As I view it, traction control is handled in two ways; the application of
braking to the spinning tire/s and /or closing of the throttle momentarily.
Either would be detrimental to increasing speed and handling somewhat.
Offshore boats have a similar problem where they have a throttle man onboard
that controls the rpms when the props are out of the water. I always wondered
why this guy couldn't be replaced with an rpm controller. The answer to all of
the above must be that the human brain is a fantastic computer that when it is
in tune with the total feel of the vehicle can control the engine speed
infinitely with the feel of the car and the sound of the engine to get the
most out of the entire car under the current conditions. Traction control is
great for snow and ice but I'd prefer to go by the overall feel of the car.
John Backus
----- Original Message -----
From: Nt788@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:47 PM
To: RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net; joetimney@dol.net
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control
Dear Mr. Mack don't knock it if you ain,t tried it! What if you accidentally
built a car that didn't need traction control and somebody said you couldn't
run until you paid Edelbrock $10,000 for his super unit! How would you like
that? Jack
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