The way most new cars control wheel spin is by retarding the spark first.--It
would be intresting to know how they are picking up their wheel speeds and
transmitting them to where? wmts
>
> From: <hotrod32@fuse.net>
> Date: 2002/06/25 Tue PM 09:55:03 EDT
> To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>, "landspeedracer"
> <landspeedracer@msn.com>,
> "Land Speed List"
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Re: Traction Control
>
> Dr, MSD boxes have the ability to control revs. As in a pro stock car, top
>alcohol or pro stock bike at the drags when they are staged and waiting for
>the lights to come down they run the ehgine up against the rev limiter. I
>guess the traction control limits the revs in a way to increase traction for a
>millisecond.
>
> John the ol' drag racer
> >
> > From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
> > Date: 2002/06/25 Tue PM 09:26:52 EDT
> > To: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>,
> > "Land Speed List"
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Re: Traction Control
> >
> > All right, I'll bite. I see absolutely no way that something plugged into
> > the MSD ignition box could help or control traction. The ignition box
> > control the spark. So how does that affect grip on the track? I see no way
> > that it can connect to the braking system as in some newer cars. I cannot
> > see how it could split torque to any driven or undriven wheels.
> > The only thing I can see is that it might be like a G-tech which gives
> > lateral g's and provides this to the driver. That way he could always drive
> > the car as fast as the limit of traction would allow. But the driver is
> > still in control in this case. Still I can see how it could be an edge in
> > that kind of racing (circle track). Is this what is going on?
> >
> > mayf the really really dumb and ignorant desert rat in pahrump...
>
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