SKI Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Anyone know why you're supposed to turn off the stock traction contol when you have RLTC fitted!? I have a UK TT with RLTC. I thought that stock kicked in at around 14% slip. If you have RLTC at 5% surely the stock system should never engage. I can understand why it might get upset with snow mode on the japs spec but other than that...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 The stock TRAC is sensitive (less than 14% I imagine), but very slow acting in cutting power. So the RLTC will have fixed the problem by the time the stock system cuts power. If you have RL, turn off the stock trac, or better yet; get rid of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKI Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Cheers M8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 RLTC is adjustable and it is easy to have the stock system kick in big time and leave you help less before RLTC would deal with it gradually and in a controlled manner. Stock MKIV TC is total crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKI Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Phil, I could understand that if you were running 15% slip, but surely the stock system wouldn't even be near to activating if you were running 5% (wouldn't RLTC catch it way before at this level), then you could leave your stock system on as an emergency backup! I rarely run mine above the basic dry setting which I find excellent, so under those conditions should I just leave the stock on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Get rid of it, weight saving and all. It is total crap as Termi says. The Trac ECU weighs about 4 times as much as the RLTC ECU so unbolt and get rid of it. Then take the bulbs out of the dash to stop them form flashing all the time. Ben.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul -C- Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Once the ECU is gone you don't need to remove the bulbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Originally posted by SKI Phil, I could understand that if you were running 15% slip, but surely the stock system wouldn't even be near to activating if you were running 5% (wouldn't RLTC catch it way before at this level), then you could leave your stock system on as an emergency backup! I rarely run mine above the basic dry setting which I find excellent, so under those conditions should I just leave the stock on? As already said, the RLTC will cut in and do it's stuff far quicker than the stock TC will respond. But the stock TC can/will still cut in if you're driving the car hard enough. Because although RLTC is doing it's thing, the wheel speeds may still be different enough to allow the stock one to kick in. If you're RLTC is set to 5% slip as you go into a corner, and you keep power on through the corner, as you exit, RLTC can increase the slip range as you begin to straighten up. It could go as far as 10% once your straight. So, the stock TC could easily 'think' it needs to start working. Does that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarface GTti Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 How much would i expect to pay for RLTC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 about this much if you're lucky...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 I know that removing the trac ecu on a 6 speed is fine, but doesn't it hold back the revs on an auto when the gear change happens ? I thought this was the same as what happened when you take the trac fuse out in an auto ? Giving hard and damaging gear shifts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 The auto ecu uses the trac butterfly to feather the power during the auto shift. This is one reason I left everything as is when I had the RLTC fitted and just made a point of it becoming startup routine to press the button to turn it off......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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