 mins later, i can turn it back on... or back off if i wish.
I do a couple tests, and can really tell the difference between having it on or off... "off" giving me extra power and car seems to pull harder, but will wheel spin (obviously)
(on - very little wheel spin and car is noticeably slower)
(so this is all working fine how it should be)
only situations A or B happen, nothing else. i would think there is a short somewhere, but that doesnt explain the consistancy of situation A.
does anybody have any input? i want to keep tcs with my new set up soon, as i will want to keep traction on the sometimes icey roads. and then turn it off for 1/4 mile.
(i hope this makes sense)
thankyou
11-21-2005, 07:44 AM
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Re: Traction Control problems (Zani)
As H-T is mostly comprised of people in the US I will tell you that no US market Prelude ever had Traction Control. So I doubt you will get much advice on it from this forum.
Second, What are you asking? Whether or not you should keep TCS with your new turbo setup?
Second, What are you asking? Whether or not you should keep TCS with your new turbo setup?
11-21-2005, 11:01 AM
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all the tcs is (i believe, correct me if im wrong, the search is down) is something inside the computer, it probably cuts ignition or fuel a little bit, to reduce power....
if so, did you change computers when you swapped, or does it have a seperate tcs computer??
if so, did you change computers when you swapped, or does it have a seperate tcs computer??
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