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RE: Re: Traction Control

To: landspeedracer <landspeedracer@msn.com>
Subject: RE: Re: Traction Control
From: Richard Kensicki <richk@spartajunction.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:48:42 -0400
Well, if it's connected to the ignition they could ban all modern 
systems and go back to points and coils. HP would be down so far they 
can throw out the carb plates too.

RichK (... Does the R in NASCAR stand for racing or rule changes? ...)

wmtsmith@landracing.com wrote:

>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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