Traction control what? Who says we need a betterdiff..
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Traction control what? Who says we need a better diff..
Left 2 tire marks for me. 
This was taken today, laid the rubber last friday..
For what its worth, and for those who aren't as rambunctious, traction control still kicked in a little. The rev cutoff is just much higher.
And also- no problems obviously with getting both wheels to spin in the right direction. Aren't there people complaining about this? Maybe more with the E55.
This was taken today, laid the rubber last friday..
For what its worth, and for those who aren't as rambunctious, traction control still kicked in a little. The rev cutoff is just much higher.
And also- no problems obviously with getting both wheels to spin in the right direction. Aren't there people complaining about this? Maybe more with the E55.
Last edited by Brav; Mar 7, 2005 at 04:10 PM.
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Originally Posted by DWP
It was the tire marks that got laid last Friday, right?
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Originally Posted by SAguirre
That would be hard to do on a 4-Matic. No fun there.
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Just kidding you. Seeing the two equal stripes makes me wonder about something, though. Do cars (or specifically, our cars) still have mechanical limited-slip differentials, or have electronic traction-control systems replaced the old PosiTraction (etc.) limited-slip differentials?
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Originally Posted by Brav
You could do it. Rev it to 5K in neutral, then pull the shifter back all the way. Thats how I did it in my old A4 w/quattro.. (manual) I hold no responsibility for your tranny turning into sand.
Either way, I personally will not test this on my car, but when I get a loaner . . . who knows. Even when they are not my cars, it hurts me to do this kind of stuff to nice cars. I personally did not do that to our BMW, but my brother sure did.
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Originally Posted by SAguirre
Now you make me wonder if my car has a throttle kill switch that will not let the transmission engage if the rpms are too high. On my family's 99 BMW 740 IL the rpms would drop to about 1,500 and then it would engage.
Either way, I personally will not test this on my car, but when I get a loaner . . . who knows. Even when they are not my cars, it hurts me to do this kind of stuff to nice cars. I personally did not do that to our BMW, but my brother sure did.
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Either way, I personally will not test this on my car, but when I get a loaner . . . who knows. Even when they are not my cars, it hurts me to do this kind of stuff to nice cars. I personally did not do that to our BMW, but my brother sure did.
Steve
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Originally Posted by DWP
Just kidding you. Seeing the two equal stripes makes me wonder about something, though. Do cars (or specifically, our cars) still have mechanical limited-slip differentials, or have electronic traction-control systems replaced the old PosiTraction (etc.) limited-slip differentials?
