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Originally Posted by bestwheelbase
Welcome BabyGodzilla!
With some of the glorious power-slide videos we've seen, it would be surprising to find that stability control cannot be disabled. Journos get early access to cars, but it is far-fetched to think the "handlers" at the early Fuji press days were pulling fuses from the cars. When you had trouble disengaging the systems, did the Subaru reps at the event have any explanation to offer?
PS  Your username made me think of this little guy...
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Thanks for the compliments. That is the cutest "Gor ghzeei laaa" ive seen. Now where's Ultraman when u need him to save the day? Really puts a smile on my face. But the nickname is actually in reference to my weekend "little monster". I'm sure you can figure out what car is it. Hehe.
As for turning of the VSC, TC thingy, don't get me wrong, i'm sure you can still do the same stuff u see Ken and Chris does on youtube. U probably see the drift angles is because they are using lots of speed and weight transfer to initiate the drift and overcome the side effects on the electronic aids. Bottom line u still can slide it with the electronics still working.
While on the other hand, i'm only mucking around on a car park where u can't even 2nd gear. With so much traction plus and there is not much power going through the autobox and with the electronic aids kicking its abit annoying. (I can't dump the clutch in an auto to over come the lack of power hehehe).
Like i said again, when u follow the instructions as per the manuals to turn everything off, it feels like the electronic aids treshold/ activeness is lowerd to 20% of it's abilities.
Being a road car i reckon it's only fair for the manufactures to setup the car like that.
My other logic for the electronic aids to be partially active in the background to help trick the torsen rear diff to mimic a clutch pack lsd.
If u guys are familiar with torsen diffs, they don't work if one of the wheels are spinning too much compared to the other (or when 1 wheel is in the air).
All i can say is the FT86 is a pretty good street car that still allows u to have fun.
But if u want to go further than the streets, unfortunately one still needs a dedicated setup up car to get the best out of it.
My 2 cents.